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Old Dec 8, 2008 | 01:59 AM
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Default Another potential copy-cat of the xB?

I don't know if this has been posted this yet... but did anyone else see the Dodge Hornet concept? Another boxy xB look-a-like. Kia, Dodge, what's next?! haha









i know it's not 100% like the xB but it's def similar. it's got doors like the honda element so it's probably drawing ideas from both box cars. i don't know... if it comes to production i'm sure it'd sell. nothing like the xB tho haha
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:10 AM
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more like an xd than xb
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:15 AM
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Originally Posted by jingjing
more like an xd than xb
I agree.

As an aside, they likely won't make it, because as things currently stand, the deal to have Chery (in China) make a small Mopar fell through, and it's looking more like they'll just lazily rebadge a Nissan Versa or Sentra and call it a new small "american" car.
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:34 AM
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X~3 on looking like the xD
and that hood looks hidius with ony one vent. lol
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:41 AM
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This has been posted before but I like it!...
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:42 AM
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cool from the side but nevertheless i call BS on dodge/every other carmaker for totally ripping off the scion designers (this one looks like a str8 bluprint photocopy)
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 02:58 AM
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^^^That's NOT a blueprint photocopy of the xB...the Ford Flex is!
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 03:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Metro273
^^^That's NOT a blueprint photocopy of the xB...the Ford Flex is!

haha, well i notice that no nissan cars look just like something else *cough* Nissan Cube haha ;-)
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 04:20 AM
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the suicide doors are pretty cool, but boo to Dodge!!
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 04:24 AM
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That is probably one of the coolest Dodges I have ever seen;

they will never produce it!
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 04:28 AM
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I like this one but to bad it is made by a American car company I am sure this will fail on MPG & also suck on the market

looks cool btw
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 07:10 AM
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its funny how american car owners hate the xb but when a american car company makes something like the xb everyone goes crazy for it...
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 11:11 AM
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Originally Posted by VIP_CAMO
its funny how american car owners hate the xb but when a american car company makes something like the xb everyone goes crazy for it...
x2
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 01:48 PM
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that looks sharp
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 03:28 PM
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Looks like an 2nd gen xB with a Honda Element's doors.

The rear seat looks roomy but is there even a storage area behind it?
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 05:39 PM
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Or a squished Murano: http://robson.m3rlin.org/cars/wp-con...no_2007_01.jpg
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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Those seats in the concept can fold flat into the floor... kinda like some vans do. So I think that explains for the lack in any storage space in the hornet haha
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 07:03 PM
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Personnaly I love it. This concept is a few years old now, based on the Mini Cooper chassis. I bet they're kicking themselves for not having it in production already... just what the CEO could have used as an example of forward thinking for the bailout hearings. Instead we have a bigger and "better" Ram pickup, woohoo.
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Metro273
^^^That's NOT a blueprint photocopy of the xB...the Ford Flex is!
Yeah, but I guess on the copy of the blueprints that Ford got its hands on, all the decimal points were missing...
Old Dec 8, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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putting aside the fact that its a dodge..I really do like the look of it!



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