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"Do you live in the northeast?"

Nope, in the South. But I do go to the Northeast frequently, and you raise an interesting point in that small cars are great for navigating the narrow, often snow clogged streets in that part of the country.

I just find it remarkable that only an accident of marketing (in Eastern Europe, prior post) showed the idiots who run the automobile companies that some people simply want to buy reliable cars to get from Point A to Point B (to get to work or buy a few items), and not to:

a) Feel like they are King of the World
b) Make a fashion statement
c) Show that they are rich (or in deep debt)
d) Have 250 gadgets around them
e) Be able to carry an elephant in the back
f) Be able to ford the Mississippi
g) Be able to drive the Pacific Crest Trail
h) Be competitive if they stumble into a NASCAR race

Meanwhile, you have the president of Ford more interested in Global Warming than getting his cars to reach 100k. You have the other car companies designing automatic door lock systems that you have to unswitch to get out of the car. You have billions pushed for these GPS-tracked psycho cars, with on-board data collection, that have steering and braking by wire.

All I want is a simple, reliable, car with air conditioning. A little gas engine that doesn't burn much fuel will do just fine for me.

For once I don't blame the MSM - it is the dingbats running the car companies that cannot see a decent sized market.