The 4 door was a smart business move and the right choice if FCA was only going to offer one body style.

For me? I want a 2 door Sport with the LSD, and Max Tow Package. Sadly the tow package isn’t available with the manual gearbox. I wish the Rubicon hood was available as a standalone (cooling) option; mostly because…

I don’t presently have a pickup, but I do like the Chevy Colorado and if going new, it’d likely be my only consideration alongside the Ranger. The cheapest you can go and still get 4WD with the diesel engine is 40k$, requiring the LT trim. 42k$ will net the Z71 package on top, and 46k$ will grant entry to the diesel…

I can only speak for the FIAT 500. We’ve owned two of them now, and the only issues we ever suffered related to Bluetooth pairing a pre-2016 model.

There are numerous options in the sub-5k$ used SUV/truck category of Craigslist. I’m unsure why you can’t just get one of those for the needs and then pickup a Mazda Miata, Porsche Cayman, or an M3 for the normal/fun aspects of life.

That is the factor of personal preference/bias that no amount of advancement can resolve. I understand it, and imagine that you have long-since accepted the compromises a larger vehicle creates.

I’ve always liked smaller cars, so it has never been a challenge to find one I enjoy. Some big cars have a draw to me, after…

They are good in exception to the ‘small overlap’ test, which any car not specifically designed for it, will fail miserably. Most cars designed after 2014 should excel at this test.

FIAT needs to do a re-engineer/design of this car to improve overlap crash performance, to update the interior materials, and to fit their…

Go drive a FIAT 500 Abarth!

My brother just bought one and it is great, for a single person. It is roomy (same interior volume as my Mustang, yet 3+ feet shorter in overall exterior length), the seating position is upright for a sporty car so that you have good visibility and don’t feel as small against other vehicles,…

Truck buyers have no one to blame but themselves. They made the market of 50k+ trucks by continuing to buy the latest and greatest, with the most chrome-laden trim, at absurd 7+ year lending terms.

The trucks aren’t made that well and manufacturers have long enjoyed the massive margins they earn on selling full-size…

If you have a VR4, it is always 3000GT time. The AWD and good selection of snow tires means you don’t have to park your sports car for the winter; unless of course you want to.

I drove my ND Miata through winter, albeit a mild one, in Colorado last year. This year the Miata wouldn’t have managed the snow days so well,…

A lot of these are great vehicles and it shocks me that more aren’t finding homes. My brother just picked up a Fiat 500 Abarth over the weekend and it is a hoot!

Small cars work for a lot of people, I think they just aren’t considering how much of their driving time is spent by themselves or with only one passenger. I…

The aviation ones from the likes of Textron that Andrew mentioned are a bit more than that. The shades are made out of polarized Lexan anodized, with quality, anodized aluminum bracing, and multi-directional joints.

The aviation industry is a niche, with low volume, and high demands, which is a recipe for being…

Can we get Lotus to make a small, fun, 4 door, 4 seat SUV? Light, AWD, 8+” of ground clearance, spartan but useful interior, weird enough for all of us to love, but in a category that would make sense for normal people to buy.

There are other things I’d rather they build (like more fantastic and weird sports cars), but…

Yep! The Abarth 500 has some charming rally-style 17" wheels, but they would be so much better as 16" wheels. Thankfully, there is a lovely set of 16" wheels that are optional, with a great design of their own.

Optional 17"

No one ever mentions how the dash is NOT directly from the Miata. The top full-length panel of the dash is is similar but unique between the 124 and Miata, as is the gauge cowl. I don’t care for the distinctly Chrysler look of the door panels, but they felt the same as the rest of the interior plastic when I looked at…

It is just a simple fry sauce — a delicious and easy to make solution that applies to so many things, so well.

BMW helped build the cult of RWD. They spent three decades marketing the benefits of RWD over FWD for driving superiority and performance. Now they are doubling back because the accountants finally won the war in the boardroom. They deserve all of the hostility of the enthusiasts and journalists that they can handle,…

The sting of a color named ‘Downshift Blue’ on a car that is only available as an automatic.

Snow tires would make a world of difference in all aspects save for ground clearance.

The only bad thing you can say about the Miata RF, is that window, and it is BAD! Same with the Cadillac. Mazda can hide behind their low relative price point and constrained budgets as a small automaker, but Cadillac is attempting to be THE name in luxury again.