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A Mustang wagon?!? Say it ain't so
CNN ^ | 12/14/2006

Posted on 12/14/2006 9:50:42 AM PST by lainie

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To: BeHoldAPaleHorse

61 posted on 12/14/2006 10:27:08 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

http://www.mustangclubsweden.com/


62 posted on 12/14/2006 10:27:32 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: eraser2005

Yes, except that I don't have 100% faith that Ford won't be dumb enough than to market it as a Mustang for the family set. Honestly.


63 posted on 12/14/2006 10:30:11 AM PST by lainie
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To: spinestein

Holy crap, you're right. I owned a '79 Fairmont sedan once. What a complete piece of you-know-what. The '83 Mustang I had wasn't much better, but looked slightly hipper.


64 posted on 12/14/2006 10:31:44 AM PST by lainie
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To: Hatteras
Will it have a fold-down seat facing out the back? Maybe a compass mounted on the dash? Trailer hitch to pull that Nimrod pop-top camper? Little decals in the window of all the places you've been?

Don't forget the chrome luggage rack!

Oh yeah. And the high-grain vinyl seat coverings 'with the look of hand-tooled leather'.

Next they'll be resurrecting such phrases as "Smart European styling" and "sparkling performance".

65 posted on 12/14/2006 10:35:02 AM PST by uglybiker (A bunch of radical Unitarians left a flaming question mark on my lawn!)
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To: lainie

66 posted on 12/14/2006 10:35:19 AM PST by BurbankKarl
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To: lainie

A sure sign that the Apocalypse is upon us


67 posted on 12/14/2006 10:37:28 AM PST by PurpleMan
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To: Red Badger
I'd love to hear Carroll Shelby's opinion of this engineering exercise. IMO, they'd have better luck with that concept if they first spun off a Cougar variant (I've already seen one such artist's conception - not bad at all). Lincoln/Mercury has had a lot of experience with very eccentric vehicle designs... witness the Lincoln Blackwood. Bottom line - make the Cougar look "different enough" first, then base the wagon on that model.

More likely, this one will be a stillborn design idea. Ford already has the Escape and Freestyle to cover the small, sporty or "crossover" SUV/wagon market. All this proposal will do is piss-off legions of Mustang fans. But then, the Ford Probe *almost* replaced the RWD platform and became the Mustang back in the '80s. This elicits the same response: Blech!

68 posted on 12/14/2006 10:39:21 AM PST by Charles Martel (Liberals are the crab grass in the lawn of life.)
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To: lainie

Found On Road Dead


69 posted on 12/14/2006 10:41:00 AM PST by MissEdie (Liberalscostlives)
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To: HEY4QDEMS

70 posted on 12/14/2006 10:41:18 AM PST by Hatteras
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To: MissEdie

Fix Or Repair Daily


71 posted on 12/14/2006 10:45:00 AM PST by lainie
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To: Leisler

The Germans have got the rare knack for creating cool looking four-door cars.


72 posted on 12/14/2006 10:45:20 AM PST by Yardstick
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To: Rb ver. 2.0
Looks like the rear of a Sable/Taurus wagon. Does everything Ford make have to go through a "Blanding Committee"?
73 posted on 12/14/2006 11:05:49 AM PST by Leisler
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To: Leisler; Yardstick

It's all true. I, as a matter of fact, now drive a Passat, which is engineered properly, behaves as it should, and looks pretty cool doing it. Guess that makes me a car lover, because I'm not wealthy. But the thing is, you don't have to pay through the nose for some bitchen Flueven Hueven Farfegnugen.


74 posted on 12/14/2006 11:31:46 AM PST by lainie
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To: Charles Martel

They did a Cougar variant a couple years ago. Didn't sell well, so it got canned.......


75 posted on 12/14/2006 11:36:55 AM PST by Red Badger (New! HeadOn Hemorrhoid Medication for Liberals!.........Apply directly to forehead.........)
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To: Abathar

I think the Magnum's sharp. I saw one all tricked out and I would have been happy to drive it.


76 posted on 12/14/2006 11:40:55 AM PST by linn37 (Love your Phlebotomist)
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To: Mac1

We had a '55 Chevy station wagon in '55. Is that 'proper' enough?


77 posted on 12/14/2006 11:43:09 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: PBRSTREETGANG

That's not so horrible, but I wouldn't pick yellow.

I've always driven POS cars. I'm saving up for a really great car for my late Mid-Life Crisis. :)


78 posted on 12/14/2006 11:43:15 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: CertainInalienableRights

Our neighbors had a Nomad, which was just the same as our station wagon except with even more chrome.


79 posted on 12/14/2006 11:45:00 AM PST by RightWhale (RTRA DLQS GSCW)
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To: linn37

They are really nice, but the windows are tiny, and when I test drove one I couldn't back the thing up and see anything. Another thing I didn't like was if you were the first person at a light you have to lay over the dash to see it. Looked and drove great though, but the styling really cut down on visibility.


80 posted on 12/14/2006 11:45:48 AM PST by Abathar (Proudly catching hell for posting without reading the article since 2004)
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