Last year when our Explorer finally died, I bought the ole lady another Ford SUV.. I think it is called Escapade. This thing is front wheel drive when in 2wd, and 4wd engages the rear. I have noticed you rarely need 4wd.. the front wheel drive is nearly as good. Can leave it in that mode in most places we had to put the Explorer in 4wd. I hate the thing. I don't drive it enough,. to be able to find the lights, the heat and air, radio etc.
I have thought of some great innovations I would love to be able to sell the ideas to a manufacturer. They would capture the lion's share of the market if they incorporated these features. This thing I have now, has the dimmer switch and the windshield wiper/washer, all on the blinker lever. I try to dim the lights, or signal a turn, and water squirts every where and the windshield wipers start up WFO. . Takes a while to hit the right combination to cut them off. I would build a car/truck with the dimmer on a button on the floor close to your left foot. You just stomp it once to dim, again to brighten, etc. I would put a knob on the dash you can reach with your left hand, that you pull half way put to cut on running./parking lights, all the way out to cut on the head lights. You'd turn the knob to the right to cut on inside lights. There would be a knob on the dash you reached with your right hand. You turn it to the right to cut on the wipers. One click for slow and another for fast. That is all the speeds you need. You could push it and hold it down to squirt water on your windshield, It would quit squirting when you quit pushing. The blinker lever would work the blinkers only. And best of all, I would make the driver side and passenger side windows square. In front of them, I would put a little triangle window that would would open out. Handy if you smoke, or if you want a little fresh air without getting rained on or messing your hair up! The radio would have a knob on the left that cut it on and off, and adjusted the volume. And one on the right to change channels. Oh. And the glove box! It would be big enough to hold your gloves, a 30' tape measure, a 44 mag and a box or two of ammo, a claw hammer, a big flash light that uses the big square battery, a bottle of pennicillin and some syringes, a fence tool, some staples and clips, extra fuses, a few packs of cigs or cans of Skoal, and lunch!!!