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Old 03-21-2021, 04:50 AM   #1007 (permalink)
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OTOH finding a BDM Kombi in Tokyo wouldn't be that surprising.

Came across an old Torchinsky article from 2016:

jalopnik.com: Tesla Is About To Eat Volkswagen's Lunch

Here's Mr. Torchinsky's montage:



The article was inspired by an Elon Musk quote.

Quote:
There’s a strong initial market of now-wealthy Boomers who would pay ex recto for a modern, safe, eco-friendly electric bus, and that vehicle, designed with the right balance of old and new, could leverage nostalgia and established character to get a new generation of people...excited about buying a hypothetical (and, appropriately priced) modern Microbus.
Extra points for the Latin. But it's six years later and neither company has a microbus out.
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