[DeTomaso] NPC - interesting view on the ugliest car

[Bill Lewis]

>From the CarPro guy column:



So, what new car model did auto reviewers hate the most? Luckily, yours truly decided against reviewing the Murano convertible since I have not had a single person inquire about it.Fortune magazine says its survey of car reviewers finds that it is the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet, one of the oddest cars on the road -- if you can find one."Not since the Mercedes R-class, and, before that, the Pontiac Aztek has the overall verdict been so bruisingly negative. The CrossCabrio has been tarred for being lumpy, dumpy, shaky and sluggish," Fortune writes. It goes on to describe it as "an artichoke on wheels."USA Today went for a spin in the $47,520 CrossCabriolet a few months ago and was surprised that target customers -- older, wealthy people -- in Santa Monica, Calif., seemed intrigued by it. Nissan officials on hand easily admitted that the car's looks are "polarizing."