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Old 07-26-2009, 04:48 PM   #57 (permalink)
orange4boy
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The trailing edge of the sides has a fairly crisp edge on the new car.]
I was hoping they would do that. It seems strange to me that it took so long for this to be changed and why so few cars have that nice sharp trailing edge on the sides. You see them on the top trailing edge all the time. I just saw this on a new Dodge Minivan.

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I think which ever company comes out with the first good minivan that gets epa 40mpg will murder the auto market.
The 2nd generation Previa (Estima) was sold as a hybrid in Japan. It comes with a 3.5L V6 or a 2.4L 4. Don't know the MPG.

Waning: Video in Japanese with Cheesy guitar soundtrack.

I think this is the 3rd gen:
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