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Lorinser GLK: "No More Either/or - It's Either This or Nothing!"
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Robert Farago
(IC: employee)
Published: May 7th, 2009
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“Off-roaders are only suitable for terrain; compact means sacrifice and sports cars only appeal to contortionists who have no spine: once prejudices were easier and the choice of the right car was therefore complicated. Who would have thought that the Mercedes GLK would one day turn all these clichés on their head and flirt with an attractive optical package from Sportservice Lorinser?”
Not me.
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Published May 7th, 2009 12:58 PM
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At least the old Forester was a real station wagon... the new one is just another compact crossover... Whatever owners may say, I've tried the X3, I've tried the 3-series and I've tried the X5... and I find the X3 falls nicely into that spot where I'd say: I'd rather have the others.
The least desirable Benz ever made? Maybe not, but it's up there.
The wife and I went shopping for a small SUV - for her. She wants the upright seating and more ground clearance, plus a backseat AND space for the Newfoundland in the back. She also wanted 4 wheel drive, preferably with "lockers" (like she actually knows what they do!). None of the small SUV's today fill the bill. Almost all of them have the same ground clearance as her Peugeot 206, the newf can't fit in the back, and the dealers don't even know what lockers are! A quick look at the aftermaket industry and you'll find no one makes off-road products for them. The acronym is dislexic. They are nothing more than Ugly Stationwagon Vehicles (USV's) To get anywhere near what she WANTS, we'd need the Toureg/Cayanne, Land Rover Defender size and that is too big for her to park (she has a inner-city job)
I don't find it difficult to be prejudiced against that car.