balthazar

Who is nissan thinking of competing with who only started making trucks in 1960? Don't they want to shoot for the class leaders, those who have been making trucks 90-100 years ??

I stand corrected on the length of Nürburgring; I quickly glanced at the sidebar here and saw the '2002-present' course length of 3.1 miles. The Nordschleife ('83-present) is 12.9 miles.

The pedigree just isn't worth that much extra over a non-ad Goat.

IMO, Camino is about double what I would even consider paying... but the argument from the ad IS valid- for a brand new car to be used up & get good MPG, $6K is totally worth it on a dollar-to-miles metric.

I've been driving a '91 GMC Sierra RC/SB 350 4x4 the past 3 winters, to plow. I've grown attached to it (it should be reappearing in my driveway soon). Tho it needs better than street tires for plowing, the fishtailing is entertaining. This too new for you, Roger?

There's 132 miles of roadways/terrain/tracks @ Milford. Nurburgring is 3 miles long. I'd say 9/10ths could easily be accomplished via Milford and computer modeling.

Uncle Sam will let you know what you 'want' to drive...

OMG, who gives a tin sh!t. More meaningless alpha-numerics twisting in the wind.

About 40 mins away from me- who needs it checked out?

Driven a number of 3-onna-tree, including a '53 Merc. I like 'em.

Buildings like this aren't that common in central Jersey, at least to most folk. I like the lines on it anyway. And 'industrial' is good in my book. My son is on the far left- plays lead. B-K: good points, but there's no time left to finesse it- I have to get them printed out so they can be posted and sell some tickets. Hope to get that done tomm.

Threw this together. Criticism?

I only wished that proportion came out in the automotive writing I frequently read. Sloppiness has been a running hallmark of far too much in publication. Yeah, that's another one. Objectivity can be as fleeting as good research at times...

^ Agreed WRT the '73s: the wrap-under grille was unique and I always like an inference that subarus and hyundais are, by design, supposed to be sucked under like it's some sort of road-going import combine. Still, so much stylistic aggression was lost after '72 in the Olds' front end. Nothing wrong/bad about the above, it's just rather passive. Sorry to say but it's almost channeling a lil' Vega there.

Z-06 smells a pay-off...

^ That's the thing I kept coming back to. Maybe it's the angle/POV, but it sits too high IMO. GM tends to do this tho, unfortunately. I would hope to see the XTS ride about 1.5" lower (2" would be better still), but the wheel-fender gaps aren't agreeing with that.

The unpainted, matte black plastic of the previous allroad looked undeniably cheap- like the owner just left the body shop after an accident but couldn't not afford to get the replacement pieces painted.

yet mercedes & BMW are bringing multiple FWD models to the most lucrative market on Earth- the U.S.; Cadillac is dead, why copy anything they do?

That oughta do it to it. Shurhit as a trademark was originally filed for in 1946, first used in 1947 and registered in 1954. Company was sold to Borg-Warner in 1964... so that bookends your box & part pretty well.

^ There's always pictures...

Tubbed, caged box Nova, resplendent in yellow w/ graphics, rolling thru town. '53-56 F-100, dark blue, worn but solid, tool box in back, rollin.

You & I notice it, the vast majority DO NOT. Just rolling down the street or slogging thru rush-hour; there's really no difference. Push the car a bit, go thru some corners, then yes; of course.

Car under a full, anchored tarp in a '60s residential neighborhood, buddy who's grandmother lives around the block said it was a DeSoto. Tarp had long, tall fin shapes underneath. He had to drag me away. Yes, I'm going to call that a 'sighting'...

^ If only any appreciable amount of consumers actually shopped by which wheels drive! Do not underestimate the significance that 75% of BMW 1-series owners believe their car is FWD. There is no more pertinent stat in the FWD/RWD discussion. By association and sheer human nature, I believe at least 30% believe their 3-series is also. While I've never owned anything FWD and have no plans to, it just. doesn't. matter. to most consumers, sorry. And the XTS, from all press materials so far, is certainly no '80s New Yorker.