Mazda Miata with pop up head lights

A true light truck, like the old Nissan hardbody trucks or original Toyota pickups. Simple and bulletproof with eight foot beds.

Light weight, air cooled, 2 cylinder, fwd, no computers, clever design, cheap to buy, cheap to run. A 2CV if you will.

2 door hatchbacks need to come back. And colours, specifically red. I blame the insurance industry for the decimation of both.

More wagons!

4x4 Wagons with 4 corner Independant suspension and front/rear lockers. Basically I want my Subaru Loyale (plus a front locker). That's why I own a Subaru Loyale.

Square body pickup trucks

An affordable PHEV Wagon. The only one I know of is a 80k Volvo...

Rear facing back seat all day

Regular cab short bed truck with a big motor.

I also love wagons! Something like a new CTS-V wagon would be cool.

Lift kits that can be lowered back to factory height if someone flashes their high beams or four way flashers, mandatory feature.

Or lift kits that ask you every five minutes: “it looks like you are driving on road. Please confirm you would like to remain in the lifted position”

A modern TVR Chimaera

Classic American construction, or even better, modular construction.

It doesn't have to be American built, but a big engine bay with plenty of room around the engine is priority. All modern cars have engines jammed into really tiny engine compartments, and that makes it very difficult and tedious to work on them. Maintenance time goes up, and it becomes more expensive to repair with a smaller engine bay. Naturally, this would either increase the car size (ideal) or decrease engine size (not ideal).

Also, improved safety technology. Currently, safety technology adds a lot of weight to cars. If they can trim that weight down a lot, it would be good for most vehicles to weigh under 3000 lbs. Bigger, heavier cars are safer to the people inside, but deadlier to anyone else that might be involved in a crash with those cars. More weight means more kinetic energy that has to go somewhere, so if weight can be reduced it not only helps with vehicle safety, but fuel economy as well.

The 1956 Chevy Nomad, but with '57 hood ornaments - and also actually useful (safe, visible) rear lights, electric drive, airbags, etc...

Really, just anything simpler than what's available now. There's a reason I drive a 22 year old car.

More functions and widgets means more things that break.

I don't want my car to transmit everything I do to the mothership.

I don't want cruise control to hit the brakes for me.

Touch screens are the worst. Just awful...

Manual transmissions are just fun! I support EV's and I know manual transmissions will go the way of the warrior once EV's take over but damn, I'll miss it!

An electric mid-size pickup truck with two seats, a short cabin, and a long bed. No "smart features" whatsoever - no internet connection, no app integration. Just a radio, electric windows, AC, cruise control, heated seats and mirrors, and that’s pretty much it. Ideally, the frame and body panels should be made from materials that don’t rust, and every component should be designed for easy replacement. Also, the parts for newer models should be interchangeable with the old ones.

Basically, a ’90s pickup in spirit - but with a modern design and an electric motor instead of an internal combustion engine.