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392 messages, Last post on Feb 25, 2009 at 8:29 AM
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 26, 2008 6:22 am) |
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 25, 2008 2:55 pm)  Not only attractive but doesn't have that hideous Yankees plate on there.... |
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 26, 2008 3:47 am) I agree with you - the new ones remind me of my '89 Voyager. I liked that boxy style a lot. Wish they made it in a SWB version still.
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 26, 2008 7:18 am) |
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Replying to: writer (Apr 24, 2008 3:28 pm) Functional looks NEVER go out of style, but a faddish trend will stale quickly (hello 70's landau roofs, 80's hyper-striped mini-trucks, 90's cliche Eddie Bauer two-tone SUVs, today's chrome dubs). Call me wacko, but I really like the looks of this europe-only Ford Connect linked below. http://www.ford.co.uk/ie/tourneoconnect07/toc_photo/toc_ext_gallery/-/-/-/- -# Commercial-Grade utility with obvious attention paid to style. It's basically Ford's take on a miniaturized Sprinter van. I know it would play here in the NW, where we favor understated, utilitarian, faded Subaru wagons with room for bikes, climbing gear, kayaks & canoes. Federalize a 4cyl Duratorq turbodiesel for this (35-40mpg) and Ford would have a very unique & timely rig for sale.
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Replying to: karsick (Apr 26, 2008 5:09 pm) I guess this is another reason why skirts never caught on: Postmodern (AlternateRoute)
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 27, 2008 6:41 am) I wonder what a Prius would look like with rear wheels skirts and a chrome strip along the bottom? 
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Replying to: andys120 (Apr 27, 2008 7:51 am) Saw one of those just yesterday in silver.  You don't notice that black stripe at the base of the skirt on the dark blue ones.
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Replying to: steve_ (Apr 27, 2008 8:03 am) |
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It was Mercedes-Benz who first offered a four door sedan with a lowered roof trailing off into a fastback slope and oxymoronically called it a "four-door coupe".>  I for one didn't find the CLS convincing since it wasn't as good looking as the E-Class it was derived from and in fact wasn't good looking at all to me. Designers elsewhere took notice and before long styling leaders like Audi, BMW and Aston-Martin introduced 4-door Coupe concepts. One of those, the Aston-Martin Rapide (essentially a stretched DB9) was quickly slated for production and it was rumored that BMW's similar CS Concept was a preview of the next 7 series. Now they're coming thick and fast as Volkswagen plans to introduce it's Passat CC later this year>  BMW's X6 (now on sale) blurs the lines even further with a combination of SUV, sedan and coupe attributes in the same vehicle. My initial reaction was "who needs it?", Subaru's high-riding AWD sedans haven't exactly burned up the market. Looking at it I found the styling inexplicably attractive and I couldn't understand why until I finally figured it out. IMO the term BMW is using ("Sports Activity Coupe" ) is a bit of marketing BS but in reality it is a five-door hatch back similar to the three Saabs I've owned but no longer available from the Swedes. Things are getting strange when BMW starts building cars that look like Saabs and are called coupes. 
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