Every car review is a list of complaints, and every company gets one eventually. Today's five stories differ less in what was wrong than in how long each company took to answer. At Pebble, according to its CEO, a fix suggested by an owner can reach the production line in as little as a week. At Audi it took a model year. Tesla first showed the Roadster in 2017, as Tailosive EV recounts, and its newest answer to those early buyers raised more questions than it settled.
Audi's A6 e-tron Sportback shows a large carmaker working at the pace of a model year. Allcarnews tested a 2025 car last year and came back to a 2027 one that, by the host's account, deals with much of what it had flagged: lane centring now holds a bend, the map is back in the driver's display, and last year's rattle seems to be gone. Pebble's 2027 Flow works faster. The company told Out of Spec Reviews it has made just over 300 design changes in about a year of deliveries, close to one a day, and shipped 13 over-the-air updates. Some of the requests came from the reviewers themselves: the host had asked for exterior lights at campsites and for a stronger towing mode, and both have now been added, the towing boost in an update still in final validation.
The Roadster shows what happens when the answer is spectacle. Tailosive EV's host was astonished by the flying demo, then went to Tesla's website and found several of the headline numbers lower than in 2017: range from 620 miles to "over 300," top speed from over 250 mph to around 230. Production is now set for 2028, by the host's account, and the version that flies is available by invitation only. The host's reading is that Tesla met years of frustration over delays by making the car do more. Alpine's A310 concept runs the other way. Electrifying says it was built in three months by about six people as a pure design study with no production plan, and the host closes by asking viewers to tell their dealers to build it. That is the slowest feedback loop of all, and for a car this specific, possibly the most honest one.
Hyundai's Ioniq 3 answers a complaint the whole industry has heard. What Car? prefers its physical climate and volume controls to the touch sliders in the ID.3 and Cupra Born, a few weeks after this site covered Volkswagen putting real dials back in its electric Tiguan.
The test for the fast loop is whether it holds as the fleet grows. Pebble's CTO says its OS2 software is a few weeks from wide release, and the remote app Out of Spec demonstrated was still showing data 15 hours old. Watch whether the next update fixes that as quickly as the last 13 dealt with other complaints. For the Roadster, the date to watch is not 2028. It is the day Tesla tells its earliest depositors which car they are getting.
Alpine Pulls Out the A310 Name for a Surprise Concept With No Production Plan
Electrifying was in Paris for the new A110 when Alpine showed the host a second car, under tight security and with no advance briefing. It wears an A310 badge, and the host calls it the A310 Vision; before its unveiling it was known as PS1, or Project Special. It is not the electric 2+2 GT the host had been told would carry the A310 name, the host stresses, but a design study. By the host's account, the original A310 arrived around 1971 as a softer, roomier car than the A110, with a V6 following in 1976. The concept splits the difference: silver upper bodywork for the four-cylinder car, black lower panels with a large diffuser and small wing for the V6. Inside there is half a steering wheel and no seats. Alpine has no plans to build it, the host says. If it ever did, the host expects Alpine's new electric platform underneath, with batteries at the front and middle rather than under the cabin, and a personalised car from its special products division rather than a mainstream model. One electric Alpine already on the road is the A290 hatch, which a CarGurus UK comparison this site covered last month found behind Vauxhall's Corsa GSE on power and price.
Tesla's Roadster Flew in the Demo, but Tailosive EV Finds Range and Top Speed Went Down
Tailosive EV's host says few events have surprised the channel like the Roadster demo, where the car flipped and caught itself in the air using cold-gas thrusters. Tesla gave few numbers at the event, so the host pieced them together from its website and social media. The host says the base Performance trim does 0 to 60 mph in under 1.6 seconds with a top speed around 230 mph, against the more than 250 mph promised at the 2017 unveiling. Range is stated as over 300 miles, where 2017 promised 620. A Thrust package adds rear thrusters for about one second to 60 and, the host says, is offered for a limited time only. The Rocket package, the one that flies, is invitation only. A $50,000 wire secures a base reservation, but there is no final price, battery size or charging speed, and the host says the website notes many features do not work on public roads. The roof no longer comes off, and the host saw no side mirrors. Production is due in 2028, the host says, citing Elon Musk, though the host expects 2030. The video does not say whether the deposit is refundable, which is the first thing a buyer should ask.
Pebble's 2027 Flow Adds Twin Beds, a 40 kW Boost and More Solar, and Older Trailers Get the Software
Out of Spec Reviews filmed Pebble's model-year 2027 launch in California, where the channel also took delivery of its own Flow. The video is sponsored by IONNA and Lincoln Electric. Pebble's CTO told the host the computer and electrical architecture are unchanged from 2026, so the new Pebble OS2 software, which the CTO says is a few weeks from wide release, reaches earlier trailers too. It adds a Boost towing mode with 40 kW from a standstill, all four exterior cameras in the app at 720p, and remote monitoring through the cloud, though the app the host showed was displaying data from 15 hours earlier. Pebble's AI assistant, Scout, can now read live vehicle data, and when there is enough sun the trailer will stay awake to charge from solar rather than going to sleep. The visible hardware: an optional twin-bed layout that converts to a king, a warmer interior colour, a much larger Thule awning and a grab handle at the door. A new port, with a Jackery junction box and panels, takes extra solar: the roof carries 1.1 kW, the system accepts 4 kW in total, and the kit available now adds 2 kW. The battery stays at 45 kWh and DC charging at about 45 kW, which the host says roughly matches a Cybertruck or Rivian over 10 to 80 percent. When this site covered the host's delivery on October 12, the day-one list included a tire bubble and missing shade magnets.
Audi's 2027 A6 e-tron Sportback Fixes Much of What Allcarnews Flagged, but Keeps a CCS Port
Allcarnews drove a 2025 A6 e-tron Sportback last year and spent a week in a 2027 quattro in Prestige trim, which the host calls very pricey. By the host's account, much of last year's list has been dealt with. The hands-on adaptive cruise now holds the car through a bend and picks up again after the driver steers, though the host found no automatic lane change. The map is back in the driver's display, and a rattle the host remembered is gone. B mode brings the car to a full stop and holds it. The voice assistant is among the best the host has used, though some of its answers were inaccurate. The Bang & Olufsen system, with speakers in the headrests, is among the host's favourites this year. Remaining complaints: gloss black trim, an electrochromic roof with no shade, and a US car that still has a CCS port and relies on an adapter at Superchargers. Charging that way without a Tesla membership costs more: State of Charge put Tesla's non-member rate at about 57 cents a kWh, as reported in yesterday's edition. The host would point buyers to the S6 for more power, or to the long-range Ultra version, which the host believes is close to 400 miles.
On a 50 kW Charger, the Cheapest Ioniq 3 Finishes Nearly Half an Hour Ahead
What Car?'s drive in Istanbul adds detail to the UK pricing this site covered on October 11. The four trims, Advance, Premium, Ultimate and N Line Evo, cost £18,495, £23,695, £26,195 and £28,195 if the car receives the government's electric car grant, which Hyundai expects it to get. Only Advance offers the 41 kWh battery, rated at 213 miles; the rest use 58 kWh and 308 miles. The smaller pack peaks higher, 119 kW against 110. On a 350 kW charger both take about 29 minutes from 10 to 80 percent. On a 50 kW unit, which the reviewer calls arguably more common in the UK, the small battery needs around 42 minutes and the large one about 70. Those are What Car?'s estimates, as official figures are not out. The small-battery car is also quicker, with 145 bhp and 0 to 62 mph in 8.7 seconds against about 9.5 for the long range. What Car? praises the ride, the steering and the physical controls, and finds the 441-litre boot bigger than a Renault 5's or an ID.3's. The weak spots are tight rear headroom, no ski hatch and a rear window split in two by the spoiler.
Bottom line: The trailer is the most interesting product here, because Pebble has turned owner complaints into a production process, and anyone who bought a 2026 unit loses little by not waiting. The Audi proves a big carmaker can listen inside one model year; it still needs a NACS port. Buy the cheapest Ioniq 3 if your local chargers are slow, since it beats the dearer car exactly where What Car? says many UK drivers charge. The A310 is a lovely sketch. And the Roadster asks $50,000 for a promise Tesla has already rewritten once.
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