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    One guy on Flickr commented then it was due to local content requirements, the Mazda 323 and Hillman Avenger sold in South Africa got Mitsubishi and Peugeot engines under the hood http://www.flickr.com/photos/hartog/7288962288/comment72157631697118704/

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    Interesting, however should we put the Bering Strait tunnel (or bridge) to the mix? ;-)

    Now then you mentionned it...

    +1, however I also taught of Rambler as well. ^^;

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    I remember also besides Thomas and BlueBird, Superior.

    Should we mention to the staff of Car and Driver about the Mercedes Citan who's a Renault Kangoo in disguise? ;-)

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    I spotted that video from ABC Primetime live broadcasted in 1990 in 2 parts. Here part 1.

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    There is an article of Time magazine from 1961 who mentionned signs of decline in Detroit. The closings of Hudson and Packard plants and Chrysler layoffs during the "Eisenhower recession" of 1958. The riots of 1967 and the busing accelerated the trend. The leadership of former mayor Coleman A. Young, from 1974 to…

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    That reminds me of the song "Subdivisions" by Rush:

    Also, DeSoto got a longer life in South Africa with the Valiant/Lancer sold as a DeSoto Rebel. http://www.flickr.com/photos/hartog/7712085708/in/pool-1625391@N20/lightbox/

    One guy on Curbside Classic mentionned then the 1960-61 Comet taillights was inspired from the 1958 Edsel, since the Comet was originally planned to be launched as an Edsel, it might be not a coincidence.

    I agree, it's cool to reach the end of a freeway or the beginning depending of which direction we go. But more cool to see some freeway extended like A-20 at Cacouna, a village in Eastern Quebec, who'll be extended to Trois-Pistoles and to Rimouski, reaching an orphaned gap who bypass Rimouski. Picture from…

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    I agree. :-) That reminds me of a Diet-Pepsi ad who was broadcated in Canada around 2000-2005.

    I got a strange feeling about this.

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    MacGyver did also some Mercedes ad to promote the Citan, a Renault Kangoo with Mercedes drivetrain who was filmed in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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    You're not alone, I still miss Phil Hartman too. :-( I still miss the characters he voiced: Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz. Here a clip showing some Troy McClure moments.

    I could imagine some folks finding a old GM 1982-87 4-door sedan J-body (Cavalier/Cimmaron/Sunbird/Firenza/Skyhawk) and install a BMW front end or just simply photoshop a photo like this one to put a BMW front end. It could be a good April's Fool prank. ;-)

    No mention of the "hydrofuel"? http://jalopnik.com/387095/hyrdrofuel-is-alternative-fuel-of-the-future-27-years-ago