Yeah! I was very surprised to learn about those FWD "EV1" pickups too.
The down-side is a legal one: GM made the crippled EV1 recipients sign contracts saying they'd never licence the cars or drive them on public roads.
I'm happy to see they're already flaunting one of the contract terms.
It'll be interesting to see if GM sics the lawyers on them. I'm hoping they'll be a little gun shy this time.