The Jeep wrangler.
Yes, it is blisteringly competent off road. It’s an absolute trail beast. Jeep sells it as a freedom trail mountain machine, but what it’s buyers actually use it for is “butch Miata.” When 85+% of your trail beasts never see anything more challenging than a gravel driveway, it’s a total flop.

I drove one back in the 70s. It could handle Pace car duties easily.

I don’t mind the F-150 either.

Kia dealers are going to kill Kia. It’s one reason I won’t consider one. It’s been that way for a long time, but traditionally, Kia dealers catered to people who were either dead-set on a value-oriented product, or people who had no choice. Those people weren’t too picky about the experience. Now that they have cars…

I’m 33 and I’ve owned 4.

My wife and I (under 40) have an ATS because the leases on them were silly this summer.  About $300 a month was better than the other things we were cross-shopping in that segment.

I dig the CT6. It’s got all the cool gadgets that the German sedans have but with a lower profile because it’s an American car. Meaning, you fly under the radar. Do they put radar-absorbing paint on it? And the CT6-V with its 500 or 550hp tt V8s has the requisite amount of boogie too. Now, about that 96 month…