The Last Word

Canyonero!!!!!

That would be the truck with four wheel drive; Smells like a steak, and seats thirty five.

No, I meant "what sort of cars do they usually drive?" Homer has some sort of dented... thing, and I'm sure that they have a wagon thing. But which car maker are they?

I'm not sure Groening does product placement.

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Originally Posted by Rollo

...I really don't understand why North Americans all want such massive cars. Australia has more miles of total emptiness and yet we do fine with Yarii, Mazda 2s and Focii. Of course the cars Australia does build itself ae huge, but then again the number of people driving them are falling at a rapid rate of knots.

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Until petrol is taxed to the same extent as in Australia, there will never be an incentive to drive small cars in the U.S.

Which is weird, you don't necessarily buy a small car for economy but because you don't need something bigger. A Ford Focus isn't a small car but as far as I know isn't as popular in the states as it is here.

In North America, the size of a car is a status symbol. Historically, a bigger car represents wealth and prosperity, both things that Americans always want to express.

The Focus is considered a small car in NA.

Over here they say 'big car, small penis' :D :D

A Ford Focus is a great (since it is what I drive....) and the LW agrees, we both prefer an Aston Martin but that's for another thread.

Someone I know through work has an Aston and it shares parts with a Focus. He went through it and showed which parts of the instrument panel came from which Ford cars. Also on the back of the wheel centres there is a Ford badge.

I don't know if that's good or bad....