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The Chevy one is even more impressive when you consider there was also a Pontiac, Oldsmobile and Buick version for most of the lineup. Ford had a Mercury version of several although many of them were Canada only models.
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We car shopped for about a month and none of our options were American branded. Ended up settling in a 2020 Impreza touring sedan with the 5 speed. Seemed like the best choice for her given she likes to drive her cars into the ground. It's one of the few non turbo options left that I thought was a pro when looking at long term reliability (10 years) |
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I want a manual wagon option. I'd rather go that route than buy an SUV. |
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The problem is the Gen2 body just doesn't hold up in the cosmetic department against the Gen3 and now the CT5. It does look better as a wagon than a coupe though. That said, the CTS wagon is pretty small when compared to other wagons.
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11-10-2020, 09:16 AM | #1979 | |
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Well in fairness all those wagons have been replaced by SUVs and crossovers. It started with the minivans and went on from there. They didn't so much fall as evolve.
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Still that gives them 17 unique models in their current lineup. Although there are 45 cars in the poster, they show hardtops vs convertibles and some other variants as separate. In the end, a modern poster would be very close to the same number if you did like for like I think.
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I finally convinced her to leave her big SUVs behind as overkill and she got a fully loaded, top trim, 17 Impreza hatch. That lasted about two years and she wanted back into an SUV. She ended up with a great deal on a low miles 18 Outback lease return. I doubt she will want anything but a Subaru SUV for life now. Even if one of the American brands was acceptable to her they could not even come close to features for the price.
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Not sure I follow. Pretty much any modern car can be driven 10 years without any large concerns, unless you are driving some unusually high number of miles (and by high I mean more than I do, which is around 20K miles a year on my DD and another 15K or so on a secondary vehicle).
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All in all I guess what I mean was that there were just so many different ways you could configure a car then compared to now. Oh and as I said before you can add multiple versions of each of the other GM lineup to that ist. There was virtually no difference between some of the Chevy and Pontiac versions of the cars beyond grills and tail lights.
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I definitely agree on the options. It's amazing how flexible the manufacturers used to be on options.
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Just going to leave this here. The energy crisis really changed domestic cars, but the evolution was stubbornly slow. Imagine having emissions standards slapped on top and now your flagship muscle car puts out an astonishing 139 HP. When I was around 10, I remember this car on display inside the shopping mall and being impressed it had the new orange turn markers. Turns out, that might have been it's best quality other than providing transportation.
So, all you twins fans that complain they aren't getting what they want, good thing you weren't trading your early 70's Cobra for the next generation.
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Honda Civic type R is still a 4 door sedan no matter which way you look at it.
To quote Frank Zappa -- "Brown shoes don't make it."
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