What would you like to see from GM

[bowtie_dude]

Obviously everyone is looking forward to what we KNOW is coming. The 08 CTS, 08 Malibu, production Enclave, etc. But I'm talking about surprises.

Honestly, I'd love to see, at least in concept form, a RWD sedan for Pontiac. Nothing would tickle me more than the hope that GM will give me a BMW 3-series-sized-Pontiac-priced RWD sedan.

[Drew Dowdell]

an announcement that as the current vehicles with pushrod V6es finish their product cycles, the pushrods will be replaced with OHC engines.

Edited November 10, 2006 by Oldsmoboi

[bowtie_dude]

^^^ That would also be very nice.

[Sixty8panther]

Production sneak peek at the Cadillac SIXTEEN (V16)

It HAS to be a four door hardtop, and all the individual details must

remain intact, even the butterfly hood. Cost is not a problem, even

if it is half a million dollar$ it will be less than half of the only other

sixteen cylinder car on the market.

Also, for a great deal less, like say $100,000 a V12 powered

"Eldorado Brougham" or "Fleetwood Biarritz" that would be

a kind of a modern day '57/'58 Eldorado Erougham.

Basically it would be a way of saying F**K YOU, YOU SUCK!

to all the over priced POS exotic sedans like RR & Bentley!

[Ergoman]

How about a 2+2 version of the Kappa chassie

[pow]

Something that gets at least 30 MPG city.

[mcseanerson]

mini wagon kappa like chevy nomad for production. Get a kappa with room for 4 and space for travel bags.

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

A Chevy Cobalt with variety, passenger-cargo room, optimal standard/optional equipment, and an Easy-Entry front passenger's seat that even the crummy Cavalier had, yet Cobalt doesn't, thus making an even more difficult task to get to the back seat. There's much more, but that's all I could think of at the moment. Oh yeah, and some Buicks that aren't solely for the AARP crowd-LaCrosse and Lucerne just don't fully speak 'new Buick' to me. And Lucerne doesn't even look like a Buick, it looks like an elegant Chevy.

[Matt276]

More cars, like a Buick midsized concept.

[GEESIXER]

Three words:

RWD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i want a rear wheel drive pontiac that is bigger than a minute.

Bring back the Grand LeMans!!!! No, not the 80's version. The '73-'77 model

something with a longer hood and a V8. Please Please Please Please Please!!!!!

Me love you long time.

[79VetteZ06]

Fuel economy that beats the crap out of the Japanese kid cars.

[sciguy_0504]

Sexy RWD Pontiac sedan and surprise production Nomad would be awesome, I agree.

[Cory Wolfe]

Honestly, I'd love to see, at least in concept form, a RWD sedan for Pontiac.  Nothing would tickle me more than the hope that GM will give me a BMW 3-series-sized-Pontiac-priced RWD sedan. 

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an announcement that as the current vehicles with pushrod V6es finish their product cycles, the pushrods will be replaced with OHC engines.

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Something that gets at least 30 MPG city.

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A Chevy Cobalt with variety, passenger-cargo room, optimal standard/optional equipment, and an Easy-Entry front passenger's seat that even the crummy Cavalier had, yet Cobalt doesn't, thus making an even more difficult task to get to the back seat. There's much more, but that's all I could think of at the moment. Oh yeah, and some Buicks that aren't solely for the AARP crowd-LaCrosse and Lucerne just don't fully speak 'new Buick' to me. And Lucerne doesn't even look like a Buick, it looks like an elegant Chevy.

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[ToniCipriani]

Solstice fastback coupe, with a high output version of the 2.4L. Call it a Solstice GT maybe? No Solstices with football helmets please.

G6 with AWD.

Edited November 10, 2006 by ToniCipriani

[scharmer05]

ss tahoe

[SuperSport623]

anything on zeta

maybe unrealistic, but a production ready camaro

[matt41]

New Hummer vehicle(s); Hummer H4, the seen-in-spy-shots H3 SUT, longbead Hummer Pickup. Also, the facelifted STS and Saab 9-4x.

EDIT: Also, Camaro prototype, Firebird/GTO concept/prototype

Pontiac G8, next Vibe, ect.

Edited November 10, 2006 by MarioBro88

[Drew Dowdell]

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Do you have any actual content to add?

[NOS2006]

Almost everything I want to see from GM already is out or will be out in the next few years.

Camaro

Cobalt SS Turbocharged Coupe

Saturn SKY RedLine

GMC Acadia

Zeta Impala

Zeta Pontiac sedan

NG GTO

NG CTS

I guess the only thing I now long for is an AWD performance coupe, but who knows what they've got in the pipeline with Zeta...

[Cory Wolfe]

Do you have any actual content to add?

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When others add the content I would have added... There's no need to be repetitive.

[turbo200]

high mileage cars are the future. as GM is finally jumping into the RWD party, they also need to cover small cars that have great mileage. a civic competitor with 30 mpg city like empowah stated is a great necessity......if they can get an engine that performs like that into a great platform that matches the civic's great engineering.....and then make a small convertible off of that platform, they'll cover yet another massive part of the market looking for standard commuter cars. cobalt is good, but not enough, and it is too derivative and plain in its style, needs more style.

[ocnblu]

RWD Pontiacs, small medium and large

SS Silverado and Tahoe

RWD Impala

Hummer H3t

Solstice fastback coupe

Buick sport sedan smaller than LaCrosse, RWD

[DetroitNut90]

Zeta!! Chevy Zetas, Pontiac Zetas, Buick Zetas, lots of Zetas!

-Zeta rant aside, I'm very interested in the Lambda vans. Maybe a PreLambda?

-An Eldorado from Cadillac

-More hydrogen/alt. energy vehicles

-Ion replacement

-the Holden Efijy would be nice as well

[Northstar]

There's lots of stuff I'd like to see, but what I'd really like to see is that everything GM shows is world-class.

[KillFort]

- A mainstream car that will make GM money because it is class-leading with no compromises: 2008 Chevy Malibu

- NG CTS

- Production Camaro

- Production Enclave

- NG Impala: I have high hopes for this car

- GM's solution to hybrids

Edited November 11, 2006 by KillFort

[eldiablobanshee]

I would like to see the future v6 with more than 300 bhp like lexis, infinity and bmw. It is also important for me to see GM to use DOD and direct ingection on all of its engines for better fuel economy and power.

[exGMer]

Something new for Buick -- the Enclave is very nice, but we need to see new CARS and get some excitement building for the big investments GM has said they're making. Buick needs a serious boost.

Pontiac is second on the list - lets see a new GTO or Grand Prix.

[CreativeVision]

I'd like to see the new 6-speed A/T across the range on all V6 and V8 vehicles. Heck even a 5-speed for the 4 cyls, would at least get GM with the times...

[jbartley]

a pontiac concept.

to showcase future styling for the brand.

[Bizz]

a ready for sale aura redline coupe with, better brakes, the vectra HID headlamps, vectra OPC front fascia and an engine/tranny combo that has more balls and isnt so thirsty. like maybe, the SIDI 3.6 and a 5 or 6 speed manual.

id settle for a sedan, tho.

[Dsuupr]

A prius competitor & a rwd 2+2 or 2+3 Kappa. Both will improve GMs "green" image.

[David]

I want to see a Duramax V8 with 6 speed allison tranny Suburban, Yukon and Escalade.

I also want to see a baby Duramx, V6 with a proper 6 speed tranny in the trucks and mid size suv's.

The baby Duramax V6 already exist being sold by Isuzu and I am sure they could have a 4 banger for the market also.

Diesel is the way to go.

[network engineer]

EV2. Gm will have an electric vehicle there that gets 80 MPG. Surely though the Enclave will be there.

[MikeyMo84]

G5 GXP

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

2008 Saturn Astra maybe? Clay models? A stylish Chevy car and truck concept (and Pontiac, Buick, GMC, Saturn) that will outline styling directions for all.

[Mule Bakersdozen LS]

a pontiac concept.

to showcase future styling for the brand.

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Not to mention an actual, worthwhile future for Pontiac, something they don't have without Zeta. Also, how about a production GM Precept or at least another quirky hybrid concept car that should go to production.

[MyerShift]

Hmm, all Astra variants on the Saturn stand?

[Moriarty]

Along with an outstanding RWD Impala, how about a four-door convertible? Don't worry about a complex and expensive convertible hardtop, just make the soft-top high-quality, easy to put up and down, and not volumous (doesn't take up much trunk room).

[Supremus]

- Chevy Sequel Production Version

- RWD Impala Concept

- RWD Chevelle Concept

- NG GTO

- 08 Malibu

- Chevy Lambda

- NG Minivan Concept

- Saturn Astra

- Epsilon II Buick LaCrosse (w/convertible)

- RWD Grand Prix/G8

- MCE Chevy Cobalt

- MCE Pontiac G6

- NG Saab 9-5 Concept

- Hummer H4 Production Version

[drew770]

I am hoping that GM will give us a nice production RWD car!!!!!!!!!!!! A fuel efficient RWD will be a great addition to the GM lineup.

Hey, maybe a "REAL" midsize truck because that Colorado is pure junk. When is that platform going to the grave??

[ocnblu]

Wow, drew770 is such a sweet boy. A bit clueless, perhaps.

[PositiveAboutGM]

Don't kick me, but the practical side of me wants to see a 08 Malibu Maxx with a DI 3.6 and a 6-speed manual...

[ToniCipriani]

EV2.  Gm will have an electric vehicle there that gets 80 MPG.    Surely though the Enclave will be there.

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Um... just curious...

If it's an electric vehicle, where does the miles per gallon come from??

Don't kick me, but the practical side of me wants to see a 08 Malibu Maxx with a DI 3.6 and a 6-speed manual...

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The Maxx is going out in the next-gen Malibu. Edited November 12, 2006 by ToniCipriani

[Mr.Krinkle]

id like to see another revolutionary innovation. maybe a safety device or an onstar addition. some new braking technology might be nice. you know, one of those why didnt i think of it first kind of things.

(and just to beat out the wise asses.. id be nice to see gm cars have a reputation throughout the country and world for braking instead of how too many people think of gm cars only as breaking. )

Edited November 12, 2006 by Mr.Krinkle

[network engineer]

Um... just curious...

If it's an electric vehicle, where does the miles per gallon come from??

The Maxx is going out in the next-gen Malibu.

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the small bore gas engine that runs the generator to recharge the batteries.

[drew770]

Wow, drew770 is such a sweet boy.  A bit clueless, perhaps.

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Never clueless but smart.

Gas prices are on the rise again and the Colorado sales are behind Tacoma and the Frontier!

So what's clueless?

[CreativeVision]

Up above the Malibu Maxx was mentioned...I know it is leaving us soon.

However, I wish there were more options in the GM lineup for sporty wagons. I need more space for my family, but refuse to drive an SUV. Don't get me wrong, my wife has an Envoy and it is great. But I just like a nice handling car versus an taller vehicle such as the Equinox and larger SUVs. I was happy when Subaru was part of the GM family, but now all I'm left with is the 9-3 and 9-5 sportcombis...(read: poor reliability/small and too expensive respectively).

[buickguy]

Buick convertible!

[z28luvr01]

Aside from what we know is coming (Malibu, Enclave, CTS, etc), I'm going to go out on a limb and say we'll see a "production spec" Camaro coupe and convertible, kind of like how we saw the Solstice in '04. I think we may also see Chevy, Pontiac, and maybe Buick Zeta-based "concepts".

I think a refreshed Cobalt is a possibility, as is a refreshed Colorado.

[civilzues]

NG G6, along with the G8, and a new G5. A new GTO along with a crossover for Pontiac that comes out in 2009!

The Astra, 'Bu, EPII LaCrosse, another smaller (streched delta) Buick Sedan.

EPII 9-3/5 Concepts! and a letter from GM saying that not all brands will get EVERY platform (ie. EPII, lambda, delta, and Zeta)