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None of the interiors look 50k worthy, if you ask me.

Without having the Ranger out yet, I still prefer the Taco. A lot of that is looks alone. It has a more rugged truck look to it. The interior looks better to me and being shorter their low seat works for me. I could understand a taller person wouldn't like the seating position because it does have a higher floor and you sit more in a car-like driving position. I'm very skeptical with the Ranger only offering a turbo-4. It would have been really nice to see a detuned 2.7T or the new 3.3 n/a v6.

This will get me crucified around here, but I still think the Taco is the best truck of the bunch. The GM twins have outdated and compromised interiors, the Ranger has no V6 and an old interior. The Taco's interior is comfortable, the V6 has sufficient (if not neck snapping) punch, and it's off-road version is tried and true.

Maybe he will do it, I don't know how much more money he has to increase his ownership stake, but I am sure he can also find some other firm to buy uptake shares and Elon can take even greater control doing what ever he wants. One day Elon will hide 5 Golden Tickets in Tesla cars to be sold over a 3 month period, and those 5 individuals will get a factory tour and tour of Elon's office, in which one of those five will inherit his fortune at the end.

WOW wonder what made the cab pop off like that. Wonder if it is rust.

Only when driven in an optimal way... which is to say... the opposite of the way most people drive. It is possible in a Maxima, because I've done it, to bring the engine up to about 1700 rpm and hold it there and the car will accelerate to 60 mph in a normal rate of speed. No one ever drives like that. I did it just to experiment.

<-- musk to investors

Give me $$$ prices are ridic

I'm there with you until the rear seat delete...need somewhere to stow the kid....?

30,000 mile report Passed the 30,000 mile mark recently. MPG particulars. The first 15,000 miles i averaged 31.4 mpg total. The second 15,000 was 30.9. That's combined. Keep in mind there are heavy doses of winter in there. Recently in the last month or so, the mpg has dropped a fair amount.... like by 2 or so. Back a couple months ago, I achieved a 25 mile best of 52.0 mpg. This is repeatable when conditions are right...that was about a 60mph average with few to no stops and a flat windless gradual downhill, with mild weather and later in the day. I consider the fuel economy of this vehicle to be among the economy car ranks.....amazing considering the size of the vehicle IMO. This fuel economy will be what keeps the midsize sedan class on the market despite crossover popularity. I really could go back to my test drive reviews and other previous observations in this very thread and repeat a lot of my same impressions. So I will try to hit the major themes. And after two years, the newless is worn off and I have had a lot of time to consider what i like and what i don't, and what will happen when my lease is up. -still love the styling, except the front grill is getting tired to me. good thing they are refreshing the front for 2019. This is one of Chevy's best styling jobs in the last decade or more. -good fuel economy performance, as mentioned above -jekyll / hyde powertrain. super smooth and quiet on the highway and at higher speeds. GM 4 cylinders are not supposed to run this smoothly. Times when it is surprisingly sprite and peppy in everyday driving, in that 40+ mph range. Very good interstate car!.......Heavy stop and go, or needing a lot of thrust shows the weakness of the small engine more often than you may want. Slow off the line, lag at times, transmission will wait too long to kick down when you really need it to the most. Can strain and moan alot. Sometimes the lack of low to mid power is dangerous. Weather conditions affect how peppy the engine and turbo are at times. If you don't ask or need a lot of the powertrain, it does well enough. Plenty of upside, plenty of disappointment. I think its borderline and does come down to whether you think the cost of more power and reduced fuel economy, how much it matters to you. More power would always be welcome in a similarly compact and smooth engine with more displacement. 1.5 runs fine on plain 87 garbage gas....in fact, it prefers it. Strange for a turbo... but it really doesn't like higher octane or more expensive premium gas. -room and space, i've come to appreciate the size of the malibu cabin, its about right. A larger car would be fine for when i have passengers more, and for more long trips, but as a family car with one primary driver, I like it. If the other class competitors keep growing in size, however, you would want to keep up with the Jones. -driving position and ergonomics... i think the control layout and other things like that, seating position. I really like. I don't like the claustrophobia from the low roof so much, but i may need to get the big moonroof next time. maybe the gauges could be bigger (if not electronic) and the dash ipod could look less fruity.... and they could improve the touchscreen a bunch. The seating is lower and as i get old keeps getting less convenient to get in and out of, but i like being about this position above the road so i still like it for now. Really love the simple climate controls. I would like to be able to still have part of the screen dedicated to other vehicle functions (like a climate control readout, outside temp etc.) when Apple carplay is in use. -driver's seats, i have to put these in a separate category. I don't like the seats in front. They feel weak and insubstantial. They are narrow for the butt. They seem to flex and move around on their mounts a bit. The power recline doesn't work smooth, it makes bumps along the way. The seat digs into your lower back, and you seem to feel where the lumbar device is even when you have not inflated it. The leather is not awesome and is too grippy sometimes. I may be ok with cloth next time. The seat heaters work good. But you can't get cloth heated seats, which is bullshit. -speaking of carplay, that could warrant a separate post. It's been buggy a lot. For a lot of different things. A lot of stuff works fine and considering it was the first year on the market for that, it's been ok. The system is very sensitive to the quality of the USB cable believe or not. You better be using a genuine Apple cable plugged snugly into the USB port (which is in a highly inconvenient, difficult to reach spot below the dash bulge). I see in the future a better system where your mobile profile is pushed to your car platform in addition to your cell phone, or your phone is accessed wirelessly. Things like streaming apple music for example would work so much better that way. -interior and trim. GM has gotten good at building interiors with good assembly quality. gaps are small and things fit together well. switches and buttons feel good. Some plastics are cheap, but this is a low priced car and so they are not too far off the average for that. The all black interior is a huge downer. Seems to be the only choice most of the time in GM cars these days. And the leather is average at best. The vinyl on the dash inserts could be more interesting and better quality and make me wonder if I wouldn't like the cloth inserts more. GM has to start to get a mix of grays in with the back more in their car insides. Yes other interior colors are available but when you check inventories those are so rare its like they don't exist. And they only offer those on higher trims. Why does Chevy have a hard time offering a mostly tan interior on any of their cars? GM seriously needs to figure out how to get away from death interiors. -trunkspace, is good and very efficient. I like the fuzzy material finish, it's minimal but is not that cheap fuzzy stuff. -ride and drive, i think for a midsize family type car, the ride and drive is very good. The car itself feels light and nimble; very balanced. But yet it is solid and planted on the road. I think that is the best quality about this car. It has a chassis that is tuned pretty good but they have so much potential to do more with this! The steering feels good....you feel the road some, and the steering has good feel and is direct. I could enjoy it even more if it were a bit quicker steer and a small percent less effort but that is real nit picky. It is good. The ride on plain pavement is good and a nice compromise on firm and comfortable. The car corners very well I believe for a car meant to sell cheap and many. When the bumps get more harsh it doesn't tackle those nearly as well however, and the suspension has more trouble. I think that's not too big a deal, just try to avoid the bad pavement, right? Road noise is either really quiet, or on certain pavement types can be very loud. Overall i think its fine for quietness, certainly quieter than the tinny Mazda6. It is very quiet at interstate speeds on the right pavement, so that is good for me. It is more lively a car than its platform mate the Regal. For a light large car that is not meant to be a sport sedan, its pretty good. Which makes me think this platform would really be nice to see GM have a suspension and handling package as a reasonably priced option. I'd like to see a small turbo six in this thing, or a better newer 2.0, paddle shifters, performance suspension on the cheap. The 2019 RS package could be that, rather than just an appearance package (I hope the spoiler can be deleted, this car doesn't deserve a tack on like that). I'm interested to test the 2019 when it comes out to see how the CVT is. I don't know why they don't mate the 9 speed and higher horespower version of the 1.5 from the Terrain / Equinox and put it in the Malibu. I doubt the CVT will give big mpg improvements. It may...or may not make for needed improvement in bottom end response. Overall, its been a great car, apart from the crappy seats, tough engine performance (at times), will consider it again when the time is due..... but will also look at others. Will be ok with a 1.5 again if i decide i still like the mpg. Or may look hard at a 2.0 (why can't i get a simple LT 2.0 with cloth), or a Regal. Unless i go dark side and look at a crossover again. (Blazer) *** edit Love the brakes, like the reviews say, they are awesome brakes. Decisive pedal feel. great stopping power. Only sometimes the brake pedal is too firm. Hard to knock that considering how terrible of brake feel GM cars had in the past. The parking brake needs to be electronic. The old, kick lever below the dash is just not as easy to use as a little finger pull on the console. Would really love a switch to turn off the auto stop when i want to.

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figuring out how to manufacture and produce products on time and with quality, and satisfying your investors, it's a bitch, isn't it?

EXCITEMENT!!!!!

Sadly, the Canyon Denali is an even worse deal

Well, it is the latest version of an Australian pickup dating to 2011... price is about $20k too high for a midsize, it seems. Hard to wrap my head around the idea of a $50k midsize 4x4 4cyl pickup.

A Supercab 4X4 XL STX FX4 with rear seat delete sounds like a sweet truck for not too much moolah.