They should have WATCHED THOSE WRIST ROCKETS.

The Barracuda did beat the Mustang to market by about two weeks. But Ford’s runaway success mean the segment is now called “pony car,” not “fishy car.” The fastback was on the Barracuda from day 1, while the Mustang didn’t get it until August. AFAICT, both had a V8 option from day 1 as well (Barracuda 273, Mustang…

In my (albeit limited) experience, most of the gung-ho “made in USA” types don’t seem to mind where the parts are made, just the final assembly. Also in my limited experience, where the parts are made tends to be the more important distinction.

Any towing advantages given by the DRW axle are completely lost to the short WB. The only thing this could be useful for would be to remove the top and rear seat, install a fifth wheel hitch, and use it as a kind of yard mule. And even then, the SBC and 700R probably wouldn’t last long.

It bothers me that the front wheels on this thing aren’t dished out.

Not that I’m advocating deleting mirrors, but plenty of truckers, farmers, and others can function perfectly well with only the side mirrors. But then, those are usually “West Coast” style mirrors, not these palm-sized things that were the standard option on Blazers and C10s until about the mid-‘80s.

The new Expy/Navi is still very much a truck.

Come on, show us the L version!

A 5.4 in an F-250 Super Duty is okay (particularly if it’s a regular cab 4x2 work truck), but in an F-350 it’s just sad. At least it’s better than in 1996, when the 300 Six was still the base engine for F-350 chassis cabs.

Hey! The 5.4 was a beautiful engine...when it came out in 1997.

AMC Eagle sounds like a great idea until you remember that it was built off the compact Concord, which was in turn built off the vintage-1970 Hornet platform. So not much interior room.

I think it also comes from a frame of reference. I grew up in minivans and pickup trucks, as well as incredibly tall, upright tractors and combines. Not only are those vehicles bolt-upright, but because of the greenhouse, you see eeevverrrrreeeyythhiiinngg.

In some cases, yes, it would be dumb, but you don’t have to leave the whole back open. If you do it in the right order, the window, tonneau cover, and tailgate can stay closed, with 8' of closed-off space from the back of the front seats to the tailgate.

Oh no, it was very much removable. But Lincoln’s, while nonremovable, was power-opening.

It had a split tailgate,

The GMT900 models (2007-14) didn’t have power folding seats. Folding, yes, but manually. The floor behind the second row is flat, but only if the seats are removed.

What did the Blackwood in was its lack of options. One color, no 4x4, you must have this weird trunk-bed thing with no tailgate. The Mark LT resolved these issues, but in doing so, it lost all its distinctiveness and became a slightly-nicer-than-King-Ranch F-150, and by then GMC had shown that a luxury truck was more…

>$2.5 million dollars

Rooty tooty point-n-shooty.

Notice that he said “CUVs,” not “SUVs.”