Is no company safe? Maserati, Lamborghini, Porsche, Bentley, Probably Rolls Royce and Ferrari next.
What the fuck is wrong with people? Why does every sports car and exotic have to be a laughable pigshit crossover now? You don't need the extra space or ground clearance in a car like this.
It's a Lotus for fucks sake.
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>Implying lotus is any different than a Toyota.
It's where the market is
But why? It's fascinating but infuriating. And you know this SUV won't be available in manual because your average person doesn't have any clue why cars are desirable to own or drive. It's all in the badge for them maybe?
There's got to be some societal/economic/cultural reason people are buying so many crossovers.
>won't be available in manual
>It's all in the badge for them maybe?
So the only positive thing a car can offer is a manual transmission? I guess comfort and reliability don't matter. Personally I like crossovers because they offer the sportiness of a sports car but are more daily driver friendly.
>So the only positive thing a car can offer is a manual transmission?
That's not what I'm strictly saying, but the point of an exotic performance car is to enjoy driving it. It's hard to believe anyone who is so interested in niche sports cars would drive them with an automatic. It defeats the point, it detracts from the experience.
It's true that comfort and reliability matter too, but the people who can afford cars from these brands usually own more than one car. A Lotus is not a daily driver. It's a spartan, extreme- lightweight track focused car. They're not supposed to be comfortable or practical in any way.
> I like crossovers because they offer the sportiness of a sports car
If this isn't bait, can you explain why you believe this? Crossovers are heavy and ungainly as fuck. So not fast and they don't handle well...
Well, they're easier to get into and out of because you don't have to stand up and sit down by as much, they're bigger inside which you need for the modern fat piece of shit butt, you sit higher which makes you feel safer (along with more stuff being between you and the outside) and it's way easier to make them meet the more lenient SUV emissions regulations and the complete horseshit safety regulations for all cars, so they're cheap, but they're priced like a much larger and more capable SUV that used the name currently on the crossover, so they're profitable. And most people don't care about the numbers that dictate how fast it can go and never take it off road, so it can be slow AND incapable of handling trails, and still sell because it's got a gorillion buttons and glowy lights inside it.
soccer moms dictate the market now.
everything will be a pigfat hybrid/electric crossover within 10 years
I've never met a soccer mom that was into Lotuses. Sounds hot as fuck though
When you realize crossovers are rated on insurance the same way a station wagon is.
> tl;dr Insurance companies drive the market.