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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 10:17 AM
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Ok..in my personal opinion........the xB is probably one of the most difficult to classify vehicles on the road today..........which is probably what makes it so appealing. However......if we were to classify it.........what would we classify it as? It's obviously not an SUV or station wagon........definitely not a sedan or sport coupe. I really don't know what I'd consider it. However........I'd say the classification that made the most sense to me I saw on the Discount Tire website. They refer to the xB as a "micro van"............which.......I know non of us probably want to think of our vehicles as a "van"............but it seems somewhat appropriate. What's your opinion? What IS the xB (aside from "motor vehicle")........or can it even be classified?

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Old Nov 27, 2003 | 01:08 PM
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George already went through this, nano bus is the term. Are you going to buy your bro's old rims for your XB?
Old Nov 27, 2003 | 02:50 PM
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As they roll it out nationwide, it'll probably be classified as a. . .bandwagon.
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thats cool I like that too.
Old Nov 27, 2003 | 11:37 PM
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I've see it refered to as a four-door wagon in many magazines and websites.


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Old Nov 28, 2003 | 04:50 AM
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yeah my insurance classifies it as a 5 door station wagon which i dont mind because it means cheaper insurance.
Old Nov 28, 2003 | 05:48 AM
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Default tall wagon it is

definetly a tall wagon... but thats a good thing go check out Style Wagon magazine if you wanna see what a wagon should look like! If you dont have a local lil tokyo or asian magazine rack shop, you could get at http://www.news-pub.com/publication/...x/stylerv.html
Old Nov 28, 2003 | 06:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Djuan
definetly a tall wagon... but thats a good thing go check out Style Wagon magazine if you wanna see what a wagon should look like! If you dont have a local lil tokyo or asian magazine rack shop, you could get at http://www.news-pub.com/publication/...x/stylerv.html
thanks for the cool link Djuan!

i may get a couple of those bB mags!
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Originally Posted by Djuan
definetly a tall wagon... but thats a good thing go check out Style Wagon magazine if you wanna see what a wagon should look like! If you dont have a local lil tokyo or asian magazine rack shop, you could get at http://www.news-pub.com/publication/...x/stylerv.html
whats up djuan been gone for a min happy to have u back
Old Nov 29, 2003 | 09:57 AM
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thank you thank you, been busy doing real estate. But now its time to give my car some attention too !
Old Nov 30, 2003 | 08:55 AM
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If I am not mistaken, discount tire company is BASED out of las vegas....When I was at one of the local DT stores, I was talking to whom I was told was the owner....he asked me what I classified my car as....I told him I callled it a micro van...

Maybe that is how the DT website came to refer to them as that..

I usually refer to it as a micro van...or could it possibly be a sport wagon??

Maybe not enough horsepower to consider it "sport".

But I am working on the HP part. Might end up as a sport micro van.
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Originally Posted by tCar
It's classified by the Alaska DMV as a Turd
In that case, I'd classify the Alaska DMV as a Turd.
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My new title from Maryland says it is a truck. Silly? Probably higher fees than a car.
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As a JDM k-Car!! =)
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i like calling it a mini truck or wagon....my friend calls it a van and i dont like that too much, but i die laughing whenever she says that...over and over and over and over....
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Old May 8, 2005 | 10:52 PM
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Originally Posted by rjsalvi
As they roll it out nationwide, it'll probably be classified as a. . .bandwagon.
CLASSIC.
Old May 9, 2005 | 04:32 AM
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I have heard it called an oversized hatch back. My insurance company calls it a sedan. I have also heard lunch wagon and bread truck.
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i consider my box an U.U.V. Urban Utility Vehicle.



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