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08-15-2008, 11:51 PM

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Man, the IST is way more hotter than the xD.. why couldn't they use those features in the xD.... talk about jipping the americans and letting them have all the nice toys

08-16-2008, 05:10 AM

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Man, the IST is way more hotter than the xD.. why couldn't they use those features in the xD.... talk about jipping the americans and letting them have all the nice toys

08-16-2008, 05:54 AM

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08-17-2008, 04:01 AM

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no way i like the xD way better. That first shot looks very SUVish. The grill is interesting and i like it but hte rest of it looks lifted and SUV like

08-17-2008, 04:22 PM

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well, lifted no higher than our xD.

08-17-2008, 06:25 PM

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>>well, lifted no higher than our xD.
true but the grey plastic on the underside of the IST bumper really looks like an SUV. it makes the car look taller than it is. So does the nigher up grill placement

08-18-2008, 03:26 PM

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true. I believe this car to have been designed in Europe anyway. that would explain the spongy clutch and old school frotn sway bar layout. reminiscent of old VW for sure

08-18-2008, 03:53 PM

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no way i like the xD way better. That first shot looks very SUVish. The grill is interesting and i like it but hte rest of it looks lifted and SUV like

That's the first thing that popped into my mind as well.

I do like it...just not for me. If I wanted an SUV, I'd get a rav 4 : P

08-18-2008, 06:12 PM

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true. I believe this car to have been designed in Europe anyway. that would explain the spongy clutch and old school frotn sway bar layout. reminiscent of old VW for sure

08-19-2008, 01:24 PM

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no way i like the xD way better. That first shot looks very SUVish. The grill is interesting and i like it but hte rest of it looks lifted and SUV like

That's the first thing that popped into my mind as well.

I do like it...just not for me. If I wanted an SUV, I'd get a rav 4 : P

I'm with you fellas.

08-19-2008, 02:56 PM

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seriously i would love to have a Rav-4 SE v6 that was lowered with a sport suspension and a 6speed manual. Those cars already do 0-60 in about 6.5sec and get good mileage for so much power and space.

08-21-2008, 03:34 PM

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I think the first image makes the XD look taller because of the angle in which the camera was placed. I really like the front end better than the american XD. The design certainly gives it more of a sports feel. 2010 XD will probably look like this just to ____ us off!