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DaveM
T(formerly)WRX
http://press.nissan-global.com/EN/EVENTS/autoshow.html#FRANKFURT
Bob
-mike
Jim
-mike
Just don't expect it to be reliable. But they ooze character. I always liked 'em.
-juice
When I came back from France in June I'd halfway convinced myself to sell the Studebaker and buy an old Alfetta or Giulia sedan as a track/auto-x/TSD/play car. But my better sense got hold of me as well as some responses I got in the Alfa forum here. IMO the Stude is as reliable as many Alfas 15-20 years its junior, but doubtless the Alfas are far more fun to drive.
Ed
Luckily for me, my subie salesman buddy who is gonna sell it to me, is also an ex-alfa mechanic, so if I have problems, it'll go right to him to get fixed
I hear they aren't terribly reliable, but I am hoping the low milage on it will yield a pretty reliable beater car
-mike
-juice
-mike
-juice
-mike
Jon
The Starion and the Conquest TSI were the ones that Juice and I are speaking of.
-mike
Jon
Jon
they could easily mount 225/50-16 and many owners did. I've seen some with 245/45-16 for autocross but doubt that size would fit on unmodified stock fenders... definitely not stock wheels at least (too narrow).
-Colin
-mike
-mike
http://www.cars.com/carsapp/national/?szc=10312&srv=review&am- p;act=search&mkid=10&mdid=111&yr=1987&x=3&y=1- 2
-mike
I still see a few halfway decent ones driving around town.
-Brian
Did you have leather too? I actually enjoyed that car, got it shortly after I learned to drive and used to race it around all the time!
-mike
Got it used just after I graduated high school.
-Brian
-juice
http://www.edmunds.com/news/autoshows/articles/100537/article.htm- l
Let's wake up this topic.
Check out the Audi Lemans, it would actually look nice if they shelved the Starsky & Hutch stripe and the cheese grater under the tail lights. Audis sure aren't boring, though.
Chrysler 300C Touring: they just put an ugly nose on the Magnum.
The Kusabi is plain silly. The Mazda3 does everything better. I bet Chrysler's lawyers would sue if they produced it, given its main styling cue copies the Crossfire.
The Vision CLS looks like an S-class after a rollover crushed the roof slightly. What is it with these higher beltlines? Doesn't anyone care about visibility any more?
-juice
Where are pics of the 9-3 Sport-Hatch?
VW really nailed it with the Concept R. Looks beautiful right away without having to grow on you. Beats the Z4 easily in styling, that BMW concept from last year too. Ignore the obviously concept-only interior, they should just give it the TT's interior but keep the Concept R's exterior, which looks far better.
-juice
BMW 5: ugh. She's got Dame Edna's face, she's porked out, and the tail looks like an old Kia. Cheap, ugly, and fat. Even the interior is dull. Bangle should go to jail for this.
BMW 6: Bangle has an eye brow fetish, I swear. That ruins the front. The profile is actually attractive, until you see the hunch-backed rear that looks copied from the hideous 7 series.
X3: looks a little stubby, but not too bad. It's the least ugly BMW until Bangle ruins the forthcoming 3 series (LOL). The interior actually looks nice. In performance terms, does the Forester XT finally have a competitor?
X5: dunno, looks the same to me!
Freelander: subtle but nice improvements. They finally fixed that cheap interior, I though it was just awful before.
-juice
We saw the concept that prepared us for the Mazda 3 back in April in NY. Looks great as a sedan, sort of a baby Mazda 6. Gorgeous interior. BMW should hire Mazda stylists, they are nailing every design.
The hatch looks a bit like the Murano, someone in the 3 thread posted photos side by side to prove it. I think they offer AWD in Japan. I did like the Protoge5 styling better, though this has more room and more power.
SLR seems overdone to me. Like they designed it and then let 3 high school kids tack on vents and slats.
911 40th: too bling-bling. Gimme the C4S Cabrio. The Turbo cabrio also has AWD I believe, what more could you want?
Well, I could want Porsche to recall all Cayennes produced due to faulty styling. 3 seconds slower to 100kph compared to the XT, hilarious! Top speed isn't much better either, just 4mph more. How is a Touareg not a better choice in every way?
-juice
Still, what it needs more than those things are a real rear bumper and more power. Kudos to Toyota for offering options a la carte in this segment, but I wonder about price.
Golf really missed the boat on exterior styling. The interior looks nice and they are letting upscale features trickle down. Prices might get scary though.
Phaeton needs only a new name and a reasonable price tag. It looks like a $40 grand car, not $70. A gussied up Avalon comes to mind. That steering wheel looks like a tissue box, straight out of really old Audis (before they became good cars).
-juice
What do you folks think about the features the RAV4 is getting? Should Subaru offer them on the Forester?
-juice
Conquest/Starion
Stealth/3000GT
Laser/Talon/Eclipse
Avenger/Eclipse
maybe some others as well.
Diamond Star Motors is basically the name for the mitsu/chrysler link.
-mike
-juice
Kusabi: Offspring of Mazda RX-8 and Toyota Matrix
M-B CLS: At first glance I thought it was a Volvo S80
Dunehawk: Offspring of Nissan Titan and Honda Element
VW Concept R: lo-buck Carrera GT; look at those Legacy headlamps!
BMW: I can't wait for the new 3-series to fill out the all-ugly lineup
X3: Comparos vs. Forester XT await
6-series: Offspring of 7-series and Holden Monaro/Pontiac GTO
Maserati: Look, it's the new Buick Park Avenue!
Mazda 3: Nice, Alfa 147-esque rear, mind the blind spot
Porsches: Every year the 911 gets longer and longer front/rear overhangs - sad
base Cayenne: why?
new Golf: what a schnozz; wheels from a Forester XS
Phaeton: A to a Q no one asked
Ed
All-ugly lineup, LOL!
The Maseratis looks so much better as coupes, don't they? Should they even bother with sedans?
-juice
Bob
How many ports meant a V8? :-)
I can't believe you haven't commented on the RAV4. You're the gadget lover, what do you think about Toyota beating Subaru to market with all that stuff?
-juice
Bob
Bob
http://pressroom.toyota.com/photo_library/display_release.html?id- =2004rav4_r
Bob
-Frank P.
Special - small 8-cyl., short wheelbase*, 3 portholes
Super - small 8-cyl., long wheelbase, 3 portholes
Century - large 8-cyl., short wheelbase, 4 portholes (the "hot rod")
Roadmaster - large 8-cyl., long wheelbase, 4 portholes
There was also a bigger model than the Roadmaster, the Limited, that had a longer wheelbase. That was used as a limo, hearse or ambulance and went away after WWII.
IIRC the portholes were a styling feature starting just before WWII. The Century was built for a few years prior to WWII then came back in 1954. Up until the mid-'50s there were no V8s, but a big honking straight 8. I think they may have been the last cars built with that engine configuration.
Hopefully somebody older than I and/or with a better knowledge of Buicks can confirm or refute.
Ed
(*As if any Buick of the era could be considered short wheelbased!)
Also, the name "Century" came about (late 1930s?) because it was the first Buick to hit 100 mph, because of small body & large, more powerful Roadmaster engine.
Bob (who is older, but not necessarily wiser)
Rear discs and standard ABS finally. Tire pressure monitor too, I guess they went ahead and did that early. VSC probably uses the same hardware.
Should be interesting. They basically matched the CR-V and the base Forester's power.
-juice
-Frank P.
Sure enough, right now Fitz has just 2/13 2WD of the 4 cylinder variety, and 0/19 AWD.
-juice
I've been saying this for years. That's what we bought our son when he got his license. Funny that CR didn't mention AWD as a safety reason... That's my main selling point.
Bob
-Frank P.
The link in this thread worked, in other other thread it didn't?
-juice
Jim