small cars
I refuse to drive something that does not have adequate interior room. That is the main reason I drive a full sized pickup truck. My wife's car (2007 Ford 500) was bought for that very reason as well, I could sit in the back seat comfortably! Whereas a model from a different manufacturer had no room in the back seat at all, even for someone much shorter than me. Her car is now at more than 75000 miles and I am retiring soon, so we have discussed replacing it in the next four years. A zippy little car might be nice for her, but it should be for both of us, and any future grandkid transportation. Ford no longer even makes a minivan. As far as I am concerned that was a mistake, I don't plan on buying an SUV just to haul a bunch of people. The gas mileage on my P/U is bad enough without getting two vehicles with bad MPG's. Bring back the station wagons, they were great, had lots of room, seats laid down to accomodate whatever you wanted to haul. I had one in the mid 70's and I could even sleep in it, stretched out in the back.
I don't really care about style as much as functionality, then maybe we will talk style. I have preferences on pickups, but not much. It seems like most cars on the road today look alike anyway where is the styling? It is all aerodynamics which does away with uniqueness. Bring back the fins of the 60's. My first car was a 1959 Chevrolet Impala, with the big fins that made a V on the trunk, the 1960 separated the V to more of a spread out U.
Who can afford a Mercedes? I don't want to spend that kind of money on an automobile. My pickup cost me less than $20K double or triple that for a Benz, way too much for a vehicle that moves you from point A to point B.
Safety is a big concern in the smaller cars.
