I survived the late 1960s in my mother’s 1963 Corvair Monza coupe white with red iterior with no seatbelts, no child safety seats, no airbags with rust spots and random groovy flower decals to cover them.
W A T C H D E V I L – keeper of the time
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Corsair was originally an Edsel model... Here is a nice 1959 version.
It was supposed to be a continuation of using the Mark series name in a certain way as the letter names presented as MKZ, MKX, etc were originally meant to be pronounced “Mark Z”, “ Mark X”, etc but that’s not apparent to assume without explaination so people immediately starting pronouncing the three letters…
A horizontal bar grille lke the MKC has is never a “waterfall” grille. Only a vertical bar grille can be described as a “waterfall” grille. Duh!
My 98 Bwurick Regal has those same type headrests. I suspect they are sourced from earlier Pontiac Grand Prix models that used them. They are likely universal to fit any GM W-body car.
Also it’s interesting that Pontiac installed a typical GM sounding trumpet horn on the Vibe, but what is essentially the same car, the Toyota Matrix got the wimpy high beep Toyota horn.
The Matrix was totalled 3 weeks ago and now I'm driving this awful Buick Regal for now.
They were aftermarket horns typically sold on ebay for crash or normal failure replacement. They were specified for the entire final generation of Crown Vic/Grand Marquis and they are pretty loud but not over the top.
I find ironic that automakers are doing away with sedans but are trying to style crossovers and SUVs with lower soopy rooflines and window profiles with fastback sedan styling.
Typical GM lack of quality. I had a 2005 Cavalier and temporarily own a 1998 Buick Regal right now and the interiors are shameful and are really shitty after 15-20 years... Yet the 2003 Toyota Matrix and 1999 Nissan Maxima I have/had hold up very well and have substantial designs that allow them to do so.
On my Toyota Matrix replaced the wimpy beep single horn with dual trumpet Crown Vic horns.
They should dock themselves like a fucking Roomba and get stuck on the foot of an IKEA chair trying to do it...
Some brake rotor manufacturers offer painted coated rotors that cover the hub and the edges but almost no one buys them. People always want the cheapest stuff.
Early Cadillac CTS grille with the part number and name “Catera” stamped on it....
Early Cadillac CTS grille with the part number and name “Catera” stamped on it....
I get dwarfed proportions making it look diminutive like a Nissan Versa sedan looks next to a Maxima.
It reminds me of a facelifted Saturn Ion...
The Escala works better stretched long like it is. Making its styling fit a much shorter car doesn't work.
What a truly unremarkable generic looking car that could be anything coming out of Korea or China. A sad replacement for the ATS and CTS. The tall crossover hatchback look is awful. And it's not even a functional hatchback. Didn't GM learn anything from the 1978–1980 aeroback Buick Century and Olds Cutlass sedans?
M 2003 Maverick...