For sleeping comfort, you can also find Mazda6 wagons that provide more space and still have the ZoomZoom factor. And since the 6 is typically in less demand than the 3, you can occasionally find them for the same price.

FYI, as someone informed me after I posted a similarly loooooooooonnngggg Autotrader link, you just need up through the “listingId” number. You can delete the rest.

Rob Zombie. At then we would get one badass soundtrack out of it. Can never have too many Zombie car songs!

And the twist could be that the entire franchise was just the kid from Young Sheldon playing with his Hot Wheels the whole time!

I was going to suggest Joel Schumacher to achieve the same result, but alas, he died two years ago.

Gotta have a C1 Vette in it...

After I hit publish I knew someone would bring up the 996. In regards to looks, let’s be honest, that has never been a huge priority for Porsche. See, for instance, the Panamera and Cayenne.

Well I for one have no desire for a brown diesel station wagon, and I don’t fit in a Miata, so it is never the answer for me.

Since I’ve only seen one answer for a company that has made more than one model and more than 1000 units per year, I’m gonna nominate Porsche.

Just replace the handset electronics with those from a bluetooth earpiece. Then sync it with your phone.

Even then, Motorola and Nokia sold car kits that allowed you to plug-in a hand-held to access a transceiver that was powered by the car. Wouldn’t have been hard to do that as a factory option with swappable cords for different handsets. This was also back when the cellular companies subsidized the costs of new phones…

Not true!

Exactly! I’ll wait for the John Frankenheimer directed Corgi film.

I know Lincoln made a flathead V12, but I am unaware of any 12 cyl in a Mercury car.

I figured as much. I just am contractually obligated to be a smart-ass whenever the opportunity arises.

Hell, car phones have been around for a lot longer than Mannix (which was late 60's). Here, let this weird-haired taillight enthusiast/obsessive from a shiny new website explain...

Maserati Biturbo.

I’m surprised factory car phones were still a thing in 1995. The Motorola MicroTAC (first “pocketable” flip phone) was released in 1989 and by 1995 was actually down to a size you could put in your pocket (provided you weren’t wearing Seven for all Mankind jeans). Plus the switch from analog to digital phones was…

Yeah, my thinking exactly. Seems like a really nice example of what I agree with Rob is the best looking 7-series. But BMW tech on a 27 y.o. car is not going to age well. So unless you are a capable DiY’er with an EE degree (hey, that’s me), or someone with deep pockets to address issues as they arise (definitely not…

“Benzes and Mercs”?