It’s pretty cool and all, but is it $23,ooo worth of cool?

Yeah, but in 88 that model was available with AWD.

100% agree. In fact the X-11 was a pretty stout performer with good roadholding and, for the time, modestly quick. 8.8 seconds may not be quick now, but it was passing fair back then.

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I had forgotten the Phoenix. As much as I liked the Citation - I understand I’m in the minority - the Phoenix made little impression but even more impressively, the Phoenix notchback was so distinctly NOT a Citation clone. I don’t think the Phoenix notchback shared any rear sheetmetal with the Citation, its profile…

Toyota took this concept and ran with it in the form of the PreRunner in the late 90s. It added the 4x4 ride height and heavier hubs, and a locking rear diff. If this example has the locking diff and hopefully a shorter ring and pinion to drive the taller tires, it could actually be quite competent on the trails.

That particular statement was referring to the previous generation of Skyhawk, a very different vehicle.

My understanding is that those cars fitted with the V8s were damned cramped under the hood. If you wanted to replace the spark plugs, the only way to reach the rearmost ones was to loosen the motor mounts and partially remove the engine.

Grand National-level. Trust me, a GN in my hands isn’t going to become an organ donor for something else. And if I had GN parts in hand and no GN, I’d build a tribute model out of a regular one, and just not badge it. I don’t lie about what’s going on, just keep my secrets to myself.

I always liked the Skyhawk. It got automatic points from me for not being a Chevrolet. The previous generation, which was RWD, was only available from Buick with their steadfast 231, while other GM divisions would shove in whatever engine would fit. I always wondered what it would be like to swap in Grand…

If Tennessee is America’s hyphen does that mean America is still a virgin?

Not often that I find a graphic I want to install as my signature.

Well, the front seats look like they have been chewed. Chewed, swallowed, and shat back out again. The rest of the interior is okay.

Same. And only 4x4 models, not the FWD. In plain white, black or red the Tracker looked okay. There was a trim level that made it look like a drink cup from the food court and another one that I swear must have been stamped Barbie somewhere because holy cow did it look the part. But the plain colors were okay.

Six inches wider. Fevered brain typing.

Jeep insist their Renegade is “Trail Rated” but meh. The Renny is over 2.5 feet longer and at least six inches longer than the Jimny. And the Renny’s so-called Active Drive Low is really just holding the transmission in First for a lowest overall ratio of 20:1; the Jimny drops all the way down to 38:1.  If you need to…

It sold out in three days because it’s a brilliant little trucklet in the old Geo Tracker size factor without the Offroader Barbie styling. Compact, hilariously nimble in ways the thyroidally monstrous current Wrangler just isn’t anymore and bordering on economical at the pumps, it’s everything you could ask for…

Say it with Krylon.

I was 100% with you until Canada.

Chrysler has become the town slut, hopping into the bed of whoever will pay her bills for the next few years.