don't know the history on the vega, but I meant in terms of size of the car , and also weight of the car. Instead they made huge SUV which were basically full size pick up truck platforms but when u can charge 40k for a fancy pick up truck then I guess it is all about profit, . as far as surviving with out a car at this point in history is "almost" impossible our economy would be crippled. Even if u are car free totally your job may some how tie in to the car economy. On a different note, have u heard not only Volkswagen,, but also Fiat and Chrysler have been cheating on emissions test , fooling the computer to run the engine a different way when the test plug gets plugged in, ??