What about something like this? Yeah it's not some stub nosed hatchback, but the roofline is slightly more upright than the s650's fastback, which would offer more headroom in theory. Added bonus, stylistically, something like this looks more like a modern interpretation of a mustang notchback. Plus if it's a skateboard platform, you'd have decent frunk space with a hood this long. Sure, it's no suv in terms of practicality, but it would be easier to live with than these super small gas powered sports cars.
Bill Ford was talking about how when they look at their sites, it's actually young people who are configuring cars the most. So the passion, and interest is there, but as he mentioned, there's an issue with affordablilty. He talked about how Ford needed to focus on that more moving forward, which seems to be a growing sentiment within the company. I can actually see shared low cost platforms being the key for Ford and other brands to offer interesting, yet obtainable cars in the near future.
I couldn't care less about any of that crap, if anything, it makes it harder to justify someone a sports car lol. The fact that my generation isn't really having kids and doesn't really need to own something with a ton of space for people or things is actually one of the reasons I believe coupes and other cars could make a resurgence in the future. Maybe not to their all time peak, but sell more than they are now.
Absolute nonsense. This is the law of the universe: Boy meets girl, they fall in love, marry, and start a family. They buy a SUV too, to haul the kids around. That's the way it's always been, and always will be.
Younger generations aren't having kids for various reasons. There are huge demographic implications from this that are already showing in the EU because of this.
It used to be around 2.3 children per family and now its down to 1.94 as of 2023.