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Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by gambiting on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @03:25PM (#21337946)
Up is the smallest of Volkswagens actually, and this has the front from that. It's not a good looking vehicle by any measure.
Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by tyfon on Wednesday October 23, 2019 @04:37PM (#21338728)
I have a 2015 e-up, it's very fun to drive and it has 210 nm of torque. My Toyota Avensis had 150 (at peak RPM).

It's like driving a go-cart in the city and it charges 75% capacity in about 15 minutes on fast chargers (enough for about 100 km more).

Personally I find it looks quite cool after I did a custom paint job. You can even get it in Honey Yellow [1] from the shop, but personally I think it's a bit gaudy.. My daughters really wanted that colour but I had to nix it!

[1] https://www.greencarguide.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/V...

Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by gambiting on Thursday October 24, 2019 @03:25AM (#21342435)
Oh, I don't mean to say that the Up isn't a good car, I know they are pretty practical and fun to drive for something that small(although according to Which? magazine it's consistently at the bottom of reliability charts, so take that as you will), just that the front of the Up glued onto a golf-size car doesn't look that good.
Re:VW’s $50B Bet on an Electric Hatchback by tyfon on Thursday October 24, 2019 @08:33AM (#21343993)
I guess the reliability is for the fossil up :)

But beauty is as always in the eye of the beerholder. I don't really fancy how the back of the e-up looks either, but I didn't mind the ID3 all that much.