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Today, the Big Detroit Three are clearly more into crossovers, SUVs, and trucks than anything else. If you don't believe us, just ask the sales charts about who's top dog – first are compact CUVs, second come full-size pickup trucks, and third jump in the large crossovers!
Do you want to know which is the biggest and most important single model presentation at the 2023 Detroit Auto Show (aka NAIAS – the North American International Auto Show)? Well, of course, it's the refreshed 2024 Ford F-150 that arrived with incremental updates to make the best even better.
So, is anyone surprised that Ford doesn't even sell a second passenger car nameplate besides the all-new S650 seventh-gen 2024 Mustang? Or that Mopar aficionados are losing access to the ICE-powered Charger, or that Chevrolet only lists the $25k Malibu as its sole four-door sedan? Not at all, if you are in tune with the most recent proceeds across the North American car market.
However, that does not mean everyone is fine with that. That does not mean people will not lament the disappearance of the great American sedan. Or the fact that the only 'land yacht' you could get your hands on right now (or rather in the near future after it's handcrafted to spec) is the ultra-expensive $300k+ Cadillac Celestiq zero-emissions fastback sedan.
No worries; some people will surely take matters into their own hands and make amends. However, most of them will only do that virtually – from across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. For example, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, continues his recent series involving global land yachts posing as American luxury sedans – and it's pretty mesmerizing to see the latest episodes unfold.
So, on this recent occasion (he's been at it for quite a while in the past), everything was triggered by the recent presentation of Toyota's Century SUV and the updated 2023 Century sedan. The pixel master quickly took notice of that and decided to adapt the stately Japanese limousine to Chinese prerequisites of massive rear passenger space. So, he imagined the Century sedan could easily pose as a traditional-looking Buick Park Avenue 'Ultra.' Neat, right?
Well, that wasn't all. Next, he digitally came back to America and following the revival of the Dodge Aries as an 'E-Car' station wagon rather than a 'K-car' or the return of the beloved El Camino Ute in the form of a Chevy Camaro ZL1 Coupe Utility truck, the CGI expert also morphed a contemporary Ford Crown Victoria from the British epitome of elegance, the Bentley Flying Spur.
The land yacht vibes obviously triggered everyone to ask for more, and now the author has delivered – based on the same 'victim's' underpinnings, the imagined return of the Mercury Grand Marquis! Of course, there's no Panther platform in there, only the spirit of the 1990s inhabiting the soul of a Bentley Flying Spur. Excellent – so when does the Marauder version come out?
So, is anyone surprised that Ford doesn't even sell a second passenger car nameplate besides the all-new S650 seventh-gen 2024 Mustang? Or that Mopar aficionados are losing access to the ICE-powered Charger, or that Chevrolet only lists the $25k Malibu as its sole four-door sedan? Not at all, if you are in tune with the most recent proceeds across the North American car market.
However, that does not mean everyone is fine with that. That does not mean people will not lament the disappearance of the great American sedan. Or the fact that the only 'land yacht' you could get your hands on right now (or rather in the near future after it's handcrafted to spec) is the ultra-expensive $300k+ Cadillac Celestiq zero-emissions fastback sedan.
No worries; some people will surely take matters into their own hands and make amends. However, most of them will only do that virtually – from across the imaginative realm of digital car content creators. For example, Jim, the virtual artist known as jlord8 on social media, continues his recent series involving global land yachts posing as American luxury sedans – and it's pretty mesmerizing to see the latest episodes unfold.
So, on this recent occasion (he's been at it for quite a while in the past), everything was triggered by the recent presentation of Toyota's Century SUV and the updated 2023 Century sedan. The pixel master quickly took notice of that and decided to adapt the stately Japanese limousine to Chinese prerequisites of massive rear passenger space. So, he imagined the Century sedan could easily pose as a traditional-looking Buick Park Avenue 'Ultra.' Neat, right?
Well, that wasn't all. Next, he digitally came back to America and following the revival of the Dodge Aries as an 'E-Car' station wagon rather than a 'K-car' or the return of the beloved El Camino Ute in the form of a Chevy Camaro ZL1 Coupe Utility truck, the CGI expert also morphed a contemporary Ford Crown Victoria from the British epitome of elegance, the Bentley Flying Spur.
The land yacht vibes obviously triggered everyone to ask for more, and now the author has delivered – based on the same 'victim's' underpinnings, the imagined return of the Mercury Grand Marquis! Of course, there's no Panther platform in there, only the spirit of the 1990s inhabiting the soul of a Bentley Flying Spur. Excellent – so when does the Marauder version come out?
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