I'm a web programmer, with some background in commercial art, and I'm getting into 3D modeling just for fun and pure interest.
I think the course sets itself apart from other courses by its goals. It's low-poly, which is smart choice when teaching beginners 3D - it's more immediately attainable for beginners, so they don't give up. It's fun and very satisfying to model the flying car! But the course goes an extra mile by adding an environment for the car to live in, and some more miles after that by taking you through animating the car and flying it through the landscape!
And it's Blender 2.8, from which there is no going back.