Robert Hall

Was behind a very clean '77 white w/ red top Buick Electra 4dr this morning on the freeway...

Interesting...still don't see much diffferentiation between Kia and Hyundai other than styling. 'KH' is a bland name, should give it a real name and not an acryonym. I thought I'd read a while back that their big car was going to be called the Cradenza.

I don't think Porsche or Lamborghini or Ferrari and Maserati have to worry...they have VW/etc and Fiat, respectively, to make the FWD appliances...BMW has Mini, Daimler has Smart and M-B...it's the independents like Aston Martin and Jaguar/Land Rover that have to worry...

Yeah, Chevy had both an extended cab and a crew cab available then, so why this? It also reminds me of the van/pickup mashups that were built for people to tow 5th wheel travel trailers, horse trailers,etc. As a kid I had a neighbor w/one,a Ford Econoline cut down maybe 3 feet behind the front doors, big side windows, and an F150 shortbed...

Interesting..wonder what the story w/ that is. The configuration reminds me of the strange Brazilian Ford F150s of the '70s-80s that extended and crew cabs w/ integral beds...

The mileage may be low (if that is accurate), but it's in really rough shape..that price seems to be way too high for a non-running, worn out truck...maybe an extra zero too many in the price?

As far as the Murano goes, I've seen a couple on the lot at the Nissan store, but haven't seen any in the wild...which is odd, since this is prime convertible top down season here...

Has there been any announcement on when or if this truck is coming to NA?

Interesting how it has those strange bars on each side of the engine...and the air cleaner (white rag?) looks non-stock.

Well, other than the relatively low volume Camaro and Corvette, Chevy has been only FWD appliances for the last 15 years....

They are #1 in sales for that long only if you're counting F-150 v. Silverado only. Add in Sierra and/or Avalanche to GM's count and the title of #1 1/2 ton pickup seller has flipped back and forth a few times over those years. (and back into the C/K1500 years too) Ford has long used creative accounting when addressing sales. That is why I question their longest lasting claim. Is that just the F150 or the F series. Or is that just some years vs others. I think they are cagey on whether it's the F150 or the entire line..though it was a moot point until the schism in '97.

And electronic content...they want features like SYNC etc...

i would expect the next 1-series to be lighter since it will be on a weak FWD platform.

I have no insight into what the kiddies like, but I've noticed the teenage son of my neighbors has a Kia Soul, another down the street a late model Hyundai Tiburon and a friend of mine has a teenage son and daughter with matching his and hers Priuses.

The GT-R of today has nothing in common with the Skyline. You are thinking of previous generations of GT-Rs, when they were called the Skyline GT-R. Today's GT-R is a unique model. It is true the G37 is based on the Skyline, but the current GT-R is not related to the Skyline.

Fun...I haven't taken my WJ offroading in a while...

Some people fear change...

Let's see, I drive an SUV that gets 16-18mpg and I fill up once a week....so at $3/gallon it's about $45/week, $4/gallon it's about $60/week....$15 difference...about 3 cups of coffee. Not a big deal to me.

The new Prius C should be a hit w/ the youth market..and maybe cars like the Velocter, Juke, Soul...

Sweet...

I had an '84 Escort diesel....between my folks and I we put 150k on it....very reliable little car. 55mpg highway.

I looked up the NV350...pretty radical in the boxy Japanese van style, like a descendant of the boxy Nissan van that was sold in the US in the '80s.

Interesting...I thought that configuration was invented in '59 w/ the original Mini.

Meh....been there, done that in '08.