form factor
They mean the general shape of the car—like how most new SUVs look pretty similar. Their point is that when everyone copies the same basic design, it gets less interesting.
“Form factor” here means the overall body shape and packaging style that automakers keep repeating—like the current wave of crossovers and SUVs. The speaker argues that this trend makes cars feel boring because many vehicles end up looking and driving similarly.
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"[799.2s] A6 e-tron over the Q6 e-tron. Different form factor. But yeah, you'd be hard pressed to [808.3s] you'd be lucky to get one in the low $40,000 range right now."
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"...everybody's going to this form factor that couldn't be more boring. And then he's freaking cyber truck drive down the road..."
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"[1675.2s] What do you think about form factor? [1678.1s] I know right now there's been, I'd say, a bigger push into audio"
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