Ford Valdez
n.— «Conservationists and environmentalists made the Excursion a poster-child for Detroit excess dubbing it the “Ford Valdez,” a reference to an Exxon oil tanker that ran aground in Alaska.» —“End of line for gas hog Ford Excursion” in Louisville, Ky. Monsters and Critics.com Sept. 30, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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