Miata

Isn’t the answer always “Miata”?

My favorite part was the three cars that you took full pictures of so that I could see what you’re trying to get paid for going to the LA Auto show to look at.

Th problem with the Juke is that it demands premium and gets horrible gas mileage for such a small car, but it is definitely an unusual car.

This is the best answer yet! Nobody seems to be taking this request seriously.

Juke very much looks like someone asked: “what if we tried making a boring generic crossover cool like a toy car.”

damn this GPU shortage!  

Great story Jason! Love the photos of early prototypes. Could you do a story on the beginnings of Hyundai and or Kia? Looking forward to more great early automotive development stories.

I have owned 2, and they were very good little buddys with a lot of personality and fun to drive. But neither beyond the warranty period. Both were very reliable too, but I feared owning fiat product outside that. sold both before 40K miles.

I loved Renegade Trailhawk I rented on Oahu. It was a little weak but actually convinced me to buy Grand Cherokee Trailhawk.

I agree. One of the only interesting compact crossovers out there, but there probably won’t be any around to collect

Occam’s razor is often a pretty effective tool.

Excellent post.

I had one of these, bought it new in 2009 and sold it in 2014.

I have a Hot Wheels of this truck in white, even says rotary power on the back real tiny like. 

This isn’t a Wendy’s

First, look at the picture, we can’t see the primary bottleneck. A gridlock affects a network of streets and thus any street affected by traffic on another is a “gridlock” although those can be suburb environments. It is actually easier for this to happen with suburban networks as the connectivity isn’t there and the…

To an overwhelming majority of people, your argument (while technically correct) would seem quite pedantic.

Those rock filled bollards are called “Gabion Walls”

This has "Russian mob hit" written all over it.