Sadly no longer sold in America, but the Fit was all things to all people, filling the gap left by the three-door Civic hatches of yore. It fulfilled the brief of cheap, reliable transportation while also being massive inside and nicer on the highway than most subcompacts. I even saw one with a Trump flag flying out…

I don’t see the Skoda Felicia here!

Oh you know, because the nearest one in a 50 mile radius is new-old stock and costs almost $15k more than a WRX.

These were designed by a gay man, Bryan Thompson.

I just think it’s hilarious when people think that high profile thefts or poor quality cars can doom a company that represents a massive part of a country’s auto industry. I mean, if that were the case GM would have gone bust decades ago.

If worst meant ‘ugliest’, definitely. At least the new base Fords look cool.

But remarkably, it was body-on-frame and therefore 100% more of a ‘real truck’ for all those angry commenters out there. 

Oh no, an inexpensive expendable on a car-based ute that 90% of the time works exactly as it should! Everyone should definitely get the massive heavy ‘real’ pickup instead!

It’s definitely a ‘do it all, but not for all’ kind of car. I really recommended my empty-nesting parents get one as it’s exactly what they needed—small bed for dirty hiking or scuba diving gear, soft-roading capability for those National Park dirt roads, and unibody for long-distance road comfort and mpgs.…

“I can’t wait to see how they ruin this on the production version.”

Huh, so they’ve made the Soul electric now?

I hope they go out of business.

If you have a hard on for these turds you do you.

Daily reminder that Americans have become jaded to speed. Auto Express did this in 2021 for the UK market and the fastest of their ten is the Transit Connect with a 15 s 0-60.

Clowning on them because of their ‘vape kid’ stereotype is to completely ignore what these were when new. Sure the ergonomics might have been worse and the engines might have sounded weird, but when was the last time the Japanese made a RWD sports sedan even remotely comparable with anything German? This was a big…

Or time waiting for one that’s in the shop ;)

Why?

Korea and the US have a tariff-free trade agreement, so the chicken tax argument is DOA, 

Not really. Still the same formless blob shape as the iX. 

But isn’t that true of a modern ‘compact executive’ sedan anyway?