Biden's gas mileage requirements took a lot of capable V6 sedans off the market. My wife had a Prius when I met her, and it was a great car but the big battery has an "end date" and when we hit it a replacement battery was $4000 plus. I am retired, so gas mileage is not really a concern because I have always been willing to pay to play so to speak. And I don't have a 40 mile daily commute or anything. So I am thinking while Mr. T is in office perhaps it is time for me to buy what may well be my last car/truck with 60 years old in the rear view mirror. A Ford Heavy Duty four wheel drive is still available with an old fashioned regular V8. A Heavy Duty Truck driven like a car will easily last 20 years. So would a regular F150 I suppose for that matter. Would the Heavy Duty be worth the extra coin? My heirs would think so I suspect, when they inherit a V8 truck with all the right options with low miles the likes of which have not been available for years by then. I also suspect by the time a Ford Truck treated like a car wears out, if not before, I will probably want something smaller. I will retain the Cobra until I can no longer drive a stick shift, aka the day I die. So "fun" is a factor but not the factor.
Sedans? V8's seem to be gone, V6's on the way out. A six would be the minimum. If a red-faced straining turbo motor is called for, well, I don't have to worry about buying before Mr. T is out of office anyway. A Honda Ridgeline is a crappy truck if you honestly need a truck, but I like them as a car and frankly my hard work truck days are over. But they ride nice for a truck, are reasonably quiet and I can still haul stuff as needed. Perhaps the SUV version it sprang from, the Passport. The Mazda inline six perked up my ears, even though it has a turbo. I love an inline six. The old Ford seven main bearing six was a real workhorse. BMW's and Mercs have really gone downhill in terms of long term quality. Not like the old days at all. They are great cars for the first owner by design. But as the miles roll on, I am not going to accept those repair bills.
Sound off-what do you think a fella looking for a long term V6 or V8 should get?