Citroen G predates. Too bad it was never built.

Most commuters never even go into a city center. Travel from suburb to suburb is more common.

Most commuters spend some time at highway speeds. This iteration looks like it’s really designed for inner ring London. Murray is one of the most innovative designers out there, and I think he could come up with a true one/two person commuter (narrow three-wheel tilting perhaps) but that would need ditching the very…

In movement, here are the important increases. Brisk walking pace is 3 mph. A bicycle or horse can triple that speed for long distances. The Model T could go over an order of magnitude (10 times) faster. So can a three-wheel tuk-tuk. Most of the time on the open road we travel at 20 times walking speed, 60 mph. That…

I saw one of those in Bozeman, Montana 32 years ago. It’s little. But you don’t need something like that to go off road. Here, in northern Minnesota, I go down logging roads in a rusty Dodge SWB Caravan. Just watch for rocks.

Haptic controls that can be operated without taking your eyes off the road are better and safer than any screen with multiple menus and they don't interfere with night vision. Distracted driving accidents have increased as a result of more functions being moved to screens.

Hooray. I hate touch screens. Lack of haptic feedback means touchscreens force you to take your eyes off the road.

A friend of mine who is a retired tire engineer has said that there is no benefit to going lower than 65 aspect ratio for ordinary vehicles not racing cars.

Maintenance has cost 7.25 cents per mile. That’s more than for all the beater Dodge Caravans I’ve driven to 250000 to 300000 miles, which I usually buy for $2,000 when they have over 150,000 miles on them. I budget 5 cents per mile, but it rarely costs that much. I do my driving in the severe climate and rough roads…

Had one of these crush-o-matics. No power. Couldn’t pull 4th gear into a headwind. Did a two foot sidestep every time a truck passed. Brutal in North Dakota winter. Seats were killers on a long trip.

Why spend $20,000? Isn’t NYC expensive enough? A short wheelbase Caravan with the 3.3 will run without problems and take the dings, and if you lose your apartment, you can live in it. A shorter van, and a true truck, is an early model PT Cruiser with 5-speed manual. It’s built like a tank, gets 30 mpg and will easily…

You forgot the Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C 14-cylinder two-stroke marine diesel that produces 107,000 horsepower at over 50% thermal efficiency. https://magazine.engineerjobs.com/2013/wartsila-rt-flex96c-worlds-largest-smartest-diesel.htm

European roads are better; distances driven are shorter; and corners are tighter than American roads, ergo the prevalence of cab-overs. Americans prefer conventional tractors which are much more comfortable over long distances.

Mid 40s is not cold. In Minnesota, that’s a summer morning temp.

He’s been getting 50 mpg. He doesn’t want a land yacht. He’s also probably not familiar with rust. There are plenty of reliable cars out there for less than $5,000. First find a mechanic in a shop you trust and then go out and choose. And forget the oddball, performance cars. He wants a daily driver. One thing he…

So FCA trucks, Jeeps and minivans are mediocre? PSA autos and vans are mediocre? Millions of buyers are wrong? A man in his late 60s with a 15 year sentence should not worry about dying in jail? And what is it with all the hating of the Journey? That’s a tired trope that has worn out its welcome.

Won’t happen. Peak density of U.S. cities occurred in 1950. Since then, housing growth has been 90% low density. Even NYC growth has been primarily low density. Attempting to move people by public transport in low density areas is phenomenally expensive. https://www.buildzoom.com/blog/can-cities-compensate-for-curbing-…

Cities are huge supply hogs. You can't supply a city with public transport. It takes trucks. Even a 1911 film of NYC shows most of the wheeled traffic being horse drawn drays. Ancient Rome could never have reached a population of one million if it hadn't been located on a river 20 miles from an ocean port. When…

You obviously know nothing about early minivans. They were fantastic vehicles for their time. The best idea Detroit ever had. Small on the outside and huge on the inside. Seats came out and you could haul sheet rock and plywood. Sliding side door making it easy to put kids in to safety seats. Command driving position,…

If it’s the 2.2 liter, you won’t be tearing around in it. The 2.5 has a lot more torque. I had two of these first gen Voyagers. Drove one to 305,000 miles and the second to 225,000. Bent the axle on the first by greatly overloading it too many times and driving on frost heaved roads.. My favorite car of all time was a…