What ever happened to my all time favorite car?

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Always owned the big older Buick’s. Now the darn thing looks like my Kia Sportage.

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The older cars cars had its own individual look and you could tell what kind of car it was. Now, the styles are all about the same.
 

Yup, anymore you have to look at the nameplate/badge to see what make and model it is. Plus, the "brand" no longer indicates where it is made....half the US cars are made in Canada or Mexico, and many of the foreign brands are made here....a report I saw awhile back said that the Toyota Camry is the "Most US" car currently being sold....85% US parts content, and assembled here.
 
I agree! If I were to spend a small fortune on a luxury car, I certainly wouldn't want it to be indistinguishable from my Toyota Corolla.

Many years ago, I had a 1970 Mercedes 220D that I had inherited. It was a flake of rust on wheels and barely ran (it had over 250,000 miles on it when I got it) but that profile! and that distinctive THUNK! when the door slammed! The profile said "Hey, granted, I'm clunky and square and squat and don't have an aerodynamic curve to my name, but I'M A MERCEDES and I don't have to impress anybody with my body!" Y'know.....what I say to myself every time I stand naked in front of the mirror.

Now, a Mercedes looks like my Corolla.
 

I just like them cheap clean and dependable!

I remember my parent's gigantic Buicks and Chryslers with the interiors that reminded me of an undertaker or a pimp's car, not that I've ridden in many of either.

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Also the various little features like fender skirts, hideaway headlights, opera windows, etc...
 
Don M. said:
Yup, anymore you have to look at the nameplate/badge to see what make and model it is. Plus, the "brand" no longer indicates where it is made....half the US cars are made in Canada or Mexico, and many of the foreign brands are made here....a report I saw awhile back said that the Toyota Camry is the "Most US" car currently being sold....85% US parts content, and assembled here.
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To complicate things even further, by law the "Domestic Content" shown on a new car's window sticker includes BOTH US and Canadian parts (a concession to the Canadian Auto Workers union).

You can tell where a car was assembled by the first digit/character of the Vehicle Identification Number. If it's 1,4,or 5, final assembly was in the US. Canada is 2. Mexico is 3. Japan is J.
 
A friend of mine just bought an older Buick. It was in extremely good shape and only 80,000 miles.

What a beautiful car. So roomy inside and the upholstery is leather.

It rides like a charm.

There's a strange preference for vehicles in my city. Lots of people drive pickup trucks even though they have no connection to work or hauling anything. They just like driving trucks.
 
Well, this is where all of our ages come into being. I remember all of the cars I couldn't afford when I got out of the Navy in early 70's. Actually, when I got out, my first cars was an older Pontiac Bonneville. IOW, "the Tank". After that came my old green Ford Falcon in 1975 or so. Now, my wife, she had a 1978 Black Pontiac Firebird "way back when". She definitely made the money that I didn't.

A lot of folks, in our age brackets, said that those old classic cars were more safe than today's ones. Metal, not plastic on the vehicle.

We watch Mecum Auto Auctions on tv and there are some absolutely beautiful cars and trucks, from past years, that are sold there. Some really, really awesome ones!
 
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