The loaded up Ford will have Recaro seats, Nav, MyFordTouch, ambient lighting, probably a moonroof, push-button start, etc. The base WRX will be cloth, no nav, no fancy things.

Every car looks good in certain colors. I wouldn't get my Koup in anything but Corsa or Black, and I wouldn't get a Fusion in anything but White. ST Fiesta I like red, but regular Fiesta I like the Purple. 

Depends on the car, depends on the situation. 

In my Koup, I'm alright with the plastic everywhere but the wheel. I do have leather seats, red stitching  leather shift knob, etc. The wheel feels like crap, and it's my one major complaint about the car (after a little more power / sound was added, snifter bushings changed, etc.). I've even considered having the…

Mountain biking, had the sprocket on my K2 go into the back part of my right leg. I still have a 3.5" scar. The cleaning hurt the worst.  

Synthetic leather exists, but most people reject it for the stigma. 

This thread has become people trying to turn their $18,000 cars into $70,000 cars. Applying extra leather is not technology, it's just a cost factor. How many times do you touch the top of your dashboard to really notice? Hubcaps are not technology, they save money. Bi-Xenon headlamps are not "super car technology",…

This is a cost factor, not a technology improvement. 

Hubcaps are cheaper. Don't like them? Don't buy cars with them. It's not a technology, just a cost factor. 

Ford has these in plenty of their entry level offerings, and they function just fine. Go drive a base Focus if you don't believe me. 

Just because it's the car for you doesn't mean that we can't have fun in the cars you dismissed so handily. I've had plenty of fun in a Focus and a Mazda, and even an Korean import, one of which I own and drive plenty hard. 

You can get this in a mid-20s Optima, or a Fusion, or plenty of mid-range trim vehicles. It's not exclusive to top luxury anymore. 

Standard on the base model Fiesta. It's on every Ford except some Super Duty chassis-cabs I believe. 

Again, as is the case with most of the posts in this article, Cost, Complexity, etc. Evos and STIs are expensive to maintain for a REASON you know. 

Go on Ebay. You can find exactly what you're talking about for around $50-60, plugs directly into the OBDII socket. 

It's a cost thing. It's available on almost everything anymore. It's standard on many higher-end cars, and top trim packages too. You can't have your cake and eat it too. To keep some trims competitive in pricing, you can't offer everything the upper models have in it. Don't like it? Ignore the bottom trims. 

You can get that in a few cars. Kia sells them, too. I have it in my car, and did the install myself. All it takes is a new mirror with a screen and some wiring fun, since I don't have a color display in my dash. 

I've done it with two old beater trucks. Guys in the beds had the guns. Ran around a big open gravel lot for a few hours shooting eachother. 

Huge problem here: Transit Connects are made in Turkey, shipped to US with a dummy interior to avoid the import truck tarrif, and then finished here. If they were to ship with a truck body, the taxation would be completely different. 

I don't think anyone buys these  thinking they're buying a "big huge ass SUV luxury offroader". I think people know they are getting a small car with good mileage, decent space, and above-average ground clearance.