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KrayZ
Joined: 15 Aug 2008
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Location: Las Vegas
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| Posted: 8/15/08 3:14PM Post subject: 1st Gen xB knock-off rant thread |
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| Ok how many of you have seen the new Ford Flex or may I say copy of the xB. I can not believe Ford!! Just becuase your cars are not selling you have to copy the xB. The Flex is a xB with a V6 and third row seat. There is no change except for longer front for the V6 and a little longer to fit the third row seat. I say Get Your Own Design!! I tought you all might want to know about that. |
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Soulquarian
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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Location: Bellflower, CA
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| Posted: 8/15/08 3:44PM Post subject: |
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No way! A car company is copying the design of another car company? That's outrageous!
:looks at cars from each decade:
Wait a minute... |
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snowromance
Joined: 31 Dec 2006
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Location: usally about FL370
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| Posted: 8/15/08 3:57PM Post subject: |
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i just like how the general statement reguarding the xb is that it is ugly and square. yet, now all the manufacturers are getting into making a "square" car or adding square attributes to current models.
but even people buying those cars will say the xb is square and ugly. i don't get it. |
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SquallLHeart
Joined: 23 Oct 2004
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Location: NorCal LED-Head
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| Posted: 8/15/08 4:00PM Post subject: |
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:eyebrow:
hmm... i guess you didn't see the coolbear when it came out years ago, huh? |
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lostxD
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| Posted: 8/15/08 4:11PM Post subject: |
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| reminds me of a funeral car :no: |
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Soulquarian
Joined: 23 Feb 2006
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| Posted: 8/15/08 4:11PM Post subject: |
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snowromance wrote: i just like how the general statement reguarding the xb is that it is ugly and square. yet, now all the manufacturers are getting into making a "square" car or adding square attributes to current models.
but even people buying those cars will say the xb is square and ugly. i don't get it.
What's there to get? Some people will like it and some won't. I always thought that Hummers and other stupidly large vehicles were tacky, but that didn't stop people from buying those.
What sucks is that Scion didn't follow it's original intent of making every new model and complete separation from the previous. Instead of them being known for challenging conventions and taking risks, they took the B%!$@ route of just making things bigger.
Scion is increasingly become "common", and I mean that in every possible way. |
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ZOMGXB
Joined: 05 Nov 2006
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Location: Chicago...ish
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| Posted: 8/15/08 4:57PM Post subject: |
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Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh this thread is part of the NEWS FEED?
HOW did you start a topic here? This might be the motherlode of website bugs. o_0 |
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CarbonXe
Joined: 05 Mar 2007
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| Posted: 8/15/08 5:41PM Post subject: |
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| Why is this News Worthy? |
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smy003
Joined: 25 Apr 2008
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Location: Houston, TX
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| Posted: 8/15/08 6:26PM Post subject: |
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| I think the funnier part is that it has a white roof so its taking design cues from the Toyota FJ Cruiser too! |
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mtxblau
Joined: 29 Oct 2005
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Location: Havertown, PA
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| Posted: 8/15/08 6:29PM Post subject: |
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| This isn't news worthy. And it looks more like a Land Rover than an xB. |
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Metro273
Joined: 12 Feb 2005
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| Posted: 8/15/08 6:34PM Post subject: |
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| I really like the Flex... :clap: |
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808-213-503
Joined: 19 Aug 2007
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| Posted: 8/15/08 6:35PM Post subject: |
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The xB and the Flex are not that close.
The Flex is 5 inches taller, 10 inches wider, nearly 3 feet longer and 1500 pounds heavier. That front windshield is raked at least 15 degrees more than the xB, too. |
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YourNameHere
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| Posted: 8/15/08 6:36PM Post subject: |
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| the xB looks like a copy of the mercedes g-wagen. which looks like a copy of the car i drew with a crayon when i was 3. The 2-box design is nothing new, scion was not the 1st to think of it. get over yourself. |
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noservice2001
Joined: 30 Jan 2005
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| Posted: 8/15/08 7:08PM Post subject: |
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| so who did the nissan cube and honda element copy? |
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DarkSide_xB
Joined: 22 Feb 2008
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Location: Scion Militia, NY
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| Posted: 8/15/08 7:36PM Post subject: |
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| yeah every other car company is really starting to make boxes especially that chinese company that made one that looks exactly the same as our cars |
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RodC
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: 8/15/08 8:24PM Post subject: |
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| This is news, why? :loser: |
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WhoKilledTheJAMs
Joined: 18 Mar 2008
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| Posted: 8/16/08 5:49AM Post subject: |
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This isn't news.
However, it should be noted that the Flex is a very poor seller. Sucks to be Ford. Despite the fact that 20mpg combined is supposed to be "good," and that they sell three other vehicles that compete with the Flex for less money, it's a wonder that thing ever got greenlighted. |
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RodC
Joined: 06 Mar 2007
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| Posted: 8/16/08 7:22AM Post subject: |
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WhoKilledTheJAMs wrote: This isn't news.
Yesterday it was. |
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Zombietime
Joined: 04 Sep 2004
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Location: No. Virginia
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| Posted: 8/16/08 10:51AM Post subject: |
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| Looks like a pretty nice car but damn it's expensive. I optioned one out with all the options and it was almost at 50 grand. |
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Metro273
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| Posted: 8/16/08 1:56PM Post subject: |
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| ^^^It's a Ford, wait a year and you'll be able to get one for about $25K... :silly: |
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