I'll never forgive Mitsubishi for what they did to the Eclipse

Mach E missing from this photo. It's not a mustang it's an all electric small SUV, give it a new nameplate you cowards.

(I'm not some purist, just sharing the recognition that the Mach E is a vastly different product and should not have gotten the nameplate, and they used Mustang to evoke a sense of reliability/performance to push sales their experimental new SUV)

And Puma is such a sporty sounding name too. And it ends up as yet another bland crossover.

Augh I love the early Puma. I wish I could get one in the states.

I owned an original puma, such a wonderful car. Then the new monstrosity arrived :( sad times

Not a big deal - the crapi was rightly viewed as such, and the puma was a rebadged fiesta; the cougar was the real car of that era. Still sucked though.

I lived through the 90s and can confirm that the Mitsubishi Gallant was the Altima of its day

The hump was for the DOHC.

Just like the 3000gt’s humps were for the active shock connectors.

The engines were crammed in there so they had to make some design decisions to get it all to fit.

What year range was this?

I only ask because I used to have a 2003 eclipse (bought used in 2010 or so and kept until 2016) and I loved it, because it got decent mileage and nobody ever asked for a ride (which is why I still have a coupe), but I also really never encountered anyone else with one, much less driving like an idiot (and it wasn’t me, I’m a really cautious driver).. so I’m kinda curious. Coupes in general have never been particularly popular around here.

Did I just lucky and get one that survived?

The only thing I remember about the 2000's eclipse was the Girls that drove them. They were like jetta girls but hung out in pool halls.

I'll never forgive Mitsubishi for MY SHINS!

It's like the whole of Japan just decided to kill all the interesting or fun cars they made.

Toyota put out the Scion badge for the young'uns, marketing cars the same way Texas Instruments markets calculators: Let's sell replaceable colored face plates at $20 a pop, $30 for the pink ones. They were designed to last 5 years and the brand was discontinued like 7 years ago now. There are no more Scions in the world. Meanwhile the Toyota marque went full diaper bag. The Celica, Supra, MR2, all gone never to return, in their place were minivans with built-in vacuums and other 2000 pound self-propelled diaper bags. If they made a 2-door Corolla, they would have discontinued it. And for the folks who sit and watch the Weather Channel while waiting to die, one of the dull colored unnamed loafers on the Lexus lot is waiting for you.

Honda did basically the same thing at the same time though they weren't as Japanese about it; they kept making an Accord with a spoiler on it.

Subaru and Mitsubishi both kind of faded into the background to the point you forget they ever existed and Isuzu and Suzuki both actually stopped making cars for the North American market.

And the Koreans didn't really rise up to fill the gap left by the Japanese.

The VR4 with all wheel drive, all wheel steering, and a hardtop convertible was YEARS ahead of its time. They threw pearls before swine.

What do you mean? At least the new WRX is still a sedan, still AWD, still has a boxer, and can still be bought as a manual.

Sure, it's making about the same horsepower as 20 years ago, and it got progressively heavier as Subaru needed to add more safety equipment to remain compliant, but it's nowhere near as bad as Ford and Mitsubishi taking legendary name plates and slapping them on crossover SUVs.

We had an 84 Celica GT hatch when I was a little boy. I'd been told it had something like 386,000 miles when it was parked in like 2003 and it still ran. It just had a bunch of other issues. Good old R engines. They'll outlive the death of the sun with basic maintenance.

One of the Celicas looked like a 7/8 scale Mustang, those were cool.

I loved my ‘96 ESi. I ended up getting Hahn Racecraft’s stage 2 kit for it but the head gasket ended up going. Stupid weak head gasket in the 420a.

Those 2nd gen DSMs are a beauty, but the first gens also have a really good look as well. There’s one for sale up the road from me and I’ve thought about asking about it.

My mate had a BEAUTIFUL eagle talon with a giant stylized eagle on the hood. Until the engine exploded.

Yeah that 3rd gen was ugly as fuck

I'd love for the Galant to make a comeback. Such an underrated car.

Oh no I'm sorry car make collaborations bother you.

station wagons are all we ever needed and more than we ever deserved.

pickup trucks with a bigger cab than bed should die and stay dead though. a van with stow away seats is infinitely more useful and the stuff you haul stays dry, no need for separately purchased tonneu cover or that dumbfuck accessory that adds a roof level to the cab and windows for why even. Our old caravan had a handy folding liner for dirty shit that fit in the back when all seats were up too. Bench down and it could fit a standard pallet up to a reasonable height as long as the weight isn't over what the rear suspension could handle.

Transmission was utter shit and seemingly still is in current gen which suck for addititonal reasons.

They never died. Look at the M5 Touring, the E63 Estate and the RS6 Avant for starters.

Why? I don't think I've ever seen someone hate on station wagons.

Volvo: "Am I a joke to you?"

I'd rather have station wagons than minivans