06-25-2018, 08:49 AM | #183 |
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Ignoring the nameplate history discussion, it isn't a bad looking CUV at all. I like the fact the AWD system can be selected to be on full time. What I don't like about the Equinox's AWD system and many like it is the fact it will only engage when it detects slip and if both front wheels are spinning, it is not capable of sending power to the rear.
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It is filling a gap. The new Equinox shrunk making it a proper compact CUV, the Blazer is a mid-size CUV, and Traverse is a full size CUV. Chevy now has a full and complete line up of crossovers. |
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Then we started talking about which is the greatest departure from the legacy? Original Impala —> today’s Impala Original Malibu —> today’s Malibu Original T-Bird —> pick a T-Bird Original Explorer —> today’s Explorer Original 300 —> LH platform 300 Original Regal —> Today’s Regal Setting aside the point in time when Chrysler / Dodge slapped the Charger name on a tarted up Omni, we sort of agreed that T-Bird is the worst offender, though he’s still more than a little salty about the Blazer.
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i honestly would like to see what a hybrid Camaro or Corvette would be like, especially if its a performance hybrid
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FWD GM80 Camaro/Firebird prototypes were built and tested before GM axed the program.
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Somewhere around 1985-87 word got out of Dearborn that the plans were pretty much concrete that the Mustang was moving to an all new front wheel drive, 4 cylinder only platform co-developed with Mazda. I think it hit Car and Driver or Road and Track. The new platform was already fully engineered, developed and on schedule for production so there was no way to stop or end it - far too much money invested at that point. I seem to remember an artist's sketch of what became the Probe on the cover of one of the magazines with the headline: "The All New Ford Mustang" or "The Next Ford Mustang" Needless to say Ford got inundated with backlash from Mustang enthusiasts. Even Camaro enthusiasts, as I can tell you there were Pittsburgh Steeler fans who were upset when the Cleveland Browns moved - rivalry is the same principle. Mind you this is the days long before the internet. They might have had a fax machine but that was it - it was all phone calls and letters. But they got hit, hit hard, and hit often. So Ford relented due to the backlash and had to come up with what to do with this new platform they were going to call the Mustang, and that became the Probe in 1989. At that point Ford continued on the Fox platform hatchback Mustang that was going to end production in 1988, all the way through 1993 until the '94 redesign. Sales figures proved the fans right and Ford wrong. The Probe was a dud and ended production 8 years later. The Mustang still playing second fiddle to the Camaro to this day Proof that accountants and analytics really don't know jack about cars. |
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06-25-2018, 02:41 PM | #196 |
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Can't keep everyone happy I suppose...
Most (+99%) of drivers drive on paved or gravel roads. So making an off-road SUV isn't going to sell nearly as well as an SUV that is designed to drive on the road makes perfect sense. I'm proud GM finally made a sharp sporty looking SUV. I'd love a Blazer RS beside my Camaro RS. Too bad my girl's 04 Suzuki XL7 Limited seems like it's gonna last forever.
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