Still inferior to the Double-Decker Taco Supreme.  God rest its delicious soul.

Owner of a 2014 Gen 1 Volt, unless your use case absolutely requires 5 seats or >40 <50 miles battery range, I don’t see why the first gen isn’t viable, it’s a great car.

Or a 500e for DD duty and an Abarth for the weekends/trips.

The Bristol Blenheim respectfully disagrees!

I drove a 2004 XJ8 (300hp V8, RWD) in several Chicago winters.  On all-seasons, it was a handful.  On proper actual winter tires, it was perfectly manageable.  Unless you live where you receive feet of snow and no plow service, I wouldn’t rule out a car you’d love over ~$1k of proper winter tires/wheels.

I think the Miata looks better, but the Fiat’s powertrain is cooler (in theory, if presumably far less reliable in practice).

Actually, for delivering booze you’re better off with another famous movie car, in black, with a Chicken on the hood!

I’m sure an LS1-swapped Miata could tow said trailer, Rick.

I buy all my best steaks from Kube’s Meats.

Where were you 11 years ago when I needed this for my halloween costume?!

Duramax in a C8?  Hell yes, me too.

You’re right, but this is pushing dangerously into “supercar” territory where the DCT reigns supreme.

I’m in awe of what they’ve done with the C8, but the rear end is a mess, this coming from a C4 owner that was cool with the C7 taillights.

If it’s priced approximately the same, I’m on board with the change.  If the move to mid-engine takes it way more expensive, I think they should retain a front-engine version at a similar price point to today.

Agreed.  Can you get to highway speeds, from a stop, up a normal on-ramp?  Then you’re pretty much OK, 98% of the time.

COTD!

J.

... That’s because all the hundreds of thousands who died in accidents aren’t here to comment.  Seriously, this is just stupid.  You CANNOT control when you may be hit, and hazard warnings won’t necessarily protect you when you are.  

Those are anecdotes. Look at crash test videos, you’d be an idiot to think a car from 2017 isn’t leaps and bounds ahead of one from 1990 in terms of safety.

Seriously, this is like the one idiot who says “Well, I didn’t wear my seatbelt and was flung from the car and didn’t die so I was safer.” Look at statistics.

I agree with you but I never knew the price until now.  $25k MSRP?  $20k after rebates?  You can get a brand new Pacifica for $20k, a vehicle first released in 2017 that seats 7 and performs well in crash tests.  The Journey is a goddamn relic.