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Good looking compact sedan, too bad it is still based on the old Civic platform and has the old dash.

Hopefully, one day very soon, that number will be zero.

Great idea. So when will GM build an electric-powered Corvette (or at least a Camaro)?

Agreed...white with that all black front just looks dreadful, IMO As far as regular cabs go, I think the '14-15 Silverado or Sierra in regular cab shortbed form is one of the best looking GM pickups of the modern era..

One word...hemi...

LOL.... without automotive fashion, all vehicles would be Camrys available in S/M/L, one Crossover, and one truck. Or... if you go back far enough.... without automotive fashion, we'd all be driving Model-Ts still. I like the looks of this though, it has potential. It looks familiar yet different. I think Hyundai should skip their version and it should go straight to Genesis.... though I'm sure Genesis will get a version as well.

This makes sense and I can see them using their sister company electric power train that we will see in the Porsche.

Good lookin' car but it's disappointing it has the same n/a 4 pot.

I do not have a taste for BMW interiors. There’s an inherent distaste for anything not American at this forum and unfortunately that’s probably what drives away anyone who would otherwise want to comment in favour of a different make when they actually make a decent product that serves THEIR customer base very well. BMW doesn’t care for the person about to be in a hearse buying an XTS, for example. I actually have a preference for Cadillac over the BMW. But for god’s sake it’s not because is that standard of the world in-car cabin design, materials or build quality, certainly not the ATS. Anyways you must love that hideous black plastic slapped from Walmart DFelt. And could they have made a walnut burl look so fake? Why? Because walnut burl is supposed to have a unique grain pattern, not a printed on a vinyl sheet look. And CUE? Nightmare. I prefer hard buttons, BMW may be from the 90’s but at least they saved the buttons.

New Chevy Blazer has been added to the order guide! https://www.gmfleetorderguide.com/NASApp/domestic/proddesc.jsp?year=2019&regionID=1&divisionID=1&type=0&vehicleID=21678&section=modelhome&page=&butID=1

Olds in this time period (well; the '70s into the '90s) tended to make very asymetrical dashes, where the passenger side not only was distinctively featureless, but much less physically space-occupying. I never cared for that; IMO a car is X wide and that is obviously embraced everywhere else, so to 'chop out' the pass side of the dash somehow 'goes against nature'. And here; the Riviera is even MORE so.

Yes like the Cadillac XT4 and XT5 but with performance options.

Not enough profit in sub-$30k cars, I guess... by ditching cars, their ATP number goes up.

Wow- a second month-to-month circa 20% decline? Maybe a lot of MB loyalists were simply on vacation in August. Like, the entire month.

I can see the following from SMK: This is to be expected as MB rolls out their vastly superior 2019 models of the best luxury product line on the planet.

Great to see them, I wonder since they import so much, how much of this was driven by people afraid of the Tariff war and wanting to buy cheaper before prices go up? ?

Saw these two on the highway today!

Too bad the closest thing to a real sports sedan Toyota will build is a Lexus GS sedan. This Camry XSE is a bit of a poseur. More Show than actual GO.

If I see a Galaxy, I automatically think of someone's mom who gave a bunch of us kids a ride to the parochial school in our suburb. She fittingly had a beehive and had sort of a Mrs. Cunningham ("Happy Days") personality. Yes, once upon a time, SoCal was "somewhat" wholesome ... or at least there was more room for it.

Went to a friends wedding this weekend, was on her parents ranch. The father is OCD about his garage, hobby rooms and his old cars. Restored SS is lovely, picked up a Galaxie 500 that he is planning to clean up too. @A Horse With No Name Thought of you when I saw his wood options and the clean wood shop.

I will say this is much better than any previous version of the Camry in looks. Yet I see they have started to use the Predator mouth on Toyota making Lexus and Toyota look the same again. This could also be a move to give Lexus a new look and Toyota moves onto the old Lexus look. No matter what, while this is the best this car has ever looked, it still would not get me to buy it. BLAH.

I'm split. For us it is feast or famine with regards to the number of passengers we have. Usually we could get away with even just a BMW Z4 because it is only the two of us... but sometimes we have the parental units so we need a rear seat.... then on top of that we sometimes also have some fraction of our 7 nieces and nephews riding with us. There are times I want a Suburban and there are times I want an ELR. If we get an SUV, right now the Durango is the top of the list, JGC and Explorer are tied for 2nd. I may still end up in a crew-cab pickup though.

I love the JGC and Edge-sized vehicles. Larger, two-row SUVs.

I don't need a 3rd row, so for the price, styling, features and broad range of trim levels, for a midsize, I'll stick with (surprise) Jeep Grand Cherokee.

For it's day when new, not a bad looking SUV, but the Envision wins hands down as the better looking ute.

Yes, from an engineering standpoint all the box's are ticked and it does beat my TBSS. Take driving experience into consideration and I still would put it up against a CX9 and in most cases unless it is another well experienced professional driver would win. But your point is valid and I do agree with it from that standpoint.

I agree with this write-up. The Mazda is the better car if you viewed every day as it’s own occasion. But the VW is flat out the better 3 row family crossover.

Most Rainiers now are rusty old used SUVs, nothing 'macho' about that...

Just no... let it go. There is no way a live axle, 15 year old, body on frame SUV is going to out-handle a brand new, unibody crossover with independent suspension and an advanced computer controlled AWD system. Even just the center of gravity is going to be a giant disadvantage on the TBSS if nothing else not to mention weight.

I'm fairly certain.... no... super certain... that the CX-9 will beat a TBSS the moment a corner is involved. The TBSS was fast for its day, but it was never a renowned handling vehicle.

LOL, I find the Mazda to be butt ugly and trying to hard to look like the rest of Mazda ugly car family. Rather take an Atlas that truly looks more SUV like and deal with a boring look but more functionality. Not ture, I love to drive and love performance as to why I own a Trailblazer SS. While not the best on interior space, it looks like a traditional SUV and drives like a Corvette out of hell. ?

Fantastic write-up. The Mazda is an excellent vehicle, but for the mission statement of a large crossover, the Atlas is just a better vehicle all around. I view the CX-9 the same way I view the Infiniti QX70, a sportier crossover best for singles or DINKs.

Wow, surprised to see the Atlas get the nod. While not an enthusiast vehicle, it nails the mission statement buyers in this segment demand. If they just gave us the same turbo-V6 it gets in China, the thing would be near perfect. The old N/A VR6 has just reached the end of it's lifespan.

There was a lot more competition, even when GM had 50% market share. Back then, even GM divisions were competing against each other. From the 20s to the 60s, there was extreme competition just in the domestic market You had GM with 6 or more divisions depending on which year you counted. You had Chrysler with 5 divisions. Ford with 5 divisions. Packard - Studebaker Nash - Hudson - Metropolitan / AMC Kaiser Frazier - Henry J - Willys International etc etc etc.... and that's before any of the imports. Today we have a GM that is down to 4 divisions with relatively little overlap, Ford with just 2, Fiat Chrysler which is a mess except for Jeep and Ram. Today the Ford Fusions has domestic competition from the Malibu, Impala, and Charger (if we're being generous). That's before all of the import competition in that segment. I'm not sure I could count the number of competing domestic products for the Ford Fairlane range. Ford had at least 4 competing products from Mercury and Edsel, GM probably had another 6 if we count everything from Chevy to Olds. Another 6 from Chrysler. That is 16 competing nameplates from just 3 companies. But once imports started gaining a foothold here, the domestic companies could no longer fund that inefficient style of operation.... did GM really need however many different V8 designs it had in 1958? I get that some variation is warranted, but a completely different block between a Chevy, Pontiac, Olds, Buick, and Cadillac is just horribly inefficient. Cut that down to 3 blocks that all divisions can use and change the tuning or cams to allow for brand specific needs.... tada! That's where we are today (5.3 liter, 6.2 liter, 4.2 liter) In order to reach that economy of scale, the manufacturers would have to reduce their portfolios to just two or three platforms and try to cram everything on just those platforms.

Tariffs on Japanese imports wouldn't make sense... not that making sense is a prerequisite for the latest round of tariffs.

The Forester is one of their best sellers too. This would put the nail in the coffin for the BR-Z. I'm surprised the Toyota numbers are as high as they are, but that must include Lexus as well.

And look who's up in double digit percentages...Alfa (65%!), Jeep (15.x%), Mitsubishi (23.x%), Volvo (23.x%), VW (12.x%)...

Fiat down 45, Genesis down 63, and woulda ya look at that Merchantdes Benzezodiapnes is down 22 PER CENTS

my 77 buick century coupe (regal body) had the 3.8. and the whopping 105hp or whatever. i ran pretty well actually. it was indeed slow, but it not in an attention grabbing slow sort of way. and it got good mpg. there was a ton of unused room under the hood. so much so that kitty used to sleep up in the engine compartment on hot days. one day i took off and kitty came out on the pavement bouncing a few hundred yards from home. the lack of power was great from a winter driving standpoint. you never put yourself in a dangerous position. and compared to our 77 electra with the nose heavy v8, my century had very neutral handling. i bet it was 50/50 or close to it. i actually used to go out driving during snow storms because it was so controllable in the white stuff. never had another rwd car that was tame like that in snow. the 3800 was a good match in that car.