7 SUVs from the 1990s you just don't see anymore - Autoweek
Selling an SUV in the 1990s was essentially a license to print money, but some automakers managed to find a way to get that printing press jammed or put the wrong kind of ink in it. . For every 10,000 Eddie Bauer Ford Explorers there was one SUV... Some rusted out within a year, while others were put on a cargo ship headed to. Daihatsu Rocky. As hard as it is to believe now, the Daihatsu Rocky was once officially sold in the U. S. through actual Daihatsu dealerships that had walls, windows, telephones and incredibly slow computers. The Rocky was the suv (minor case intended) half of a winning duo that also starred the Daihatsu Charade hatchback. We imagine the Rocky buyer as being a person who looked at a Suzuki Samurai decided "No, that's just too decadent. "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. The promise of a "smooth ride" was perhaps relative given the extremely short wheelbase, bouncy suspension and high ride height. 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. Source: autoweek.com
