commanderThe Most Powerful Subaru Ever Is This Electric Family SUV
dual_sport_dork š§š”ļø- Take Crosstrek
- Remove engine, install electric powerplant
- ~250 mile range
- ~200 kW charging
- Basically just put the guts from an Ioniq 5 in it
- Keep controls the same as old car, no touch screen bullshit
- Shut up and take my money
I donāt know why automakers keep acting like this is so fucking hard to figure out.
This is what Chevy is doing. Silverado, Blazer equinox, etc
Almost every other manufacturer is afraid of sullying their precious model āheritageā by putting it on an ev. So instead they make new models or sub brands, and fuck it up more often than they donāt.
Theyāre really not, though. Theyāre reusing the names, sure, but as we all know from the Aging Wheels videos for instance the EV Silverado shares zero commonality with its internal combustion counterpart. Ditto obviously with the EV āMustangā which is quite clearly a milquetoast crossover SUV and not a two door sports car. (You now have license to argue whether or not the normal Mustang counts as a sports car. Iāll sit that one out, however.)
And all of the above are saddled with touch screen bullshit, app bullshit, subscription bullshit, and phone-home bullshit which my current stick shift Crosstrek most emphatically is not. And thatās really where my beef lies.
I want the 2027 EV Crosstrek to have exactly the same interior and features as my 2014 Crosstrek, including the gear stick if possible. Yes, I know thatās never going to happen, but while Iām sitting here making demands thatās what I want. If Subaru manufactures this I will buy one tomorrow. They donāt need to pay to R&D new body panels or hire anybody to invent a 4% uglier brake light housing assembly, or contract somebody in India to shit out the software a laggy bug riddled center console menu. Sponge Bob Patrick meme: Take the car youāve already got, and stick this in it.