They have six brands to maximize their marketing. Each brand fills a niche in the profile of the consumer they want to buy it.

“...nor can they seem to make anything that does well except full size Trucks and SUVs.”

Wait, their wealth can’t be redistributed? :p

Nice.  Did not know that existed.

I went shopping coming from a 25yr/old compact capable of 40mpg. That was my mark. Very difficult mark to hit with a manual transmission now even though engine tech has changed - this was right at the begining of Dieselgate, which changed my shopping because high on the list was a manual golf diesel wagon.

C4C - right. Seeing your 2006 numbers I was thinking what were the restrictions... what measure were people using and where were they going... Thought C4C would be a good capture here. Your grabs are still remarkable tho.

May have been the Iranians.  Saudis have been in the news a lot lately so I probably mistyped.

Did some digging on Cash for Clunkers...

Now THAT is not what I expected.  Good Kinja.

I challenge you to pull the same images from SUVs/Sedans from 2008.  Going from 23mpg to 28mpg isn’t a move - David’s point.

“odds of getting to $4 per gallon soon are pretty low”

I would argue the Kia Soul is for people who have never seen HamsterDance.com, circa late ‘90s. So when the Kia ad campaign featuring hamsters came out, all I could hear is

“were done right” is a huge caveat. Take a look at that shifter again. Take a look at those Rota wheels.

Tip of the hat for 1996 Alfa.

came here for a Fancy Kristen reply.  not disappointed.

Let me get this straight, your coming at me with a “tidy” $5k MINI JCW? I’m not doubting they exist, just the definition of tidy.

MINI is definition of CP, especially JCW. Save money, MINI and JCW are not synonymous.

“Definitely; if just these two states had gone for Clinton, we wouldn’t be in this mess in the first place.”

Any craigslist ad including a line item list of modifications is CP. Prove me wrong.

“GM’s stock price rose 7% on the news.”