Didn't Toyota learn from Scion about making relatively expensive vehicles aimed at a younger crowd? Also, I don't hate the look of this thing but I want a bare bones minivan after seeing how much...
Didn't Toyota learn from Scion about making relatively expensive vehicles aimed at a younger crowd?
Also, I don't hate the look of this thing but I want a bare bones minivan after seeing how much crap is shoved in the newer ones.
My first thought was “that looks like a Buick!” but the funny thing is that my son who just turned 21 drives a 1996 Buick Park Avenue precisely because he likes the retro look, but that’s a...
My first thought was “that looks like a Buick!” but the funny thing is that my son who just turned 21 drives a 1996 Buick Park Avenue precisely because he likes the retro look, but that’s a rebellion against SUVs as much as anything else.
Heh. I inherited a 96 Buick Park Avenue from my father in law years ago. What a highly underrated car. Built like a brick sh*thouse as they say, and besides being just slightly smaller than a city...
Heh. I inherited a 96 Buick Park Avenue from my father in law years ago. What a highly underrated car. Built like a brick sh*thouse as they say, and besides being just slightly smaller than a city bus, that 3.8 V6 got absolutely amazing mileage on the highway - widely regarded as one of the best engines GM ever built. It floated down the road like an air ride sofa on wheels. If you can handle the odd looks for driving a 'grandpa car' its a darn good car. And check the ratings - people who own them LOVE them.
Yep, it’s new enough that it has OBD II, dual airbags, ABS and traction control — so it has all the best features of modern cars but no touchscreens. It’s got enough of the feel of a 1970s boat to...
Yep, it’s new enough that it has OBD II, dual airbags, ABS and traction control — so it has all the best features of modern cars but no touchscreens. It’s got enough of the feel of a 1970s boat to get some redneck cred but is head and shoulders a better driver than anything from that time period.
reposting the comment from the article since it seemed like good context: When Akio Toyoda talks about "young" Japanese executives he isn't talking about people in their 30s, 40's, or even 50's....
reposting the comment from the article since it seemed like good context:
When Akio Toyoda talks about "young" Japanese executives he isn't talking about people in their 30s, 40's, or even 50's. Toyoda was considered young when he took over Toyota in his late 50's and he was on the fast track because he is the great-grandson of the founder. When you look at Toyota's executive C-suite outside the CEO the youngest is 62 and the oldest is 77.
Japan has the oldest average CEOs in the world. It only has 10% of the world's CEOs but 1/3 of the world's CEOs over the age of 70.
I’ve always thought that there was some connection between the ideal of filial piety and the downright ancient leadership of contemporary Japan w/ the way it is so rare to see an anime that isn’t...
I’ve always thought that there was some connection between the ideal of filial piety and the downright ancient leadership of contemporary Japan w/ the way it is so rare to see an anime that isn’t set in a high school unless you count the ones set in in issekai sekai. Japan makes Danganronpa when the US makes The Belko Experiment. It’s like Japan is trying to hide some terrible secret about being an adult.
It's not an ugly SUV, but I just don't really know who it's for. It feels too pedestrian to be the flashy sort of thing I could see rich youngsters flocking to, and god knows the vast majority of...
It's not an ugly SUV, but I just don't really know who it's for. It feels too pedestrian to be the flashy sort of thing I could see rich youngsters flocking to, and god knows the vast majority of my cohort couldn't afford one anyway. Personally, even if I could afford it, I don't think I'd spend that money on an SUV, but I'm biased.
Stylistically it's a night and day improvement from the vast majority of bland boring crossovers that come out these days. I like the boxier more muscular look. But I'm the kind of person who...
Stylistically it's a night and day improvement from the vast majority of bland boring crossovers that come out these days. I like the boxier more muscular look. But I'm the kind of person who think truck and SUV design peaked in the late 80s...
I'm really not a fan of the square front look. Front visibility must be terrible. Have a look at the side profile halfway down the article: the angle from the driver's head position to the end of...
I'm really not a fan of the square front look. Front visibility must be terrible. Have a look at the side profile halfway down the article: the angle from the driver's head position to the end of the bonnet is so shallow
They screwed up hard with the name. The Buick Century was such a failure that the name is tainted forever. Not sure how they didn't realize the other car with this name was so horrible that using...
They screwed up hard with the name. The Buick Century was such a failure that the name is tainted forever. Not sure how they didn't realize the other car with this name was so horrible that using that name will not be a good mental association. I towed vehicles and towed more garbage Buicks than anything for a few years there.
The Toyota Century has been in continuous production since 1967 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Century so if they screwed up the name they screwed up a long time ago. (Note they spell it out...
The Toyota Century has been in continuous production since 1967
so if they screwed up the name they screwed up a long time ago. (Note they spell it out phonetically like トヨタ so it really is said “Century” as opposed to the native Japanese word 世紀)
Buick has used the name on and off from 1936 to 2005 for some rather different vehicles
My guess is people in Japan have never heard of that Buick in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them have never heard of Buick at all because unlike China the market penetration of American cars in Japan has been, as with Christianity, close to zero.
Didn't Toyota learn from Scion about making relatively expensive vehicles aimed at a younger crowd?
Also, I don't hate the look of this thing but I want a bare bones minivan after seeing how much crap is shoved in the newer ones.
My first thought was “that looks like a Buick!” but the funny thing is that my son who just turned 21 drives a 1996 Buick Park Avenue precisely because he likes the retro look, but that’s a rebellion against SUVs as much as anything else.
Heh. I inherited a 96 Buick Park Avenue from my father in law years ago. What a highly underrated car. Built like a brick sh*thouse as they say, and besides being just slightly smaller than a city bus, that 3.8 V6 got absolutely amazing mileage on the highway - widely regarded as one of the best engines GM ever built. It floated down the road like an air ride sofa on wheels. If you can handle the odd looks for driving a 'grandpa car' its a darn good car. And check the ratings - people who own them LOVE them.
Yep, it’s new enough that it has OBD II, dual airbags, ABS and traction control — so it has all the best features of modern cars but no touchscreens. It’s got enough of the feel of a 1970s boat to get some redneck cred but is head and shoulders a better driver than anything from that time period.
reposting the comment from the article since it seemed like good context:
When Akio Toyoda talks about "young" Japanese executives he isn't talking about people in their 30s, 40's, or even 50's. Toyoda was considered young when he took over Toyota in his late 50's and he was on the fast track because he is the great-grandson of the founder. When you look at Toyota's executive C-suite outside the CEO the youngest is 62 and the oldest is 77.
Japan has the oldest average CEOs in the world. It only has 10% of the world's CEOs but 1/3 of the world's CEOs over the age of 70.
I’ve always thought that there was some connection between the ideal of filial piety and the downright ancient leadership of contemporary Japan w/ the way it is so rare to see an anime that isn’t set in a high school unless you count the ones set in in issekai sekai. Japan makes Danganronpa when the US makes The Belko Experiment. It’s like Japan is trying to hide some terrible secret about being an adult.
It's not an ugly SUV, but I just don't really know who it's for. It feels too pedestrian to be the flashy sort of thing I could see rich youngsters flocking to, and god knows the vast majority of my cohort couldn't afford one anyway. Personally, even if I could afford it, I don't think I'd spend that money on an SUV, but I'm biased.
Stylistically it's a night and day improvement from the vast majority of bland boring crossovers that come out these days. I like the boxier more muscular look. But I'm the kind of person who think truck and SUV design peaked in the late 80s...
I'm really not a fan of the square front look. Front visibility must be terrible. Have a look at the side profile halfway down the article: the angle from the driver's head position to the end of the bonnet is so shallow
It looks like a Ford Edge and a Bentley had a baby.
I don’t know all the ins and puts of the market, but I’m super grateful they chose a more classic aesthetic, as opposed to agressive.
They screwed up hard with the name. The Buick Century was such a failure that the name is tainted forever. Not sure how they didn't realize the other car with this name was so horrible that using that name will not be a good mental association. I towed vehicles and towed more garbage Buicks than anything for a few years there.
The Toyota Century has been in continuous production since 1967
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toyota_Century
so if they screwed up the name they screwed up a long time ago. (Note they spell it out phonetically like トヨタ so it really is said “Century” as opposed to the native Japanese word 世紀)
Buick has used the name on and off from 1936 to 2005 for some rather different vehicles
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buick_Century
My guess is people in Japan have never heard of that Buick in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if some of them have never heard of Buick at all because unlike China the market penetration of American cars in Japan has been, as with Christianity, close to zero.