[gentleman11]

My wife and I need a new car sometime soon. Is there a company that makes cars that are reasonably reliable but that are without anti features like tracking, electronic everything, bs parts replacement costs due to ip, features you are locked out of via software, subscriptions, software preventing you from working on the car without a special license, ads, etc?

Look at the ways software is making the world a better place…

[simondotau]

I'm not suggesting that they're perfect in any regard, but Hyundai/Kia do tend to implement electronics and software well enough that they're not going to infuriate you for the next five to ten years. Except even they're falling prey to over-electronicification — their absolute latest models are following an industry trend of replacing some physical buttons with touch-haptic panels. Yeesh.

Mazda are still fairly sane and their cars are quite lovely.

In the luxury German segment, BMW are the least worst. (This definitely wasn't the case 15+ years ago, but from 2010 onwards they have been quite good.)

[CamperBob2]

Did BMW follow through with their plan to make you 'subscribe' to your heated seats?

[seanp2k2]

According to plenty of preppers, the 12V Cummins Diesel trucks were the last great EMP-resistant vehicles https://dieselresource.com/diesel-resources/2nd-generation-5...

[gambiting]

Dacia cars are pretty much as barebones as it gets. You get a fully functional car for a low price, with very few electronic gadgets(I think the peak of sophistication is having bluetooth integrated with the radio).

[amelius]

This is like buying a dumb TV, and is probably close to impossible.

[MonaroVXR]

Here you go, there are more, search on the website.

https://www.cdw.com/product/samsung-678u-series-55-4k-uhd-le...

[amelius]

"This item was discontinued on June 17, 2021"

[onlyrealcuzzo]

What's wrong with 2017 Kia Optimas?

[MonaroVXR]

Older cars to be honest.