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However you feel about it, you're right.Oh, I'm an apologist for the estate, too!
However you feel about it, you're right.Oh, I'm an apologist for the estate, too!
However you feel about it, you're right.
Okay so you lose me a little bit here. A car that breaks down a lot isn't mechanically sound simply because its contemporaries also break down a lot, so why would an ugly car (I'm not saying it's ugly, per se, just offering that word as one end of a spectrum) be attractive because its contemporaries are also ugly?I think it's because its contemporaries weren't all that great themselves and the scalloped nose was just a little bit Fiat Dino and the body was almost a precursor to the Lancia Delta with the bold d-pillar.
Its contemporaries included the Volkswagen Golf, Alfasud, Renault 5, Citroen GS and Mk1 Civic.I think it's because its contemporaries weren't all that great themselves
It would have competed with Durango, it apparently was quite bad on fuel mileage so their CAFE number would have been hit, and by this point, people weren't buying 2-door SUVs. The Bronco had already died, and the Tahoe/Yukon ones were dead after '99.
When Isuzu used to make sturdy passenger vehicles in the form of a saloon from four decades ago.
Thought of another guilty pleasure of mine, the Escort ZX2:
I've always quite liked small coupes, and as someone who lives in the UK the ZX2 had the added bonus of being forbidden fruit, as our Escort was a very different vehicle. I found the curvy 1990s styling interesting - it's so characteristic of that era of American cars - and the interior got the same ovoid theme that Ford was using heavily over here too.
Given it was basically at the bottom of Ford's product range in the 90s too, it had affordability on its side, and I've long had a soft spot for affordable cars. Can't beat a 1990s golden-hour promo shot, either.
Bonus articles on Motor Trend and Grassroots Motorsports.
Not sure how much of this counts as guilty, but I do feel it about one of the least liked modern Porsches made. I've been growing to like the first generation Porsche Cayenne. I know plenty of people thought it was ugly when it came out, and I won't argue that it's pretty. I'd consider posting it in the ugly, but appealing thread or the unpopular opinion. The newer Cayenne's seem just softer, but there's something tough about the first generations more boxy look.
It looks even better when modified for offroading.
Odd. I was driving that in GT4 today.The VW Lupo GTi.
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I rediscovered this little car in Gran Turismo 4, and I think it's awesome. I'd love to own one.
Great minds think alike.Odd. I was driving that in GT4 today.