Stellantis : The mega-merger giant that has been under fire by enthusiasts as the dull, corporate custodian of dying European marques, churning out badge-engineered crossovers with souls as empty as an abandoned dealership showroom. This year, however, they pulled off a massive statement, unveiling a fleet of six daring concept cars that promise to injection-mold raw soul back into their struggling portfolio. Here's my hypothesis for this article: Does the new wave of Stellantis concepts breathe new life into the dying company? Let's break down each car to find out. Citroën 2CV Concept The original 1948 Citroën 2CV was an exercise in extreme utilitarianism, “an ultra-affordable ‘tin snail’ built so two farmers could haul a basket of un-cracked eggs across a freshly plowed field”. The new 2CV Concept stays fiercely loyal to that low-cost ethos, re-imagining the basic transport prompt as an accessible, light-footprint EV aimed at a €15,000 starting price. Design-wise, it drop...
Honestly, I’m sick of people talking up cars just because of brand clout or internet trends instead of looking at the actual car. I expected to be irritated by all the purist crying over the Toyota Supra, but to be completely real with you, most of the hot takes out there on this car are absolute trash. And here's why. The Broken Legacy Nobody Talks About To kick things off, if you ask any internet "car guy," they'll tell you the Supra is this sacred lineage of design. But you have to be literally BLIND to look at the history of this car and think Toyota had a consistent vision. The Mark 1, Mark 2, and Mark 3 were completely logical. They were classic 80s wedge GTs with sharp creases, clean horizontal lines, long hoods, and pop-up headlights. You could look at an A70 and clearly see where it came from. But then 1993 rolled around and Toyota dropped the A80 (Mk4), and the visual continuity evaporated into thin air. The A80 abandoned every single design cue of the A70...