I believe my Aunt’s 2001 Prius was given a replacement battery pack from Toyota under warranty, or something. She certainly didn’t pay the $100,000 battery replacement cost people were worried about.

*hillclimb car ;)

They are great fun to drive, get great gas mileage and you can fit a lot of stuff in them.

They all had a two-part hatch/tailgate. I’m guessing you could open it pretty far without consequence.

Seriously. It’s all a part of hyping the car. You think you’re special by seeing it in a spy photo, but this is their sneak preview. Mystery sells!

This is why the Corvette should be offered with a turbo inline four! Hehe. You know, because “weight balance” or something.

This would be more appropriate for a mouse car:

Outdoor store:

I still want to see a Buick Rainier outfitted for off-roading. Seems like it would be such an unlikely but badass platform. Kind of like the expedition-built Lexus Land Cruisers.

I read that the 9-6X would have replaced the Trollblazer. Regardless of the vehicle’s attributes, I don’t know if anyone really thought the 9-7X truly fit in the Saab lineup.

It is really hard to place that brand. Since it only lived a few years and of course claimed to be totally different than all other cars, there’s not much to go on.

All of those are based on Fords except the last gen Capri, which was based on a Mazda! :)

I made an updated list. Unfortunately cannot edit the original

Yeah, it’s kind of a shame. I dig the first gen Saturns, too. Oh, well.

Yeah, I’m just getting bombarded with replies now about “ermagerd why didn’t you include OAKLAND?” etc.

I linked to an article on the Companion Make Program in my original list post.

I was trying to give a quick overview, not an end-all-be-all list...

I wouldn’t consider myself an American car buff, so someone else might be able to answer this better than I. But I can’t think of any truly unique Mercury models.

Should I include Subaru and Isuzu?