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Comment by w10-1

6 hours ago

Motors in each wheel eats tires.

Personally, I'd rather see FWD with 1 100HP motor in a 2200-lb 4-seater under $20K US, but that will never happen as the supply is artificially constrained to create high-end cachet.

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dcrazy  6 hours ago

I assumed it was to target the most motivated, price-insensitive buyers while recouping fixed costs.

arbirk  5 hours ago

Agreed, but after this winter my next car has got to be AWD

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