I find it funny how some are strongly hinting that they'd like to see scale or near-scale-length passenger cars from Menards.
One needs to remember what the overwhelming majority of the lineup is, and the primary buyers that are keeping the line alive. If anything emerges from this, they'll most likely be of a length that's compatible with starter-set layouts, radius-wise. And that's assuming they clear the hurdle of passenger cars being less popular than freight since (from a kid's perspective) you can't do as much with them.
---PCJ