Larger petrol cars (hatchbacks!) used to be cheaper. Now they are these tiny cans on wheels stripped of almost all “luxury” for higher price. If you get a phone holder as standard, that’s already luxury because you’re not even getting infotainment system anymore.
It’s why I’m holding on to my 15+ old hatchback. It’s spotless and everything works, if I sell it for any money I’m essentially giving it away.
For the money these are selling now you could get Hyundai Tucson or Kia Sorento. Now it’s Inster and EV2. These cars are registered for 4 people. Not even 5, because they are insanely narrow.
I mean, larger petrol cars being shittier sounds like a good thing to me. Keeps people from buying them.
And skip the Tucson and get the Santa Cruz. Same car, but with a bed. I absolutely love mine. Literally the only complaint I have is the AC blows too hard on the low setting, and the cruise control likes to downshift when it’s not necessary (but then I get to drive it in semi-manual mode). But that’s literally me bitching that it has too much power, since it’ll tow 3500lb.
It’s not that petrol cars are getting crappier, it’s the opposite. “Cheap” EV’s are getting crappier. There’s “affordable” EV’s that are with normal equipment that you’d find in a normal petrol car (hatchback) that somehow cost 35.000 € and then there are these “affordable” EV’s that still cost almost 20.000€ and are worse equipped as petrol hatchback from 2010. Not to mention MUCH smaller and often MUCH narrower. And they all look “funky” in the most ugly way possible. Why can’t EV’s just look like a normal car? They always have to be “special”. It’s so stupid. Stop making them look stupid, just make one that looks like Hyundai i30, VW Golf or Renault Clio and has full electric drivetrain from ground up. Is that too much to ask?
Larger petrol cars (hatchbacks!) used to be cheaper. Now they are these tiny cans on wheels stripped of almost all “luxury” for higher price. If you get a phone holder as standard, that’s already luxury because you’re not even getting infotainment system anymore.
It’s why I’m holding on to my 15+ old hatchback. It’s spotless and everything works, if I sell it for any money I’m essentially giving it away.
For the money these are selling now you could get Hyundai Tucson or Kia Sorento. Now it’s Inster and EV2. These cars are registered for 4 people. Not even 5, because they are insanely narrow.
I mean, larger petrol cars being shittier sounds like a good thing to me. Keeps people from buying them.
And skip the Tucson and get the Santa Cruz. Same car, but with a bed. I absolutely love mine. Literally the only complaint I have is the AC blows too hard on the low setting, and the cruise control likes to downshift when it’s not necessary (but then I get to drive it in semi-manual mode). But that’s literally me bitching that it has too much power, since it’ll tow 3500lb.
It’s not that petrol cars are getting crappier, it’s the opposite. “Cheap” EV’s are getting crappier. There’s “affordable” EV’s that are with normal equipment that you’d find in a normal petrol car (hatchback) that somehow cost 35.000 € and then there are these “affordable” EV’s that still cost almost 20.000€ and are worse equipped as petrol hatchback from 2010. Not to mention MUCH smaller and often MUCH narrower. And they all look “funky” in the most ugly way possible. Why can’t EV’s just look like a normal car? They always have to be “special”. It’s so stupid. Stop making them look stupid, just make one that looks like Hyundai i30, VW Golf or Renault Clio and has full electric drivetrain from ground up. Is that too much to ask?