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It's Time to Play "WHO AM I"?

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    GMC Yukon XL.
  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 16,747
    That's funny, because when you first posted your quiz, the "boyhood dream" and "cheesegrater" hints made me think of the Testarossa immediately. I almost responded with that answer until I re-read and noticed that the Testarossa was the "friend"; I had to switch gears a bit to get to the Lamborghini. :)
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Nope, not a Yukon. Not even GM but good guess.

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  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    My marque tried so hard to stay alive but in the end we knew we couldn't survive.

    My final year, I was fitted with a Chevrolet engine for crying out loud.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    That's why I put that it was replaced by a devilish descendant as in the Diablo. ;)

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Was it Geo? It was a GM subdivision.

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  • xwesxxwesx Member Posts: 16,747
    The "biggest" and "map" hints made me think of the Yukon XL / Suburban, but the rest of the hints do not align - especially the "competition smokes us" one. There really isn't any competition in that segment after Ford dropped the Excursion.

    I cannot put my finger on the answer, though.
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  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    No, not Geo.
  • texasestexases Member Posts: 10,669
    "competition smokes us"....diesel??
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    No not a diesel.

    Here's another hint. It is an SUV but not a GM.

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Aha

    Chrysler Aspen.

    They did make a Hybrid version of it but not very many.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    You got it buddy it is the Aspen.

    It's the biggest Chrysler sold yet.
    Very few sold.
    The cousin is the Durango.
    The competition I'm talking about was the Yukon and Escalade.

    The Hybrid version came out for about a half a year, and then discontinued. :sick: I saw one on the road.

    I swear there must have been only a handful of them sold, maybe less than 100.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I want to say Oldsmobile, but I'm guessing this was something much older.

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  • hpmctorquehpmctorque Member Posts: 4,600
    I'm thinking you're an Avanti.
  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,384
    Good choice. I'll throw in with you.
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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    Actually, I will guess the Lark. I'm pretty sure they had their last year with Chevy engines.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    I am the first American car that had a regular production option engine that achieved one horsepower per cubic inch. Who am I?

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,863
    uh-oh ... I smell a bone of contention.
    I assume you are referring to GROSS horsepower, are you not?

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    Indeed I am. Perhaps, just to remove unnecessary bones, I will say 'advertised horsepower'.

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  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Nope
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    You are a 1957 Chevy with a fuel injected 283. The higher HP version.
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Well, I wasn't thinking about the Avanti but it qualifies. They continued to build these cars for some perverse reason until the 90's I think and the later ones did have Chevy engines.

    I was specifically thinking of the 1966 full size Studebakers.

    Swan song for a struggling independant who couldn't compete any longer.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    You are a 1957 Chevy with a fuel injected 283. The higher HP version.

    I know someone would bite on that one. Nope, a little older than the Chevy.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I swam underwater in a movie before
    I'm a very sharp looking supercar
    With a potent 4 banger and then a v8
    I was very fast right out of the gate

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  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    1955 Chrysler 300?
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    I knew it was too obvious and in the back of my mind, I remember Chevy made a big deal of this at the time but they weren't the first.
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Anyone?
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,343
    Lotus Esprit. Movie reference is The Spy Who Loved Me.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Very good au1994. You get the bonus points once again.

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  • fezofezo Member Posts: 10,384
    Oh, yeah! That makes sense.

    The Avantis went on it seemed forever. I wouldn't mind a genuine Studebaker one. Of course I wouldn't mind an old Hawk either.
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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I am not so well known but I did cost a ton
    I was available before the Hummer H1
    My brother was a hot supercar that was fast
    In desert heat, my tires could last
    Only a few hundred of me were made
    In the 90s to rest I was laid

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    Lamborghini LM002
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    I liked the "Studebaker" ones too.

    They came out in 1963. The Rivieras and T-Birds were competion they couldn't match.
  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,863
    Lotus Esprit

    edit: D'oh!!!! this is what i get for trying to play at work. Had it up on screen and by the time I had the chance to hit Post, its been long dead and gone.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    It is an LM002 indeed.

    Accoring to Wiki and the Lambo registry:

    On July 18, 2004, at a US military base near Baqubah, members of the American military used an LM002 that had belonged to Uday Hussein to simulate the effects of a car bomb, not knowing of its rarity or value. The LM002 was destroyed during the test.

    Oops.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I had a 4 zone draft free climate system
    My price tag was nearly 100 grand listed
    Stateside I failed to meet sales numbers
    And in my family I am the largest
    I sat in the showroom beside compact cars
    Which was a crock as I'm better by far

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  • british_roverbritish_rover Member Posts: 8,502
    VW Phaeton.

    Did the W12 models really crack 100,000?

    Or maybe they did in CAD but not USD?
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yes, Phaeton it is.

    Don't know if they did crack 100k, but the top models with all options were in the $90s, in the US. In Canada they were over $100k.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    I sold in large numbers and helped my firm
    Bring in the money it needed to earn
    My new radical style, and awesome design
    Ruled the 90s that was my time!
    What's funny though is that my replacement
    Took my design and totally reversed it!

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  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    57 Chevy Fuel Injected 283 V-8. The 1st generation Chrysler Hemi might claim it, but most historians don't think that's quite right.
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    Chrysler LH cars?
  • bumpybumpy Member Posts: 4,425
    I was a very successful experiment.
    I made snobs harrumph and ponies startle.
    My choices of materials made me strong and light.
    I am a legend, though my engine won't fit in one.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Correct indeed. Replaced by the non cab forward RWD LX platform.

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  • qbrozenqbrozen Member Posts: 32,863
    Acura NSX?

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  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    You learn something every day! I never heard the term "Oriental Teahouse" in relation to the 1959 Chevy, and I was around when they were new. Maybe that was a West Coast expression that never made it to Pittsburgh.

    My aunt bought a Bel Air sedan. Those batwings and cat's eye taillights were really wild.

    I guess the "Teahouse" is especially relevant to the flat-roofed 4-door hardtop.
  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    In 3 movies I starred, back then I was new
    I drove, rode on rails, and even flew
    The actor who drove me was young back then
    The guy that designed me used to work for GM

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  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Anyone ??

    1917 - One year only.
  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    OK, to close this one out, I bow to Shifty's expertise, and give Lemko 1/2 credit. The first American car with a claimed rating that achieved 1 horsepower/cubic inch was the 1956 Chrysler 300B with the optional setup (dual quads I think), which claimed 355 hp from its 354 cube engine.

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  • bhill2bhill2 Member Posts: 2,464
    Boomchek. I believe that would be the DeLorean.

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  • boomchekboomchek Member Posts: 5,516
    Yes you're correct bhill2. It was an easy one. ;)

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