This and/or Corolla

I won’t lie, I *might* have painted my brake calipers....

I agree there (as a current ‘15 3.8 owner). The transmission is the biggest fault of the entire ownership experience - especially cold as you said. However, the 3.8 had a bit larger/robust clutch & flywheel. Less of an issue there but the daily “experience” makes it .... lackluster.

Second this. The Veloster N is the unsung hero. That said, even the Genesis Coupe was nearly just that. Its issue were that the brakes just were only about 90% ready and fade became a real issue. But brakes are easy and it isn’t like the other similar contenders *cough 370Z* had brake issues here.  Just a 3400 problem.

Disagree. The American Consumer (cheap and uninspiring) made for bad cars but there was a lot of innovation. Same could be said about bland crossovers. Still, reliability has to be measured within the peers of its time. Even the VW bug was an engine rebuild ever 80K or less for a “reliable” car.

You are correct - they were both. Although the “pony” was first. I *think* the first year Hyundai fulfilled Mitsubishi allotment first which might have helped Hyundai get through the “launch woes” with someone else’s name. So Mitsu was nearly a beta test.

That is because they had Mitsubishi badges....

AMC/Renault Alliance - Any.

MR2 Spyder

Yes, lets toss a V10 with MOPAR plastic into the EU non-supercar market. Even getting 10k in EU sales would be 1/5 the entire Chrysler market. Maybe it would work with the Aussies? Maybe? But that isn’t flying with EU fuel pricing/tax. The Chrysler 300 failed in Europe, so lets make it thirstier and less practical.

Just like when we switched from paper to plastic for “environmental reasons” some things just reverse course in good time.

Those are production numbers, not sales numbers. I am going by US sales numbers - but I did leave out one 14K sales year (ie the 2004) -45K total. So my mistake there. Still, 14K a year then drops. Even then, they sold 14K in the US in 2004 but made nearly 23K of the LHD? Did Germany really buy 9K of these things?

But Chrysler was making a “sportscar” back then too.

Maybe, - and just being pedantic here -I say they would not even get that close to 25K. The Crossfire sold 31K over 5 years with 14K being their best year. If they sold 25K it would have been beyond a lucky amazing success. 25K over an entire production run would have been lucky.

I doubt it. Vette is a specific halo/retirement “statement”. Kinda like if GM released a Wrangler-fighter version of of a K5 Blazer. Really, only those already buying GM would buy the Wrangler-fighter. Those are already buying a Blazer, so they would eat their own here.

Well, as cool as it was - it also showed how bad Chrysler was at the time. Really, cramming the 4.7 in the crossfire made more sense. But -before you can build a ‘firepower” how ‘bout fixing the dumpsterfire

Except they don’t.

Except not, especially dealing with terrain and human comfort items. Regen does not get back all that you expend. We did some EV beta on fixed routes and found range to be only about 60% on “good days” and if it was cold or hot, maybe 50% tops. We did a EV “passenger minibus” cart and it lasted only about 2 hours when…

8.6MPG ain’t bad for this type of use. This isn’t your highway commute. Start-stop every 50 yards and if they claimed 10mph I would call it as bs.

Yeah, always hoping they would fix that... flagships shouldn’t fake anything.