“I don’t see many 24-inch wheels. Twenty-three seems to be about the limit,” before adding, “I’ll say that and someone will come out with a 24.”

Maybe not that ‘underrated’ or ‘90s’ since the V90 was mostly a freshened 900 Series 700 Series, but I really think that in many ways it is the definitive RWD Volvo wagon. Marginally modern looks, the unique longitudinal Whiteblock I6, and oodles of space.

Primarily failed on count 2. Remember how low the roofline over the rear seat was? The 200 was visibly smaller than the Malibu or Fusion.

Yes, but not to Americans. To Americans a good car is:

“Crossover” is literally a symptom of our own creation. Enthusiasts got mad that unibody ‘SUVs’ were a thing so manufacturers reacted and started calling them crossovers.

COTD was better before all the answers got put into a slideshow.

True, on occasion. Once I glanced left and was about to be T-boned by a red-light runner while halfway through the intersection so I gunned it and made it across. Car going the other way got clipped (guess they should have braked).

Why should I care? I just go on Cargurus and it tells me if I’m getting a good deal or not :)

Tahoe is huge and body-on-frame. There are no other unibody three-row CUVs that aren’t European and ‘premium’ offering a V8 after the Durango.

Why? What is there to care about the Halcyon? It’s just a rejected 3D model Stellantis got off some Chinese website.

Rivian, by VW. 

Japanese government subsidizes it—might as well see if Californians will try, too. Also see the Mazda MX-30 and Honda Clarity BEV.

Say what you will, but it’s definitely a ‘thing’.

That’s not an old car. This is an old car.

I guess to me it’s about who came up with the exact combination of mechanical and body shape formula (more or less) first. The Rancho was the first mass-market CUV because it was a transverse FWD enclosed wagon that looked like an SUV. The unibody XJ has a longitudinal engine so it’s more of an ancestor to luxury…

Almost none of these will have running costs as cheap as a Versa (which also has a warranty), and just imagine trying to finance a 17 year old Merc with a poor credit score—immediately terrible idea. People who buy cheap cars buy them to get around reliably, they’re not looking for a screaming deal on an exhilarating…

Now from factory!

And even then the Ocean is just another CUV. It’s different enough to be interesting the first time you see it, but the next ten times you just think ‘huh, a matte RAV4' and nothing more.

Is it even that revolutionary? To me it just looks like three normal screens embedded in a giant ugly pane of glass.

I dunno, they’re fine I guess...