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Honestly what I’d love to see is more classic vehicles get remade as EVs. Like the VW Bus, could you imagine if they brought back the Bel Air as an EV? It would sell like crazy. That’s how they need to go about getting EVs popularized in the US
Look up the ID Buzz 😉
That’s the one I was talking about above. I was saying I want more of that, but like classic cars like the ‘57 Chevy Bel Air. I’d buy one in a heartbeat if they made one.
Or like could you imagine if they went backwards on the trend of giant trucks and started making smaller classic body trucks, like if they remade the ‘95 Ford Lightning or brought back the El Camino? Smaller vehicle, lighter body, further range on battery and it’d look fucking clean
How old are you? The BelAir is just a bloated Detroit tank.
Uh, VW already tried that and it flopped.
It's because of the price. I would've bought one already of it didn't cost so damn much.
Idk. I’ve seen a few, but it’s also a bus so I can see the lack of appeal. Minivans haven’t been popular for sometime. Try a more popular classic body and the reception would be wildly different.
I think it's more likely to have flopped because it's a $60k+ car with less range and barely faster charging than the (until recently) $20k Chevy bolt, and it's big appeal would be road trips that it can't competently handle. If they had sold it at a price competitive with its actual competition, e.g. other minivans, and/or if it had decent range it probably would have done better.
In Ontario, there is a 14 month waiting list for a Sienna. The only other option is the Chrysler Pacifica and people would rather wait a year than drive that turd.
Because it had poor interior room and a stupid price. Exact opposite of the vanagon.
You're thinking about the VW Bus, now presented as the Buzz?
Unsurprising.
It was never about revamping the classic, in its concept, but capitalizing on nostalgia.
By contrast, Renault brought back their legendary Model 5 and regardless the car being a behemoth compared to the original, it captured and delivered a new car built on a nostalgic concept.
Toyota has some ideas about that.
Oh fuck me! An all electric, or even hybrid 57 bel air? I just jizzed my pants at the idea