29 August 2006You'd think there'd be a hitchNow here's something you don't see every day: a motor home with a garage. Precisely where the Greyhound bus stashes your duffel bag, the Volkner Mobil RV parks your car. (This being a Eurovan, I have to assume that the space won't hold something the size of a Mercury Grand Marquis de Sade.) Still, it beats the heck out of towing the family car. The Volkner is on display at the International Caravan Fair in Düsseldorf through Sunday, 3 September. Your local RV dealer down on the Interstate will be back as soon as his blood pressure returns to normal. (Via Jalopnik.) Posted at 11:53 AM to Driver's Seat , Entirely Too CoolAs a driver of a Grand Marquis, I can assure you that it is quite comfortable. The sade part comes when you have to fill it up. Posted by: Dan at 9:10 PM on 29 August 2006Actually, this was an attempt to prolong a joke that used to appear in every October "New Car Issue" of Car and Driver: each year, under Mercury, they would list "Grand Marquis: Still no de Sade trim package." I got one of those as a rental once. It was nice and comfy, but gawd, it seemed to be about 1.3 lanes wide. it seemed to be about 1.3 lanes wide. I get that in my Bronco -- but since it's also elevated at least 1.3 Grand Marquis high, it evens out -- and I just feel like I'm driving a normal vehicle on toy roads. Posted by: McGehee at 7:39 AM on 30 August 2006 |