I’ve always had something like this in every car:

One of the things you’ll notice in that picture of the Corolla hatchback, is how steeply raked the rear cargo area is at the back. Along with the rake of the rear seatback, you’re now dealing with an irregular trapezoid cargo shape. The hatch supposedly has 5 more cubic feet of room back there than the sedan, but the…

They already are, sort of:

They’ve sunk their entire R&D budget into electric. But they need something before the fruits of those efforts come out. Dodge is a “sporty” brand, and everyone loves ‘em some CUVs, and so...

I don’t know how many modern compact cars or hatchbacks you’ve driven lately, but most of them suck in interior room as well. High beltlines, thicker pillars, and pinched shoulder areas all in the name of safety and styling - which, to be clear, is not wrong. Safer cars are better cars, but there are compromises.

Also,…

CUVs are the Leatherman solution. No, a multi-tool isn’t the best knife, pliers, screwdriver, etc. But it can do all of those things.

Me looking at the Hornet: Looks like a small Dodge CUV, alright. Good job.

I still think that, had the Demon came to fruition early enough to be sold alongside the Solstice and Sky, it most definitely would have been canned in the Chrysler bankruptcy. They were apparently also considering moving the Razor to a FWD Chery platform before everything went sideways.

The Razor and the larger Hemi concept were cool, but the styling on both was overwrought and dated very quickly. The Razor was made of mostly off-the-shelf parts and would have likely made it to production mostly as-is, if not for the Daimler divorce and subsequent recession-fueled bankruptcy. Also, I think it still…

Since the ME Four Twelve is taken, I’ll swing the Mopar-that-could-have-been pendulum to the other end, and pick the Dodge Demon concept.

Reminds me of the electric restomod Challenger in the movie “In Time” (the movie where they find a cure for aging, so they make your lifespan currency and the rich, who are effectively immortal, all drive around in electric muscle cars).

Every single GM 122 engine (1.8, 2.0, and 2.2L 4-bangers) seems to come from the factory with oil-starved lifters. To the point that when I worked in a fast food drive thru, I could identify the vehicle simply by how the engine sounded over the speaker:

High, echo-y tick - S10 variant
Lower, louder tick - J-body
Softer…

My boss is female, and while she does have some backwards views on gender equality (she’s in her late 50s), she does push many of our female workers to not feel like they can’t do something just because “they’re a girl”.

This is awesome. I’m honestly tired of seeing car shows where, if a woman is actually included, then they (“they” being the producers) think that she has to look like this:

Same as any other male-dominated hobby or fandom. You can’t be a female gamer, sports fan, DIYer, etc. without dealing with those guys.

This is my hope for my daughter too - not necessarily that she love cars like I do (and honestly I don’t love tinkering with them as much as I used to), but that she won’t feel like she can’t pursue a hobby because of her gender.

Even now, at age four, I’ll show her some toy or activity or whatever and she’ll be like,…

That sounds like my grandma. My mom, well, she was a big girl and just owned it and tee-heed about it whenever it happened. My grandma was 5' 3" and about 120 lbs, and usually pretty reserved. But once she got to a certain age where a combination of fake hips and multiple reconstructive surgeries on her GI track meant…

Ok here’s your counter point: the best part of power seats is the initial adjustment. You usually have control of things like the seat bottom height, lumbar, angle, etc. with power seats. Sure, they make manual versions of these things, but getting it just right usually takes some doing. And often, you need to tweak…

Is it alright if it’s your own swamp crotch?

Lack of DRLs makes auto headlights annoying. My Grand Caravan doesn’t have DRLs, but it does have headlights that automatically turn on if you have the windshield wipers activated longer than 15 seconds. In spotty rain, it’s like there’s something wrong with my headlights.