The car sales figures for the first half of 2025 have just been released, no surprises in the top ten models
Four Chinese brands have come into the top ten brands
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Well it is a poor South Yorkshire ex mining village, so I don’t expect the locals can afford big BMW’s, Audi’s, Range Rovers or Discoveries, and they are all probably over ten year old models Lincs…
However, it is a farming community, and it wouldn’t be right to see one of the young farmers in anything but a Mitsubishi L 200 or Ford Ranger…And they are all big lads…Perhaps you want to ask them to drive Ford Fiesta’s instead?
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Perhaps you want to ask yourself to follow the points put across in this thread and notice that none of the criticism of people driving SUVs is aimed at people who need SUVs.
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Here in London the SUVs are losing popularity, I read recently the fastest selling car is the Mini Cooper. And we are about to see higher parking charges for bigger cars (they do it in Paris).
I don’t understand these figures.
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Are people in London still buying that electric roller skate from the less than lovely Musk?
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I wouldn’t mind one, they are great little movers.
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I like them in principle, but, await to find someone who can distinguish one Tesla from another, not a stand back car and think, gorgeous. 
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It ain’t no looker, 
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Tesla are on the nose here with people turning to Chinese electric vehicles.
However diesel powered dual cab utes still rule as family cars.
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I love Tesla as far as self driving as long for that to become standard.
I didn’t even know they were a thing until I saw this.
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It’s a scary concept! Just the number of random obstructions that a human driver might spot and avoid (eg potholes) makes one wonder just how safe it’ll be.
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Saw a YouTube clip earlier…Tesla’s have oil filters that need changing now and again. Oil in the differentials.
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My friends have an electric car (not a tesla, a Kona), it won’t go if the 12 volt battery is flat. I presume that there is an alternator to charge it somewhere.
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’ I have the best company and that is myself ’ , lol I like her
In Miami I will not drive at night so for me these vehicles are great and you can share them as far as several people who need them different hours can lease it together and the car goes from one place to another on its own .
If I had one now would go get a cheese cake smoothie at the smoothie place .
Edit , oh that is Jenny the comedian it took me a bit to realize this .
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Agree but things are improving and in all our lives there comes a point we can no longer drive , might not want to plus for disabled this is fantastic .
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One could actually remove any windscreens and replace with 3D headsets or VDU’s. This would potentially make vehicles safer, more private and cheaper to manufacture.
Yep, I subscribe to her channel otherwise I would still not know that self drive cars are a real thing.
The mines in particular use self drive massive ore trucks, I have watched them wind their way into a pit but they follow a fixed route and space themselves out from each other. Driving on the street is a whole different thing.
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Anyone who buys any electric car wants their bumps feeling… 
Suckers!
Erm…? 
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