Darkwing48

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Unlikely cars that changed automobiles
FYI
http://autos.yahoo.com/news/10-unlik...234855738.html


"1989 Nissan Maxima: Imports, All Grown Up

Back in the 1980s a Japanese excise tax limited cars marketed there to a maximum of 66.5 inches wide. That hurt Japanese automakers' attempts to sell luxury cars in America, where, for example, the Acura Legend wasn't taken too seriously because it was smaller than luxury cars from Europe and the U.S. That changed with the 69-inch-wide 1989 Nissan Maxima, which led to the breakout of Japanese cars to worldwide sizes."


69... that's how we do it.