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    Sorry - I just couldn't keep a straight face when I read about the latest product from China's Great Wall car company:

    All hail the Great Wall Wingle



    Nothing remarkable about the vehicle itself, but the name cracks me up.

    "So, what do you drive?"

    "Uhh... I drive a Wingle."

    "What did you say? A what?" <sound of mad laughter>
    Iain

    "We don't stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw

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    Yea that name just doesn't sound right.
    '06 RSX Type-S NBP

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    Talking

    Hey anyone want to see my Wingle!

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    "That's right just got me a new Wingle"
    2005 Lava Orange MSM #601/1428
    211 rwhp, 195 ft. lbs on 1/6/07

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    Yep... gonna spend a good part of the weekend waxing my Wingle.

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    I dunno.. looks liek the model nameon the tailgate is *slightly* different...

    1984 GSL-SE - Its ALIVE!
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    "Man check out my new CC1031PS60."

    And I thought Altiain had the alphabet soup car.

    Also if the model numbers are that long I'd hate to see their licence plates, because that spot in the rear bumper looks awfully wide.
    '06 RSX Type-S NBP

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    There's something leaking from my Wingle... You Better see a doctor about that!
    Skirt

    Silver '99, MP62, TDR Intercooler, Tein Flex, Borla Duals, HDHCDD, Oh and chicks dig the kilt!

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    Maybe they can source some engines from Mazda, so we'd have a Wankel Wingle...
    '96 M-edition

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    It looks like a Nissan Frontier with a WRX front end
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    Quote Originally Posted by CraiginTX View Post
    Maybe they can source some engines from Mazda, so we'd have a Wankel Wingle...
    And if strange coincidences continued, they could buy the rights to the Willys name and offer a performance model... so you could have the Willys Wankel Wingle Works package.
    Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
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    Quote Originally Posted by tailchaser View Post
    And if strange coincidences continued, they could buy the rights to the Willys name and offer a performance model... so you could have the Willys Wankel Wingle Works package.
    Stop it!!!
    Skirt

    Silver '99, MP62, TDR Intercooler, Tein Flex, Borla Duals, HDHCDD, Oh and chicks dig the kilt!

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    Quote Originally Posted by scmx5driver View Post
    Stop it!!!
    That'll cost extra...

    you'll need the...

    Willys Wankel Wingle Works + Wilwood
    Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
    It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton

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    And since all the good product associations, like Eddie Bauer, LL Bean, etc. are taken, they might have to settle for a candy company...

    The Willy Wonka Willys Wankel Wingle Works + Wilwood


    I'll take one in White.
    '96 M-edition

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    Quote Originally Posted by CraiginTX View Post
    And since all the good product associations, like Eddie Bauer, LL Bean, etc. are taken, they might have to settle for a candy company...

    The Willy Wonka Willys Wankel Wingle Works + Wilwood


    I'll take one in White.
    So in your garage... you'd have the

    Winter White Willy Wonka Willys Wankel Wingle Works + Wilwood
    Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
    It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton

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    Quote Originally Posted by tailchaser View Post
    So in your garage... you'd have the

    Winter White Willy Wonka Willys Wankel Wingle Works + Wilwood
    Can I get that with wire wheels?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titus View Post
    Can I get that with wire wheels?
    no
    Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
    It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton

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    Quote Originally Posted by tailchaser View Post
    no
    What a waste.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Titus View Post
    What a waste.
    Well... maybe if you also fit a Warn Winch...
    Maybe 4 wheels aren't so bad after all... wickett.org
    It only goes to show when people can no longer discriminate on the grounds of race, religion, or sexual orientation, they can improvise and still find someone to hate. - Dave Moulton

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