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Saturday, August 13, 2005

Astro Boy!


This confuses me. A Suzuki Wagon R again, this time aiming to look like a custom Chevrolet Astro van from the 80's. It even has a Chevy badge! Strangely, I also saw several other Astro imitators as well, but the pics were worse quality.

Why would someone want to replicate an Astro van? Is that some kind of dream car in Japan? Are truck based, undustrial American vans sexier than I thought? Should I import a Ford E-Series van into Japan, or would I be mauled by the public who want to get a glimpse of my car?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

They're probably just "different" enough to be fresh over there. Wonder if a person could get rich off of importing old Astros and Aerostars over there??? I'm kind of surprised that there hasn't been an Aerostar subjected to the foamcore board treatment. I do not understand this "styling" at all. At least I didn't see any of those weird "sippy-straw" tailpipes!