Why is Ford changing the styling for the North American market again? What's wrong with it? I know it'll be a minor change, mostly a bumper job. But this kind of crap makes me more angry than say, a totally new sheetmetal.
The last car to do that to me was... Saab 9-3 SportCombi. I went to the auto show thinking it'll have the crushed ice-effect taillamps that the European versions had, but noooooo. For some lameass reason, they had to have the clear red reflectors. Out of blinding rage, I slammed the taillamp of the US spec 9-3 SportCombi, prompting a poor Saab booth professional to rush to the car asking if everything was okay. Then I gave a long rant about how the 9-3 doesn't have the awesome crushed ice taillamps, which must have confused the dear girl. Sigh... I think that was the same year a Mitsubishi sales manager told me to get bigger aftermarket turbos on an Evo since we don't get FQ-400s here.
Well. I was vindicated though, since the later 9-3s all get crushed ice taillamps anyway.
And to think the most exciting thing I saw at a New York Auto Show two years ago was the Maserati GT. Which I then saw a few months later on a New Jersey highway in Newark.
Good job on the coverage yesterday. Through the haze of sickness (I'm not quite dead yet) I was able to every now and then feed my Jalopcrack addiction.
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The last car to do that to me was... Saab 9-3 SportCombi. I went to the auto show thinking it'll have the crushed ice-effect taillamps that the European versions had, but noooooo. For some lameass reason, they had to have the clear red reflectors. Out of blinding rage, I slammed the taillamp of the US spec 9-3 SportCombi, prompting a poor Saab booth professional to rush to the car asking if everything was okay. Then I gave a long rant about how the 9-3 doesn't have the awesome crushed ice taillamps, which must have confused the dear girl. Sigh... I think that was the same year a Mitsubishi sales manager told me to get bigger aftermarket turbos on an Evo since we don't get FQ-400s here.
Well. I was vindicated though, since the later 9-3s all get crushed ice taillamps anyway.
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03/04/09
New York Auto Show equals lame.
03/04/09
Sadness is overtaking me.
Good job on the coverage yesterday. Through the haze of sickness (I'm not quite dead yet) I was able to every now and then feed my Jalopcrack addiction.
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But the mazda looks like some kind of demented lamprey with that butt-fugly grill.
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also that VW is planning to bring it stateside if gas prices remain the way they are
straight from the NY Times to boot!
BTW any newer info on the Golf GTI R20? i mean any sneak peaks before its official debut? or any updates on the regular GTI?
stay tuned i suppose....
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03/03/09
Really?
As in, "halitosis"?
Or "I owe Sis"?
Will there be an Iobro? That's actually cooler.
03/03/09
Roof won't make it to production,
Doors won't make it to production,
Dashboard won't make it to production,
Looks, though, Ford Europe being awesome, probably will.
Business as usual then.
Colour probably won't won't make it to production, but a PM yellow minivan is possibly pushing the envelope too far.
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