Back in 1999, after the Lincoln Navigator was introduced, I joked, "Next year, people will be driving semis around town." Looks like I was only off by a few years.
MSNBC has a picture and
details on the 14,500-pound behemoth.
But does anybody really need a vehicle that is nine feet tall, eight feet wide, 21 1/2 feet long and gets about seven miles on a gallon of diesel?
No.
"Anybody can lease a Hummer now for $500 a month. Soccer moms are driving them," he said. "This is not a soccer mom's vehicle."
We'll see about that.
The state is that great fiction by which everyone tries to live at the expense of everyone else. - Frederic Bastiat