Rival: 2026 BMW iX3 reviews are impressive... R2 has its work cut out

[Sportstick]

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[mkhuffman]

I don't know why people are so scared of AI when it can do awesome things like this.

 

[MaskedRacerX]

So … hungry …

 

[Sportstick]

I don't know why people are so scared of AI when it can do awesome things like this.

But, it's really highlighting the limited headroom of the swoopy roofline.

 

[R2D2TOO]

I don't get the whole "swoopy" utility vehicle craze. It starts as a tall car with more practical use with more cargo space and outward visibility and then the roofline slopes down to deteriorate both and make it look like a turtle. If someone wants sporty, there are 2 and 4 door coupes, some with liftbacks, but why this partialliy-tall oddity?

Never been a fan of the station wagon look.

As an aside, I just learned where that term came from; In the old days they used to provide horse drawn wooden wagons (and later motorized Model Ts) that would take you and your luggage to the train station. Station. Wagon. Because they were originally designed for commercial transport rather than personal use, many early car-based wagons featured wooden bodies and were called "woodies".
Automotive trivia for the day...

 

[macb00kemdanno]

Never been a fan of the station wagon look.

If Nio sold cars here, I’d be all over the ET5T like Kash Patel's name on a bottle of cheap bourbon. I'd take an EV wagon over an EV SUV every day and twice on Sunday if they offered them here.

 

[Sportstick]

I thought I would feel this way about returning to a wagon vs a tall UV until one trip changed my mind. We filled the cargo area with luggage on the way to the airport in my X3. We landed and had rented a M3 Competition Estate...same platform, right? The luggage did not all fit without losing the rear seats due to folding. That capacity difference sealed the deal for more tall station wagons for us, known as SUV, UV, Crossover, whatever one wants to call them.

 

[mkhuffman]

If Nio sold cars here, I’d be all over the ET5T like Kash Patel's name on a bottle of cheap bourbon. I'd take an EV wagon over an EV SUV every day and twice on Sunday if they offered them here.

And then the CCP will steal all your personal data and sell it to crime syndicates that will blackmail you (or hack you) for everything you own.

 

[macb00kemdanno]

And then the CCP will steal all your personal data and sell it to crime syndicates that will blackmail you (or hack you) for everything you own.

Yawn. Tell that to all the Europeans lapping up Chinese EVs Or are they all suckers?

If China wanted to hack and monitor your life, they'd have a much easier time (and have 1000x more relevant data) doing it through your smartphone.

 

[mkhuffman]

Yawn. Tell that to all the Europeans lapping up Chinese EVs Or are they all suckers?

If China wanted to hack and monitor your life, they'd have a much easier time (and have 1000x more relevant data) doing it through your smartphone.

Yes, everyone buying CCP infected vehicles are suckers. And my phone could have CCP spyware, but it is less likely because it is not a CCP produced device. If they did it, it is at the circuit level and escaped Samsung's QA process, which is possible of course. They put chips on circuit boards to steal data.
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I will never drive a CCP infected vehicle and support our sworn enemy. Never. Rivian is about as safe as you can get. Home grown, USA, baby.

 

[mellowthecat]

Yes, everyone buying CCP infected vehicles are suckers. And my phone could have CCP spyware, but it is less likely because it is not a CCP produced device. If they did it, it is at the circuit level and escaped Samsung's QA process, which is possible of course. They put chips on circuit boards to steal data.
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I will never drive a CCP infected vehicle and support our sworn enemy. Never. Rivian is about as safe as you can get. Home grown, USA, baby.

 

[sparked]

I will never drive a CCP infected vehicle and support our sworn enemy. Never. Rivian is about as safe as you can get. Home grown, USA, baby.

Nobody here is trying to convince you to buy any specific car. Just because something is your sworn enemy, doesn't make it everyone else's.

 

[macb00kemdanno]

Nobody here is trying to convince you to buy any specific car. Just because something is your sworn enemy, doesn't make it everyone else's.

Exactly. Our neighbors up north our down with Chinese cars too.

https://insideevs.com/news/795820/canadians-want-chinese-evs-survey/

 

[CrazyOne]

And then the CCP will steal all your personal data and sell it to crime syndicates that will blackmail you (or hack you) for everything you own.

I think the vacuums got that covered. iRobot fell recently.

 

[mkhuffman]

Nobody here is trying to convince you to buy any specific car. Just because something is your sworn enemy, doesn't make it everyone else's.

It does if you are a citizen of the United States. Of course, they are targeting more than just us, so we are not their only enemy.

She is very cute. Thanks for sharing.

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