[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Ken Hansen]

What is mid-sized about a 4 door Explorer?

Moved to geeks, please reply there...

Ken
----- Original Message -----
From: "Chad Fernandez" <fernande at internet1.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2001 2:33 PM
Subject: Re: [rescue] Re: geek vehicles


> Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > Tahoe, Navigator, and Expedition are all full size SUVs.  The same sizes
as
> > (or slightly larger than) the K5 and K10 Blazer/Jimmy, the Bronco (not
> > Bronco II), and the Ram Charger.
>
> I don'think I would call the Explorer full sized, remember it replaced
> the Bronco II.  I think it would be more of a midsized.
>
> >
> > Some others fall into another category - (Oversized?) Excursion,
Suburban.
>
> They'd be full sized to, just more like a long box truck rather than a
> short box.
>
> >
> > The Jeep sits in the mid-size SUV category.  Along with the Blazer (the
> > current S-10 based), Xterra, Pathfinder, Escape, and so on.
>
> The S-Blazer would be the small sized, just liek the S-10 is a small
> pickup.  The new Trail-Blazer (Chevy, not to be confused with an old
> Plymouth) is a midsized vehicle.
>
> Your K5 and Bronco comparisons are spot on, However.  It's a shame the
> old-school SUVs are only classics now.  They even predate the SUV name.
> The good old days when trucks were trucks and cars were cars :-)
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
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