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Automotive News & Views Inside Line Article Comments Edmunds turns 40 - guess the most significant car from each year!
349 messages, Last post on Feb 27, 2007 at 5:26 AM
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Edmunds Most Significant Vehicles, 1966-2006
are cool cars, IMO they're just too nichey to really be considered truly significant. They only build a handful of Vipers a year while the RX-7 was just another example of the once lithe, nimble, affordable Japanese sporty coupe suddenly becoming something that wants to eat Corvettes for breakfast, and ultimately doomed to the same fate as the Supra, 300ZX, and Prelude.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 10, 2006 12:17 pm) Cars like the PT Cruiser, the T-bird, the HHR, the GT, the upcoming Camaro, etc. all in some measure owe their existence as they are to the Viper. |
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 10, 2006 9:48 am) I agree. While the RX-7 was a nice sports type car with light weight, lots of power, etc., it had a lot of problems as I recall. That car model did not have any sucess at all in the marketplace, did not inspire imitators, nor did it last long. It was discontinued. What kind of signficance was that? Intrepid and Concorde with cab-forward design, great interior room, good visibility, nice styling and so forth was a heck of a lot more significant than the Mazda. There were imitators within a couple/few years. Think that we should ask the Edmunds folks to state/restate what is their criteria for the term "most significant". Seems like some of their picks are highly arbitrary with scant justification.
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| I was correct with the Viper choice. I had stated some time ago that 1994 is the year of the Dodge Ram. It vaulted Dodges truck sales from a measly single didgit of the market share to over 20 percent in 1999. I'd say that that was a significant impact. | |
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Replying to: xrunner2 (Oct 10, 2006 10:36 pm) |
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 1981 - 1991 Mercedes-Benz W126 (280SE, 380SE, 380SEC, 500SEL, 300SD, 300SDL, 300SE, 300SEL, 420SEL, 560SEC, 560SEL) 1974 - 1993 VOLVO 240 (L, DL, GL, GLE, GLT, & GT) 1982 - 1992 BMW E30 (318i/325i/325iC/325is) 1983 - 1992 Audi C3 (5000, 5000S, 5000CS, quattro, & turbo)
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Replying to: bensbenz300se (Oct 11, 2006 2:15 pm) Audi design was pretty significant too. |
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i got the trucks for 94. I have no clue for 1996. in fact i cannot think of much through the late 90's cept for SUV's but they were all chasing the trend. The full size Ford Bronco left us in 1996 (I had an 80 and loved it and an 86 and hated it). I dont know when the H1 went up for sale to the public, that could be in there. The late 90's were full of oversize SUVs but nothing really sticks out. I think the BMW Z3 came out in that era. Got any other ideas?
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Replying to: skierx420 (Oct 12, 2006 3:29 pm) That might be significant, as it was a big step forward for Audi... and they are still selling the same basic car today.. but, in the big picture, not so much... '96 was also the first year for the uni-body Pathfinder... the first one that wasn't based on the Nissan pickup.. Shewww... I'm really reaching... 
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1996....hmmm ovoid Taurus...bug-eyed Mercedes W210 E class...A4...that's all I can think of. I think that Pathfinder came out in 95.
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