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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Vintage 5:13PM (6/26/2008)
I'd call it reliable transportation that gets 30-35mpg, is fun to drive, handles extremely well, doesn't cost much, and can still haul a load of mulch.
Seems like a really good idea actually.
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Soul Shinobi 5:18PM (6/26/2008)
Yes, agreed, but at the same time--look what they've done to a once sleek prelude! ;_;
The Talking Hamburger 6:05PM (6/26/2008)
I'm just nutty enough to agree, Vintage. Even if this 'thing' only got 30 mpg--yet the driver still managed to get some reasonable light utility out of it--I'd put it to use, too.
I'd have painted it a dark color and removed the badges to keep people guessing.
3seriesisking 5:14PM (6/26/2008)
It "never was" for a reason. Hahaha
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I3ziko 5:18PM (6/26/2008)
I refuse to buy it unless it comes with manual 5-speed
LOL
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Dave 5:26PM (6/26/2008)
Who needs the G8 sport truck now?
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SPG 5:33PM (6/26/2008)
That would be a fun little runabout.
Extra points for the Datsun tailgate.
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Mike McKinnon 5:34PM (6/26/2008)
Ahhh, a Quaalude. Such a downer to drive...
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The Luigiian 5:35PM (6/26/2008)
That's an awesome concept. A four-banger car with a pickup bed. You know, so you get the economy of a car with the load room of a truck.
So why doesn't anybody take a rather boring but versatile vehicle like a Ford Focus station wagon and turn it into a crewcab version with a midgate? No new looks, just a vehicle with five seats and a bed. And good fuel economy, not 21 mpg like with the Subaru Baja.
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mk 9:51AM (6/27/2008)
Man, if that is what a Baja is getting, there is something wrong.
My 300hp turbo Legacy gets 26 on the highway, and 19-20 in town.
a turbo Baja shouldn't be that much different, and a NON-turbo Baja should do better.
And I DO so wish the would resurrect the Baja concept, execute it much better, and put their new turbo diesel boxer engine in it, with VTD AWD, and a stick shift option.
I wouldn't even mind it if they based it off of the Forester, rather than the Outback wagon.
Square-up the new Forester's look just a bit, and hack off the roof aft of the C-pillar for a bed, rather than an interior space... Turbo Diesel torque with a manual 5-speed from the LegacyGT/WRX, or a 5-speed Automatic from the Outback/Tribeca. (sport shift might not be needed for a diesel truck-let.)
Plus, with good brakes (tribeca's or even STI's black brembos), and transmission cooling, it could probably tow class III. (5000/500lbs total/tongue weight)
Then people wouldn't have to hack up old preludes.
JaysonAych 6:30PM (6/26/2008)
I'd call it a PrelUte.
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rouse42 6:45PM (6/26/2008)
must have been eating Queludes. to come up with that.
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Jacob 7:15PM (6/26/2008)
Poor datsun tailgate, I bet it wishes it wasn't on some junk honda.
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Kevin W. 11:35PM (6/26/2008)
Ridgeline......BEFORE the accident.
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Dan 12:52AM (6/27/2008)
Dear Autoblog,
I love you, and I love Jalopnik, but please don't you turn into Jalopnik.
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tekdemon 3:54AM (6/27/2008)
Nah, Jalopnik would have loved this thing.
Reid 11:44AM (6/27/2008)
Hehe there's an even better Civic truck for sale near me :)
http://austin.craigslist.org/car/730586776.html
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Phil L. 1:42PM (6/27/2008)
I want to see it towing a 5th wheel camper...
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Khanh 4:45PM (6/27/2008)
I'd rather have Neff buy this compared to that other one you guys found a week or so ago; that monstrosity of a monster impala was it?
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