This is what Chevy is doing. Silverado, Blazer equinox, etc
Almost every other manufacturer is afraid of sullying their precious model “heritage” by putting it on an ev. So instead they make new models or sub brands, and fuck it up more often than they don’t.
They’re really not, though. They’re 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 “Mustang” 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. I’ll 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 that’s 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 that’s never going to happen, but while I’m sitting here making demands that’s what I want. If Subaru manufactures this I will buy one tomorrow. They don’t 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 you’ve already got, and stick this in it.
This is what Chevy is doing. Silverado, Blazer equinox, etc
Almost every other manufacturer is afraid of sullying their precious model “heritage” by putting it on an ev. So instead they make new models or sub brands, and fuck it up more often than they don’t.
They’re really not, though. They’re 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 “Mustang” 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. I’ll 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 that’s 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 that’s never going to happen, but while I’m sitting here making demands that’s what I want. If Subaru manufactures this I will buy one tomorrow. They don’t 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 you’ve already got, and stick this in it.
I mean there is a limit on what an dedicated ev platform can share with its gas counterpart.
The Mach-e is an extreme example of what not to do with a heritage brand.
But the Silverado ev is at least a truck, and both blazers were crossovers.
Subaru is a prime example of the BS I’m talking about. No electric crosstalk, but instead a solterra. No outback, but a trail seeker.