The Toyota bZ4X has always been a bit of a baffling car. It never got great range, it has a terrible name, and it was solidly “meh” at being a car. I mean, heck, the most exciting thing about it was a recall because the wheels could literally fall off.
The bZ4X has found some buyers in people who need to get a car for a rideshare app right here and right now, but most other people would have been better off with something other than the “Bees Forks.” But hey, as Thomas wrote, Toyota actually went through a lot of work to make the bZ4X a better car, but it’s still not catching a break. From Pat Rich:
And yet, it still looks like that.
OttosPhotos:
Yeah but no, it’s still ugly.
David Puckett:
Lose the black plastic exterior panels and find a new name, then it might be sellable.
Yeah, that name still needs to go!
Today, Thomas wrote about all of the upgrades planted into the Lexus RZ electric and they’re pretty cool. But, hold on a moment. NC Miata NA makes a great point:
I’d like to see the Venn diagram of “people who want simulated shifts, fake engine noise, and yoke steering” and “Lexus SUV buyers”.
Ah, thank you for reminding me to finish cutting up my Smart’s spare steering wheel to make an awful yoke!
Anyway, Jason gave us a Cold Start featuring a Ford Anglia wagon and a sleeping kid in the backseat. StillNotATony says this:
Ah, the joys of time traveling and teleporting as a child. One minute you’re amusing yourself behind the couch at your parents’ friend’s house while they all have endless cups of coffee, and the next minute it’s morning and you’re at home in your own bed. And it doesn’t even seem weird!!
Is that really a thing? I often fell asleep in cars as a kid, but I had to propel myself to bed once the family got home. Have a great evening, everyone.
Here’s my comment of the day.
A BZ4X drove up to my house the other night to visit a neighbor, and for about 4.5 seconds I mistook it for a Crown Signia (which is a car I sort of like the looks of for what it is). In my defense, it was night and it’s pretty dark behind my house, and I had a couple glasses of wine in me by that point. It wasn’t awful, but it wasn’t nice either. The driver told me he got a good deal on it.
What was the COTD?
I remember pretending to still be asleep so my parents would carry me to bed.
Car design as a whole is at a low point. Is there a contest on how much plastic they can use. For less than the price of a new Hyundai I think I’ll buy a AMC AMX…or Studebaker Avanti!!! If I can find garage space…maybe both. Both are under priced right now. Feel a road trip coming on. If I drive it back I’ll submit a story.
I thought it was “Busy Forks”
Always been “Bee’s Axe” to me.
They really should just call the thing the Prius Ev.
The forks are busy, but there’s nothing to eat.