Is the Rivian R2 America’s next great SUV?
American EV automaker Rivian—you know, they make the ones with the sad-laughing clown eyes?—held its media drive for the new R2 SUV near Park City, Utah, two weeks ago. I’ll spare you the clinical detachment: It’s awesome. I want one. And I’ll buy one. In exactly one year. Please don’t tell my wife.
Actually, I rate Rivian’s winsome, innovation-packed new terrain droid among the finest vehicle designs in the world, not least because it looks convincingly like an SUV, with a culturally relevant two-box profile, taller-aspect wheels and tires (32 inches), higher ground clearance (9.6 inches), steeper windshield angle, a flat hood and roof and a squarer cross-section. That, if you will permit me, is what Americans want their SUVs to look like—not some robotic lawn mower from an off-world golf course (I’m looking at you, Toyota bZ).
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