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Badhobz 06-06-2025 11:52 AM

id bang that 2/10 girl anyday of the week. twice on sundays just to mock god.

underscore 06-06-2025 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supafamous (Post 9180285)
I really like what Hyundai has been doing except that, with the exception of the Ioniq5, they are all fucking ugly cars. My wife won't consider any Hyundais (except the Ioniq5) b/c she finds all of them repulsive (to varying degrees).

OTOH, the Telluride and EV9 look pretty good.

They aren't my style but I do appreciate that they're at least doing something to make their vehicles look interesting, and they're making them all unique. I hate when a brand decides to force all their vehicles to have the same styling feature. Partly because it's weird seeing them all look the same, and partly because when it's something ugly it ruins an entire brand of vehicles.

I'm looking at you, BMW and Lexus.

JDMDreams 06-06-2025 03:11 PM

Yea but also the thing with the Koreans is they have no flow, they just make random designs that's 100% different from the last one to see if shit sticks, therefore there's no continuation or brand image.

It's like they didn't design it to last but just to push a car out.

RabidRat 06-07-2025 12:31 PM

Yeah the EV9 and Ioniq 5 are easily their best stuff. I wish they would've recognized that and replicated it across the rest of their lineups.

Same with BMW. Their designs are starting to go off a cliff, and the previewed Neue Klasse stuff looks to dig the hole even deeper :(

underscore 06-07-2025 12:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JDMDreams (Post 9180316)
they just make random designs that's 100% different from the last one to see if shit sticks, therefore there's no continuation or brand image.

That's a good thing imo. I hate brands with a lineup of vehicles that all look the same. Even worse when they force a styling feature onto a vehicle for the sake of "brand image" and it doesn't fit at all. Like BMW putting the kidney grilles on the E31 or Dodge forcing their stupid + grille onto everything.

whitev70r 06-12-2025 06:12 PM

Uh oh ... competition with the ID Buzz. Kia PV5 $60K MSRP, not as charming as the VW but still ...

https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/1Z...-day-2025.webp

Badhobz 06-12-2025 07:42 PM

wow nice! me likey. yessss stick it to dem germans!

bcrdukes 06-12-2025 09:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Badhobz (Post 9181176)
wow nice! me likey. yessss stick it to dem germans!

It makes me think of this.

Manic! 06-13-2025 09:16 AM

The Xiaomi SU7 Ultra is now the Nurburgring’s fastest electric production car. The cars price starts at 73k USD in China. That's 1527 HP for less than 100k CAD. On the track it hits a top speed of 214 MPH. I could see a market for this in North America even with 100% tariffs.

The previous record holder the Rimac Nevera that costs over 2 mill.

https://www.topgear.com/car-news/ele...production-car


yray 06-13-2025 09:20 AM

ultra means you get actual brakes ;)

RabidRat 06-13-2025 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whitev70r (Post 9181153)
Uh oh ... competition with the ID Buzz. Kia PV5 $60K MSRP, not as charming as the VW but still ...

https://cdn.motor1.com/images/mgl/1Z...-day-2025.webp

I love it. It's so ugly it's hot.

Too bad it doesn't seem to be coming to NA though.

Manic! 06-13-2025 10:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RabidRat (Post 9181260)
I love it. It's so ugly it's hot.

Too bad it doesn't seem to be coming to NA though.

Not coming to the US but coming to Canada.


Quote:

The Kia PV5, an all-electric van, is expected to be available in Canada in early 2026. While the first PV5 deliveries are planned for the UK in late 2025, the Canadian rollout will follow in 2026. Pre-orders are anticipated to open in late 2025 or early 2026. The PV5 is part of Kia's commercial and electric expansion plans for Canada.

https://insideevs.com/news/703900/ki...orm-pv5-video/
The PV5 is based on a modular system so they can configure it in multiple ways.


https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/231....jpg?p=publish

radeonboy 06-13-2025 11:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Manic! (Post 9181270)
Not coming to the US but coming to Canada.

https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/231....jpg?p=publish

I'm all for electric vans - and this PV5 looks pretty nice inside? I'm glad to see another option besides the Buzz.

Also, that PV5 concept truck looks sick. Any PV5 variant with a EV6 GT powertrain would be pretty cool too :lol

Badhobz 06-13-2025 02:32 PM

The interior of this PV5 looks pretty spartan. I wish it would have pivoting seats / a table / and just more alphard royal lounge stuff. Instead it looks like a dodge caravan inside.

whitev70r 06-13-2025 03:05 PM

^ Kia bro ... it's a Kia, not even Genesis ... just Kia.

JDMDreams 06-13-2025 03:12 PM

Why didn't they just release this shit

https://hips.hearstapps.com/hmg-prod...1616093436.jpg

RabidRat 06-13-2025 03:59 PM

Oh, did Hyundai buy the rights to the Previa then?

supafamous 06-14-2025 06:14 AM

Are the Rivian/Amazon delivery vans starting to make it into Canada? EV local delivery vehicles seem like a no brainer market to tackle for more companies - they don't need more than 200 miles of range and EV packaging is ideal for them.

dark0821 06-14-2025 08:31 AM

I will go take some photos, my FIL just picked up a Chevrolet BrightDrop.

The stupid thing is 100K CAD lolol, but the amount of space is actually impressive....

+ it has red seat belts like a Porsche hahahaha

AstulzerRZD 06-14-2025 09:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supafamous (Post 9181346)
Are the Rivian/Amazon delivery vans starting to make it into Canada? EV local delivery vehicles seem like a no brainer market to tackle for more companies - they don't need more than 200 miles of range and EV packaging is ideal for them.

Most fleets be buying Transit EVs since they already know how to work with them. Racks, mounts, etc all fit and the EVs don’t eat brakes like ICE transits… just tires.

Brightdrpp and Rivian Van sales are tiny - no service support, unknown parts waits, etc.

JDMDreams 06-17-2025 12:28 PM

What the shit, it just looks like a model y. :fulloffuck:


https://media.drivingelectric.com/im...atermarked.jpg

RabidRat 06-22-2025 07:06 PM

Polestar 3 is $25k off right now.

It's basically a coupified 5-seater Volvo EX90.

Seems like a good deal for what you're getting - standard brembos, torque vectoring rear diff, dual chamber active air suspension, etc. But rampant software / electronics issues seem to continue and it's been out a while.

Traum 06-22-2025 07:20 PM

I'm surprised the software / electronics issues are rampant bcos the Polestar 2 didn't seem to have too many problems in those areas. At least, from the PS2 owners groups that I subscribe to, most PS2 owners seem really happy with their cars, and there aren't too many reports of problems of this nature.

RabidRat 06-22-2025 07:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Traum (Post 9182314)
I'm surprised the software / electronics issues are rampant bcos the Polestar 2 didn't seem to have too many problems in those areas. At least, from the PS2 owners groups that I subscribe to, most PS2 owners seem really happy with their cars, and there aren't too many reports of problems of this nature.

Ya apparently the PS3 is a whole other beast :(

Quote:

Originally Posted by Polestar.forum
May 15, 2025

I’ve had my polestar 3 for 2.5 months and it’s been in the shop for at least 30 days. Software is completely unreliable. I’ve been locked out of my car due to key failures, my phone won’t connect, there are random sensors that are failing constantly. These cars are lemons and the customer support is horrible. Nobody should ever buy a polestar until all these issues are resolved. I’m actively trying to return my car through lemon laws.

:eek5r:

...but it looks so good! Got kind of that lifted wagon look.

https://media.ed.edmunds-media.com/p...oem_1_1600.jpg

https://rpmweb.ca/medias/Polestar-3-...51833_akbu.jpg

https://cloudfront-us-east-1.images....ZU6SU5BWGY.jpg

https://www.polestar.com/dato-assets...interior-d.png

whitev70r 06-22-2025 07:51 PM

I saw msrp >$100K ... so with this promo $75K ??


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