Music Monday: Slipping in an automotive-triggered 1990s country music song with “Backroads” by Ricky Van Shelton
Posted By RichC on May 16, 2022
One of the automotive related lines from a Charlie Major country music song, “Backroads” recorded by Ricky Van Shelton in 1991 triggered a Music Monday post this week. In a back and forth on a “Happy Forenza Friday” post and Suzuki/Daewoo conversation, I couldn’t help but think about “feeling the wind a-blowin’ and hearing the big engines whine” … NOT! (humor)
| Ricky Van Shelton – “Backroads” | 1991 |
Suzuki marketed a
rebadged Lacetti as the Forenza and Reno beginning in the United States in 2004—following the end of Daewoo’s North American operations in 2002 and replacing the Daewoo Nubira station wagon and sedan. The Forenza/Reno falls between the Aerio (later SX4) and the now-discontinued Verona. In the territories of Guam and Northern Mariana Islands, it was sold as a Chevrolet Optra, but it was only available as a sedan.
The US model line features the 2.0-liter four-cylinder D-TEC made by General Motors, developing a maximum power of 132 hp (98 kW) at 5600 rpm.
The Forenza and the Reno were discontinued within the 2008 model year, the Reno being replaced by the Suzuki SX4 sedan after the 2008 model year and the Forenza by the Chevrolet Cruze.
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