In truth would it not be awesome to have a Japanese car with an inline six and a manual transmission driving the rear wheels? And at a reasonable price point?

Very very true.

Roadside prostate exam

Are you serious? You want to cannon blast motorists who are texting, applying makeup and eating food, swatting kids and even on occasion, looking at the hood and fenders to keep the horizon somewhat in focus? Can you imagine how the lawyers will have a field day when this causes a little old lady to have a heart…

LOL, I agreed. True story, I actually found her a brand new manual tranny Versa that a couple won on a game show, it had 63 miles and still had stickers on it. It drove, very nice for an econobox. Got there ahead of the crowd. She decided against learning the manual trannie and backed out. There were people waiting in…

You're right, a huge difference. In fact the backseat of the Versa is actually usable for adults. The Fiesta is the better chassis imho.

Believe it or not I actually found and bought her one with a manual- found a couple who won one on a game show, had 63 miles on it. Nice car. She was afraid of a manual transmission and I have my refund as there were folks waiting to buy the car. Don't tell her but I agree with you, the manual is much nicer to drive.

Hey, that's George Romney and a young Mitt Romney in the cover pic.

My sister just bought a hatch version and really likes it. Yes, its an economical little car, but it is fairly roomy and pretty inexpensive. She got the CVT and I have not driven a CVT car since the old Subaru Justy. Not my favorite trannie, but it does respond to a heavy foot fairly well. The seat is actually pretty…

Definitely more functional for me Collin!

The compression ratio is similarly high, but both cycles achieve a very different goal. The Atkinson cycle allows less fill time in the cylinder thus having a smaller quantity of the air fuel mixture. The effective compression ratio is less than the stated ratio due to this. The extra efficiency comes from the…

The Atkinson cycle closes the intake valve early to lessen the cylinder fill, and then uses the extra compression ratio "Headroom" to allow more room for the power, or expansion cycle- thus extracting more useful work for the same amount of fuel.

Some of us go with the cueball look. lol

I think not. Convertibles are for those who enjoy their car and like their motorcycles too.

I think not. Convertibles are for those who enjoy their car and like their motorcycles too.

I agree, ridiculous!

GM will pay some large fine to the feds, just like Toyota did to make the unintended acceleration issue go away. Will the victims and their families get anything? The answer lies in what the victims of the alleged Toyota defect received imho.

Precedent in that tie rod ends for some Chevy Impalas were not covered due to being "Previous" GM.

GM will get a slap on the wrist and pay fines to the federal goobermint I suspect.

Still looking for the Easter bunny and the Corvair I suspect.