They start right around 70k. Fully optioned ESV you’re looking right at the 100k mark (IIRC, I built one in 2019 for shiggles and it stopped a few dollars short of 100k, so 100k post tax). Even spread over 72 months it’ll be at least 1k/mo.

“An Infiniti G35 with title issues she backed into a guardrail while drifting.”

I drove a rental Frontier a few years ago, I gotta say, the 4.0 has a satisfying engine/exhaust note, same as the 3.5 in the Altima.

I assume it’s more or less the same as when the police holds you handcuffed, at gun point, in your living room, while they find a judge to sign a search warrant at 3AM because you won’t let them search your house without one.

Carlos Ghosn sure is a Pathfinder.

I believe that in Ohio they are limited to the Ohio Turnpike, where this encounter took place.

At least his idea of a plane wasn’t that of a Ford Pinto attached to a Cessna Skymaster.

I keep hearing the 9 abreast 787 is still worse than the 10 abreast 777.

But what about cash incentives, promo rates, that sort of thing? any better? or are they the same across the lineup?

Interesting info. Are the purchase incentives on the Equinox also better than the Cruze (that could potentially make it cheaper or about the same)?

It’s a mix of what consumer demands and profit margins. Until there’s another $135/barrel summer there’s very little business case for small cars. Those who want small cars can go to Honda and Kia.

MAGA, one shuttered plant at a time.

Yep, there was a manual option though.

These came before my days mostly. It’s my understanding that these were originally truck based cargo panel vans and that Ford sold them that way. What I don’t know is if they did the bodies themselves (producing panel vans AND cutaways) or outsourced them to other companies, producing only the cutaways.

Gotcha, who knows, maybe some combinations happened to be right under the GVWR.

Was the parts truck a short bed? What I wrote was based on what I’ve read about Chevy trucks, so maybe was a bit different for Ford. Also I just found out that GM also made short bed heavy halfs.

This is also the reason the F-150, Big 10 and Heavy Half were made. They were single cab, long bed, 4x2 versions of the base truck (F-100, C10, C15) with a 6100+ GVWR (6200?), thus allowing for cat-less engines (not available in California). 4x4 trucks didn’t have that issue since they were heavier than the 4x2s.

From what I’ve read, it appears that they will keep building the current gen Ram as a single cab (Ram Classic? Ramclassic?). They’re gonna have to come up with a single cab eventually though, or Ford/GM will own them there. My guess is they wanted to get the 4 door cabs out the door first since that’s where the retail…

The kind of thinking that got us a Ram 1500 with a Viper motor. I like it.

But what if it’s a continuously variable crevice?