Are we comparing apples to apples, or bannanas? There’s a stark difference between periodic maintenance and a full rebuild. I’ll take a timing belt, spark plugs, water pump, and maybe turbo seals & bearings at 100-150k over crank bearings, piston rings, and seals every 50k any day. The warranty covers you from the…

GM marketing meeting:

“How does the Suburban perform off-road?”

“Well, it’s a dog. Heavy, underpowered, the suspension is about 12 years-old and doesn’t flex, and it almost gets 11MPG. Moms love to use it to transport 2 kids to school.”

As much as I’d like to bash Jeep (pun intended), this is not a vehicle that should ever be tamed. This is meant to be a tough off-road vehicle that you can also drive on the road, not the other way around. I accept the crash ratings as a warning to commuters looking for something that “looks” cool. It’s not inherently…

Even then the irony being that the car won’t go (fast, on dirt roads, over 100k miles, etc) while also not carrying anything other than grocery bags

Apparently AMC was Waaaaay ahead of their time...

Good for them. They’ve only had 115 years to establish the infrastructure and perfect their methods while squeezing every dollar out of 19th-century technology.

The $35,000 target was stated before the steel (and other) tariffs. That makes it more difficult. But unlike our president, Elon is not the kind of leader to throw blame all around just for an easy out at failure. He’ll work tirelessly to make it happen or die trying from a heart attack.

So, as a former Highway Patrol vehicle, is this Mustang qualified for crowd control?

Although I agree on both counts of form and function:
A: Car/petty thieves love them for ease of entry
B: In every example you showed, the wing window would conflict with the mirror. Fixing that would mean either moving the mirror forward, backward, or out, and I just don’t see them doing that since doors are no longer…

Somehow we Americans think that everything can be made more patriotic with a flag nowadays. Swimsuits. Tablecloths. Flags flown in inclement weather and without night lighting. People want something with maximum pride and minimum effort or responsibility

A car has no name

I wouldn’t say “nobody” wants it. It’s just that the majority of us mere mortals can’t afford it

And as long as they keep selling like hotcakes, why invest a mountain of capital in continuous R&D and retooling?

If you sit higher up, you can see the impending danger or changing traffic patterns far sooner and adjust sooner or avoid them completely, instead of merely reacting to the taillights in front of you. It doesn’t do as much on the open highway, but in rush hour traffic it is incredibly beneficial

They’ve taken the time to set up a dvr webcam and sensors programmed into the traffic light to change it, but they couldn’t wire those same sensors to a couple of flashing yellow strobes mounted just above the crash bar or in the sides of the tunnel where a nervous trucker would actually be looking when driving under…

Then Buy Lexus badges for it - lol

If you can only afford one car in your stable to meet all of your daily driver needs throughout the year, then this is not a good choice for more reasons than the top.

Believe it or not, they actually have to consider aerodynamics of not only the exterior, but the airflow in the engine bay now. They need to maximize the scavenging effect of air leaving the engine bay to draw heat away. They also have to make sure they can get enough air through the intercooler for the turbo…

It wasn’t that long ago that the water pump needed to be replaced every 35k miles, along with the brakes, tires, belts, hoses, spark plugs, cap & rotor....

Except for thousands of small business, municipal, and fleet customers - and college students who want to camp and surf but don’t have extra cash