Ford hit it out of the park with the F-150. It looks just like a regular F-150. 300 miles of range, 600 HP, 0 to 60 in the 4-second range 11 a/c plugs around the truck and can power your house for up to 3 days. Starting at $39999 US. Bill Ford says Biden took one for a drive around the test track and laid some rubber. I 100% believed that. They are going to sell a but load of these.

needs public tesla-like charging infrastructure

how many of those are in BC by next year?

"Yo dawg I heard you like plug ins so I made one" peepoClapFeelsAmazingMan:tears: build on RAV4 platform

New record for the fastest production car.

Great, they should do more. The RAV4 PHEV platform is a very attractive package, hope they can scale this to increase supply and selection.

I am not really generally interested in hybrid/electric, but Ford has admittedly come up with some amazing choices lately for their new strategy of no sedans and coupes, both in their electric lineup and their ice lineup too (Bronco). Hell I'm not even remotely a pickup truck fan at all, but the electric f150 caught my attention especially the big enclosed front trunk plus a pickup bed.

I really wonder how much the Nx450h+ will be, considering rav 4 prime is almost $60k already.

Seems bizarre that they are offering 4 different drivetrains for what is a relatively low volume car (compared to the Rav4) especially when the base motor is the same as the Rav4. What's the point of that?

Acura gets a lot of shit for rebadging Hondas yet Toyota doesn't even bother hiding that nearly their whole line up are rebadged Toyotas. They don't even bother tuning up the engines like Acura does, just straight "Yeah, it's just a different badge" so it'll cost more.

^ they said apparently it's Lexus best selling car.

I thought the RX was the best-selling Lexus?

The NX shares the same global platform and some powertrains as the RAV4, but I would hardly call it a rebadged Toyota. The interior and exterior are completely different. Chassis tuning and materials etc. The F-sport version has adaptive dampers.

Curious as to where the 2.4T comes from. Is it a new motor, and does it try to solve the carbon buildup problems found in the 2.0T?

RX outsells the NX by far, the 4 different powertrains is so that they can cover all their bases.

Base NX250 is going to be the affordable luxury SUV
NX350 for those who like the RDX but wants a Lexus
NX350h for those who wants something a bit more economical
NX450h+ is for no one cause you're not going to be able to find one till 2 years after.

I may be stretching the use of 'rebadge' but how is what Lexus doing with the NX, ES, GX, LX, and UX much different than what Mitsubishi is doing with the Nissan Rogue/Outlander or what Acura did with the ILX/2G RDX/1G TLX? They're taking a non-premium chassis and dressing it up with lipstick - unlike say VW/Audi with the MQB cars, that platform has enough premium-ness in it to justify the A3.

It's a topic for another day but I can't get over how phony Lexus is as a luxury brand - they built a great rep at the beginning with the LS and GS but most of their cars are half-assed efforts that somehow get gobbled up by customers because of their rep. Not a single car of theirs is class competitive and they get a free pass.

^^ really? I've owned and sat on quite a few Lexus, and their interior and build quality is always notches above Toyota. Even better than Europe at times. Yes it doesn't have all the 2000s interior fast and furious neon lights, but I have no issues buying a used Lexus. Where as in 5 to 10 years things start failing on BMW's, VW and Audi.

I find euros to be much worse. Your Lamborghini, Porsche and Bentley is just a q8 toureg but you're paying 4 times the price? Don't even get bespoke engines anymore just the same v8 but tuned. Even the ghost is just a 7 series chassis.

have a look at the UX review by savage geese
lexus goes to great length to improve NVH, interior and tech, also handling iirc

they've been losing competitive edge because they stretch out their lifespans but lately there's a whole buncha models off the new architecture..4 powertrains to choose from is also pretty impressive

Hasn’t Audi been using the same engines for like 10+ years?

2.0T, supercharged 3.0V6 and the 4.2 V8 have been in like most of their platforms for a solid decade.

I know it's been on and off, but does anyone know if its still possible to get an in-store order of the Model Y in Standard Range? Or is that done for good?

^ standard range as in 150km? I thought they never made that

Standard range as in getting 393km and only RWD for the Model Y.

I inquired about this a bit ago they still had some on lot but you can't order them anymore.

^ the math didn't really make sense, I looked into them before they discontinued it, but the thing was they weren't eligible for the $5000 grant. So basically you are paying $5000 more plus tax for the same car but with less range. So unless you really needed that extra space I couldn't justify the added cost.

New kid on the block...

Ferrari 296.. got 2.9L V6 Twin Turbo Plug In.... err... sigh... I guess still a 430 six speed or 599 six speed for me if I ever win the lotto...

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I sold my 2018 Model 3 RWD Long Range yesterday and picked up a 2021 Model 3 Dual Motor (non performance) today. I am really surprised with all the improvements they have made over the last 3 years, especially with the fit and finish on the car. My 2018 had a decent number of little issues with it that added up when I first got it, this one had 2 minor issues that i'm looking to get fixed.

^ where did you sell your old car? Trade or back to Tesla? Used model 3 prices are more expensive than new :rukidding:

That's still kinnda insane your brand new car still has 2 issues.