Good call. I was going to suggest the CJ2A, but perhaps that was a bit too historical.

My wife has a coupe version (325Ci). It’s a 2003 that she’s owned since new. It’s a fun little car, even though it has the automatic. It handles well and has excellent outward visibility. Wish it were a stick though.

Exactly. We have three kids under the age of 7. While we obviously don’ t want them (or anyone) to get hurt, car seats are nearly the size of doghouses... just like A and B pillars are getting thicker... because safety standards are written for unbelted occupants.

Good idea. The company Gogoro has run this in Taiwan for a few years now. You can swap out your battery at 7-11 and other convenience shops. Pretty cool idea (for scooters).

Or the CJ3B.

Counter-point:

Yeah, between my brother and sister they have had four Subarus and seven head gaskets. Great outward visibility though.

Friendly or not, I just like how Ford is improving outward visibility and highlighting it in the marketing.

Here’s one look:

5th: Hydrogen delivery trucks? A hydrogen fuel cell might have some use in ocean-going marine (or maybe that’s an ammonia fuel cell) or rail... but local delivery trucks that come back to the barn at night? I wouldn’t bet against battery electric, even for multiple shifts.

I swept the floor at the BMW factory in Regensburg the summer of 1996 and loved every minute of it.

Hat tip to Citric. What a car. Needs more gauges though:

From the Automotive News article: “Dealers are looking forward to the introduction of a ‘competitive eSprinter product’ for the U.S.”

This. 

1928-31 Ford Model A? Ford GPW/Willys MB? 1946-1964 Willys truck or wagon? Porsche Carrera GT? Nissan Frontier Pro-4X crew cab with a six speed manual? Dodge/RAM Power Wagon?

I get a kick out of reading their review of the Jeep Wrangler. It cracks me up. The words usually include something along the line of “noisy, rough ride, slow, inefficient,...” as if a Wrangler buyer meant to snag a Chevy Bolt got mixed up somewhere on the way back to the finance office.

Yeah, it seems like we are in a mad rush to make all cars have the outward visibility of a Chevy Camaro.

Whoa. You just won the internet. Nice!

What’s it called?

Also - just because a company is now publicly traded (see recent trend to use a SPAC) - doesn’t mean it’s a sound investment.