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Feel like having an irritated laugh? Check out this cutesy, borderline clueless video review of the 2014 i-MiEV by Emme Hall.
http://www.tflcar.com/2014/10/2014-mitsubishi-i-miev-takes-electricity-to-dc-video-review/
The overall feel is that TFLcar lets a party girl do car reviews (that may be unfair to Ms. Hall, since something about the i-MiEV does seem to bring out the stupid in reviewers). Start with the fact that she's talking about the electric motor "under the hood" while standing in front of the open hood at the FRONT of the car (at least she knows it's RWD). Move on to shrill ranting about range anxiety, then idiotic comments dis'ing the essential remote climate control, totally missing the point for an EV. She drives around in Eco mode and complains about poor pickup, then spouts the absurd lie that speed tops out at 61 mph (though she is pleasantly surprised by 0-30mph time in Eco mode, unaware that "flooring it" is always full "throttle" in any mode). Because the 60+ mile range would constrain her personal greater-WashDC lifestyle, she implies that anyone buying the i-MiEV must be a drudge. She wraps up by claiming the i-MiEV is more expensive than the Smart ED, but the $13k price she quotes for the Smart is obviously for the ICE version.
On the plus side, I will say this is the best video look I've had at the 2014 interior, and it really is quite nice, a kind of "best of both worlds" from the 2012 ES and SE trims (at least for my tastes).
TFLcar has cravenly closed this piece to comments, but feel free to vent here :roll:
http://www.tflcar.com/2014/10/2014-mitsubishi-i-miev-takes-electricity-to-dc-video-review/
The overall feel is that TFLcar lets a party girl do car reviews (that may be unfair to Ms. Hall, since something about the i-MiEV does seem to bring out the stupid in reviewers). Start with the fact that she's talking about the electric motor "under the hood" while standing in front of the open hood at the FRONT of the car (at least she knows it's RWD). Move on to shrill ranting about range anxiety, then idiotic comments dis'ing the essential remote climate control, totally missing the point for an EV. She drives around in Eco mode and complains about poor pickup, then spouts the absurd lie that speed tops out at 61 mph (though she is pleasantly surprised by 0-30mph time in Eco mode, unaware that "flooring it" is always full "throttle" in any mode). Because the 60+ mile range would constrain her personal greater-WashDC lifestyle, she implies that anyone buying the i-MiEV must be a drudge. She wraps up by claiming the i-MiEV is more expensive than the Smart ED, but the $13k price she quotes for the Smart is obviously for the ICE version.
On the plus side, I will say this is the best video look I've had at the 2014 interior, and it really is quite nice, a kind of "best of both worlds" from the 2012 ES and SE trims (at least for my tastes).
TFLcar has cravenly closed this piece to comments, but feel free to vent here :roll: