[Shotimes] Re: New Ford shooting brake with SHO intake?
Dave Kegel
d.kegel@comcast.net
Tue, 25 Apr 2006 08:09:37 -0500
John,
The M series Infinity is a RWD car no? I don't think it's the same
platform as the Maxima, which is FWD.
Dave
-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
[mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jon Heese
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2006 7:34 AM
To: shotimes
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: New Ford shooting brake with SHO intake?
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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