Oh, and the Rio & Rio5 have been renewed for another generation. It is a SERIOUS overhaul—complete redesign. It kind of looks like a Poke`mon character. It has hyper-happy cartoon bunny-rabbit eyes for headlights, but if she's into that—it's $3500 cheaper at least and has a traditional hatchback design if you don't…

Odd... I hope you didn't have the automatic—they ARE sad to be in. But I'm 6'4" and 170 lbs, and I found the 5-speed Aspires a great run-about car for cities. The lack of cruise control being offered is the only thing I've ever been overly annoyed about with it, but I drove one for 8 months and miss it dearly. I…

I beg to differ.

"Feminine-midlife-crisis red" is a great description for it since women quit bleeding monthly at that time, and it does look like a bright "period blood red". Nice Toyota!!

That's the WRONG generation of Taurus you have pictured. The 1999 model was still of the Bloated Seal generation as shown in my post. Please note the correction!

Kia Forte Koup/coupe. It's worth scoping out.

Kia Forte Koup...drive one. Yeah, I hate coupe being spelled "Koup" but Kia is trying to be funky—F*** it if they fail, their cars are still great.

I've always suggested Kia or Chryslers depending on their personalities. I had a friend that bought the Sportback Lancer. I loved the look—hated how it drove—hated how it was crushed in a collision going 25 mph. Brand new...totaled. Only got $14k from his insurance company when the car cost $21k and he only had it…

The lady didn't ask or make the guys "rescue" her. They did it on their own free will, which means they ought to pay for their own decisions. Even worse, is if this actually was a suicide attempt—then they only made things worse for her because now her car is toast and her choice method of offing herself is fried and…

Presently the Chrysler 300 is the only sedan based limo in production—Cadillac DTS has been stopped, as has the Town Car panther platform. However Cadillac has a special limo they make for the elected officials (well, at least the president) which has nothing to do with the DTS.

Nope the Kia Pride (Festiva) was originally penned by Mazda in 1986 where the Ford Festiva debuted in Japan. However, all North American, Taiwanese, & Korean Festivas made after 1988 were built by Kia when Ford issued the work be done by them—cheaper built meaning more likely to bring in a buck for profit when sold in…

Much like Mitsubishi selling their Lancer/Mirage here via the Diamond Star Treaty with Chrysler from 1971-1998 with vehicle like the Dodge/Plymouth Colt, Plymouth Champ, Plymouth Scamp before Mitsu debuted here in the states in 1982. Or when Daewoo built the 1987-1993 Pontiac LeMans & Aerocoupe for GM before debuting…

The Escalade limo came before the Hummer limos in 2002-2004. It often had the Escalade EXT (Avalanche twin) back-end with a hot-tub in the snubbed truck-bed.

That's because her husband is F-ing gay. Like, Marc Cherry Writer/director of Golden Girls & Desperate Housewives log-Cabin gay republican scary.

For the US market, I'm going to have to say the Daihatsu Charade...one that hasn't been modified by racers.

You just received a heart my friend. However, I was much more of a fan for the DSM alliance of cars (Mitsu Mirage, Plymouth Colt, Eagle Summit; tall wagon, tall plus AWD, 4-door sedan, 3-door hatchback, coupe).

I was thinking the early '80s Plymouth Champ/Colt. (the generation following your post) It came with a twin-stick shifter...which still freaks me out. It's like a 10-speed bike cycle was the inspiration for the trans.

It was a Kia Pride...which was based off Mazda platforms, but it was Kia who built the Festiva...ergo South Koreans and not Japanese.

Sexual anorexic. FYI, I just discovered they have been making and current still make a Navigator limo. It's been going on since the demise of the Excursion.

I thought '93 was the last year for the LeMans? It was here from 1988 (maybe '87) until '93, with the '93 getting a new front end, but I think they also only imported the hatchback (aerocoupe) in '93. I loved the LeMans. I think it was a very fashion forward design for it's time AND price range. I always…