@GTBruiser: I agree, Malibu and Fusion are nice steps up from prior sedan crapcars from Detroit. But not enough. Cheap plastic remains, and reliability must eclipse (not just match) Japan to kill the 1980's rustbucket reputation. And perhaps Detroit needs to offer special incentives for Japanese/Korean trade-ins to…

@BrianMadigan: seldom am i serious, i just write as if i was.

"It's a great day not just for muscle cars, but for America."

Iacocca had some things right:

@deftonesboy360: not to slight the performance attributes of towing vehicles or on-road agricultural machinery, but this is my idea of high performance diesel:

@bygeorge:

@buzz killington is finally back online.: as i mentioned to jeffro, i believe this is because Jeeps are delivered stock with solid axles and the most economical kits add enough suspension travel to it that it's not worth the cost and effort to refurbish the vehicle with a fully independent suspension.

@jeffro: you're correct about the market demographic.

Correction: the plane that was successful only because of miltary need.

you have got to be kidding.

@jeffro: only if you are carrying extremely heavy loads, my friend. otherwise, solid front axle is definitely not the way to go, especially for a machine that supposedly is bred for off-road performance.

@Интернет космонавт: @BlackVR:

Is conceit more representative of the owner or the car designer?

it's about time!

@Spasticteapot:

@Spasticteapot: If you think production economies of scale will keep up with debt servicing costs in the years ahead, you're dreaming. The US is right behind Ireland in fiscal hot water. Even if some products are cheaper to purchase today than in the past, we haven't paid off what we already purchased nor created…

@thebluepill: on what do you base your predictions?

@geistkoenig: so what you are saying is that a parent with common sense will have to set limits on fuel economy in order to save the automobile from bloating ad nauseum. Or increase fuel taxes? or emissions taxes?

Entirely predictable that automobile companies listen more to marketeers with their feature checklists than they do to their test engineers who actually drive them.