I know I'm in the minority, but I love the design of the lights on this car. The headlights and taillights were large luminescent panels*. You couldn't see a pronounced bulb, because there wasn't one. I thought that was the best part of the design on this car when it came out in '00, and I remember thinking "it's…

Whoah, never? That means you've never seen such classics as Johnny English Reborn!

Yup, those Dermestid beetles always got a bone to pick with someone.

It kinda looks to me like a demo derby. I mean, they crash a lot, and the winner is the first one to make the necessary distance. Most of the losers don't finish the race. The only real difference I see is that these cars are a lot smaller than what folks use in demo derbys around here. Then again, people use…

I should think they wouldn't care where you're from. I've been ticketed out of state for breaking the local laws on window tint, and I expect it would be the same for anything else.

It should be pointed out that 4x4 Evo, Evo2, and Monster Truck Madness 2 are all available for free — legally! — online. The trucks have been removed from Evo & Evo 2 due to licensing, but I believe MTM2 is untouched. You can find all 3 (and tons of add-on trucks & tracks) at vales.com

I think the real news is that the price has gone up $39k in 5 years. That must have been one expensive paint job.

1 was actually better. 2 was made to have a more 'arcade' feel, and had less realistic physics.

4x4Evo 1 was much more realistic. I have both for PC, and greatly prefer the first. The graphics were only improved slightly for 2, and the adventure mode (or whatever they called it) was cool, but overall, 1 was better. Much more realistic acceleration and speeds — only a couple race trucks could breach 200mph,…

A feature I'd LOVE to see added to this would be a 'parent' button on all comments, like they have on Slashdot. With the way Kinja arranges the comments, it's often difficult to tell what a reply is actually aimed at, especially if one person has commented multiple times before in the conversation. Having a 'parent'…

For a lot of years there, it was pretty arbitrary, since the F-100-350 were all the same truck, just with varying strength parts. The Unibody Ford F-100 that ended in '63 was the last time Ford made a 'mid-size' truck, until the reimagined F-series in '99, which intruduced the Super Duty trucks. So really, the…

I could be mistaken, but I think '99 was the first year of a 4-door half ton. Prior to that, they were all the heavier-duty trucks, which would be classed as "super duty" if they were made today. The F-150 SuperCrew was the earliest I was aware of that was a 1/2 Ton quad cab. Based on the unibody design and the…

Or just extremely foresighted:

I am so glad to see that's not there. I hate trying to read articles about cars and getting reminded of murder and rape (not to mention Disney princes)... I hope it's still optional, just like it's been in the past.

That looks so much better than the actual grille on that van. Then again, anything would look better than the grille they put on that van.

Bravo! I was going to point that out too, but I wouldn't have made a joke out of it...

That's actually kind of awesome. After having been in a front-end collision that totalled my car but should not have been a big deal, I can relate with wanting a good pushbar on the front of your car. Trucks have them; why can't cars?

15 years ago? Kia has been selling cars in the USA since 1994. Hyundai had already been here for a decade before that. Based on the number of 90's Hyundais running around where I live, I'd say they must have sold pretty well at the time.

I like them. I'm not a Chevy guy, and would probably never own one, but I often need a truck. I often want a convertible. Who else makes both in the same package? The only other option would be a 4-door Wrangler with the back seats removed, but where's the style in that?