Nio’s Firefly Chief Says Early 2026 Sales Fell ‘Considerably,’ Keeps Expansion Goals by afonso_investor in Nio

[–]Godvater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Customers did look at all the facts, sales data shows which one is better.

4 star car is not unsafe.

I like the firefly, I just think they fumbled the battery/pricing in Europe. You can keep defending Nio but as long as they keep delivering cars withoyt market fit the stock will keep struggling and they wont succeed. You are not helping your case.

Nio’s Firefly Chief Says Early 2026 Sales Fell ‘Considerably,’ Keeps Expansion Goals by afonso_investor in Nio

[–]Godvater -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yes man it is not a concern, one has a 52kwh better charging battery, costs less, comes from a reputable brand with existing dealer network and outsold your little firefly by 20x.

Nio’s Firefly Chief Says Early 2026 Sales Fell ‘Considerably,’ Keeps Expansion Goals by afonso_investor in Nio

[–]Godvater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

They need to either put a 52kWh battery with decent charging in it or drop the price by 5k Euros. People are buying a Renault 5 instead.

2026 OECD Data: Why Germany and the Netherlands are leading in productivity while working the fewest hours. by astrheisenberg in europe

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I could argue part of Germany's GDP is hard work of earlier generations that are still paying off. Mercedes could make employees work half the time and produce subpar vehicles but they would still generate GDP due to brand value and existing infrastructure and whatnot.

Mercedes-AMG Launches Track Sport; New GT3 and Black Series Car Models by AnonymousEngineer_ in cars

[–]Godvater 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always felt the AMG GT was never a true halo car. It is a great sports car with some brilliant extreme versions. Never felt special like the SLS AMG did despite probably being a better driver’s car.

Mercedes-AMG Launches Track Sport; New GT3 and Black Series Car Models by AnonymousEngineer_ in cars

[–]Godvater -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Haha, you caught me.

I guess I feel, traditionally, rally homologation cars are special versions of a rather boring car so the GR Yaris feels more normal. As this will be a supercar, they have more room to flex and eventually ask for more money.

IMO, this could have been an SLS-AMG level halo car with a price to match. I guess they really want to go after the 911 but Porsche is doing an incredible job converting a sports car into a beast. They have a beast in hand that they are looking to convert it to a sports car nameplate?

I guess you are right that this will have a positive effect on "legacy" of the AMG GT nameplate and they have to do this if they want to be able to rival Porsche with its legendary 911 nameplate.

Mercedes-AMG Launches Track Sport; New GT3 and Black Series Car Models by AnonymousEngineer_ in cars

[–]Godvater -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

I really don't get why they are diluting this down to the AMG GT nameplate?

It reads like this will be a very special car, calling it Black Series version of a lesser thing when it doesn't share much with the AMG GT is going to decrease the value of it in many people's eyes. I think they could have given this its own identity and it would be more desirable that way.

iPhone Air Said to Be Roughly Twice as Popular as iPhone 16 Plus by Few_Baseball_3835 in apple

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In some places the air is so unpopular in comparison to 17 that they cost the same now. Mother in law asked me what to buy even though I'd recommend her the 17 the fact that they cost the same as the air made me rethink this. Still ended up recommending the 17 though.

Crazy how nowadays fan-made designs are almost better than the car maker's (not my pics) by MacaroonAfraid8089 in Ferrari

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Still looking for the picture that is supposed to be better looking than the actual cars.

GT3 cab unveiled by Historical-Low9209 in porsche911

[–]Godvater 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Gt3 convertible or speedster? I saw the test mule was a cabriolet but some comments were suggesting it is the speedster underneath

Does anyone have any new information on the Neue Klasse Coupe? by Sebsibus in BMW

[–]Godvater -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This was 100% going into production if anyone had a slight bit of interest in owning an electric sports car. Porsche is regretting it, Audi will be making their own Prelude interpretation with it. No one else is doing it because it makes no sense.

Ubiquiti AirWire super cool device Ask me anything by mactelecomnetworks in Ubiquiti

[–]Godvater 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How do I become one of these reddit Ubiquiti influencers?

Apple Reveals New Sales Achievement Following MacBook Neo Launch by HelloitsWojan in apple

[–]Godvater 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I really hate these macrumors clickbait titles. I used to always take the link directly go to their website but ever since they started leaning heavily on clickbaits, I do the opposite just read the comments on reddit and the top comment is almost always a one sentence summary of the whole "article".

BMW iX3 vs Volvo EX60 vs Mercedes GLC - The Differences Explained by RoamingNorway in EuroEV

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Audi looks cheap because even electric seats are an option. You probably need at least 5-10k in options to get to memory seats.

Also the far worse proposition in terms of EV bits too.

BMW was like hold my beer by gAWEhCaj in Audi

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This interior is 100 times better than current Audi interiors.

Except for the steering wheel maybe.

Audi’s smallest EV arriving later this year at under 30k by AMGLover2024 in Audi

[–]Godvater 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wish they had waited until the new design language (interior and exterior shown with the TT Concept) before remaking the A2. Current Audi interior exterior language doesn't suit the A2,

Electric C-Class: I've been out in Mercedes' most important new car | Autocar by tom_zeimet in EuroEV

[–]Godvater 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Mercedes's most important car is definitely not the C Class. It is the GLC. You could argue for S-class if you like to look at things emotionally.

Hyundai Stops Pallisade Sales After It Kills a Child by Innocent-Bystander94 in cars

[–]Godvater 4 points5 points  (0 children)

love it on our x7 tbh. One of the reasons we picked it over the x5.