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54 points

Simpsons did it. Canyon Aarow

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12 yards long, 2 lanes wide, 65 tons of American pride, Canyonero!

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36 points

Smells like a steak and seats 35!

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26 points

Unexplained fires are a matter for the courts.

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Fixed url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PI_Jl5WFQkA

What some folks may not know is that at around the same time, Ford had problems with tires imploding on SUVs. While not called out in the Canyonero spoof, I always thought it captured the public vibe about big trucks at the time in light of this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_and_Ford_tire_controversy

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Whoops, you can see where I tried to remove the m. from the youtube URL and messed up!

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11 points

It’s also literally the motto for the Pontiac Grand Prix.

“Wider is better”

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And that was in 1998

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