QOTD: 'Where Is Silverado Made?'

Jack Baruth
by Jack Baruth

Welcome back, my friends, to the show that never ends. In this special edition of QOTD, I answer your search engine queries with all the sincerity I can muster. So let’s start with your above question: Where is Silverado made? The answer is simple. Silverado, the alt-Western starring basically the cast of The Big Chill, was filmed on location in New Mexico.

Let’s roll the tape and see what else you asked.


how many cts v wagons were made in blue: You should ask Jonny at Motor Trend. They gave him a free trip to Dubai so he could drive the CTS-V wagon on the Dubai F1 course, presumably because the barriers were too far off the racing surface for even a moron to hit. Then they gave him a free CTS-V wagon for a year. He used it to carry craft beer. I don’t know if it was blue.

suzuki aerio 2007 serpentine size: It’s possible to put all but the largest pythons in a Suzuki Aerio.

ford recalls 2017: With some satisfaction, but also with a sense of loss, I’d imagine. The same way I do.

how many miles will a nissan titan last: Before you can call it a Titan?

lincoln mark v 1979 models were worst cars ever made: No, your momma was the worst car ever made, because every week she needed to have her Johnson rod replaced. Seriously. Don’t come on this site and talk smack about the Mark V.

truth about care lexus gs: As nice as the Lexus GS is — and it is quite nice — nobody really cares.

cls550 reliability: Oh, my sweet summer child, what do you know of fear?

2007-09 california special mustang pricing: I can absolutely get you the special California pricing on 2007-2009 Mustangs. Send me your bank routing code and account number.

chevrolet captiva review: It’s right here. Read it at your peril.

are flat mini cooper’s foreign cars: It depends where you are, I think.

jetta 4 bodies only stripping: Any stripper named Jetta is to be avoided. In a former life, the infamous Vodka McBigbra danced as “Cassidy.” She had a great body.

is the police durango persuit vehicle picking up sales from the carbon monoxide ford explorer: The only reason I know a real person typed this: they misspelled “pursuit”.

how to activate an old analog car phone: Sir, you have a long and depressing road ahead of you.

eastern europe bought mercedes but can’t afford to drive it: If the Boost Brothers hear about this, they will whip you like Devo.

will a 99 cavalier with a 2.2l alternator fit a 96 beretta with a 3.1l? junkyard build This is, like, a legitimate question, to which I do not have the answer. But I’d say no, because the alternator will be in a different position in a V-6. Sorry, brother.

is 190k bad for a monte carlo ss? Not if you’re at Barrett-Jackson.

That’s all, folks! See you next time!

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  • Kjhkjlhkjhkljh kljhjkhjklhkjh A prelude is a bad idea. There is already Acura with all the weird sport trims. This will not make back it's R&D money.
  • Analoggrotto I don't see a red car here, how blazing stupid are you people?
  • Redapple2 Love the wheels
  • Redapple2 Good luck to them. They used to make great cars. 510. 240Z, Sentra SE-R. Maxima. Frontier.
  • Joe65688619 Under Ghosn they went through the same short-term bottom-line thinking that GM did in the 80s/90s, and they have not recovered say, to their heyday in the 50s and 60s in terms of market share and innovation. Poor design decisions (a CVT in their front-wheel drive "4-Door Sports Car", model overlap in a poorly performing segment (they never needed the Altima AND the Maxima...what they needed was one vehicle with different drivetrain, including hybrid, to compete with the Accord/Camry, and decontenting their vehicles: My 2012 QX56 (I know, not a Nissan, but the same holds for the Armada) had power rear windows in the cargo area that could vent, a glass hatch on the back door that could be opened separate from the whole liftgate (in such a tall vehicle, kinda essential if you have it in a garage and want to load the trunk without having to open the garage door to make room for the lift gate), a nice driver's side folding armrest, and a few other quality-of-life details absent from my 2018 QX80. In a competitive market this attention to detai is can be the differentiator that sell cars. Now they are caught in the middle of the market, competing more with Hyundai and Kia and selling discounted vehicles near the same price points, but losing money on them. They invested also invested a lot in niche platforms. The Leaf was one of the first full EVs, but never really evolved. They misjudged the market - luxury EVs are selling, small budget models not so much. Variable compression engines offering little in terms of real-world power or tech, let a lot of complexity that is leading to higher failure rates. Aside from the Z and GT-R (low volume models), not much forced induction (whether your a fan or not, look at what Honda did with the CR-V and Acura RDX - same chassis, slap a turbo on it, make it nicer inside, and now you can sell it as a semi-premium brand with higher markup). That said, I do believe they retain the technical and engineering capability to do far better. About time management realized they need to make smarter investments and understand their markets better.
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