And I'm talking recently not way back when when Edsel, Desoto, Hudson, Kaiser, American Motors, etc. fell off the face of the earth. I'm talking about the last...what?....5 years where we've lost Oldsmobile, Pontiac, Plymouth, Saturn and Mercury.
I guess Buick could fill in the empty space with Olds and Pontiac where they shared many of the same body parts and options. Dodge and Chrysler fills in for Plymouth models and Ford replaces gaps in the Mercury line. But who takes the place of Saturn who once stood as one of the most revolutionary cars in America.
I remember when Faye and I started our regular strips to Vegas, our car of choice was the Buick Lucerne which Avis was promoting at the time. Well getting a Lucerne was getting next to impossible to get so we settled for a Mercury Grand Marquis, which was another large "boat'' which served our purpose.....meaning that the passenger seat reclined enough for Faye to get her "beauty rest", while I put the pedal to the metal while she was sleeping.
It just seems a shame that we are losing these "classic'' cars for whatever reason. Gone are the days where you would see Lincoln/Mercury on the dealership signs or B_O_P...Buick, Olds, Pontiac. No more 4-4-2, Grand Sport, Grand Prix or GTO. Mercury had the Cougar as its entry in the hot car market. There was another name for this group of hot cars, but for the life of me I can't remember what it is.
Who knows where the car market is going these days, and for sure the foreign cars are making headway into our car market. They seem to have 6 cylinder cars that produce over 300 hp and do 0-60 in less than 6 seconds. WOW!
I guess Buick could fill in the empty space with Olds and Pontiac where they shared many of the same body parts and options. Dodge and Chrysler fills in for Plymouth models and Ford replaces gaps in the Mercury line. But who takes the place of Saturn who once stood as one of the most revolutionary cars in America.
I remember when Faye and I started our regular strips to Vegas, our car of choice was the Buick Lucerne which Avis was promoting at the time. Well getting a Lucerne was getting next to impossible to get so we settled for a Mercury Grand Marquis, which was another large "boat'' which served our purpose.....meaning that the passenger seat reclined enough for Faye to get her "beauty rest", while I put the pedal to the metal while she was sleeping.
It just seems a shame that we are losing these "classic'' cars for whatever reason. Gone are the days where you would see Lincoln/Mercury on the dealership signs or B_O_P...Buick, Olds, Pontiac. No more 4-4-2, Grand Sport, Grand Prix or GTO. Mercury had the Cougar as its entry in the hot car market. There was another name for this group of hot cars, but for the life of me I can't remember what it is.
Who knows where the car market is going these days, and for sure the foreign cars are making headway into our car market. They seem to have 6 cylinder cars that produce over 300 hp and do 0-60 in less than 6 seconds. WOW!
