You do realize that not only does Apple set premium prices for their products at their stores, they also make retailers sell at those prices. Apple even penalizes retailers that dare advertise Apple products below msrp.

So you still have dealers, but you also have manufacturers control the prices and this somehow will result in manufacturers setting lower prices? Because... America?

How does going from an independent dealer to a manufacturer monopoly help? The problem with the dealer system (which is equivalent to how most retail works, by the way. Manufacturers make stuff, retailers/dealers sell them to conusmers) The problem is that haggling has somehow become part of the system and people…

Came here to post an A110. Not disappointed someone beat me to it.

I know they’d only sell like three of them -if any- but please Rolls Royce make that your SUV, with the sedan body. You can take the wing off.

I truly expected Torchinsky to be involved.

That was the missing step:

Step 1. Take a Veloster, make it 4wd.

if Mercedes had a sense if humor they'd put a lift kit and MT tires on an AMG GT

A tent doesn't replace a topper when you want to keep cargo out of the rain while you drive. A lot of toppers on pickups are used for that purpose and to prevent people from stealing your cargo. A tent won't work for that -neither will Torchinsky's idea for that matter.

I expect na "You should buy this Skyline that needs minor engine work" article within two months.

You know what Jeep should do? (Besides the Gladiator truck, and the Mighty FC) A Wrangler based Cherokee. Either styled like this one or resembling the XJ but a Wrangler based Cherokee would be fucking killer.

I. Want. That. Jeep.

I rented one of these (well, it wasn't an R trim one, just base convertible VW Bug) when I went to Florida on vacation with the family. And came to ptetty much the same conclusion. It wasn't that fun to drive.

You know Ford would just put leather seats on a Transit Connect and slap some Lincoln badges, a couple chrome strips call it the Townfairer and then wonder why it doesn't sell at $60k.

Mercedes B Class?

I agree, but at least these Jeep concepts are usually built using off-the-shelf Mopar parts and accessories so you could (in theory) build them yourself. Yes, it would probably cost you a lot of money but hey, at least is possible. Right?

I think the Beetle works as a halo car of sorts for VW, so keeping it around would make sense. More so since it has been in the market long enough to have amoeticized the R&D costs and they can keep it going for a few more years without spending money on it.

Besides the internal combustion engine?

Jeep has been doing it with the Wrangler for a long time. Slap a couple badges and stickers, a new paint color and you have a Islander, Arctic, Oscar Mike, Willys... Throw in Mopar bumpers and maybe a differential lockeron top of the stickers and you have yourself a Call of Duty or Moab Edition.