[Shotimes] Re: New Ford shooting brake with SHO intake?

[Jon Heese]

Ummm... no.  Practically everyone shares platforms.

Nissan & Infiniti:
Murano ~= FX series
Armada ~= QX series
350z ~= G coupe
Maxima ~= M series

Toyota & Lexus:
Highlander ~= GX series
Landcruiser ~= LX series
Corolla ~= IS series
Camry ~= ES series
Avalon ~= GS series

No one will argue that there aren't many differences between the above 
listed cars, but often a very quick look at the two will reveal their 
common platform.  The Ford, Lincoln & Mercury cars that share the same 
platform are equally distinct (IMHO), and they are all far from the 
"same product".

Cars manufacturers have been doing this for 30 plus years.  I don't 
think there's anything wrong with it.

Either way, it's definitely *not* an American-only tradition.

Regards,
Jon Heese

Hartberger, Jason M. AT2 (AW) wrote:
> Nissan only has two brands, Nissan and Infiniti. The two badges (AFAIK)
> don't share any cars. Same with Toyota and Lexus (and even scion). Now
> OTOH, you have Ford, Lincoln, and Mercury (and that's just the core
> three for ford) sharing all sorts of platforms. I think that's a load of
> BS personally, and it should be illegal. Two brands selling the same
> product is ridiculous. It's like Microsoft getting rid of XP pro,
> creating another company called Macrohard and having them sell XP pro
> only calling it GlassPane 2004. Hey, guess what! It's still the same
> thing! If you call a sheep's tail a leg, how many legs does it have?
> Four! You can call its tail whatever you want but IT'S STILL A TAIL! I
> don't even like Saturn using the solstice and calling it its own car. A
> load of crap. It's a slightly different solstice. They shouldn't pawn it
> off to a different name, they should just make a slightly different
> solstice and *gasp* make it an option!
> 
> Jason
> Somewhere out in the Atlantic.
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald Mallinson [mailto:dmall@mwonline.net] 
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2006 3:24 PM
> To: TechSHO@topica.com
> Cc: 'SHOtimes'; 'v8sho'
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: New Ford shooting brake with SHO intake?
> 
> 
> Ron,
> 
> I don't mind if they get more "edgy"  But if it is just for fun, they 
> should really label it that way.  This reads like it is a real car, and 
> like about anything American reviewed in C&D, they hate it.  At least 
> any bread and butter type car.  Check out the review of the V8 Impala in
> 
> the same issue.  Can't say enough bad about it can they? (snip)
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