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Old 01-17-2006, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by madjalapeno
I drove a Mercedes A-class in London, was smaller and more nippy than a minivan.
Speaking of Mercedes-Benz, I am here in Toronto, and they offer a B-Class, which looks like a squashed R-Class crossover. They also have Smart Cars and Smart Car convertibles....I just drove my grandmother's 1995 C280 yesterday, which was made prior to the Daimler Chrysler marriage, and I was reminded of how solid and "German" Mercedes felt back in the day. I'm not too happy about Chrysler making minivans with us, especially given the fact that VW's van history goes back to 1950. I will wait to see it in person before I make any real opinions...

Here's a random fact--did you know that the first Plymouth Horizons and Dodge Omnis, which were Chrysler's Rabbit knockoffs, had Rabbit engines?!?!?
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