The new SUV..........

[OneMoreDemocrat]

I was watching ESPN's Cold Pizza this morning and they had a segment about this thing:

http://www.internationaldelivers.com/site_layout/xtfamily/cxt.asp

Made for those who think the Hummer is just a little too small.

Holy Cow.

[Kingshakabobo]

1. I see them in my neighborhood all the time.

They're called tow trucks.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

4. Hardly........

These are being marketed to the average consumer.

That's the difference.

[Kingshakabobo]

13. I know. Nice gimmick, eh?

Slap some leather in a tow-truck and call it an SUV.

suckers.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

15. It's just amazing to me that this sort of thing would find.........

an audience willing to buy one.

It's like, too much...way, way too much, and relatively useless in the real world. Where would one park it?

[merh]

32. Have you ever driven one of those?

It definitely doesn't qualify as a luxury! Gees, what morons will buy that thing? Oh, I forgot freepers do like to spend their money on stupid shit.

[jmowreader]

17. The "average consumer" can't come up with $90,000

which is the base price of this vehicle.

I refuse to call it a monstrosity for two reasons--you're not going to see that many of them (a medium-truck factory isn't all that large) and in the right hands, it's a good vehicle.

I don't think we'll see many of them in "civilian hands" for one reason--it won't fit in a standard garage, which generally has a seven-foot door and an eight-to-nine-foot ceiling.

And it has air brakes. Air brakes are their own special pain in the ass. When you get ready to go in the morning, you have to make sure the drain valve on the air tank is closed. Then you have to idle the truck until you've got enough air pressure to stop. At the end of the day you have to drain the air tank. If you don't do it, the air system will rust out and you'll never stop.

Air brakes and rebuilding the garage? Mama ain't gonna go for that.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

19. We'll see I guess.........

The same people who can afford a Hummer can buy this.

I thought the same (that not many would hit the roads) thing about the Hummer....wish I was right about that.

Doubt the garage's height would effect much, a lot of big SUV's don't fit into normally sized garages.

It has air brakes for now.

I disagree with your reasons for thinking this won't sell, but I do hope you are right.

[jmowreader]

28. It will always have air brakes

Hydraulic with vacuum assist over hydraulic--the standard power brake system on every car and light truck made today--can't generate enough force to stop this thing ESPECIALLY if it's loaded; air over hydraulic doesn't have that problem.

Note that the Hummers we're seeing the most of on the roads are the $40,000 H2, not the $117,000 H1. (If you want a great belly laugh, go to hummer.com and build an H1. You will discover that off-road tires, which one would expect on a tactical vehicle, are part of a $5,825 options package.) I figured the H2 would be fairly popular because it's in the same price range as the big FoMoCo and Chevrolet/GMC sport-utes, and it's got a "presence" the others don't have. It also has less interior volume than a Navigator or a Suburban, and the Suburban can be ordered with three rows of seats, but the H2 "looks tough," and looking tough is apparently where it's at. H1s won't ever be as common because for the price of an H1 you can get a pair of H2s, or an H2 plus a Mercedes, or the Mercedes SUV plus a Harley, or a Harley plus a house to use as a rental property...you get the idea. Rich people didn't get rich by spending their money irrationally.

Here's one problem that may be insurmountable--licensing. My driver's license allows me to drive a vehicle with a GVWR of 26,000 pounds--and the CXT's GVWR is a bit higher than that.

We can go round and round about this, but I just don't think the American motoring public is going to accept a medium truck as a family car, whether it has a pickup bed on it or not.

[icehenge]

34. The humor is that were discussing this at all

It shows that there is a possibility that a yuppie
image conscious American would consider this as way
to up "i'm better then you factor".

[jmowreader]

38. Real one-upmanship won't come from this vehicle

It will come from the Bad Boy Trucks rig that is in the Top Ten this week--a civilian version of the Stewart & Stevenson FMTV the Army has been buying for a few years.

I think this one's going to be more popular, at least with construction companies, than the International CXT. Bad Boy has the good grace to at least leave the 16-foot bed on the damn thing, which is more than I can say for International. We sell a lot of stuff to a lot of Fort Bragg units and every time one of those units brings an FMTV to pick up an order, some contractor will see it and mutter something to the effect of "you know what I could do with that?" It is the perfect vehicle for roughing-in commercial buildings, because it is made to haul freight over really bad terrain.

And if you look at the Bad Boy Trucks website, they basically admit that someone who would buy it and not work it is buying a penis extender.

[ProdigalJunkMail]

2. doesn't Ashton K. own one of these things???

unless you are hauling a 18000lbs trailer...you DON'T need one of these...

theProdigal

[GiovanniC]

3. Honestly, You Never Know When You Might Need To Tow a School Bus

Or something.

[jokerman93]

5. there's such aura about this SUV thing

It's almost as if the people who buy them have a kind of "urban assault" mentality. Or is it just me?

It worries one.

[BeeBee]

8. I always thought it was to compensate...

for other shortcomings.

[Wickerman]

6. Made for those who think the Hummer is just a little too good looking

lol, give me a freakin' break.

[OneMoreDemocrat]

7. It's ugly..........

But BIG BIG BIG, and that seems to be the trend these days.

Soccer Moms only feel safe when they are surrounded by 10,000 pounds of steel it seems.

[ewagner]

9. The ad says:

For persons who want to make a statement while riding in luxury..."

Now what would that statement be?

maybe:

I'm the biggest asshole on the block.

So what if my penis is small?

I can afford driving at 2 Miles per gallon.

I don't give a rip about the environment.

Screw you, I got mine!

I voted for Bush....screw you!

[OneMoreDemocrat]

10. Yep...........

And they're coming to a Walmart parking lot near you.

[PA Democrat]

36. Craig Kilborn on buying a Hummer:

“I was thinking about buying a Hummer but decided it’d be cheaper to get a tattoo on my forehead that says, “I need attention.”

[liberal N proud]

11. I thought only athletes were given steroids

[quiet_please]

22. How in the

fuck are you supposed to back or park that thing?

Let alone finding a place to park. What a waste of sheet metal.

[Coastie for Truth]

12. It's only the real thing

painted red with gold striping, with a GPSS terminal, a siren, a rotating beacon and flashing lights, a big water tank, hoses, a St. Florian Medal, a Maltese Cross on each door, a turn out coat and bunker pants and helmet on the back seat.

Oh yes -- you have to follow the Code of St. Florian and the Maltese Knights of St. John of Jerusalem -- BE PREPARED TO UNHESITATINGLY LAY DOWN YOUR OWN LIFE FOR THOSE IN DISTRESS.

It's called a fire truck.

[Roland99]

14. Just try putting that in the standard soccer-mom/dad suburban garage

[BBradley]

16. Coming next year: The Bradley Suburban Assault Vehicle

Comes complete with penis enlargement pill dispenser,and a manual on how to piss everyone else on the road off. New improved design contains literally 100's of American Flags holders. The Ultra-Patriot model can be purchased for 20,000 extra and belts out Lee Greenwood at unheard of decibals. Have you ever lost a parking space that was rightfully yours? Good news! Now you can just run that SOB's car over. Never again will you have to inconvenience yourself trying to watch your sons soccer game.

[BiggJawn]

18. "Onlookers have been known to gawk ..."

"You could say it's an extreme production pickup truck. Whatever you call it, the CXT leaves bystanders speechless. "

Probably in the same way happening upon somebody beating puppies to death in public would leave you "speechless"...

[Devil Dog Dem]

20. I must have one!!!!

I just GOTTA have one of those! Otherwise, people will think I'm a loser!

[jmowreader]

29. People might think you're a loser if you get one!

[porphyrian]

21. I'm sure its invention has nothing to do with the oil industry. - n/t

[Ezlivin]

23. A trio of these passed me on the Interstate the other day

I was driving through Southlake, Texas, the SUV/H2 capital.

They didn't look that well-built. When I was behind them, it seemed as if their bodies were twisted to the driver's side. The metal looked flimsy. I was not impressed.

[Goldmund]

24. Funny how they don't mention gas mileage anywhere...

...in their brochures.

[quiet_please]

26. Mileage?

4 gal/mile?

Maybe?????????

[Goldmund]

27. LOL -- gas yardage, maybe

[Radical Activist]

25. I saw this at the chicago auto show

It isn't an SUV or pickup at all. It's a modified big rig without the trailor. You don't get a sense of how obscenely large it is from those pictures. You have to climb into it. It was disgusting.

[u4ic]

30. Looks like something the Beverly Hillbillies would drive

if the show was being done today.

Butt-ugly!

(and I :scared: to think what the gas mileage is...)

[ragin_acadian]

39. hahahahahaha!

you're right, it looks like the rig that the "where you goin' city boy" guy was driving in deliverance.

[kemche]

31. For People with small Penis...

KG

[Zhade]

33. And the parade of unjustified selfishness continues.

Oh well, who needs breathable air or a clean environment?

[Swamp Rat]

35. After all, we're gonna be 'raptured' very soon.

[DefenseLawyer]

37. The worst part is the hidden cost

When you get one you have to also buy a black Trans Am for you wife to follow behind in to distract the Smokies. 10-4 morans.