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jimjamuser 04-03-2025 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by Sgt Ed (Post 2420441)
You are sadly correct, We now have the UJC vehicle. Universal Japanese Car. For over 50 years I drove and still own a Volvo Station Wagon. No body even makes a wagon any more. Now you get a SUV with a 3 or 4 super small engine with turbo charges. No thank you.
I had a Volvo Station Wagon for years. They had great brakes, fast acceleration, good cornering, nice looks, good gas mileage, plenty of space inside and you felt that in case of an accident, that you were like a tank and VERY invincible!

La lamy 04-03-2025 01:05 PM
So true OP. Even the high end SUV like BMW look like all the others. Glad I still have my unique 2003 2 door coupe stick shift!

Larryandlinda 04-03-2025 01:10 PM
It’s theater R&D
Ripoff and Duplicate .
Dunno why so many older, smaller folk in central fl have large SUV’s?
Snow? Off road trails,?
Cruising the dunes?
Doomsday prepping ?
Feeling safer having a larger machine for that crash you may get into?
We bought our first pick up in our 70’s 5 years ago ( EV)but use it daily for business and would be lost without it.

Wanna look different? Get a cybertruck and get some ‘attention’

jbartle1 04-03-2025 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by asianthree (Post 2420438)
First memory of cars is a Split Window Vet and a Cobra Shelby, in our driveway. Too young to drive but a great view from front porch
Had two 63 vets, first one red, hit by mail box that jumped out in front of me, giggle, 2nd blue, sure wish I had them now, worth big bucks, more than the $2000 I paid for them. Ahh , the good OLD DAYS; now tariffs, ugh!

Tom52 04-03-2025 02:22 PM
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Originally Posted by ThirdOfFive (Post 2420385)
True words.

And most models today change very little, style-wise, from year to year. A six-year-old vehicle very often is hard to tell from a new vehicle of the same make and model. Never used to be like that: Take the iconic '57 Chevy Impala. Looked nothing like the '56, and by the time the '60 and '61 models came around there was very little, if any, "family resemblance".
Top of the line Chevy in 1957 was the Bel Air. Iconic car for sure. The Impala was not introduced until the 1958 model year.

G.R.I.T.S. 04-03-2025 04:03 PM
Aaaaand most are white!😂

HORNET 04-03-2025 04:19 PM
Have always owned and driven vehicles that stand out in models and colors, and American made ! Still do.

Larryandlinda 04-03-2025 04:29 PM
You talking ugly??
Take a look at some of the loud, opulent grillwork these days, especially trucks!
We opted for the kinder, gentler, more zen/peaceful front and rear end of a Rivian.
We thought the ‘twin Edsel’ front end would be tough but it’s growing on us.
We still stop at gas stations for snacks and toilets.
How about the silliness of todays tail lighting?
Don’t get us started on that!

Larryandlinda 04-03-2025 04:31 PM
Corvair back seat?
Were your knees hitting your face?

Michael G. 04-03-2025 05:33 PM
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Originally Posted by HORNET (Post 2420664)
Have always owned and driven vehicles that stand out in models and colors, and American made ! Still do.
What make vehicles today are 100% American made?

Michael G. 04-04-2025 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by ehendersonjr (Post 2420454)
You can thank the government for that. Federal mandates on mileage and emissions have forced automakers into aerodynamic designs that tend to be identical. In the future expect interior enhancements like AI services to be the main difference in manufacturer’s models
The Federal mandates must have forgot about pickup trucks then.
Their far from aerodynamic as one can get, and getting bigger.

BrianL99 04-04-2025 07:32 PM
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What make vehicles today are 100% American made?

None.

Tesla in the lead.


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