Seeing this, and reflecting back on the designs in many showrooms, 2003 was a generally bad year for mainstream vehicles. Ford, GM, Chrysler, Toyota, Mitsubishi, etc.... They each may have made a nice model or two, but generally, it was bad. Yuck!

I don’t know about them kicking asses, but they weren’t the joke they are today, Japan’s equivalent to Dodge (ancient lineup, darling of rental fleets, subprime buyers, etc.)

The Titan is just a couple of years old from an all-new design. Same for the Kicks. And the Leaf.  Other than that, yeah....you're pretty accurate. 

Undo the camping mods with a bed as clean as the front half of the truck, and we'll talk. As is? No. Crack pipe. 

When that generation debuted, I was so disappointed by the change away from the 1990-1993 Celica design. It grew on me, though, and I look back on it fondly now. Especially when contrasted against the final Celica’s wedge-shaped design.

There’s at least one tool among the Jalopnik audience who insists you’re wrong for calling the Outback a wagon. He insists “nobody” calls them wagons anymore, citing Subaru’s marketing team’s use of “crossover” in their Outback ads.

Now they’re putting ears on the face-like steering wheels.

If you're looking for a fast C4, you're looking for the ZR-1 or something tuned by Lingenfelter (or Callaway, if ugly C4s appeal to you.)

What year was your Super Crew that a more current model is a step back???

My favorite part of your smug comment is the misspelled word. 

Not Camrys. RAV4s.

The most offensive part is that it's a full minute longer than it needs to be. Otherwise, what's wrong with it?

Update “The Fall Guy”. They would have to use an obnoxious-looking HD Sierra, and it wouldn’t be available in the same colors or body configuration. But, it’s an accurate sign of the times with current buying trends and bro trucks. Maybe they could paint a Sierra in such a scheme.

Not the 1st generation model, though.

TDS

Is that your first encounter with climate control in a vehicle? 

TL;DR: Buy gold.

I don’t know why Lincoln or Cadillac (Chrysler’s a damn joke that shouldn’t exist anymore) wouldn’t attempt to emulate the Century. Build something with care and craftsmanship that’s far and away better than the Impalas or Tauruses on the assembly line. Make something that isn’t some variation of another model in the…

Now that you mention it, I do recall the president’s role in Nissan’s product line. It was Trump who chose to keep the Frontier unchanged. He also made the same choices for the 370Z and GT-R. He demanded on terrible CVTs throughout the lineup, and insisted on a feeling of cheapness in all but a few trim levels. He…

I don’t want to see Nissan become Mitsubishi, and it’s a shame 10,000 workers face job loss because of decisions made in board rooms.