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Costlier, too, though.
-juice
I like the Lexus in/out. Haven't sat in or driven one yet. Might not be a good idea, since my idea of what kind of car to have swings wildly month to month.
SO going from a tC to a GS300 wouldn't be surprising (well, maybe to my wife...)
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-juice
I'd like to see an AMG wagon. I have yet to see one.
That gullwing 70s car is a C111
And you are right about journalists. I am not one (I just happened upon their auto event)but I envy the work from home writing opinions you already have about stuff lifestyle!
If you were a journalist, I would demand photos LOL. A dream job, indeed. I need to know someone.
-juice
I didn't realize they actually were producing these yet. I thought it was a concept, but really wasn't paying much attention.
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2 new Infiniti M's on the way to work this morning. Sharp looking car.
Firefly, maybe? That's what they used to call the Metro, IIRC.
For some reason, just like the old Astre/Vega, Sunbird/Monza, T1000/Chevette, Pursuit/Cobalt, etc, I usually end up liking the Pontiac version of these cheap cars better than the Chevy version!
They really missed out by not bringing it here. It could have been the first car-based mini-ute. The CR-V racks up some 120k sales per year, and back then the X-Trail had many competitve advantages (first to market, more power, etc).
-juice
That's the Pontiac Aveo. Somehow, there have always been lower model Pontiacs in Canada. Another oddball that comes to mind is the Corsica-based Tempest. And the Sunfire always seemed to do well, even in it's ghastly later facelift. Maybe for the US Pontiac is supposed to be a higher brand, instead of a sporty Chevy as it used to be.
As a result, Pontiac became more of a clone of Chevy, rather than a step up. And in many ways it became like Plymouth, which could never get too upscale for fear of stealing the thunder from the Chryslers they shared the showroom floor with.
Most of the smaller Canadian Pontiacs were just clones of Chevies, with slightly different grilles meant to suggest a Pontiac. For example, a Pontiac Beaumont was a Chevy Chevelle with a Pontiac-ish looking grille. But it had a Chevy interior and sheetmetal, and not Tempest/LeMans sheetmetal/interior.
Where it got weird though was with the full-sized Pontiacs. They used Chevy engines and the shorter Chevy wheelbase, but then used Pontiac interiors and sheetmetal. So a 1969 Canadian Pontiac Parisienne actually looked like a 1969 US Pontiac Bonneville at a quick glance, but overall rode a wheelbase 6 inches shorter, and was about 10 inches shorter overall.
At some point though, they started importing the "real" Pontiacs like the Catalina and Bonneville to Canada, to sell alongside the home grown models. And by the time downsizing hit in 1977, it eliminated any differences in wheelbase between a Chevy and Pontiac anyway, so the cars became much more similar, although I think they were using Chevy 250's, 305's and 350's instead of Pontiac 301's, 350's, and 400's.
-juice
This is the same parking lot where I saw a Bentley coupe a month ago. (Older guy drove it right to a handicapped spot and went inside to buy groceries I guess) (EDIT: car had HCP tags, he wasn't being a jerk)
It's 2 miles away from where I saw a BMW 760.
There are staggering amounts of money in the Doylestown, PA area.
The funny thing about the Corisca-Tempest is that the Grand Am was sold in Canada too, alongside the cloned Corsica. Wacky marketing.
Mustangs really are becoming common...I see one every 2-3 days at the most. I might catch a 500 once a week. I rarely see a new exotic, but I expect to this weekend, in Vancouver, with the auto show in town.
Doylestown is a really nice place as well as nearby communities like New Hope and Lahaska.
Saw a Mustard Yellow new Mustang at lunch yesterday.
-juice
The Corsica/Beretta were the L platform - first came out in 1987/88.
The N-body was actually derived from the J-body (Cavalier, et al), riding a slightly longer wheelbase (103.4" versus 101.2"), and being about 5-6" longer, overall. They were originally released only as 2-doors, which might seem odd, but GM's reasoning for that made sense, at least a few years earlier. Back when these cars were first being designed, everyone was afraid that $3.00 per gallon fuel was going to be the norm, and even the radically downsized late 70's era GM cars were still too big.
Believe it or not, these N-bodies were originally slated to replace the RWD Regal, Cutlass Supreme, Grand Prix, and Monte Carlo! In fact, if you notice, the 3 N-bodies that were released for '85 were named after high-spec versions of the GM RWD coupes. Somerset and Calais were originally sporty versions of the Regal and Cutlass Supreme. They didn't have bigger engines or more hp, but usually had bucket seats, floor shifts, t-tops, alloy/rallye wheels, etc. And the Grand Am was one of Pontiac's last attempts at a muscle car (the '73-75 moreso than the '78-80) Once fuel prices eased off and the gas was flowing again, GM held off on axing the RWD coupes, and instead tried to pit these things as something of a BMW fighter, an upscale compact. And with the X-body being pulled after 1984 (Omega/Phoenix) and '1985 (Citation/Skylark), that was going to leave GM without a compact 4-door, so 4-door N-bodies were released for '86.
The X-body was the basis of the FWD A-body (Celebrity/6000/Century/Cutlass Ciera), which lasted from '82-96, and probably would have gone on longer if more stringent side impact standards weren't looming in the near future.
But, it was Butter Yellow... Looked great...
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But, when I got up close, I noticed it was "creamy", but not so "pale".. That is when I came up with "butter".
I see at least one roadster per week around here..
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Same as the Eldorado, Toronado, and Rivera that came out around the same timeframe (MY 86)...they were all built on the premise that gas prices would be sky high.
But then again, maybe not. IIRC, sales of the mammoth '76 Ninety Eight and Electra hit record, or near record sales, as people rushed to buy the last of the big ones. But when the small '77's hit the market, sales soared to even loftier heights.
Eventually, the E/K body would have to have been redesigned, but I'm sure they could have gotten at least a few more good years out of it. And once GM started getting a bit more serious with its engines, such as improving the 3.8 V-6, and ditching the Caddy 4.1 for the more reliable 4.5 and 4.9, performance of these cars would have improved.
You talking about a vehicle that would sell like hot cakes, those things are neat.
Odie
which looks even more Corolla-like and uninspired than in photos.
2001 BMW 330ci/E46, 2008 BMW 335i conv/E93
The N-bodies actually sold pretty well for awhile, but when they went to that funky new style in 1992, it pretty much ensured the death of the Achieva and Skylark, although the Grand Am seemed to benefit well from that restyle.
It was drving on the local roads near HQ.
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I don't use them much, but if I'm in the mood for one, I'll just go to a search engine and type in what I want to find. Then pick one out, paste in the source code for it, and with any luck it shows up.
Why hide it now, it already debuted in NY.
Pics:
http://www.imagestation.com/album/pictures.html?id=2128707759&idx=1
Might have been a B-class also. They delayed that one.
-juice
Definitely not an SUV/wagon or a B class.
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-juice
Any how, saw a Bentley Continential GT coupe on the the way to work today, niiii-ice!
Proceeded to see an STS. Looks better in person, I like 'em.
-juice