>be Sweden>population of mere 10 million>created SAAB, with some of the most iconic cars ever>created Volvo which is still a popular brand in Europe>created Polestar, a premium EV manufacturer that outclasses Tesla in quality Any other smol countries that impress as much as Sweden? Mind you this country does not even have a strong car culture past "can this box take me to my job in -20 degrees Celsius?".
>>28898049>SAABRaped and buried by GM>VolvoChinese>PolestarChinese
>>28898062SAAB lives on and is more powerful now than ever before. I hope they get back to cars soon too but unlikely given their loadsamone selling Gripens.Volvo and Polestar are still way better off at Geely than they were under Ford. Volvo's design, production and manufacturing is also still in Sweden. The Chinese factory makes the Chinese sold cars.
>>28898068Volvo EVs are made in China.ICEs are - at the moment - still made in Sweden.
>>28898087That's not true. The EC40 is manufactured in Belgium and the EX60 will be manufactured in Sweden.
>>28898097I specifically asked at my local dealership and they told me that all the EVs are made in China....
Man I really wanted to like the EX30, I dig the looks. But the interior is shite, minus the wool seats, and the rear leg room.. oof
>>28898102its probably one of those things where all the parts are made in china and pseudo assembled there and then final assembly happens in europe to just say it isn't a chinese productbut to be clear volvo is just chinese evslop nowand people need to stop glazing them for no reasonIt would be cool if Sweden decided to fund a state car company. I mean, there's room as long as it's not EVslop.
>>28898102Where do you live? Atleast in Europe they're all made in Belgium. >>28898105This though is Chinese designed and made. And around here people avoid it for precisely that reason. Get the EC40 or a Polestar instead. Much better EVs.
>>28898107The EX60 is on an EV platform designed in Sweden, with everything put together in Sweden. The battery is obviously from China, but that's the case with all EVs (and smartphones for that matter)
oh yay some shitty fucking grandpa cars
>>28898049how could you forget
>>28898132I'm sorry Christian.
>sweden mentionedOJOJOJOJOJOJ
>>28898049You forgot Husqvarna my beloved
>>28898318I had no idea Husqvarna was /o/ but apparently I'm wrong.
>>28898102car salesmen don't know shit about fuck, they'll just tell you whatever they think is most likely to sell you a car
>>28898087That's not true, but don't let that fool you. Ever since the chinx got involved quality dropped like a sack of potatoes. Most Volvo nerds I know are saying that even the Ford period was better.
>>28898318Doesn't KTM own them?
>>28898155Kom igen Sverige!
>>28898049Volvos are so safe that they can literally transport antimatter.
>>28898569It transported a 1000kg cryogenic magnetic capture trap with 92 antiprotons in it for a distance of 5 miles. 92 antiprotons carry a total energy of 173 GeV if they annihilated completely. 1 joule of energy is 6.24 BILLION GeV.So it's a very expensive thing to carry a very small amount of nothing for a short distance.
>>28898420Then he was a moron, because I said "well..." and left.
What country is the opposite? Extremely strong car culture with a big population but fuck all cars to show for?
>>28898815Australia, now.
>>28898105The EX30 is so close to perfect. Why cant they just put a regular dash in it instead of this tesla ipad meme. I mean they did it in the Zeekr X, why not just put the same in the ex30.
>>28899346Just get Polestar 2. Volvo EVs are lesser than Polestar's.
>>28899364It's tempting but I dont need that big of a car. I also looked at Hyundai Inster but it's a bit too far to the "small" end of the scale.
every european country is small
>>28899365It's longer and probably wider but is atleast a cool looking car and not an egg shaped iPad nightmare. Also lower to the ground which is always a plus.
>>28898049husaberg, husquarna, volvo trucks, scania trucks, saab fighter planes, volvo tractors and heavy machinery, that egg supercar... as a norwegian we love to hate on sweden but when it comes to this its totally different, then we love sweden.t. learned driving in a pic related at 12, the most illogical stick shift pattern ever and an on-off brake on one wheel.>here son, take this and haul 10tons of gras down the highway
>>28899376I'm 6'3 and only do <40km trips so being comfy getting in and out and not while sitting in the car for hours is more of a priority for me. But yeah polestar 2 is looking good.
>>28898604I know, but it sounded cool though, didn’t it? Either way, still a world record.
