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Re: OT - detroit 2002 autoshow

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Subject: Re: OT - detroit 2002 autoshow
From: Andy Klink <colonel_klink510@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2002 11:58:59 -0800 (PST)
Look in the current Motor Trend - 400hp twin turbo Chevy Trailblazer...as if 
270hp wasn't enough
already ;)

--- Thomas - Sweden <csp311@telia.com> wrote:
> I was looking at German TV this weekend and there
> was a BMW X5 LeMans with a 700 hp V12. What's
> next? Pro SUV, IRL SUV, NASCAR SUV... everybody
> loves SUV.
> 
> Thomas
> 
> Gary McCormick wrote:
> 
> > The comment paragraphs are amusing reading, comprising Motor Trend's 
>typical industry
> > kiss-@$$, call-a-sow's-ear-a-silk-purse brand of automotive journalism. 
>Here is my
> > favorite quote from the show review:
> >
> > "Infiniti FX45
> >  First shown at last year's NAIAS/Detroit Auto Show, Infiniti's
> >  high-performance high-luxury FX45 crossover sport/utility
> >  vehicle concept is now said to be much closer to an actual
> >  production model. The tall-riding, all-wheel-drive
> >  four-door sport sedan promises to have the roadgoing
> >  agility of an SUV. "
> >
> > In that case, how come they don't have wheels on the roof?
> >
> > Gary McCormick
> > San Jose, CA
> >
> > roadster katman wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Did you see the concept cars at the detroit 2002 website -
> > > http://www.motortrend.com/autoshows/detroit02/index.html
> > >
> > > There's some roadster wannabes. That Cadillac Cien supercar sure would 
>look
> > > nice if reconfigured as a small roadster , although I don't think I'm 
>ready
> > > for a 750 hp V-12 engine. And the Ford GT40 is sweet-looking. But check 
>out
> > > the gross-looking Isuzu Axiom XSR roadster, the ugly Mitsubishi S.U.P.
> > > Cabriolet convertible, what were they thinking? And the Pontiac Solstice
> > > roadster, slapped together from existing sedans and spare parts, not a 
>good
> > > way to build a true roadster. The Toyota FXS has me on the fence - is it 
>the
> > > batmobile or something new? Sigh, when is Nissan supplying a real roadster
> > > again...
> > >
> > > Fred - So.SF
> > > http://www.imagestation.com/album/?id=4292164555&idx=0
> > > badroc.com
> > >
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Andy Klink
Gresham, OR
71 510 2dr 
69 510 5dr
00 Scooby OBS

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