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Its an example of how much of the nation is completely oblivious to the existence of American cars.

I think a more literal "5 marks the week must thou spare/Willst thou in (thine) own wagon fare" is perfectly understandable, and better conveys the formality of German (and kinship with English).

I remember Des Moines, but I'm not inclined to double-check, so I'll take your word for it. It's been a loooong time since I read the book.

Derby (Darby) Berkshire (Barkshear) Durham (Duhrem) Any city ending in -ham (-em) Most cities ending in -wick or -wich (-ick or -itch), except for Brunswick (apparently an Anglicized Braunschweig) Colchis (kolkis) Cheltenham (Chelt-nem) Chersonese (kersoneze) The grandaddies of butchered names -Istanbul for Constantinopolis. Kandahar or Gandhara for Alexander

Ahh, possibly not. Dutch in English used to refer to Germans, Austrians, Swiss-Germans, as well as natives of Holland and the "low countries". Dutch, Deutsche and the old english Theodisc are all derived from an old germanic word which basically means "national". The first element survived longer in English as thede (nation—the original sense seems to have been "the whole [of us/them], considered together"). Merriam-Webster still lists "German" (in the broad sense) as meanings of both Dutch and dutchman.Pensylvanisch Deitsch is a "blending of several German dialects, primarily Rhenish Palatinate (Pfalzer) German, with syntactic elements of High German and English". It is classed as "West Middle German", along with the Franconian languages (Pfälzisch, Limburgisch, Kölsch, Luxembourgeois and Mainfränkisch), while standard German is an East Middle German language, along with the nearly extinct Silesian (ethnically cleansed from Silesia after WWII), and Sachsen (Upper Saxon, not to be confused with Sassisch/Sächsisch, Low Saxon, which shares a common ancestry with English).

History. The English name is based on the old name, not the modern spelling and pronunciation.

It's not vowel starved, they just write vowels in a different way than in standard English orthography. Gaelic orthography is different too, although Manx Gaelic is like Scots Gaelic but spelled with English orthography.garbled pronounciations that have become standard—Seattle, named after Chief Sealte, because the tl/lt is one sound, common to a large group of Amerindian languages [xocoatl (chocolate), Tenochtitlan etc.], which no-one else can pronounce—Bristol for Bristow, because locals put an L on any word ending in a vowel sound (pneumonial). Sideney for Sydney (Sid-knee) Mel-borne for Melbourne (MELburn) Can-BEH-ra for Canberra (Canbra) Narran-DE-ra for Narrandera (Nuh-RAN-druh) English cities Wor-sester for Worcester (Wooster—oo as in book) Gloucester, which is pronounced "Glosster" Forster (Foster) Menzies, NOT pronounced as apparently spelled, because that's not a "Zed" it's a "Yogh", an old letter sort of a cross between a gh and a y at the back of the throat. The correct pronunciation is more like Minghis. Yogh also occurs in other northern english/scots names such as Dalziel (Die-yell)

Gaelic, different orthography than English.

Does seem a bit early, perhaps they are talking about a different facelift, but of course, alleged Chevrolet delta prototypes have been seen in near-production form.

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LA had a wide-ranging transit system, but as in most cities the company found that buses were better able to follow changing residential patterns than the fixed rail network, at a lower capital cost (did you know Philadelphia has an incompleted and unused subway system?). Property taxes and land prices saw much of the old rail network torn up when trucking killed off the last of the local freight business. Only later, as population densities and traffic congestion increased did a fixed transit system once again become attractive.

The little town on the prairie Laura Ingalls lived in has come a long way.

Not the next Excelle, just a facelifted version of the old Excelle. It seems that SGM will go straight to the new model and skip the facelift.

Why buy Jaguar when for a handful of dollars you can buy the Jensen brand, rebody the LX cars keeping the Chrysler V8s and awd system, and everyone will rave about how you are upholding venerated Jensen traditions. Of course if they do buy Jaguar they can still use all that old ChryslerDaimler letter head and sell the Imperial for more money as a Daimler (and take over from Ford licencing the Daimler name to the Germans). Mwahahaha.

Just be glad you get the 5.7 L V8 and 6-speed auto—the rest of the world makes do with an upgraded 4.7 L and 5-speed auto. This is not-so all-new as Toyota claims, but like the Expedition and GMT 900s is based closely on the previous generation (major dimensions are either the same or similar, inside and out). Why so expensive? Well almost all are purchased by the UN, and practically none, anywhere, by private buyers and sales are extremely low. The volume Land Cruiser is the smaller 120 Series (sold in the US as the GX470), available in most markets with a far more fuel-efficient 3.0 L diesel, which in some markets has already completely replaced the 100 Series.

That excuse only accounts for a few models—Lexus and the Avanza and the Innova. Most of these are sold in a single market. Many of the rest exist because of manufacturing inflexibility and internal politics. Many models exist purely because an earlier model missed the mark on size, styling or price, yet for some reason both models enter a second generation, partly because to spread out the models they were given to different dealer networks in Japan, partly because someone is more likely to get what they want asking for another midsize, 7-seat BOF SUV, compact MPV, or minivan etc. rather than fix the existing product. After all "We can afford it".

Compare to the price you would have had top pay to get one, a Ferrari or Maserati is an economy car.

Liebe BMW, The 2008 Infiniti EX35 … The EX35’s sculpted elegance expresses a timeless appeal – sleek lines that portray speed, grace and finesse. Its layout combines the look and feel of a luxury coupe and an SUV’s flexibility. Its sporty proportions include a long hood, short front and rear overhangs, rearward cabin and smooth coupe-like roofline arching over the windows to the C-pillars. “The EX35 is the perfect fusion of a luxury coupe and a high-utility SUV,” said Igo. “Its ‘right-sized’ packaging gives it excellent around town maneuverability, while the wide rear hatch and low load floor make it a versatile performer for everyday and weekend use.” … This is like Mercedes claiming to introduce the first Dual-VVT V6, 6 months after Toyota and a year after GM. This is typical of a certain breed of German PR staffer who are oblivious to the world outside Germany.

Do androids dream of electric sheep?

That's because there are two different RAV4s—the swb, hatchback A3 A sold in Japan and Europe, and the lwb wagon A3 B sold in the US and Australia, and now in Japan as the Vanguard.Let's have another look at Toyota's model proliferation: sedans: Subcompact Belta/Yaris Soluna/Vios Compact Corolla (Export) Corolla (Domestic) Corolla (US) Allion Premio IS Belta Progres Midsize Avensis (Europe) Camry (US/Japan/Australia) Camry (Asia) Altis (Daihatsu) GS Crown (fleet) Crown Athlete/Royal/Majesta Mark X Large Avalon LS Fullsize Century SUVs Mini Terios subcompact Terios/Be-Go Rush compact Rav4 (3/5-door hatch) Rav4/Vanguard (Wagon) Midsize Highlander (crossover) Harrier/RX (crossover) 4Runner/Hilux Surf Land Cruiser 120/Prado Fortuner Large Land Cruiser 130 Land Cruiser 70 LX Sequoia Vans Sienta Sienna Noah/Voxy Wish Corolla Verso Porte Move Move Latte Tanto Atrai Coo/Materia bB xB HiJet Rusa Hiace (Japan) HiAce (Europe) Estima/Previa/Tarago Avanza Innova Isis Ipsum/Avensis Verso Mark X Zio Ractis QD200 Alphard (that's 26 vans but nowhere near that many sizes or types)

Mazda Bongo Friendee? Toyota Kluger (probably meant to refer to the Kruger national park in South Africa)? Peugeot Expert Tepee Vagabond?

Which it is not. It is sized between the Prius and Opel Signum, i.e. a midsize hatch, a very rare beast indeed, even in concept form. The only production models are the aforementioned Prius (lower midsize) and Signum (upper midsize). The closest concept? Toyota's Hybrid-X from earlier this year. Is this a hint I wonder?

The length listed here is incorrect. The other main Flextreme release has the correct dimensions—4555 mm long. Still not Astra-sized, but much smaller. The Flextreme is sized between the Toyota Prius (4440 mm) and Opel Signum (4650 mm), i.e. it is a midsize hatchback. No other production vehicles are of comparable size although there have been a few concepts including Toyota's Hybrid-X concept from earlier this year which is even closer in size to the Flextreme (4550 mm).

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Looks like a scaled-up Euro Focus, and it's clear that BMW thinks that other companies don't count as having invented something. If this is an "SAC" then so is the EX35.