The wrong direction?

[Seeker]

https://jalopnik.com/the-2023-escala...ver-1848907268

6300lbs weight (almost 3 tons), 682 hp, 653 ft/lbs torque. 0-60 4.4 secs

Americans do a lot of towing - boats, bikes etc. I guess with this they can tow their house, too.

Fuel economy figures not yet released.

[Sir Trev]

So ugly. Why do so many people want such vulgar status symbols as these? They use too much resource to build, they are way more powerful than required (99% of the time), there will be just one person in them usually and they cost a fortune to run with terrible mileage. A smaller lighter car would be way more fun to drive, be far quicker, and would take up less space.

In a sane world taxation on cars would be partly based on size, resources and economy, making such unsustainable and unjustifiable monstrosities out of reach to all but R*****n oligarchs and footballers, making both easy to spot and hate.

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[redtrummy]

In the present climate its obscene.

[keith_d]

That's rubbish. They're supercharging a 6 litre V8 engine and barely getting over 100 horsepower per litre. So disappointing. Even the Porsche Cayenne S E-hybrid will beat it to 60mph with a biker chasing 3.8 seconds.

I won't be buying one!