@happygardeningmama002: Granted, it's not a bad car. My only real problems with it are that it replaced a genuinely unique, useful vehicle rather than being introduced alongside it, and that half of the ones I see on the road are this nasty shade of bile.

@Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: You mean in the other hand, surely?

@Maymar: Seriously, if I end up making a decent living, a turbo 9-3 is taking over daily-driver duty. Preferably with a stick, though the one I drove (my friend's) was an automatic. I loved it that much. And this coming from a RWD-loving Hoon.

@Maymar: If you have something that handles well and is modern enough that its age isn't an excuse, you really ought to have more power, though. That's how I look at it. For instance, now that I've gotten to drive a Saab 9-3 (rehashed 900SE), I've grown to quite like them - part of it's the comfortable seating…

@gman1023: Aye, my grandfather quite liked my parts car while it was still on the road, and thought my grandmother's V70XC was a great car (because it was), but he's afraid of the costs of keeping a Volvo or Saab on the road. He's looking for a newer (used) convertible, though, or will be in a year and a half or so...…

@emilylzbth: True - the only car I've seen with more headroom is my Volvo 240, and that's comparatively a bit lacking in legroom, instead (unfortunately). That's comparing a New Beetle with a sunroof to a 240 without one, even.

@happygardeningmama002: The biggest problem I have with the Scion xB is that it's called an xB. The first generation had more room for passengers, was considerably more frugal, and offered better visibility; the current xB was basically focus-grouped into mediocrity, to the point where (to me) there's not a lot of…

@peevdiddy: Ohhh, not just you. My mother's New Beetle - arguably the best New Beetle ever produced that wasn't a Turbo S, but that's not the point - is a particularly good car by Puebla standards, and we've replaced three door latches due to a combination of mechanical failures and alarm issues, not to mention almost…

@invincible-delta-88: NewBeetle.org might surprise you - there's more straight guys than you think driving those things.

@anteup lost her pizazz: I've always seen the TT, especially the first generation, as a New Beetle with its Z-axis shortened.

@kellybean: It's like a Miata: a guy can get away with driving it, provided he's a reasonably skilled driver and appreciates it as a fairly-frugal street-legal go-cart. Yeah, people are going to laugh, but he knows it'll outhandle the vast majority of cars on the road.

@peevdiddy: VW has a habit of selling somewhat outdated convertibles to buyers they perceive as not being concerned about the underlying platform - the second-generation Cabriolet was a first-generation with modern sheetmetal, and the fourth-generation was a third-generation Cabrio with the same modern styling…

@anteup lost her pizazz: My mother has one, so I've ridden in it/driven it some. At 6', I fit fine in the front seats, but the back's really meant for dwarves and children.

@jark: My friend's mother is equally adamant, and she's from here in New Hampshire. I don't understand it.

@IN THE FACE!: I never said Liberty! The new one's rubbish. Well, so's the Patriot, but the Patriot looks the part from the A-pillar forward, and that's what I'm interested in - just the sheetmetal, not the platform.

@KAR120C: Even an extended-cab (not quad-cab) with a proper six-foot bed based on the Outback would've been more successful - as it was, it was priced out of the utility market, which already was disinterested due to the useless bed. I'd like to take a '90s Outback and cut everything away behind the B-pillar, then use…

@gman1023: Shame, but at least the car lived on (sort of). At least it wasn't torched.

@AlexG55: Warsaw Pact, Second World, Eastern Bloc... something. Any of the above work.

@Paul Y. is dumb all over: Two, two, two... you get the point.

@cobrajoe: I have faith in the Pentastar. I'd like to see a diesel, as well, but I wouldn't put any money on that happening, given that the VM Motori CRD no longer passes emissions testing. I suppose they could make it work, though.