GM now selling the I5

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"Matt Whiting" > wrote in message
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> Geoff wrote:
> >
> > Daniel J. Stern wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 12:56:58 -0400
> >>From: Daniel J. Stern >
> >>Newsgroups: rec.autos.makers.chrysler, alt.autos.dodge.trucks,
> >> rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
> >>Subject: New Jeep Grand Chicory
> >>
> >>
> >>Yeah, it's got a Hemi in it. Fine and dandy. Problem is, it's UGGGGGLEE!
> >>Looks like one of the rejected designs for the new/current Dodge
Durango.
> >>Taillights are the stupid kind and look like the design that almost went
> >>on the Chevrolet Equinox until someone at Chevrolet said "Clear
> >>taillights! No! Dude! We TOTALLY have to do clear taillights!"
> >>
> >>Ptewph.
> >>
> >
> >
> > The ones I've seen on the road have made me think that perhaps they're
> > trying to recapture some of the XJ Cherokee's fans. To me it looks
> > boxier, and the lines are cleaner and straighter, more reminiscent of
> > the XJ than the WJ. This is so especially when viewed from behind.
> >
> > The wrap-around taillights suck, I agree. OTOH, I like the round
> > headlamps and how they integrate the shape into the leading edge of the
> > hood.
> >
> > Boo! on the V6 replacing the I6; SUV engines ought to have low-end
> > grunt. That I6 was an institution, and it deserved to be updated rather
> > than discarded.
>
> Yes, funny how GM went from a V-6 back to an I6. Looks like GM got it
> right vs. Chrysler this time.
>
>
> Matt
>