Thanks for the honest appraisal. It sounds to be exactly what I thought it might be, so close but not quite there yet. Still, if a person could pick one of these up cheap, it might be worth it.

“It took years for the 3-Series to be recognized as the car it is and it’ll take generations for the ATS to get there, so it’s a good time to invest in an all-rounder.”

I have only seen one in passing. And I have not sat in one, much less driven one. But I think the proportions are wrong, in fact I think the previous generation actually looked a little better. Whether you can see out of it or not, I will defer to those like you that say it isn't that bad, but it is not the type of…

GM has made so many crappy cars that this doesn’t even approach the levels of incompetence they have reached in the past. No, what I don’t like about them is their process and arrogance. If people want to buy a car that is rather clumsily styled and hard to see out of at the same time, I have no problem with that.…

Well, as I said earlier, the big three all struggled with small car design, although clearly Ford has now established a better track record in my opinion. Honda, Nissan formerly Datsun, and Toyota clearly were superior to almost everything else from the seventies through the nineties, and until only recently the big…

Not a child. Just don't want a car that looks like it was designed by one.

The Opels were decent, a friend of mine had the Manta, but they didn’t sell that many, probably because they were marketed so poorly.

And at that price, you still only have a Camaro.

They asked which customers? 12 year olds? This is why I think GM is a stupid company. They ask stupid people how to design a car.

No, you cannot. It’s also still too heavy, too thirsty, and the stigma of driving one will follow you around like a bad mullet.

But the Corvair was a much more advanced, superior car compared to the Chevette, which it predates by over fifteen years. I learned to drive in a 1966 Corvair Corsa with 140 horsepower. I wish I still had that car. There was no excuse for GM making a vehicle as bad as the Chevette, or any since. Pathetic.

They were no different than today, if you did your research there were good, safe, economical cars to be found. Just ignore anything made in Detroit.

They also should have made GM executives drive one to the Capitol hearings for the bailout.

Ford, and Chrysler had the good sense to import better small cars rather than build them. GM, out of ignorance, arrogance, or outright stupidity, continued on making crap, until they finally gave up and did the same.

Last American car I owned was a 1976 Dodge Aspen over 35 years ago. See the Regular Car Reviews for their review of that turd.

The Vega was a much better car than the Chevette, although the engine did have the durability of a potato chip.

It wasn't that bad, at least from what I remember of it.

So did the gull wing Mercedes 300SL, it won race after race.

Even if the Japanese did get “overconfident”, they still continued to make better small cars than American brands, and still do, for one important reason: Japanese people drove them. In the US, if you have money you buy trucks, SUV’s, and larger cars. Consequently American manufacturers tend not to give a shit about…

Regular Car Reviews should come with the same warning before South Park episodes, additionally stating that they are not under any circumstances to be watched on a full stomach. Funny as hell though.