Ultimate Lineup

Pontiac – Where’s the Excitement? Ultimate Lineup

Pontiac is GM’s “Excitement Division”, at least by their standards.  The problem is that very few of their models are particularly exciting.  With the announcement by GM that there will be no new Firebird or Trans Am, the prospects get even worse. Today I’ll be going through their lineup of 7 cars and ruthlessly deciding [...]

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Nissan Ultimate Lineup

We’ve gone a few months with out an Ultimate Lineup post, but today I’ll be fixing that.  Nissan currently has somewhere between 13 and 16 vehicles in it’s lineup, depending on where you draw the lines.  Either way, it’s an awfully big lineup and could use a closer look.  That’s where I come in – [...]

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Ultimate Lineup Roundup

I’ve been doing Ultimate Lineups for just over a month now – so I thought  it would be a good time for a roundup, in case you missed any.  Here goes: Jeep Ultimate Lineup Dodge Ultimate Lineup Chrysler Ultimate Lineup Chevrolet Ultimate Lineup I am brutal with the axe, and any vehicle that doesn’t make [...]

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Ultimate Chevrolet Lineup

This is the fourth post in my Ultimate Lineup series, and I’ve decided to begin my work on GM’s many brands, and trim the fat from Chevrolet. I have a lot of problems with the General’s lineups, and their excessively large lineups. There’s so much overlap it makes my head hurt. I can already tell [...]

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Chrysler Ultimate Lineup

This is the third post in my Ultimate Lineup series, and the honor goes to Chrysler, to round out the Chrysler group culling.   Chrysler is a brand in trouble, in that they have a very bad identity crisis.  Someone at Chrysler’s headquarters decided a few  years back that Chrysler would be a luxury marque.  Great, [...]

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Dodge Ultimate Lineup

This is the second post in my Ultimate Lineup series, and I’ve decided to continue on the Chrysler group, and trim the fat from Dodge.  For everyone who’s been a reader of Houston Cars for awhile, you know that I’m not a fan of Dodge at all.  I have some serious problems with their lineup, [...]

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Jeep Ultimate Lineup

For the first post in my Ultimate Lineup series, I’ve chosen Jeep to trim the fat from. Of all the automakers, I think that Jeep has the worst overlapping of models, and could benefit most from some fat-trimming. The current Jeep lineup consists of 7 vehicles ( counting the Wrangler 2dr separate from the 4dr [...]

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Ultimate Lineup

I’ve been ranting a lot lately about how many car makers have too many overlapping models, even within the same brand. So I’m going to create the Ultimate Lineup for each brand. I’ll show which cars stick around, and which ones get the axe. If there’s a whole in the lineup, I may even invent [...]

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