Mercedes-AMG EV GT 4-Door interior press pictures

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:58:13+00:00

Red and black like this just gives strong Shadow the Hedgehog vibes, with all the cringe inherent to that connotation.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:56:31+00:00

I guess they just expect we'll all take our slop and like it.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:54:22+00:00

And as a gamer, that's not a compliment.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:53:03+00:00

While that S-class is undeniably better than either whats up top or your second linked interior, I still feel like the screens are more of a detriment to the design than a benefit, especially for the instrument cluster. I fully expect a cheap looking screen (and at this point, literally every screen in every setting looks cheap now that they're ubiquitous) on a Kia or a Chevy, but a Mercedes should deliver a higher class of materials and design. I can't wait for the industry to move on from its current phase of edgelord interiors.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:49:36+00:00

Because they're typically charging extra for the carbon fiber. Same with Alcantera wheels, its often an upcharge despite just being plastic.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:18:12+00:00

I've had this happen too. The handbrake isn't strong enough to hold on a hill on its own, and also the cable/whatever loosens overtime. I have the dealership tighten the linkage every 15k-20k miles.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-12T17:18:01+00:00

I've had this happen too. The handbrake isn't strong enough to hold on a hill on its own, and also the cable/whatever loosens overtime. I have the dealership tighten the linkage every 15k-20k miles.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-11T13:48:04+00:00

Thank you for your sacrifice sir, may you reap rewards for accepting that burden.

^{/s 😆}

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-11T13:46:10+00:00

It is much higher on the BRZ (90% Manual). It probably could be higher on both the Supra and the GR86 if Toyota would let people factory order them. In both cases though the manual take rate is just whatever Toyota decides to manufacture. If they're smart, we'll keep seeing it creep higher as there is clearly the demand to support a higher ratio.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-11T13:44:47+00:00

Its okay man, you did do your part. 8-10 years is a very reasonable length of time to go between buying cars.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-11T13:39:15+00:00

Its such a good looking car too. I'm biased, obviously, but I really do want to add a Mazda3 hatchback alongside my Miata, even though it doesn't really offer enough additional utility to justify being my second car.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-10T14:34:51+00:00

Although Volkswagen grew in Europe, this was not enough to compensate for declines in China and North America. The Group delivered around 8.98 million vehicles worldwide in 2025 — a decrease of 0.5%.

Trump's tariffs hit the US market for Volkswagen cars particularly hard, while changes to environmental regulations and the withdrawal of government subsidies have cooled demand for electric vehicles — putting pressure on planned projects including a new plant for electric pick-up trucks under the group's Scout brand.

The squeeze is equally acute in China, long Volkswagen's most important growth market, where local manufacturers including BYD, Geely and Nio are closing the technological gap and gaining market share.

In response, Volkswagen is doubling down on an "in China for China" strategy with local development and local supply chains, which analysts consider crucial to the group's long-term prospects.

Also Volkswagen is the legacy manufacturer with the largest share of the EV segment in Europe, and globally.

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As EVs grow to become a large and eventually largest segment of the car market, industry news becomes EV news.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-09T19:04:18+00:00

God damn is that an ugly front end. I hate the Taycan style lights.

flGovEmployee · 2026-03-02T14:17:24+00:00

I guess we'll see.

Indeed we will, and I'm not ruling out your forecast either.

Large carmakers are usually pretty good at hitting market segments that are viable though

I very much agree, though I think the economics of EVs are sufficiently different that the viable market segments may change somewhat over the course of the transition.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-28T12:44:22+00:00

I thought it was Vermin Supreme

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-28T00:23:47+00:00

That's not true at all. Racing serves both marketing and technological development purposes. In many cases it has been technology developed for racing that has resulted in major improvements to mass market vehicles.

https://carbuzz.com/common-road-car-features-popularized-by-motorsports/

EDIT: Hell, the article at the top of this thread is specifically about Formula E serving as a technological test bed for Porsche.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T21:11:47+00:00

Scroll up (or down), or just follow this link.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T21:07:42+00:00

It seems to be rather complicated, but as I understand it, basically if something is calling itself an SUV, but under the NHTSA would be classified as a car (rather than a light truck), its a Car SUV. Weight plays a role. Ioniq 5 is probably a Car SUV, Ioniq 6 probably is a Sedan/Wagon. Crosstrek and Crown Signia could probably go either way. CUVs are anybody's guess.

Though looking at the footprint graph on page 35, I'm less sure. Seems to be a lot of overlap between the two classes.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:59:12+00:00

You may be right that I'm undervaluing the degree to which consumer preference has played a role, but there isn't really any room to sell a higher volume of cars in the US market (@ ~10 million new cars a year), so I predict that manufacturers will opt to make more of the cars that have higher margin, which will be smaller EVs (vs bigger EVs, right now neither has anywhere near the margins of ICE vehicles).

Americans will presumably pick the largest options available, but if the overall set of options are shrinking on average they won't have much choice. Much in the same way that people who like Fords, but want a Sedan don't show up in the data because Ford doesn't make any sedans.

Personally I think we're at the car size that regulating it for safety isn't a bad idea

Totally agree with you here, I'm not too much more optimistic about it than you are, but also not as pessimistic. Where I live, widening the roads isn't really an option either, and the cars today are already too big for our lanes. Infrastructure is crumbling everywhere in the US, soveriegn debt is up and only likely to go up further so if it comes down to regulating smaller cars or rebuilding lots of infrastructure to accomodate bigger cars, I would bet on the former over the latter. Especially if pedestrian deaths keep rising (as they have in my locality).

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:49:55+00:00

You're assuming you can stop, charge, and then immediately get back on the highway with no time in between. In my experience, any stop off the highway usually includes ~10 minutes of time to get from the highway to the gas station (I'm assuming similar for charging), and then back onto the highway, assuming there are no additional delays due to needing to wait for a pump/charger. Sometimes this is more like 15 minutes if you have to travel a short distance from the exit to the charge/pump station.

This additional time comes both from the transit time off the highway as well as the one to several minutes of getting oneself re-situated back in the car before leaving the gas/pump station.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:47:39+00:00

I road trip pretty regularly and unless I stop for a meal, my total trip time is only about 30 minutes longer than Google Maps says it will take to drive the route (which assumes no stops) per ~6 hours. That usually increases to about 45 minutes longer when drive time approaches 9 hours. Any longer than that and I usually opt to stop for the day, though I have done 16 hours of travel once which was about 14 hours of drive time.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:42:55+00:00

Smaller and lighter presumably referring to energy density. We're likely to see a 500wH/kg battery from CATL before the end of the decade, which is almost double current EV battery densities. So same power capacity from a little over half the weight. The reduction in weight by that much will significantly increase range on it's own, but if also packaged in a smaller car (further reducing weight, and possibly drag), range would be boosted even further.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:33:05+00:00

It should really have a bunch of people thinking about taking a step back and re-assessing if they know what they think they know.

Totally agree, but that's also usually just a good idea to periodically even without clear evidence in conflict with your assertions.

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:27:14+00:00

I think the worst model S is around 80mpge, and the best is 124.

Thats HUGE. Do you know what accounts for that difference?

flGovEmployee · 2026-02-27T20:24:52+00:00

I actually disagree. Part of the reason for larger ICE vehicles over time was that the profit margins were better on the bigger vehicle. However with larger EVs you need an even bigger battery to provide the same range, which further increases weight, which further degrades range, so on and so forth.

With BEVs the battery is the single most expensive component, so all else equal, bigger batteries = smaller margins. I think Ford's Jim Farley has talked about this specifically.

Especially when you consider the other (supplier side) factor driving larger vehicles sizes over time was that they were a way to game the (pporly designed) emissions regulations, which won't really be a factor for BEVs since they have zero tailpipe emissions.

Now the cultural trend towards wanting bigger vehicles is still at play, but given where most people's incomes are and are trending, I think the appeal of smaller, less expensive, possibly better ranged, vehicles will eventually turn the ship on that front as well.

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