and you know what is lovely; its the kids that were riding around in that truck ten years ago that were thinking to themselves " this sucks - i can design better when i am older" that 'invented' that worlds apart truck!
old inspires the new. make something great which you saw as mediocre prior.
There's a fourth variable: time. Want cheaper, faster, AND better? Wait for advancements in technology. I had a 90's truck with 190HP that got 18mpg. Today I drive the same model but 10 years newer with 270HP without trading anything on gas milage and selling for roughly the same price. And the interior of the truck was great in the 90s, but the newer ones are worlds beyond that.
All I had to do was wait 10 years for it to be invented. Many failed products are just ideas whose time has not come yet.