Renault - The Car as a Platform (blogs.wsj.com)

Sorry, the platform is ugly and expensive. It will also never be the same as the original platforms. My Dad was a hacker before I was even born. He hacked on 50's - 70's Chevy's mostly. That was the kids freedom back in the day. Like an aircraft carrier to the U.S. it was their own moving piece of sovereign territory. Their cars had muscle, style and they were easily hackable. They had radios which would blare rock'n roll which their parents may not have approved of. They had back seats which were where many of the modern hackers (me for sure) were conceived. Today, we have the internet and cell phones. We can spin up a server for next to nothing. An Iphone is expensive enough. A !!!!ing Renault? No thanks.