Cars I Have Seen » usa http://carsihaveseen.com Thu, 20 Oct 2011 07:17:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 3:23pm I-405 southbound in portland http://carsihaveseen.com/2011/02/03/323pm-i-405-southbound-in-portland/ http://carsihaveseen.com/2011/02/03/323pm-i-405-southbound-in-portland/#comments Fri, 04 Feb 2011 02:06:23 +0000 patrick http://carsihaveseen.com/2011/02/03/323pm-i-405-southbound-in-portland/

The Ford Maverick was a compact car manufactured from April 1969-1977 in the United States, Canada, Mexico and from 1973-1979 in Brazil — employing a rear wheel drive platform dating to the original 1960 Falcon. Originally marketed as a 2-door sedan at an initial price of USD$1,995 the Maverick was designed to be inexpensive to manufacture and maintain. The name “maverick” was derived from the word for unbranded range animals, and the car’s nameplate was stylized to resemble a longhorned cow skull.

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aah, the nyc cab. nothing says “new york” quite like swarms of yellow cabs driven by all manner of exotic foreign-tongued jockeys careening about the concrete jungle. but i think, against all logic, the city should have stubbornly adopted an ordinance clinging to the checker cab for all eternity… much like london has clung to their oddly mis-shapen black cab. can you imagine the checker cab after 50-60 years of continuous evolution and refinement ? (swoon!) i mean, whats with all the crown victoria’s ? those things are so awful i feel like puking after two blocks due to their awful suspension, smells and claustrophobic design. if not checker cabs, then i demand a fleet of mini-coopers…. they make a whole lot more sense in dense urban wilderness such as nyc.

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