These things remind me of the junk cars made to address the fuel shortages of the 70s and early 80s. You know the ones:
Chrysler K car
GM X body
Ford Mustang of the day
Jap mid size and compacts were the car to have. The first Honda Civics came out with not much more than a motorcycle engine.
They were all mostly junk vehicles thrown out to have something on the market that seemed to demand them. When the fuel crisis ended in ‘86, and even before, the vans, Explorers and Suburbans came out in droves. Nobody wanted to drive a Pontiac Phoenix any more. You didn’t even see old ones around for very long.
Problem is, these are a whole lot more expensive than the ICE cars of days gone by.
Ford Pinto and Chevy Vega........................