Impressively minimalistic, although for European excessive complexity, I’m going with the Saab one that puts on a little show as it opens.

The pinnacle of all cupholder achievement was Chrysler’s NS minivans, with ratcheting adjustment, and it’s all been downhill from there.

In retrospect, any mid-90's SUV ad playing up safety is pretty bad, but bonus points to the Chevy Blazer, as the two-door of this generation lead in most deadly accidents per units in the early 2000's.

I guess institutional memory at GM is short, because they went with “This isn’t your father’s Oldsmobile,” right about the time that Olds’s sales started to sharply decline.

On some level, there’s nothing that should be held back from at least some level of electrification. I’m not sure there’s anything on the market today that’s so wholly tied up in its ICE engine as the defining source of character that I’d rather it be discontinued than find a way to survive in a changing marketplace.

Hybrid or Ecoboost though?

The coupe is the gentleman’s/lady’s DSM.

400hp is too much. Even 300 sounds a bit excessive for new drivers, but that's a bit closer to the limit of normal family cars.

They did that on the Dynasty as well, which frankly made zero difference either way, as that predates the ram’s head and crest badges, and just had the pentastar. But then, the Dynasty also feels better suited to Chrysler than Dodge (while the Intrepid had stronger Dodge energy, at least in 90's terms), except that…

Naturally if anyone was going to do it, it’d be GM.

The launch commercial should be argument enough. But beyond that, it’s got a digital dashboard, Faceman drove one on the A-Team, half my toys of the era were C4 Corvettes. Get the C4.

I think there’s a space for a reasonably priced convertible with a usable back seat. I’m not saying it’s good, but I’ve got a soft spot for the first gen Sebring convertible (especially now that used ones are rightfully cheap). The Buick Cascada posits what if we made a Sebring that was smaller and more expensive?

Terrible car? It was reliable, fantastically economical, cheap, and people really seemed to like the Swift GTi as a hot hatch. Perhaps cutting the roof off was a bit misguided, but people just love saying things without context, don’t they?

Step 1 - Buy a van

The Ford Taurus in multiple iterations of Ford Simulator which is how those of a certain age were introduced to driving on the computer?

I’d say we’re all Abed, but really, network execs just want a full schedule that brings copious ad dollars, and a series that runs for 3.27 episodes across 19 years isn’t compatible with that.

Much like the excellent Avista, I’m disappointed the Elmiraj never got beyond the concept stage, because I’m middle aged and there’s no good roads around here, and I just want a really nice pillarless hardtop.

I dispute the timeless - it looks like it should have redline tires and be on a bit of orange track, but that’s not a criticism.

- Beloved aunt

It’s something that requires a little more clarification, because it could easily be anything from Golf owners who refuse to buy a Taos to people who aren’t willing to give up a volume knob and rear window controls to someone who genuinely got burned with the ownership experience.