Well yeah almost anything is better than those two cars. Crossovers may not be the worst, but they are still pretty low compared to other car types out there. They are not as practical as an SUV too. Also I really liked the old Blazer and them putting the name on a crossover didn’t go well with me. It would be the same for a lot of people if Toyota said “SUPRISE” and turned the new Supra or whatever into a crossover. So far we have lost two great cars to the crossover (Blazer and Lancer) and I’m sure this won’t be the end of it, another reason why I don’t like them. The Mustang ll may be better than the Pinto and whatnot, but it is still the worst mustang out of all the generations. also i lied theyre the wortst
If Toyota did that, that would be like shooting themselves in both feet multiple times. I do understand why you don't like the Blazer as a Crossover, since it's a departure from its older generations. I definitely think that if was instead something based on the K5, they could have themselves a good Wrangler and Bronco competitor. I guess that's not what they were going for. Also, this is the first time I heard about the Mitsubishi Lancer as a Crossover. For a second I thought you meant the Eclipse, until I looked it up.
I actually did mean the Eclipse. Is there a Lancer too? If so that’s a big ouch. --- Post updated --- oh god no.....
Well, when I looked it up I came across images like this. And some results saying that Mitsubishi wants to do that. Here's a search I put in that I'll provide so you can see.
I stumbled apon this too... https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.mo...mustang-based-electric-suv/amp/?source=images This is gonna be horrible if it goes through...
I honestly won't have any problem with it if they don't call it the Mach 1, and if they keep it a separate vehicle from the Mustang. I heard the name Mach 1 get tossed around with it. I will admit that had me like hell no.
Let me stress it out: THE PINTO WAS NOT A DEATHTRAP. According to the Schwartz investigation, it was just as safe as its competitors (Gremlin, Vega, 510), including general fire safety. Then add better rustproofing than the Japanese. The Yugo was on par with contemporaries (Tavria, Oltcit, etc) - a car that is rather good for its low price. The Edsel brand failed mainly because of lack of good market positioning, economic depression, overhype and build quality woes.
Only the later years of the Pinto were safe, the first few years were indeed explosive. Even though the Yugo may have been on par with some other cars it is still horribly unreliable. It’s also quite ugly and unsafe.
Still as safe as competitors. Not much more than competitors. See above, plus what the hell can you expect from an old small car? It's still better than the past likes of the Zastava 750, Zaporozhetz, Syrena, Fiat 500/600, etc. in both of these regards.
Unless it’s an older model Competitors....from Russia? I didn’t say I wanted it to be safe. I’m just pointing out that it’s not. And besides the fiat, most of these never even made it out of their home country. Also as for before when you were saying how I shouldn’t judge how a car looks, why are you judging the Autobello for it’s name? The name of a car is even less important than it’s design and the Autobello isn’t even a real car. A bit hypocritical on your part.
No. As safe, period. TIL Romania is in Russia? Also, the Eastern Bloc managed to put out decent designs for thr price. Like anything of that era and segment, from Oltcit Club to Nissan Micra? BS. The Oltcit even got captive imported by Citroen. I never said the Autobello is a bad car, just a badly-named car.
Unless it’s rear ended. I didn’t say cars from that era were safe either. And the Blazer is a badly designed crossover.
The only real problem I have with the car is the name. Like, naming your car with a word that literally means "small penis" isn't a good name for any car, let alone a American subcompact econobox. Ford got reputated up the ass so much by fans they intentionally had to rename the car to something else. Surprising that a car company had got so much backlash from the name that it had to be renamed at all. Still doesn't mean it's bad. I don't like the design and that the name is used on a crossover, but atleast it'll have something else to it besides "it's another Chevrolet crossover".
The problem I have with crossovers is that one company can make up to 5 different crossovers that are all more or less the same. If each company had one or maybe two crossovers then I would be ok with them. But a lot of companies (mainly American ones) have a lot of them and they are all basically the same dreary thing.
It's called "markets". If they sell well, they would make more of the same market of course. Makes sense for the company, and makes sense to me.
Yes, Ford later fixed the issue with the gas tank, but that came way too late. Also, if the Pinto isn't a deathtrap, why are there a bunch of reports, pictures of a rear ended burnt out husk, and even a couple court cases? It even burst into flames during its rear crash test. That should've told Ford right then and there that it needed to be fixed before they began production. But did they do that? Nope.
Car Companies have been doing that since the early 20th century, like most sedans (Plus the Coupe, Wagon, and Ute versions of them) from GM in the 1950's to the 1990's are basically the same in your book same goes with Ford, Chrysler, Toyota after the 1980's, and VW, it's call platform sharing and they've been doing it for years.
Nice stereotyping. Forgot that there are high-performance variants of crossovers (Grand Cherokee Trackhawk, MDX/RDX A-Type, Cayenne/Macan Turbo, etc.) for those who favor performance in their crossovers and luxury crossovers for people that enjoy their crossovers with some fancy elements to them?
The Cherokee is an SUV not a crossover. And so are a lot of the others that you posted. And while those are nice they are a bit expensive and so people buy their cheaper and more boring form. I know what platform sharing is and I know crossovers have been around for a while but the recent influx of companies turning to have almost their entire lineup being crossovers have having only a few cars from other categories was a bit too much. A lot of companies have already killed off their wagons and almost their entire sedan/coupe lineup. I just hope that the crossover won’t kill off the SUV...
