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2009 Infiniti FX50 AWD: Separated at Birth

2009 Infiniti FX50 meet Major Stan Valchek from The Wire.

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Major Stanislaus "Stan" Valchek from HBO's The Wire is played to perfection by actor Al Brown.

Those eyes work on him, not on the FX.

OK, how about this one. 2009 Infiniti FX50 meet Admiral Ackbar of Mon Calamari.

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Donna DeRosa, Managing Editor

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17 Comments

ctpax says:

04:10 PM, 07/30/09

try harder Donna.

adavis2493 says:

04:56 PM, 07/30/09

Just want to get this through to everybody: NOT EVERYWHERE IN BALTIMORE LOOKS LIKE IT DOES IN THE WIRE!!

I am from Baltimore, and every time I tell somebody I'm from there, they say, "is it really like the Wire?"


cruiserhead1 says:

08:58 PM, 07/30/09

haha, the ackbar one is hilarious! I'll never look at the FX the same way again

I always thought it looked like a catfish or some other bottom feeder fish

fuhteng says:

09:00 PM, 07/30/09

What do you mean try harder? I think this is great. Yes, I do think the Troll-like FX looks very much like the Admiral. But what about a frog that was run-over?

hybris says:

09:16 PM, 07/30/09

I agree with the bottom feeder comment and Ackbar but I don't see the whats funny about the Major.

dderosa says:

09:56 PM, 07/30/09

@fuhteng: I added the Admiral later in the day. -- Donna

pengwin says:

01:45 AM, 07/31/09

still, the FX is one of the best looking SUV's money can buy...a Range Rover Sport being the best looking SUV.

arumage says:

05:13 AM, 07/31/09

It's a trap!

nealibob says:

06:09 AM, 07/31/09

LOL! The Ackbar one is great - I always thought that on some level, so it made perfect sense when I saw that.

@pengwin: I thought we already established that this is not really a SUV per se, since there is zero utility. :-P

milt721 says:

08:03 AM, 07/31/09

That has got to be one of the most unattractive vehicles I have ever seen - including the Aztec.

firstwagon says:

08:06 AM, 07/31/09

The Ackbar is spot on. It doesn't look like an old man, it looks like a deformed fish.

Perfect comparision.

blueguydotcom says:

10:04 AM, 07/31/09

The Wire - TV's best kept secret.

stingray454 says:

11:04 AM, 07/31/09

Funny stuff - that is great! Especially the Ackbar one.

stovt001 says:

11:48 AM, 07/31/09

I read the comments just to see how long it would take someone to pull out "Its a trap!"

8 posts. Thank you Arumage.

brickyards says:

12:02 PM, 07/31/09

Am I the only who thinks that the current FX looks like Mike's new car from the pixar short.

Google image search:"Mike's new car."

donland says:

12:22 PM, 07/31/09

Admiral Ackbar is spot on. Now you have to compare the FX's sister, the Nissan Murano, with the the Predator without his face mask on! Keep this theme going!

stovt001 says:

12:45 PM, 07/31/09

"Am I the only who thinks that the current FX looks like Mike's new car from the pixar short."

Bingo.

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