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Manual trans are like electric cars- no one wants 'em! Looked at a clean, bright red Focus hatch, 2016, 27K miles, $10.9K, been on the lot for 301 days! Stick car.

I'm still not seeing it. GM specifically targeted the use of aluminum in the bed material, not in body panels. GM has been using aluminum hoods and doors on other vehicles for years. If the carbon fiber bed is more dent resistant than steel or aluminum, there is no hypocrisy there. GM's original "man step" goes back to at least 2002 and was always a far simpler and graceful solution than Ford's. The Ford man step is still a rickity looking piece and is overly complicated. Having a built in cane just puts the cherry on top. Watching the video on the GMC shows it to be simpler in operation than the Ford. I'm not blown away by the GM trucks, I like the new Ram better...but GM did get these two things right.

It looks like a fish with its tail cut off. Plus... and this is the hilarious part, given British automotive electrical systems. A running joke for many decades... and now they want to power the whole car with electricity?

Please take clear note of the absolute purity of design, coupled with the permanence of genuine materials. Real metals with durable surfaces... no second-rate plastics. An icon of American industrial excellence.

For Ford compacts, please avoid ones with the PowerShift auto-manual transmission. Can your boy drive a stick? If so, find a Focus with stick (or one built earlier with a conventional automatic) and you'll be alright.

Got an email from Cadillac saying to tune in this sunday. I think they will show the XT4 early at the Oscars!

Holy crap, you know my day was made : just spotted a '59 Olds wagon, silver/ blue/ primer/ patch panels, motoring down U.S. Rt 1. No pic, damnit.

6 steps.

My point was more that Mercedes electric SUV looks like an SUV and not whatever the Jag is supposed to look like.

I've done it in my JGC...had to turn off the traction control. Was fun to hoon around after a big snowfall last month...

Clearly you show you are not an Engineer, where there is a will, there is a way!

Lucas Electrics.. ...the notorious unreliability of Lucas components played a key role in tanking the British car industry in the early 1980s. Make the jump for "If Lucas made guns, wars would not start," and other classics. The Lucas motto: "Get home before dark." Lucas is the patent holder for the short circuit. Lucas - Inventor of the first intermittent wiper. Lucas - Inventor of the self-dimming headlamp. The three position Lucas switch - Dim, Flicker and Off. The Original Anti-Theft Device - Lucas Electrics. Lucas is an acronym for Loose Unsoldered Connections and Splices https://jalopnik.com/399791/joe-lucas-prince-of-darkness-british-electrical-system-jokes But seriously, I'm sure this new car is very well engineered...been a long time since the Lucas era...

what do you see?

There is no feasible way to engineer an electric pony car with t-tops though. So you're screwed.

Congrats GM. Ok, not really.

I'm holding out for the inevitable turbo 4 S-class.

Challenger, Mustang, Camaro, Corvette, Cascada, ATS.. and the only 2dr SUV left is the Wrangler.

I don't like the Envision at all, the styling is all like DFelt would say - it's a jellybean auto crossover to me. I'm sure it's a fine vehicle dynamicallly, but I like the styling of the Lincoln MKC more.

No; Jag's worst nightmare is convincing people to walk into their showrooms.

I highly doubt it. I think GMC will be slowly dolling out information up until the fall launch.

VERY stubby.

G-Class is to Jeep Wrangler as GLB is to Jeep Renegade As for the metal speaker..... there is of course my personal favorite, the first generation Toronado.

Chevrolet has a response to GMC Denali sub brand:

Could be from the mirror universe, like in Star Trek.