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OK, the Gremlin was ugly, but the Pacer
Posted by Noel [Email] (more from Noel) on Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:23:29
In Reply to: Re: Why no Gremlin or Pacer?, yaofeng, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:30:36
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while decidedly weird-looking for the time, being pretty bad to drive and mechanically questionable, had some good points.
With a fishbowl windshield and glass all around, outward visibility was great and the hatch was decent size. It's big advantage was width, and it could seat 3 across in front, a good thing because the back seat was terrible. But it lacked power, had numb, vague steering, and anything approaching a decent suspension.
But I'll bet a properly designed modern version of this type car-- roomy for 2-3 people, wide track but short wheelbase, hatchback, would actually do OK today as a commuter-type car.
But the original never made any magazine's top picks, which is why it's not on the list.
Posts in this Thread:
- MOTOR TREND: 10 TOP REGRETS---Article, TG, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 04:18:19
- I owned 1,5 of them, xhawksaab, Tue, 27 Jan 2009 11:08:38
- My life in 2 of those cars!, Railhead
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 23:30:10 - '96 Ford Contour SE, EGD , Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:12:58
- The only one I owned is the ..., UpstateNY Bill, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:01:07
- I wonder........., Herb Hirsch
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 15:11:15 - I owned a ..., KevinM, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 14:15:46
- Driven 'em all, sold 8 of 10.., Mike Lynch , Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:29:13
- Why no Gremlin or Pacer?, Bill Homer
, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 09:37:48 - I owned two of them!!!, Steve in Chicago, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:21:21
- my neighbor still has her merkur..., smt, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 08:20:37
- I'm proud to say I never owned any of them... n/m, Peter_UMA, Mon, 26 Jan 2009 07:22:29
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