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How GM Killed The Crossover: The Brief Life Of The Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck

In 1989, it was increasingly clear a new revolution was coming to the truck market, but what shape it would take was still a mystery. With the staggering success of large body-on-frame SUVs and light trucks just a gleam in the eyes of automakers, GMs design team continued down the path of car-based pickups with the Chevy XT-2 Concept Truck. Although we now know car-based pickups and SUVs lost the battle to large SUVs shortly thereafter, it appears the XT-2, an essentially ignored concept here in the United States, may end up winning the design war.

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12:05 PM on Tue Jul 22 2008
By Matt Hardigree
2,345 views, 63 comments

Latest by thatguy01: Someone was looking at the Hot Wheels catalog. [i20.ebayimg.com] more »

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Project Car Hell, 80s Subaru Edition: BRAT or XT6?

We saw the Gremlin beat the Spirit by quite a margin in our last Choose Your Eternity poll. Maybe it was the Wayne's World connection, or maybe it was just the obscurity of the AMC Spirit. Either way, we're going to follow up a pair of quirky American machines with a pair of equally quirky Japanese machines. Sure, Subaru is plenty mainstream in North America these days, but remember when Subarus just seemed vaguely weird, say a couple decades back? When you only saw the little boxer-powered cars in areas with huge amounts of snow and NPR listeners? Those 80s Subies are semi-rare and quite cool, not as bulletproof as your Japanese Big Three machines of the era, and parts are getting tough to find... which makes them great raw material for your exile adventures in the garage!
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5:20 PM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
2,916 views, 58 comments

Latest by FuzzyPlushroom: Holy shit, it's a tie. The XT6 has always been one of my favorite cars for some inexplicable reason. That, and the famous advertisement: "I thought we agreed you'd buy a Subaru." "But, Dad, I did." more »

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Chicago Auto Show: GMC Denali XT Exposes Itself To The Masses

That's right folks, GMC just revealed its Denali-ero to the press, here at the auto show in the City that is Windy (and snowy). We've already shown you all the up close and personal details of the Denali XT Concept, but this is the first time it's been displayed at a show. All that Aussie-designed goodness made the crowd go wild, and I think they had to call in the cavalry or something to retain the mob. But all of that's a good thing. Because in our book, the more car-truck love, the better. We just wish GM would stop calling it a "Sport-Utility Truck." Those marketing people at GMC seriously need to grow some mullets and embrace their Caballero heritage.

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6:00 PM on Wed Feb 6 2008
By Mark Arnold
1,484 views, 42 comments

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GMC Denali XT Hybrid Concept Truck: The Caballero Is Back...In Concept

This is it. It's called the GMC Denali XT Hybrid Concept Truck, and this unibody rear-wheel drive Australian professional grade car-truck action set to be unveiled this week at the Chicago Auto Show is making us excited in a way we haven't been since we saw the first episode of My Name Is Earl. And why shouldn't we be? Everyone knows the El Camino had a GMC version called the Sprint Caballero! GM, knowing of our love of all things car with a truck-bed allowed us, along with the fellow lovers of all things El Camino at PickupTruck.com, the opportunity to go behind the scenes in sunny Southern California for an exclusive with the design team and some one-of-a-kind photos of this unique Aussie import. When we accepted the invite to attend (at our own expense of course) we were expecting to see nothing more than a re-badged four-door Holden Crewman updated to the current VE architecture. Cool, but nothing more than what you'd expect from a leader in re-badging. Instead what we got was stunning, jaw-dropping and mind-blowing. So grab a shrimp off the Barbie above and settle in for the full story below the jump, mate!

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5:42 PM on Sat Feb 2 2008
By Mark Arnold
15,502 views, 102 comments

Latest by n/a: Looks like we are looking at the next version of the Avalanche but what year 09 or 10 more »

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SEMA Show: Subaru Forrester Gets A Sporty Little Nose Job In the 2.5 X And XT


The knife was lifted, the bandages unwound, and here at SEMA in Vegas, we've seen the results of Subie's nose job — plus a bit of performance catalog love that made the production Forrester look ready n' willing to go rallying. Subie dropped the '07 model of the Sports 2.5X and XT showing off the JDM-inspired styling changes, specifically a less-than-anatomically-flying front end, including a black mesh grille, a deleted-tick-box on the roof rails and a new front clip. The Forrester Sports XT also sees a performance upgrade for the wants-to-be-rally-bound compact SUV with the turbocharged 224hp Boxer engine — taken straight from the 2.5 XT Limited. Full gallery via the link below, and the full press release after the jump. – Ray Wert More »

7:26 AM on Thu Nov 2 2006
By Ray Wert
2,641 views, 5 comments

Latest by n/a: Well, at least it missed the flying vagina iteration. more »