Yeah, the fact that the trend has been going on for so long now is a possible indicator of a permanent shift. Wagons only really got popular in the ‘50s, since they were too expensive before then, and faded out in the ‘80s. Minivans hit in the ‘80s, start waivering in the ‘90s, and really went out in the ‘00s. The SUV…

Yup

Companies are starting not to care about us, since the oldest millennials are now pushing 40. The focus is on understanding how to market to the generation or two after us. 

Well, Baby Boomers bought Beetles as a rebellion against corporate America and excessive consumerism, before they got married, moved to the suburbs, and got promoted to middle management - at which point, they traded them in on Tauruses, Accords, and Caravans.

Im skeptical that this is true, but part of me has suspected that this would happen eventually. People do generally shy away from what their parents had/did - that’s a big factor in station wagons, minivans, and personal luxury coupes dying off. With SUVs/CUVs having been the dominant family car form factor for so…

That would barely cover my daily commute, with no reserve for detours, traffic backups, or other unexpected changes.

Theyre probably subleasing office space from Nissan, given the latter's own aggressive staff reduction plan. Could be a case of literally not being able to afford their own building anymore. 

This, exactly. Everyone loves to hate on cubicles, but I don’t see how a modicum of privacy is somehow worse than no privacy at all. We’re in the middle of an office renovation right now, and my seniormost employee has spent months complaining to me and everyone who will listen about being moved from a private office…

How does this, a car that was never intended to be a convertible, and was hacked together by an outside shop, somehow look so much better than a Cascada, a car engineered by GM from the start as a ragtop?

The Pinto had less egregious reliability problems than the Vega, but was probably just as susceptible to rust. The absolute worst on the market at the time was probably the Plymouth Cricket, but Chrysler sold so few of those, its hardly worth mentioning. 

Chevy didn’t even want the Vega in the first place, their engineers had been working on ideas for their own subcompact, when GM’s corporate engineering staff forced the unfinished Vega project on them and told them to finish that instead.

If past history is any indication, the Kia version will be prettier and slightly cheaper. 

That was one of the smartest things Hank Hill ever said. Right up there with “I can’t enjoy a party until I know where the bathroom is”

This won’t share its name with the Mustang, just some styling cues. Its going to be sold as the Ford Mach E, not as a Ford Mustang Mach E. 

Well, I can honestly say I care about this at least as much as any other crossover on the market today. 

The general public cared about styling back then, they really don’t now.

I doubt they'll lose sales. The cars still have the blue and white roundel emblem on them, which is all most leasees care about. And most of the competition is also taking a trip down ugly street anyway. 

The interior is great, and I like that they found a way to do the trendy floating roof effect without resorting to a piece of shiny black plastic. That polished metal strip on the C-pillar is an attractive touch. 

You know, if the United States would dump the FMVSS and sign on to UNECE WP29 like half of the world has, this sort of thing wouldn’t be an issue. Automaker doesn’t want to sell a certain model here? BFD, just buy it overseas and put it on a ship yourself. 

I’m inclined to buy the argument that the same thing would happen with any car with locked doors, and also question why they couldn’t break the window.