Definitely - it’s why I used the term “perceived” value up there somewhere. Subaru is notoriously stingy in cash-on-hood terms and nobody considers their cars “cheap” - and that’s despite the fact that everybody can see their interiors!

“This is a misunderstanding of what impacted the auto industry prior to and during the recession.”

“nobody actually wanted small sedans and hatchbacks”
Honda, Hyundai/Kia, and Toyota would beg to differ.

In all seriousness, though, this kind of thinking is what caused Chrysler/GM to suddenly have no appealing, affordable or desirable cars when the bottom fell out of the economy or when gas prices rose - so they had to go hat-in-hand to the government for a bailout.

I know ‘90s cars got a reputation for “bar-of-soap” design language but that top-down shot is ridiculous

Kinda exciting to see AC Unity running properly on a console for the first time in ever

At first glance, sure - but it’s missing one crucial part about what made the Elio so appealing - price

Dang JEM, sorry to hear.
I do need to state that the reason this popped in my head so quickly is because I, like you, really want to drive one of these. It’s why it stings so bad.

Elio.

Pixar moms in car form

“...it’s an SUV, two door”

Well there’s the rub, see, for people who only ever lease cars*, have they ever really “owned” a car?

Code expired, apparently, but it’s still a good deal at $35 isn’t it?

Code expired, apparently, but it’s still a good deal at $35 isn’t it?

Just for clarity - you’re both right about the Camry from an “enthusiast” standpoint and also wrong about my actual point.

Any car can have soul. Any car.

Fact twenty-nine: The car looks as awful in monotone as it looks acceptable in two-tone.

I’m not going to be one of those people who bitches about slideshows but I am going to gripe at the slideshows being just screenshots of the text.

https://i.imgur.com/hmjWoZ3