What's Wrong With This Picture: Don't Call Me Shirley Edition

by Robert Farago

Published: April 9th, 2009

Robert Farago

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Shaker on Apr 10, 2009

Another grille designed to strike fear into Honda Fit drivers -- see how they chopped the top of the car so they could make the gaping hole even bigger? Genius, I tell you. I'm starting to see a pattern here - is there a glass shortage?

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Robert Schwartz on Apr 10, 2009

The illegitimate offspring of a Chrysler 300 and a Scion Xb. Hopefully, it is sterile.

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The Oracle What a rash of clunkers.
Zerofoo Not an autonomous system, but the blind spot assist in my CX-90 is absolutely flummoxed by TWO left turn lanes and shouts at me because there are cars in the lane I'm not in and have no intention of using.
Jimble AMC was hardly flush with cash when they bought Jeep. Ramblers were profitable in the early 60's but the late 60's were pretty lean years for the company and they had to borrow money to buy Jeep. Paying off that debt reduced the funds available for updating the passenger cars and meeting federal air quality and safety mandates, which may have contributed to the company's downfall. On the other hand, adding Jeep broadened the company's product portfolio and may have kept it going in those years when off roaders were selling better than economy cars. AMC had a couple flush years selling economy cars in the 70's because of oil shocks but that was after buying Jeep, not before.
Mnemic It doesnt matter who. These things are so grossly overpriced that they only need to sell a handful of them to cover the development costs. Why? Selling overpriced luxury cars is literally all of Germanys economy.
Jalop1991 nope. A broken taillight will total the car.