And it wasn't really modified for the harsher Canadian climate either unless you got a dealer-installed engine warmer. No extra amount of excitement was offered in the Pontiac version up north, though it's not clear if excitement was even promised. Massive, massive power was provided courtesy of a 1.6-liter four-cylinder, with GM's three-speed automatic putting all of that down on the pavement on those days when the pavement wasn't covered with snow and ice. The Canadian version went through an impressive number of names before settling on Pontiac the go-to brand for vehicles that GM Canada didn't want to sell or couldn't sell under the Chevrolet badge. received the mini-SUV as the Geo Tracker (remember Geo?) and as the Suzuki Sidekick. But the vehicle that became known as the Pontiac Sunrunner in Canada was first sold as the Chevrolet Tracker and the GMC Tracker up north, while the U.S. Haven't heard of this one? The Pontiac Sunrunner is what resulted when GM Canada gave up on the Asuna brand in 1993 (which was just a few months after it came up with the Asuna brand in the first place). Most Sunrunners didn’t have that scary push bar.< p Dave Saunders These were here one day and gone the next Where did these all go? Beats us, but there weren't that many to begin with. Have you seen one? Tweet us a photo if you have Price now: Less than $2,000 if you can find one. Official SUV of: Independent import repair shops in SoCal In 1990 the Rocky was priced at $10,897, which translates to about $20,000 today, making it a slightly pricey and contrarian beach-town runabout compared to a Jeep Wrangler.ĬD stuck in the in-dash player: The Presidents of the United States of America Ultimately, the Rocky represented an offbeat choice among a bumper crop of cheap 4x4s that included the Suzuki Samurai, Suzuki Sidekick, Geo Tracker and the Lada Niva in Canada. The promise of a "smooth ride" was perhaps relative given the extremely short wheelbase, bouncy suspension and high ride height. "Hard-top or soft-top, Rocky comes complete with the widest wheel track in its class and a double wishbone independent front suspension for a smooth ride," the brochure for the Rocky boasted. We imagine the Rocky buyer as being a person who looked at a Suzuki Samurai decided "No, that's just too decadent." Despite its modest size, ad copy of the time played up the Rocky's key attribute a wide track. The Rocky was the suv (minor case intended) half of a winning duo that also starred the Daihatsu Charade hatchback. through actual Daihatsu dealerships that had walls, windows, telephones and incredibly slow computers. Send us feedback about these examples.The Rocky was sold alongside the Charade hatch and sedan (oh yes) in hardtop and soft top form.Īs hard as it is to believe now, the Daihatsu Rocky was once officially sold in the U.S. These examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'sidekick.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Laura Zornosa, Time, 30 June 2023 See More Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 July 2023 Nimona shows up at his doorstep with the simple wish to be his villainous sidekick and wreak general havoc. Vogue, 17 July 2023 Listeners would often call in, asking to speak not to him but to his sidekick. Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023 Dom DeLuise provides the comic relief as a ditzy, lovelorn crow, paving the way for Robin Williams’s and Eddie Murphy’s star turns as loudmouth Disney-cartoon sidekicks. Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023 There’s a subplot, for instance, about Ah Sahm and Young Jun’s sidekick Hong (Chen Tang), who is gay, falling in love with a cabaret performer and being torn between combating homophobia and anti-Asian prejudice. Brendan Morrow, The Week, 4 July 2023 The rest of the misadventure is a mine cart going off the rails as Indy, young sidekick Short Round (Ke Huy Quan) and nightclub singer Willie Scott (Kate Capshaw) wind up on a quest in 1935 to find the Sankara stones and free Indian children from a cult that's all about human sacrifice. Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 22 July 2023 Helena has her own sidekick named Teddy, who attempted to steal from her. Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 24 July 2023 Barbie’s pregnant sidekick, Midge Midge first appeared in the 1960s. Recent Examples on the Web The fried chicken is respectable but upstaged by its sidekicks (love the mustardy potato salad).
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