Article: "Slate Auto’s Sophomore Album Problem: What Comes Next?" -- what do you think?

[adele]

Given Slate's leanings toward keeping things simple, I'd expect the front of Slate Coupe to be the same as the Truck from the doors forward.

A sedan/coupe should have a lower hood height than a truck though. Lower hood height gives you much better visibility in front of you. That's why my dad taught me to drive in a sedan first, so I could learn how to stay in the lines and not hit curbs, before he let me drive a truck.

The Slate's hood height looks short for a truck, which is good, but too tall for a sedan I think.

 

[Doctors Do Little]

A sedan/coupe should have a lower hood height than a truck though. Lower hood height gives you much better visibility in front of you. That's why my dad taught me to drive in a sedan first, so I could learn how to stay in the lines and not hit curbs, before he let me drive a truck.

The Slate's hood height looks short for a truck, which is good, but too tall for a sedan I think.

Aha! That explains everything! I was driving the 1970 Chevy pickup around the farm at 10 years old. I couldn’t see over the steering wheel, nevermind the hood. I drove slowly and usually didn’t hit curbs hard. Obviously the truck had evidence of my driving lessons.

 

[adele]

Aha! That explains everything! I was driving the 1970 Chevy pickup around the farm at 10 years old. I couldn’t see over the steering wheel, nevermind the hood. I drove slowly and usually didn’t hit curbs hard. Obviously the truck had evidence of my driving lessons.

And that's not even as bad as kids learning to drive in the average 2020s truck.
https://jensorensen.com/2022/12/07/truck-suv-frontover-blind-zone-cartoon/

The Slate truck is obviously nowhere near this level of insanity, but I still feel more comfortable driving (and especially teaching my kid to drive) in a sedan with a low and sloping hood. That's also why USPS recently was in the headlines for redesigning their mail trucks with the goofy "duck-bill" front. The lower hood height lets the mail drivers see small children running around on residential streets.