If Aptera was bought by a major automaker, who would you want it to be?

[chijayhawker]

I was thinking about the conversations of late as to who I would like to see snatch up Aptera if all the recent doom and gloom predicitons on the forum were to manifest. My first thought would be Mazda. I was just looking at their site, and they really don't seem to be making a concerted effort to develop an all electric vehicle. I had '93 Protege and drove it into the ground after almost 12 years of hard driving. It was a well built tough car. I wonder if they could translate that to an all-electric vehicle. Anyone else have a suggestion for a "big" player you would like to see snatch up the Aptera concept if it came to that?

[Spank Daddy]

I would like it to be Mazda as well! My Protege 5 is still kickin at 100000 and I loved my '85 RX-7. They have never let me down

[scottsim]

Subaru would be my choice, and would like to see them focus on AWD electrics, since they do that so well.

[KarenRei]

I assume nobody's going to suggest GM.

[ayrwoof]

packard is too small however , Chris Craft in sarasota is more than up to
the job ,.

[evmavin]

Originally Posted by ayrwoof

packard is too small however , Chris Craft in sarasota is more than up to
the job ,.

They closed all their service in CA a while back so I doubt they are doing well.

[RainCaster]

I have known several people who had Subarus, all would not do so again because of the great expenses incurred for repairs.

I vote for Toyota- IMHO, they have the highest quality cars out there today. I have had many, and each was built like a brick outhouse. Second choice is Honda- they know a lot about building lightweight cars that last.

[randyd]

Interesting. I know people who won't buy a car except Subaru because of great previous experiences dating back to 1980. Subaru after Subaru ran fine for >200K miles with hardly a repair.

[scottsim]

Originally Posted by randyd

Interesting. I know people who won't buy a car except Subaru because of great previous experiences dating back to 1980. Subaru after Subaru ran fine for >200K miles with hardly a repair.

I am one, on our 3rd Outback.

[evmavin]

Toyota, they like small and efficient and they would embrace the concept styling without fear.