What's wrong with engineers now days?

This is one of the main reasons when we traded our PT Cruiser in we bought a newer Mustang. One of the few cars I can look in the engine bay and still see the ground and not a snake nest. The PT had a lot of issues and working on it was a serious pain in the rear. At one point I had to change the alternator. Guess what. No serviceable in the driveway without a ton of work. The mechanic had to drop the engine to get to it. WTF? Recently had to replace the alternator in the Mustang and it took all of 15 minutes and normal tools. This is also why I bought a classic for my secondary DD and my wife bought one as her DD. In the process of switching my classic over to fuel injection because I'm not a carb fan.

Doubt we'll ever see engineers go back to the old designs because everything in a car nowadays is there for safety, MPG, smog, or sound deadening. Going backwards is fine, but I doubt the masses are really willing to sacrifice one of those things.