I’ve seen this one before! The Mitsuoka Orochi.

I always make sure I clarify, its record profit PERCENTAGES. Record profits would happen with inflation if your percentages stayed the same. Its the record PERCENTAGES that piss me off. 

Read: Demand for luxury goods skyrockets as money is siphoned from the general public as “inflation” paid out as record profit percentages.

One thing people fail to mention is the rise of financing. People had to be able to buy things (houses, cars, etc) in cash for the most part back in the day. It was difficult to have something sell if it required people to save for 30 years. 

I really get the impression they arent really car guys and they just get things they think will impress other people. 

If the wheels and tires didnt stick out 4 inches past the fenders I would probably be a lot more receptive to this. As it is, it looks terrible.

It did on my neon in the 90s....no reason it shouldnt on a newer car. 

Instead we got the Murano Cross-Cabriolet....

Just because they were stupid doesnt mean it didnt widely happen. There are only so many people out there who can make a 2 door coupe work for them and have to choose.

I 100% think emissions testing should be moved back to 8-10 years. How many failures does the state identify on cars 2 years old? 4 years old? Etc. Follow the federal emissions mandate of 8 years (or 80,000 miles, but lets ignore that part) and start testing then. Because I have a feeling there is a near zero failure…

You can take away drivers licenses...doesnt stop people from getting behind the wheel, sadly. 

What I’m getting at is there wasnt a significant cost reduction entry level, just wanna look cool on a Sunday drive trim, like a 5.7L Automatic. The Corvette had that. Even the entry levelest of Vipers were competing price wise with a top trim Corvette. 

Fabricating failures will happen when you have compulsory inspections done by people whos paycheck is dependent upon commissions from customers failing said inspection. The state should have fixed rate semi-retired people doing the inspections who are unaffiliated with any repair facility to negate this. 

I mean....Nissan didnt sell these anywhere outside of Japan I dont think...I imagine they could have sold if given the option. 

I genuinely think they needed about 30-50 more HP. Thats why the public didnt go for them. Most people dont want to modify their cars and it looked much more like a Camaro/Mustang/Challenger competitor than a Miata competitor (LOOKED, with your eyeballs) and thus thats what people compared them to. So for the same…

I’d love to own a Viper for all the reasons you listed...however I can never own a Viper because they never diluted the brand equity to bring price down. They should have really offered a 5.7L and 6.1L/6.4L variant with automatics and manuals just to bring in more production volume. The fact that it only existed in…

I was trying to focus on cars that were specifically branded as Chrysler as it just gets too easy to prove my point when picking from anything under the corporate umbrella.

300, 200. Pacifica, Cirrus, Airflow, Airstream, Alpine, Centura, Concorde, Conquest, Cordoba, Crossfire, Fifth Avenue, Imperial, LeBaron, LHS, Newport, Royal, Saratoga, Sebring, TC, Town and Country, Turbine Car, Windsor, Aspen.....As many do as dont. 

1st gen Neons, particularly if it came equipped with a DOHC engine and a manual transmission. Fun to drive, efficient, reliable, easy to repair IF something goes wrong. Love ‘em!

I somewhat did this for my last vehicle purchase. In December 2020 I had just finished my masters degree and had a job offer in hand. I hadnt worked in a couple years so I was a little financially insecure about how much I could actually afford monthly, because who knew inflation was about to take off at nearly double…