Is There A New Car You’d Want to Put a Million Miles on?

That’s a quite good comparison you have mentioned in. And most probably we love to use high mileage cars but need to consider one thing what will be the emission rate . Do the cars have lower emission or same old. That ‘s why we need to find out what will best for our use as well for environment. Currently there is [url=”http://www.slideshare.net/martinjohn802/hybrid-car-use”]Hybrid Cars[/url] that are very much usable and provides less emission.

You actually posted the first two that came to my mind. Although I might replace the BRZ with a Toyota Tacoma. I know, its a truck. But I could achieve that 1,000,000 miles on any terrain in any country across the world and still be able to find parts for the thing if somehow I managed to run the thing into a giant chunk of depleted uranium. I’m also pretty sure the uranium would be more damaged than the truck.

I’d love to have an electric TESLA Model S Performance Sedan for a MILLION MILES!! Or even just a few tens of thousands!!
It out performs ALL those cars you guys mentioned, and it can be recharged for FREE from the Tesla supercharger network being installed all over America and southern Canada. Drive Free forever, never buy gasoline, go anywhere you want and even have way less maintenance. Now that’s a smarter vehicle!! I have ridden in a Model S, driven a Ford Focus and a Leaf and a Tesla Roadster… I am NEVER going back to stinky fossil fuel burning polluting infernal combustion engine cars again!! Want noise? I can turn up the music, or any kind of “noise” I want… like maybe the sound of the future… which dang sure isn’t gasoline vroom vroom nonsense. Those old gas cars will make cool museum pieces.

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I can name a few hatchbacks I’d love to do 1 million miles in.
M coupe
VW Mk5 R32
VW Mk7 GTI
Audi RS3

How about a Singer 911?

2005 e46 325xi touring w/ sport package and 5 speed manual. passed up atleast three while owning my land cruiser….

oh wait, a 2013 land crusier COULD probably make it 1,000,000 miles….

We’re talking practicality, economy, reliability, and legacy. Does the average person drive a million miles in their lifetime? The average American lives to the ripe old age of 77.97, i’ll round to 78. They spend 15 full years without being licensed to drive; if they drive no other car in their 63 years behind the wheel (if they’re lucky), they will have to put 15,873 miles annually on a single odometer. According to the US Dept of Transportation the average Yank drives 13,476mi per year.
So it’s certainly attainable, but how likely is it that your inaugural auto will become your lifelong 4-wheeled companion? Therefore you’ll need a car that becomes a part of your legacy or carries about its own legacy. A car that future generations will and can enjoy. The 356 certainly does so. But a cold, soft, sterile, (dare I say soul-less?) modern automobile that goes out of its way to separate you from the road-going experience? I don’t think there’s anything new that is at once even slightly practical, reliable, and economical that can carry such a legacy.
We may also need to consider whether fossil fuels will survive as a viable propulsion option…
With all that said, here are my candidates…:D
The Fiat 500 Abarth. Sporty, economical, stylish(?), comfortable, practical. I am unsure of how reliable they are, but if you’re going tick through 1,000,000 miles it has to be reasonable to service, if not simple enough to wrench on under a shade-tree. A GTI or Mazdaspeed 3 would be decent candidates as well. It’s a crying shame that I can’t think of a single rwd car sold in the states that fits the bill. There’s truly nothing current or past that could roll a’million with as much style as that 356.

I agree with Derek’s initial thought: A good German wagon. Getting to a million is a lot of road trips, commutes, Sunday drives and around-town jaunts. I think you need something with a level of practicality. Audi S4 Avant, 3-series wagon or even a Golf R 4-door (really a short wagon) all fit the bill.