I don't mind the plastic textures so much as the fact that things are made of plastic that shouldn't be. My wife's Corolla goes through door handles like mad. Currently 4 of the 8 handles (interior and exterior on four doors) are broken… We stopped caring at some point and the car is to be sold in the immediate…

Notice that the the function of the light is not to monitor the operation of the engine or its emissions control system, but merely to remind the operator that the factory recommends that he service the engine.

Are these the parts you're referring to as not matching?

Actually, I think you have it backwards. Have the accelerator pedal operate the transmission and have the nifty horseshoe lever operate the engine throttle. The whole point of a CVT is that it keeps the engine in its optimal RPM range and the transmission is supposed to vary the output. The accelerator pedal would end…

They forgot the luggage space behind the rear seat in the Beetle...

I nominate the venerable air cooled VW engine.

Surely this was meant to be an H2, not a real Hummer... They may be thirsty, but they do their job in a way few machines on earth can. H2s on the other hand were crap in every category.

What you (and I) seek is a small truck with a sturdy frame, bullet-proof suspension, and a powerful engine. It doesn't need to be giant to have these attributes.

... and that would be said over a shot of a grizzled older man looking off meaningfully into the Oklahoma sky.

I honestly hope he stays in the news a while, then gets re-elected and keeps it up. The Ford jokes really aren't getting old.

Definitely a cloaca.

Just keep the engine where it belongs (the rear) and I support this! Hell, team up with Subaru like Toyota did and reap the rewards of an excellent boxer while you're at it! Or better yet, get Porsche to do a 4-banger again!!!

Sure, and straight-7s will always sell to the LCD car buying masses. My point is related to the OP wherein it was stated that they're finally making Jeeps again. I assumed the use of "Jeep" was meant to mean a utilitarian off road vehicle versus just any car that they can get someone to pay them for. If that's the…

I get the crude thing. My DD prior to my current (also fairly crude DD) was a '74 FJ40. Everything was unnecessarily thick steel and built to withstand post-apocalyptic hoonage by the four horsemen themselves. What I don't get is why something would be built to such an appallingly low standard and still sell. Built to…

You halfway beat me to it.

And since nobody apparently buys stripped-down beater trucks anymore, it's quite nice inside too. Interior features include an 8-inch touch screen, multiple USB drives, a 3.4-inch diagonal driver information screen in the instrument cluster, next-gen OnStar and MyLink with voice recognition, and available navigation.…

Aftermarket.

A non-luxobarge (diesel) Land Cruiser, please.

Especially if they kept the engine in the right spot. Baby Porsche!

Could not agree more. Finally a diesel is coming to the US market in a smaller utility oriented vehicle... Unfortunately it's some lesser Jeep! Even if the (V6) engine is worth a damn and capable of turning 300k-400k miles, it's wrapped in a Chrysler product that can barely get through 100k. I'm in the market for a…