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Fear of cheap Chinese EVs spurs automaker dash for affordable cars (www.reuters.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 16 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Why is this $8,000 car so terrible," he lamented, without a trace of irony.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It isn't "terrible", it's ugly because of purely aesthetic design choices: specifically that Fiat Multipla style "forehead ridge". It's a styling problem -- not a form factor or price point one.