The pricing and incentives on them makes them quite a deal. While not an exciting vehicle by any stretch they’ve been on the market a long enough time to have the bugs thoroughly worked out so it’s likely one of the most reliable Jeeps you could get.

When you put it that way it sounds like the cast of American Gladiators from the 90's. Which is funny because the old Jeep pickups were called Gladiators.

It does look pretty close to color of faded plastic

ATF stains are hard to get out of carpet, been there. Prefer the transmission to be under the floor if possible.

I find that the alcantara really coddles the sheet goods I get at lumber yard. No more scratched drywall panels.

Can you imagine an Italian car with gesture controls?

I was expecting a Vega with an extra 1.75" of legroom

5 Star lighting is already available. The future is now.

I think the lack of semaphores in that criteria is a huge miss.

And the next vehicle Torch reviews is:

Yeah Detroit Diesel, and they have a distinct sound for sure.

The Lottery fundsin IL were released on Dec 8th, so it shouldn’t be any issue for the short term.

No G-meter or boost gauge in the Dart. Instead we get a funny looking flower that grows petals with increased fuel economy.

That thumping sound in the trunk is “So Jeffrey”

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/heres-the-fast…

“Here’s the fastest way to defrost your car windows according to Russian science.”

Just swing by your local VW dealership and they’ll turn that off for you.

I vote woodgrain PT Cruiser.

So for 2016 we’ll get interesting reviews about the loaner car that Doug is driving that we would have already known about if we followed him on twitter.

The Transporter is the more commercial version of the van and the models except the Kombi (passenger van) would be considered trucks. But still doesn’t make sense that we can’t get it’s passenger twin, the Multivan or California, or the Caddy or the Crafter or Scirroco (ok, that’s not a van but I still want one)