tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21373052.post114067270343061668..comments2023-11-02T06:31:36.840-07:00Comments on The Sandwich Machine: Et tu, Lambo?Walrushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05608261154284316277noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21373052.post-1146477666177339802006-05-01T03:01:00.000-07:002006-05-01T03:01:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21373052.post-1144504732711796112006-04-08T06:58:00.000-07:002006-04-08T06:58:00.000-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21373052.post-1140740631989518752006-02-23T16:23:00.000-08:002006-02-23T16:23:00.000-08:00There is one guy I forgot to mention in the whole ...There is one guy I forgot to mention in the whole thing that has a bit of an answer for the Prowler. Don Panoz just wanted to revive the American Sportsar market like the heyday of Chapperal and Cunningham. He produces the AIV roadster, which looks like this:<BR/>http://www.seriouswheels.com/pics-1990-1999/1998-Panoz-AIV-black-fa-lr.jpg<BR/>with a Roush V8, making up for the Prowler's V6.<BR/><BR/>If Chrysler had done with Plymouth what they had planned, we might have an interesting car line AND an affordable one. The PT Cruiser and Prowler where part of a line of cars, the PTs being inexpensive but interesting clutch of cars that included a roadster for under $20 grand. But instead they killed the brand. (No retro Barracuda). With the success of the PT Cruiser someone in the company has to regard that as a mistake.<BR/><BR/>There is another Dodge mistep that pains me, not following through on the Razor, a barebones micro-rod that had the Mopar catalog as it's options list. It harkened back to the old Alfa Romeo GTV, Datsun 510, and BMW 2002 as trackable street cars in a a way that the Civic and GTI only come close.<BR/><BR/>I bounce back and forth, I think I should have thought more about this entry but then I think if I had it would be five pages long...Walrushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05608261154284316277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21373052.post-1140724346785510532006-02-23T11:52:00.000-08:002006-02-23T11:52:00.000-08:00There was a recent article in Playboy about the ae...There was a recent article in Playboy about the aesthetics of US auto design, as well as the perception gap Detroit has to overcome to be competitive with the Japanese. It dealt with some of the design issues you were talking about, and noted that the only US manufacturer taking real design jumps lately has been Chrysler, and that they owe it to their owners--Daimler was heavily involved with the makeover. They pointed to cars like the Prowler, which, say whatever you want about it, is different from pretty much anything else on the road.<BR/><BR/>I'll see if I can find it online when I get home.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11057141977192915700noreply@blogger.com