If Mom and Dad had it, we don’t want it. The principle has been an article of faith since homo sapiens first stalked the savannah. Bouffant hairstyles? Brylcreem? Gedoutta here. Eighteen-hour girdles? Puh-lease. When it comes to vehicles, there’s nothing stodgier than Mom's old station wagon. If thirty or forty-somethings think about the genre at all, it’s with mocking derision. From National Lampoon’s “Family Truckster” to That 70’s Show’s Vista Cruiser, the station wagon is the ultimate icon of suburban conformity and, well, blah. It really IS your father’s Oldsmobile.
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“Back to the Future” is Hollywood fluff, but the movie has its moments. When Marty McFly takes his 1985 vintage nuclear-powered Delorean to Dr. Emmett Brown’s 1955 alter ego for repairs, “Doc” looks at the car’s complicated electronics and snorts “No wonder it broke down. It was made in Japan.” “What are you talking about?” McFly corrects. “That’s where all the best stuff comes from.” The throwaway line perfectly illustrates the sea change that's swept the American automobile industry during those crucial 30 years.
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AFX - “Bring back small fuselage bodies!” Like this ? http://blog.caranddriver.com/s pirit-of-lemons-how-a-1956-...
Astigmatism - DARPA has its own funding, but the point of government-backed loan programs like...
28-Cars-Later - Some people are just into VWs and the like. I have similar thoughts about the subpar Asian brands but automotive purchases are predicated...
olddavid - The girl immediately after wife No.1 loved the Jetta enough that I got her a white coupe. She was worth a fleet of them, had she asked. The...
thelaine - Maybe you should just save your money until you can get a nice one.
thornmark - >> has anyone ever seen hatchbacks that LOOK like trunks? << The new Accord is almost the opposite – from outside it almost...
Onus - As an American trunks hold more crap. Let me tell you most Americans have tons of crap. You used to also be able to sit in the back of sedans. If...
AFX - The irony of the situation: VW adds a trunk to a Golf and calls it the Jetta. AMC hacks off the trunk of a Hornet and calls it a Gremlin, which...
ttacgreg - The Corvair and Corvette kinship is obvious.
nzecowitz - Beat that, Wert