The coming Auto credit crash is self induced. 72month payment loans are no longer important to consumers if they are not working. 

Neutral - considered buying a used vehicle. Will make do with what we have. Better to keep the money in the bank. 

Covid 19 induced recession could wipe out the pre-orders. 

What about automotive Ozone Generators? 

Never understood the need for big rims. More tire sidewall absorbs the road better than low profile tires. There is an argument for more rim allows bigger brakes. How many non high performance vehicles use bigger brakes to take advantage of bigger rims? Not many. 

Rugged SUV vs Suburb SUV

Try a nationwide search on Autotrader.

4low allows the emergency brakes to grab both axles instead of one axle. 

I've argued with people about the existence of US spec XJ diesels. 

My diesel Cummins is too expensive an engine to mess around. Only buy the mix. My old Jeep I6 gets whatever. 

Did Panther platform ever come with side airbags? Go for the nicest Toyota Camry in your budget. 

We lemon law’d our previous Jeep. The 4runner replacement only needs oil changes.

2006+ Toyota 4runner (budget buster).  2007 to 2010 Jeep Grand Cherokee. Avoid the small V8. Go V6 or Hemi. 2005 has no stability control. 2007+ has standard side airbags.  2004 and below have crash and fire safety problems 

Why do people send such hate? Respectfully disagree or move on. 

The system I worked on did not allow spare inventory. I do not  recall if this was a ship policy or fleetwide policy. Most circuit cards started at $1k. We had many cards. Our printer used a couple of circuit cards. 

Chevy Ford Ram half tons cost about the same as a Gladiator. They can also tow and haul more in more comfort. Gladiator is another toy in the garage.

We had similar problems with missile component circuit cards in the 90's. Our ship had the capability to repair the cards.  Doing so would void the warranty. The circuit cards took weeks to order while we were in the gulf. This severely dregarded our missile system abilities. 

Why not use electric motors for rear tires? 

Dad had a V8 Granada growing up. Transmission died. Finally got two forward gears to work. Traded it in. It drove fine upto 15mph. I was surprised to see it on a Superbowl ad in operational condition. 

The one problem with well built older vehicles is no side airbags.