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Does anyone watch Top Gear BBC? I remember a special comparing the first Golf GTI, to the new one. Basically, the early cars had low standards which saved weight on air bags, electronics, so on, people were smaller, around the waste and genetically, also read in an interview regarding the Italian Job about thw difference in Cooper sizes over the year, also size for spac, such as cargo.
And there is pretty darn good reason to not build a perfect machine. Sure, we can get drag into the teens, maybe singles. Sure, we have 8 speed gear boxes. Sure, super high efficiency engines. Sure, dual turbo chargers, and super AND turbo combinations.
But if ONE vehicle was made this way, they would only make it for one year. Sure, more people will buy it, and sure, at some point wishy washies will switch over. But they will have a hard time making it better, and he new models worth buying.
A similar concept is seen in the Datsun GTR. Originally, it was a claimed 475 hp super car, all wheel drive, special aero design, and was the fastest car around the Nurghburgring forna long time. For 75k, the cheapest thing on the market.
So now each year, it is harder and harder to improve the vehicle. Their solution? They now make just slight changes each year, really jacked the price up.
And for the trucks, really there is only one small truck, the Ford Ranger, which is going to be dropped for a new vehicle in a few years. Thinking of the most reliable vehice in the world, a toyota tacoma, over the past decade has drastically increased in size.
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