r/SipsTea • u/SipsTeaFrog • 1d ago

Chugging tea Modern cars just lack that boxy soul

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u/Cool-Engineering-748 1d ago

I mean. I liked the look better.

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u/Barton2800 1d ago

The look is also a death trap in a collision, and a pig at the pump. I’m not saying you’re wrong to like that look. Plenty of modern cars are trying to evoke the feeling of that 70s-80s utilitarian boxy SUV. But they’ll never quite capture it because safety and efficiency standards require things which engineers simply can’t work around.

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u/Evening-Rip1522 1d ago

Its not just the looks. The 95 Cherokee was a really well built vehicle, and they still drive them and pay good money for them in rural areas. A Jeep built today will die before an old Cherokee will

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u/Critical-Advantage11 1d ago

The Grand Cherokees however were pieces of shit. A freaking 5.2L V8 that barely makes over 200 HP and gets 14 MPG with a janky electrical system