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| SUV Of The Day: May 12, 2017; Tomica '10 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited | |
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| Swifty | May 12 2017, 10:36 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() For more information and pictures of the real car, please visit: Chevrolet Bel Air ![]() A four-door Jeep Wrangler. Much like the Porsche sedans and SUVs, this is blasphemy, yet still sells like hotcakes. Who needs tradition if you can move an extra hundred thousand units a year? ![]()
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| pjedsel | May 13 2017, 08:23 AM Post #2 |
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Muscle Car
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Nothing stays the same, does it? Four door Jeeps and Porsches - Jaguar SUV's and even if they don't seem right they do sell. Tomica, as usual, has made a very nice model of this new Jeep. It is nice to see these different wheels on a Tomica model!
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| 94cadillacfleetwood | May 13 2017, 10:51 AM Post #3 |
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Nothing good ever happens after midnight.
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I will admit, when these first dropped, they just looked wrong on so many levels. But now that they've been out awhile and are pretty ubiquitous on the roads, they're not that bad. It also seems more practical. The whole family can get in on the fun!!
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| corvairjim | May 13 2017, 11:19 AM Post #4 |
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I have less difficulty with the idea of a Jeep 4-door than I do with the Porsche and Jaguar SUVs. I also have trouble with the concept of Cadillac and Lincoln SUVs and pickups. |
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| 250 TR | May 15 2017, 04:15 AM Post #5 |
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Jim, great to see you back! I was just thinking I hadn't seen you around in awhile. |
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| 250 TR | May 15 2017, 04:30 AM Post #6 |
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I love this model! As for the four door Wrangler, I think it's far from blasphemous. I've always loved four door hard core off roaders and usually like the four door versions better. The original Toyota FJ had a long wheel base version that I thought was infinitely cooler. The Land Rover Defender 90 is great, but a Defender 110 is one of my all time favorite vehicles. Add the original Hummer to the list, particularly in open top form. My first car was an XJ Cherokee and while I loved it, I really wanted a Wrangler to cruise around with no top and doors. Then Jeep came out with the Dakar concept and I thought it was amazing. Some after market companies made TJ's into 4 doors and while they looked rather home built I still thought they were cool. When Jeep announced it, I fell in love. The four door has more of a safari look, and I wanted one bad. I bought the second one that particular dealership got. I called around for two weeks trying to find one and every time I'd get to one dealer it would be sold. I found one in Dallas and bought it, drove it home only to find some major damage I didn't see when first inspecting it. Turns out it was the display vehicle at the State Fair and the dealer wasn't even supposed to sell it to me. They bought it back and two days later I finally found another after incessantly calling ever dealer around. Even my Cayman doesn't get as much attention as that did when it first came out. It quickly wore off once there were dozens on every block. But take the top and doors off, and I still think the four door looks better than a two door ever could. As for Porsche sedans and SUVs, I wasn't a fan of the old Panamera looks wise but anything that drives that well is forgiven. The new one looks great however. I'm not a fan of Cayenne's or Macan's but the Cayenne pretty much single handedly saved Porsche so if it keeps the sports cars coming, I'll look the other way. My old Jeep as I drove it 75% of the time, with no top or doors. I miss it, and hope to get another at some point but don't think I can ever go back to driving a truck or SUV as a daily driver.
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| Swifty | May 15 2017, 09:38 PM Post #7 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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Yeah, but it's possible to make any pretty car insanely fast and/or handle like its on rails. It is not, however, possible to make an ugly car like the Porsche Panamera pretty. And some of us care just as much for what it looks like as we do about how fast is and how well it drives. If it's so ugly I'd need to wear a paper bag over my head when out in public in it, I'd rather not drive it, even if it could do 0-60 in less than a second. |
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| ivantt | May 19 2017, 10:40 PM Post #8 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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I'll be completely subjective. I have Swifty's back on everything he said about Panamera being an ugly duckling. Edited by ivantt, May 19 2017, 10:42 PM.
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Nothing stays the same, does it? Four door Jeeps and Porsches - Jaguar SUV's and even if they don't seem right they do sell. Tomica, as usual, has made a very nice model of this new Jeep. It is nice to see these different wheels on a Tomica model!


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