What new cars have older features and reliability without the newer complexities and styles?

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Mostly curious as cars are getting more complicated with more things to go wrong. I wonder what is available that has these things:

  1. Available without low profile tires. Must have 16" rims or smaller.
  2. Has traditional hydraulic power steering.
  3. No digital anti theft system that requires modules to talk to each other and possibly be paired with dealer tools. This can be a big problem when the vehicles is older and the dealer doesn’t support it.
  4. No internal timing belt
  5. Can be connected for towing without having to screw something in to the bumper.
  6. Pulling in too far to a parking space and hitting a parking block will hit something metal, such as the tow point, and not something plastic like the bumper cover.
  7. Can be pushed in neutral with a dead battery without a special tool to access a shift lock override.
  8. No color graphical display. Prefer a separate radio that can be upgraded or replaced if possible.
  9. No airbag sensors right up front behind the bumper cover with no solid protection where a deer hit can deploy the airbags.
  10. Power window switches directly control windows. No body control module. It’s not that important. Mostly the buttons use resistors to multiplex or something and they can get dirty and then up becomes down or nothing at all.
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Most vehicle manufactures have that information on their web sites. I am not going to do your research for you.

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I bet none.

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My bil had a 55 ford that pretty much fit those requirements. My 59 Pontiac would probably be disqualified because of the wonder bar radio. For all the money saved by buying used, you could have new drive train, new interior, new body panels and paint, etc. and have an appreciating asset. If you must buy new, I think there is an Indian brand tata or something that might work but don’t think the Feds would approve.

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Your list looks like you looked through all the features offered on most new cars and then added “Must Not…” to your list.

After you do your own research (as has already been suggested…) why don’t you post the results for the rest of the members… That would be a contribution…

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Agree with @texases … None.

Even the lowest level cars…. Nissan Versa and Mitsu Mirage… don’t qualify for this list. And both have been discontinued.