I have, it must be said, all the knowledge about auto-vehicular petrol-powered combustion-engine carriages as one who might have been paying attention elsewhere (for the life of me, I can't think of what) when Manly Interests were passed out. I like muscle cars, and Cars That Go Needlessly Fast, as much as the next guy, but I'll be damned if I know what a cam is, or why it has to be dual or overhead. This, however, has not stopped my friend cheesoning from recommending a topic about cars.
1987 Chrysler Kamikazee (Station Wagon)- Thinking that it was the culture that was drawing American consumers to Honda's and Toyotas. Liking the idea of a 'divine wind' moving family units about, executives greenlit this car line immediately before it was caught by an intern.
2001 Honda Ascend (12 mpg SUV) Featured real time NYSE ticker, PDF delivery of Fast Company, Business 2.0, and Red Herring, and self-inflating tires.
1975 Ford Unassailable Bastion (5 mpg 389 hp Sedan) 100% American Pig Iron with a 300 gallon gas tank. Touted to go 1500 miles between fill-ups.
1959 Mercury Victory (Wagon) Designed to never ever, ever, ever, ever break down.
1994 Yamaha Breakneck (motorbike) A competitor to the Ninja.
2008 Lincoln Bull (SUV) With over 9000 safety features it was posited to be uncrashable.
1978 Ford Super Pinto (sport sedan) Like the pinto, but with a much larger gas tank for long hauls.
1983 Harley Davidson Traction Their first foray into super fast sport bikes.
2 comments:
Teehee: There is an Ascender. Interestingly, cars have been designed to be feature-rich or flashy, but I've never heard of a car designed to never break down. Sure, they have warranties, but that implies that you'll eventually bring them in (they'll break down, but you can get them fixed).
You have to pay attention to the years of these cars to get what I'm getting at, cheese :)
I think it was Ford who would look at Model T's that had broken down, find the part that HADN'T broken down, and them make notes to find a cheaper alternative.
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