▲ 797 ▼ It’s Looking Like the Cybertruck Is the Biggest Flop in Automotive History (finance.yahoo.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 291 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago (7 children) I give you the Fiat Multipla. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) I rented one in Italy for a vacation. Loved it. Seats 6 but still can be parked in European cities, great fuel economy, and no blind spots. Two rows of 3 bucket seats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Everyone I know who’s owned one loves them. But they’re not pretty. permalink fedilink source parent [–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) But why would they do that? It's stupid looking in a bizarre way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago Looks like they paid a designer who got halfway through designing the car (the bottom half) and then fired them in favor of some project manager's nephew who's "good with computers." permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) It won the Top Gear Car of the Year 2000. It was also voted Top Gear Magazine's Family Car of the Year for four years in a row, from 2001 to 2004. It seats six in two rows. They had one variant that ran on propane. 12 year production run in Europe. Another 5 years in China. 343,000 sold. It was extremely space and fuel efficient, because of the design for aero. you want stupid and bizarre looking... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago That just looks like a pickup truck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) I rented one in Italy for a vacation. Loved it. Seats 6 but still can be parked in European cities, great fuel economy, and no blind spots. Two rows of 3 bucket seats. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Everyone I know who’s owned one loves them. But they’re not pretty. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago Yeah. Everyone I know who’s owned one loves them. But they’re not pretty. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 point 2 months ago (3 children) But why would they do that? It's stupid looking in a bizarre way permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago Looks like they paid a designer who got halfway through designing the car (the bottom half) and then fired them in favor of some project manager's nephew who's "good with computers." permalink fedilink source parent [–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) It won the Top Gear Car of the Year 2000. It was also voted Top Gear Magazine's Family Car of the Year for four years in a row, from 2001 to 2004. It seats six in two rows. They had one variant that ran on propane. 12 year production run in Europe. Another 5 years in China. 343,000 sold. It was extremely space and fuel efficient, because of the design for aero. you want stupid and bizarre looking... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago That just looks like a pickup truck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CmdrShepard49@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago Looks like they paid a designer who got halfway through designing the car (the bottom half) and then fired them in favor of some project manager's nephew who's "good with computers." permalink fedilink source parent
[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 point 2 months ago (1 child) It won the Top Gear Car of the Year 2000. It was also voted Top Gear Magazine's Family Car of the Year for four years in a row, from 2001 to 2004. It seats six in two rows. They had one variant that ran on propane. 12 year production run in Europe. Another 5 years in China. 343,000 sold. It was extremely space and fuel efficient, because of the design for aero. you want stupid and bizarre looking... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago That just looks like a pickup truck. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 1 point 2 months ago That just looks like a pickup truck. permalink fedilink source parent
