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Dori A Schmetterling · 2005-09-05T11:27:24+00:00

Is the International CXT an alternative to Unimog? Or is it too ridiculous? Super size me By Jay Leno International CXT Daniel Byrne I'm not really a pick-up truck kind of guy. But I guess howevermany million owners in the States can't all be wrong. So I thought I wouldgive them a go. There's nothing particularly sophisticated about these vehicles.They are meant to go 300,000 miles with no more than rudimentarymaintenance. In the Midwest, where you find most of them, there are nocorners to go around so you don't need independent suspension to aidhandling and you're not really planning on stopping, so the brakes you'vegot are probably okay. In short they're big, dependable, unbreakable Tonka toys. Youcould hit these things all day with a hammer and I don't think you couldscrew them up. In the US the pick-up has come to symbolise the American spiritof adventure. I remember the early adverts used to show six horses, a guyand his truck; then about 10 years ago it was two horses, a guy and histruck. Now it's just one horse in the background, a guy and his truck. Thetrucks have taken over from the cowboy and his horse in personifying the oldvalues of rugged reliability and frontier adventure. Of course today big trucks are everywhere in America. The wholeSUV thing started because the US government, about 15 years ago, put a taxon luxury automobiles. Anything above $30,000 paid a luxury tax, but truckswere exempt. So America, being an enterprising country, said: "Why don't wejust make a luxury truck?" They started making trucks with heated seats,surround sound and fancy wood finishes. You could get the luxury car for$40,000 or you could get the truck with the same amenities for about$34,000. It was simple: get the truck. The International CXT is the ultimate evolution of this. Thereis no bigger pick-up truck in the world. It's huge. It weighs...

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greek_philosophizer 20 years ago

or colourful ...

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Dori A Schmetterling 20 years ago

Glad you appreciate that, my dear transatlantic neighbour/or...

DAS

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cp 20 years ago

That's what I love about Wikipedia!

Stig might be Tiff Needell, despite his commitments on

Too much talking with JC in charge! And that Needell fellow was actually funny :-)

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Frank Kemper 20 years ago

"Dori A Schmetterling" haute in die Tasten:

Funny bloke, indeed. But I'd like to see him travelling to winter sports in his avenger;-)

Actually the Grand Cherokee isn't exactly my favourite type of car, but I read reviews in Germany which sounded far more friendly about this car.

Frank

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