Blurring of the terms

[brave sir robin]

Originally Posted By: Donald
Originally Posted By: funflyer
It's all acronyms to me. If it has a bed and can tow a trailer it's a truck, all others are just cars.


What was the "El Camino"?

I was never a fan of the El Camino.

Worst of car and truck put together and UGLY.



semi useful at best ....yes
ugly? feck no
unaesthetic vehicles do not last four decades

 

[OVERKILL]

The 5th gens were nowhere near as decent looking as earlier ones.

 

[aquariuscsm]

Suv is the politically correct term for a modern day station wagon. Could you imagine how many soccer moms would get "offended" if you called their vehicles station wagons?

 

[brave sir robin]

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The 5th gens were nowhere near as decent looking as earlier ones.

truth be told I cannot think of a single 80s car that looked better than its 1960s ancestor

this

vs

 

[OVERKILL]

Maybe the Daytona? LOL!

 

[brave sir robin]

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
Maybe the Daytona? LOL!

ok perhaps I was a little too quick with my statement LOL

 

[Virtus_Probi]

I'm being a little too broad in my generalizations here, but the "Sport" in SUV is more in keeping with a rural understanding of the term (mainly hunting and fishing) and not an urban meaning (basketball, soccer, tennis, etc) or the concept of a sports car as being fast and agile. "Sport Utility" as in a vehicle that will get you to some remote lake or mountainside as opposed to a court or field, or a vehicle that one would track.
I still remember going to a sports store in a small town in WI and being perplexed by just seeing rods and reels, guns, bait, ammo, and things like that. There was a place kind of like that where I grew up near Chicago, but they still had an aisle with stuff for football, baseball, etc.

 

[Virtus_Probi]

Originally Posted By: brave sir robin

ok perhaps I was a little too quick with my statement LOL


Is that nose held on with tape????

 

[bullwinkle]

Originally Posted By: aquariuscsm
Suv is the politically correct term for a modern day station wagon. Could you imagine how many soccer moms would get "offended" if you called their vehicles station wagons?
Probably less offended than if you called their SUV a minivan!

 

[Donald]

Originally Posted By: Rand
Originally Posted By: Donald
An SUV should have a real transfer case and driveshafts going front and rear?


So what do you call a jeep cherokee trailhawk.

A CUV based on the compact wide platform with

A low range.


My 2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee had a real transfer case with driveshafts going front and rear and a transfer case shift lever. So did my 1976 Jeep CJ5.

Unsure about Trailhawk.

 

[andyd]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
How is a Jeep "sporty"

Depends on what you do for fun. 4 wheeling is fun . Especially in low range. I get a kick out of the cute utes in the ads bombing down a gravel road. That aint 4 wheeling.

 

[ARCOgraphite]

Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The 5th gens were nowhere near as decent looking as earlier ones.

That's bad looking? Being a Nova guy I'm a fan fan of late Malibu styling

Now here the Ford Ranchero:

 

[OVERKILL]

Originally Posted By: ARCOgraphite
Originally Posted By: OVERKILL
The 5th gens were nowhere near as decent looking as earlier ones.

That's bad looking? Being a Nova guy I'm a fan fan of late Malibu styling

Now here the Ford Ranchero:

Yes, that's equally hideous, but this is also a Ranchero:

Ford butchered it just like GM did with the El Camino, LOL!