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Automotive News & Views Inside Line Article Comments Edmunds turns 40 - guess the most significant car from each year!
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Edmunds Most Significant Vehicles, 1966-2006
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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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Replying to: kyfdx (Oct 12, 2006 5:23 pm) I never knew that generation of Pathfinder was unitized. FWIW I guess it didn't work out too well, because they're body-on-frame again these days. Actually, Nissan only builds one basic truck these days, just in different lengths. The Pathfinder, Frontier, and Xterra are all the same basic thing, and are really kinda like Titans and Armadas that don't overhang the frame rails as much. I'm drawing a total blank for 1996, though. Even in 1997 I can't think of a whole lot on the domestic front. Dodge redid the Dakota and introduced the Durango. Chevy gave us the Malibu, the car you knew America could build. Don't laugh...it actually WAS considered pretty competitive at the time, especially since Toyota kinda shot themselves in the foot with the 1997 Camry redesign which seemed decontented and almost rental car-ish compared to the '92-96. GM's reworked Grand Prix and Century/Regal actually seemed kinda promising at the time, but seemed to age fast. IIRC the Intrigue launched as a 1998 model. What year did Ford come out with the SVT version of the Contour? edit: I forgot about the ovoid Taurus for 1996. I guess it was significant in making sure that the Taurus would start a long downward spiral into oblivion. |
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someone needs to let the Edmund's folks know that the Ram started offering a 4-speed automatic in 1988, NOT 1994!
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Replying to: andre1969 (Oct 12, 2006 6:38 pm)
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...I'd pick three cars as significant "lasts." The 1996 Cadillac Fleetwood, Buick Roadmaster, and Chevrolet Caprice were the last full-size, full-frame, RWD, V-8-powered GM cars. Ten years ago, these cars were numbers one, two, and three on my car-shopping short list
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Replying to: lemko (Oct 13, 2006 8:30 am) |
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 12, 2006 5:44 pm) Well, it wasn't really the last.... as noted by others, the boxy look is back... |
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If that was the first year of the ovoid model, then that might be it....
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Replying to: kyfdx (Oct 13, 2006 1:23 pm) The car that coincided with the Taurus' fall from grace can't be the best in 96. I'd vote for the 1996 E just because of its early use of side airbags and its new face, compared to a poorly themed Taurus. There has to be something better than either. |
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