[dookeye]

yeah seems like they could just take the old Metro design and upgrade the chassis; make it more solid and safe, seems like they could do this and not have to add more than a couple hundred pounds, then slightly soup up the engine to get a couple more horses to make up for the weight.

Part of the problem also is people are used to an unreasonable level of performance out of cars- everything has to be fast, fast, fast, even economy cars; does everything have to do 0-60 in under 7 seconds? Everyone always wants a V6 in their compact sedans, my question is why? V6's are invariably more expensive to use and maintain and are usually less reliable and shorter lived than the 4 cylinder engines that are offered.