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Exciting exterior design -- but even if I could afford the thing the lack of a rear window is a deal killer. The C8 has a rear window, this could too and still be gorgeous.
Interior is a mixed bag. the quilting thing is, uh, interesting. Kinda like it kinda hate it. The instrumentation is refreshing. Love the analog elements and lack of screens. Would be great to see more of that in other brands.
The gated shifter: Not sure where the hate is coming from? It's a different take on PRND but seems quite logical. And I think I'd appreciate having such very clear delineation of where the shifter goes to be in P, R, N or D. That can be confusing in a lot of autos these days. Take the M2 etc. It's great that the shifter is clearly up and to the left for Reverse. But you have to really look to tell whether it is in N or D or manual mode. These gates eliminate that confusion.
That said, they reversed the proper directions for upshifts and downshifts. It's not ergonomic this way. You typically upshift when accelerating, which is pushing you backwards. So the natural movement is to pull the lever backwards too. Having to push it forward when G forces are pushing you back into your seat makes zero sense. That's a total fail.
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