Praise should be narrowly limited to the 6000STE, which engineers altered extensively in an effort to fix awful understeer, overboosted steering, and horrendous braking behavior. The redeeming qualities of the A-body start and end with being spacious for the price point and reasonably reliable by early 1980s…

Car companies can’t react that quickly to fuel market changes. The death of the Accent happened years ago when Hyundai made the decision to carry more tiers of CUV/SUV models. I wouldn’t be surprised if eventually Hyundai plans to ditch the Elantra as its last non-luxury sedan.

In this case, I think it’s rarity driving the value. I can’t even find another 4/4 Series II for sale. 400 were made vs more than 3,500 of the 4/4 1600 in that ad.

Morgan built less than 400 of these Series II cars so there’s no way this doesn’t get restored. It’s just a question of how much restoration it needs and the main sticking point will be the condition of the wood frame. If that checks out this car could be worth something approaching the asking price.... this car in…

And for more confusion, Jeep launched the Cherokee name on a two-door version of the SJ Wagoneer, which was itself sold in a two-door version in the mid-60s.

Sure, anything with the 360 or 401 will be bad. The 258 and manual can get 20mpg or so at period highway speeds, meaning 60 mph. Having had SJs with both the BW1339 and the conventional NP208, the quadra-trac full-time system is noticeably worse.

Just noticed this is a Selec-Trac truck so it’s probably a somewhat simpler New Process t-case. Still, running it in full-time hi will net you wretched gas mileage.

Equip a Scout with full-time Borg-Warner AWD and you’d get similar gas mileage.

Or, in the of the Altima case, turbo-4 power. Which I think is why Jatco recently developed a more robust CVT specifically for turbo applications. It’s not in this model, for whatever reason. The Jatco CVTs got better over the years, but they were not designed to be easily serviced. And a lot of them need servicing.

The CX-30 is supposed to replace the CX-3, so in a sense it did scale up. I think Mazda is just trying to push people who actually need the space to move up to a CX-50 or CX-5.

Not just any CVT, either. The much-loathed Jatco CVT8.

Haha, that’s very true. Many of them who bought something with an AMG, M or RS badge probably wanted one of these, too.

It’s a Mazda3 with 3 inches less wheelbase. So it’s probably even worse on legroom.

The CX-30 is based on the Mazda3, but it has a slightly shorter wheelbase that is shared with the MX-30. The CX-50? Also based on the Mazda3 but with a longer wheelbase. Then there’s the CX-5, based off the Mazda6 with a wheelbase almost the same as the Mazda3. And a bunch of other CXs that are similarly confusing.…

That’s an interesting take because almost everyone else says the opposite: looks fantastic but the performance doesn’t match the price tag. As with the RC weight is the culprit and the tuning is skewed toward comfort rather than outright numbers.

Edit: that looks like a scoop for an aftermarket side-mount intercooler. Again, if you’re going through the trouble of improving the cooling system why not keep A/C?

I think it’s an easy NP if the trans isn’t on its last legs. It’s odd, though... someone went through the trouble of installing what looks like a custom air intake on an autobox turbo, yet deleted two nice “luxury” features—A/C and cruise. And then there’s that cellar of parts... maybe there’s a working compressor in…

The best deal is a hateful Cavalier. This could be the most depressing QOTD I’ve seen.

Volvo would rather you buy the V90CC, of which 708 were sold in the U.S. last year. I’m pretty sure certain brands like Audi, Volvo, and Merc are willing to stock some these simply because the average buyer of these is relatively wealthy and will likely be repeat customers. The mere presence of a single V60 wagon at…

There’s not much but a Boxster S is definitely in the conversation, as is the Z3. If those don’t count as high-revving, there is the Elise.