Alton Vs. Alton

The Chicago Auto Show opens to the public tomorrow ($10 admission), and while the extent of our car knowledge--well, my car knowledge--comes from accidentally listening to a few minutes of Car Talk here and there, there is one vehicle that's currently blowing our minds:

Ford's Alton F-650 XUV. That mofo has six wheels.

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Images via Autoblog's gallery, which is truly staggering. Christ, that car is ugly.

But which Alton is more badass, that "XUV"? Or Chicagoist favorite and national treasure, the Food Network's Alton Brown?

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Look at the ridiculous P.O.S. and people wonder why U.S. auto's done so bad, hello! Does it run on rambo's urine?

seriously, i couldn't invent a more idiotic vehicle if i tried. that thing looks like it's out of some bad sci-fi movie

Did Homer Simpson design that POS?

Oh I know what you're doing Lyons!

Anticipating my legal suit against you and Chicagoist for cancelling the Most Insightful Debonair and Unifying Commentator of the Month Award to deny a Spook the high honor, you have gone onto the pay roll of the auto industry and middle eastern oil potentates!


This is why you are effusively promoting the Auto Show!

Instead of promoting the Annual Grand 2008 Chicago Auto Show SHUTDOWN "Revenge of the Crash Test Dummies"



"Besides the big-rig-meets-Excursion bodywork, your nearly $200,000 expenditure for this XUV will get you hardwood floors, custom captains chairs, a 42-speaker sound system, two drop-down 16-inch TVs plus a 42-inch plasma, four computer workstations, plus a train horn"

i got the above from the link provided. this is the official beginning of the end for the american car industry

p.s my legal team is being led by William "Doc" Walls III, so perhaps you should consider settling out of court!

Man, I can cold picture myself in it, 24K gold triple reversible kick back 77 inch rims
with 200 pound woofer amps with dolby wrap around sound. So when I (sitting on telephone books cause I'm only 5'11) pass yall suckas waiting on the bus by( all yall will hear is WOOOMD WOOMD WOOMB WOOO WOOO WOOOO WOOOMB
alarms going off, windows rattling and every thing, son! And you want even be able to see me cause the windows will be tented black son!

Damn you username! you beat me to a Homer Simpson comment!

But it's a hybrid!

It runs on both an arm and a leg.


Why must you toy with my emotions, Chicagoist? I saw the headline in my feed reader and thought you had news of Mr. Brown coming to town. Meeting him is on my 101 in 1001 list. Now, I am sad.

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That has to be the silliest looking 'car' that I've seen in a long time. Anyone who drives that thing needs a good beating.

Why must you toy with my emotions, Chicagoist? I saw the headline in my feed reader and thought you had news of Mr. Brown coming to town.

Morydd, let me brighten your day.

p.s "it run on rambo's" piss. Hillarious!

If you follow either of the provided links you'll see that Ford has nothing to do w/this POS. It's "made" by a company that buys cars, pimps them out, then resells them. If I was Ford, I'd sue.

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