The Ford Xplor concept SUV may look like a bread box on wheels, but with those mysterious outriggers for the front wheels it's more like a bread box on wheels with a pair of pincers to funnel hapless pedestrians into its maw. Mind you, since it's an electric and clearly designed by someone who doesn't think people should be driving cars anyway it probably has the top speed of a G-Wiz, so most pedestrians can outrun it if their Zimmer frames aren't actually nailed to the ground.While the lack of any bumpers, towing gear, roof rack, or even side mirrors make me wonder how it rates the moniker "SUV", what I find particularly amusing is the Dvice report on the Xplor (We left out the Es and passed on the savings to YOU!):
While it looks like the SUV sector is just about dead due to eco-concerns, this is the kind of vehicle (despite its sci-fi design) that could actually revive the industry.Dead? really? Small SUV sales may have fallen off, though scarcely from an outburst of Blessed Gaia worship, but the larger and luxury models are positively booming. Wishful thinking a bit, are we?
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