Neanderpundit

Friday 18 Sep 2015

Oh, Lord.

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12 Responses to “Oh, Lord.”

1. on 18 Sep 2015 at 5:28 am   Ed Bonderenka
   
   

   With interior Rose Vases?

2. on 18 Sep 2015 at 7:10 am   Gerry N.
   
   

   I’d like to see the Bentley SUV. Not own or drive it, nor even touch it. A picture or two would suffice.

3. on 18 Sep 2015 at 7:15 am   Mark D
   
   

   It was inevitable after Porsche came out with an SUV. I guess Ferrari is next…..

4. on 18 Sep 2015 at 8:15 am   Scott J
   
   

   I started looking for the horsemen back when Porsche/Audi started making one.

   I don’t sneer at passenger SUVs as much as I used to. The past few years with the Pilot has demonstrated their usefulness.

   I didn’t count the 1990 Bronco I owned from 1998-2005 in the same category because it was used as a hauler, hunting/fishing platform and off road toy.

   I still get slightly annoyed at folks who buy a giant SUV when they don’t have kids to separate and never tow or haul or get off road. But that’s the nature of free choice.

5. on 18 Sep 2015 at 8:33 am   Jim
   
   

   I’m all for it. It’ll piss off all the right people.

   And a subset of all the right people will love to be seen in it as they use that 500+ hp to hit the shops on Rodeo Drive.

   Frankly, I think it’ll be even more effective than the vaunted Hummer in making liberal heads ‘splode.

   As Ms. Stewart is wont to say: “And that’s a GOOD thing!”

   Jim
   Sunk New Dawn
   Galveston, TX

6. on 18 Sep 2015 at 12:02 pm   Sigivald
   
   

   Mark: Lamborghini did it before Porsche; the LM002.

   Given that Europe loves shooting brakes and that the SUV and “Crossover” are so similar, and that the “Crossover” is just a shooting brake that can go over a speed bump, I see no reason to care.

   It’s like people complaining when the modern sedan shape came around that we were abandoning the old horse-carriage-derived bodies.

   (My daily driver is a Volvo XC70; I’ve embraced the “tall wagon” future wholeheartedly.)

7. on 18 Sep 2015 at 12:47 pm   Mark D
   
   

   Sigivald: I didn’t know Lambo made one, I only knew about the Porsche because I’ve seen them.

   My wife drives a crossover (Ford Edge), and I drive her old Jeep Liberty. I got the Liberty when I wrecked my 1989 Mustang. She drives to work every day so she gets a new car, I drive a mile to the train station and can (and have) walk if I need to.

8. on 18 Sep 2015 at 1:58 pm   RobC
   
   

   Top Gear had James May and Kris Meeke hurtle around a rally route in a Bently and it did remarkably well handling wise… although it scared the bejeezus out of James… ;-)
   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IZO5OBcn3A

   So it would not take much for them to make an excellent SUV. May even be better than a HUMV…

9. on 18 Sep 2015 at 3:23 pm   Guy S
   
   

   So the Four Horsemen will use the Bently SUV to get to Wriggly Field in order to watch the Cubs win the World Series???

10. on 18 Sep 2015 at 9:07 pm   Jenny
    
    

    With gas prices dropping, apparently nobody wants to buy a sedan these days. SUVs are big sellers here in the ATL.

    I saw something on the Lambo SUV a while back; they sell it as a “family” car. I just assumed it was a family of drug dealers.

    Jenny

11. on 21 Sep 2015 at 7:15 am   Nathan
    
    

    Guy,

    I just hope the Cubs win the Series before the Persians nuke Chicago.

    But yeah, you’re probably right.

12. on 23 Sep 2015 at 4:11 pm   Guy S
    
    

    Can the Cubs win the World Series just before the Persians nuke Chicago??? Now that sounds like a win-win to me!!

    (And if they lob one at Springfield so much the better!)

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