And that poor little Fit is hidden behind the other cars, and shoved in the back, like the one friend everyone else in the group secretly hates but they feel bad because he has no other friends.

Here’s a more depressing thought. In 10-15 years, the people who were born after September 11, 2001 will be paying six figures for mid-2000's meh-mobiles.

It looks good, but I’m not sure if I’m sold on it yet.  Maybe the red accents and plaid on the GTI will convince me to upgrade my Mk6 GTI.

The Mk7 Golfs came to the US a year after Europe, so probably 2021 for the US.

$26k is about right for a new GTI... So did he buy it and immediately hate it and trade it in a week later?

I’m glad you are fiscally responsible, but your entirely subjective experience is anecdotal evidence at best. Check Tom’s articles on this site, and do the Google thing. I’ll give you a quick rundown. The average auto loan length is 67 months. One in four loans is between 72 and 84 months, and that in particular is…

An app that is designed to route all traffic through its servers, no less.

That second sentence is terrifying.

Do you think, in your professional opinion, that if people really, really bought cars that were within their means, that new car sales would hit a brick wall?

Clearly it was his untrained Pikachu.

Here’s a hot take for you.  The Caliber is no bigger a shitbox than any other mid-2000's American compact.  They all have miserable Rubbermaid interiors, and driving dynamics rivaling the Model T that Torch filmed recently.

It’s worth well over $200,000, and Dave is very aware of how much work he put into it, and, as a result, wasn’t really crazy about me driving it. That’s why I had to get in in just my socks, and had to swear a blood oath that I’d barely touch the throttle as I trundled down the road.

Boy, I’m glad I didn’t pursue a job at a Tesla store.

I would’ve paid more for Super Mario Run.  I’ve gotten way more than $10 worth out of it.

Then we blame Toyota. I’m not going to say they should have changed the design language of the car to account for the government’s dumb and ugly metal.

Color-matched wheels need to come back.

Yeah, I wouldn’t know how to fix that, but the lights and grill just don’t fit with the rest of the car.

A commenter on the Aston Martin article today asked what the hypercar market is like, and how big it is. This is how big it is. They will make tooling, source leather, mix paint, commission tires, and design an entire new body for one person, if that one person is willing to pay for it.

Not really post Enron, more post Dodge v. Ford Motor Company.

It’s atrocious.