Generally, a lower-displacement engine like the 3-liter is going to be a little happier to rev than the bigger 3.7. But also likely is that the author is talking about the 370Z’s infamous rev hang behavior. The car has a very heavy flywheel.

You mean the same thing as a Tigershark—the World engine—along with Dodge’s usual treatment in the Caliber—the dreaded CVT?!? Yes, that would have fixed everything.

Yeah, that’s gotta be it. Even low-mileage SEL trim AWD Lancers are selling for less than $20K.

I’m mostly referring to cargo space... despite 10 (!) inches less wheelbase than the Ioniq or the Mustang it offers slightly better cargo space. Rear-seat legroom obviously suffers, but not by a lot.

I’ve seen one in Brooklyn.

I, for one, would sooner have a Type 2 T3 Synchro than a Scout.

I love this idea. Which of course means it won’t happen.

Scout is arguably better--and certainly more descriptive--than Thing.

One of the only things the Commander had was decent off-road chops, at least in the higher specs: QD-I or QD-II. QD-II had dual eLSDs in addition to low range. It failed because it was a poorly-built SUV. This was the era of the very ugly WK GC and the Chrysler Aspen. DaimlerChrysler could never have gone as upscale…

Edit: SJ Grand Wagoneer.

The Golf has been a sales albatross for *years*. Literally anything would be fine. The Taos is only two inches wider than the Golf. The big difference is length, but that just gives it the same overall cargo space as the old sportwagen. It’s almost as efficient and quick as the old Alltrack while offering the CUV…

Right. And the Commander was Jeep’s very first three-row. The SJ Grand Cherokee never had a third row unless there’s some special version somewhere.

I’m with you on the interior of the Golf R/GTI, though they are otherwise solid and increasingly hard-to-find hot hatch options. The rest of VW’s car options have been woeful for years so it’s not a surprise to see sales fall off a cliff. But the Tiguan is solid competitor, the Atlas is a very good seller, and the…

For a time in Canada you could get a B3 Passat Synchro wagon with leather and a G60 supercharger. That would be worth $10K or more these days.

The 2017 330i wagon is, as far as I can tell, fully functional, but the 2008 9-3 sportcombi aero is showing its age after years of Michigan roads:

It’s okay to not have a point. My first car was a 232ci Hornet hatchback with 3-on-the-floor. No twisted driveshafts but it shipped from Brampton with a pinhole in the block. Triple brown w/ brown steel wheels. Agricultural beast but it lasted 200k miles.

True, but the 7 pounds per cubic inch formula favored slightly heavier cars with big blocks... AMC wasn’t going to compete with 427 Camaros or Hemi ‘cudas. The new formula meant that you even had competitive Plymouth Arrows.

The 10-year period between, say, 1973 to 1983 was when most of the worst of worst were produced. Look at the average lineup in 1988 vs 1982. Even the domestics showed vast improvements in some areas. Don’t get me wrong, there was still plenty of junk on the market, but by 1988 you could get a Toyota or Honda with U.S.-…

I drove it sort of hoping for a potential replacement to my old Saab sportcombi, which wasn’t exactly a sports car. It was a contender until I realized I would be spending mid-range GTI money for a car that was somehow much smaller than the GTI aft of the front seats and also less fun to drive.

More specifically, no version of the 3 carries a Miata-spec engine. The closest was the NC that carried a version of the MZR/L engine that was used in many Mazda and Ford vehicles.