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Porridge GTI said:
Of course we'll get it. Brexit won't mean no one drives a car.
It's their first model, they need to ramp up production, most of their market is LHD and they probably wouldn't sell very many pickup trucks in the UK. No dealers here, no servicing, all needs to be set up from scratch. Thanks to brexit it will be a different regulatory environment, high costs involved to move parts over the border, staff can't just come over and work from other EU countries...I doubt it will come to the UK aside from grey imports.
SWoll said:
The F150 is huge though. Here we have one in a standard UK parking space.
The Rivian definitely going to be too big for practical use in the UK.
Yeah, that does look a touch too wide....The Rivian definitely going to be too big for practical use in the UK.
Just checking the specs though - The standard F-150 is 79 inches wide and the Rivian will be virtually identical to that. As a comparison, the Ford Ranger is 78 inches - so pretty marginal differences. However, that photo is the Raptor and thats just over 86 inches - which, and I didnt know this until recently, is the limit according to federal requirements that you have to have supplementary lights on the front to indicate a wide vehicle - hence the little orange lights on the front grill!
Technically over 86 inches is classified as wide in the US and due to the wheel arches, it trips it over. The reason for doing this? Its then absolutely classified as a commercial vehicle and exempt from emissions regulations... Yeah, I know that I am splitting hairs here, but hey, 7" is a lot to some....
As a comparison though, a Sprinter is 79.5" and an S-class is just over 75"....
SWoll said:
The F150 is huge though. Here we have one in a standard UK parking space.
Jesus wept! The bonnet is the same hight as that Fiesta's roof! I can understand owning one if you are a Texas cattle rancher, but why would you want one of those in the UK, other than as a penis extension?Gassing Station | EV and Alternative Fuels | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff