At 12:23 PM 12/30/98 -0500, you wrote:
[...]
>Lincoln is not alone in promoting the SUV-pickup idea. At the North American
>International Auto Show press preview next week, Nissan Motor Co. will unveil
>its concept called the ''SUT,'' or sport utility truck, while Ford will show
>what happens when you mix the Explorer SUV with the bed of a Ranger pickup.
Yikes! I'm not sure I like where this is going... Its only a matter of
time before a luxury edition comes out, and how will the owners of those
vehicles explain to their friends and family that they own a Sport Luxury
Utility Truck? ;-)
[...]
>Ford's Lincoln-Mercury division, which moved its headquarters to Southern
>California from the Detroit area this year, decided to unveil the Blackwood in
>Los Angeles as part of its effort to overhaul its image as a builder of stodgy
>luxury cars for old folks.
Hee hee hee! So now they build stodgy luxury trucks for old folks. ;-)
-Jon-
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