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YES!! That's the one!

After thinking about it for a few minutes, I'd say it's a winner. The three crucial Lambdas all look fantastic IMO and will do very well in the marketplace. The OUTLOOK is the only real "stinker" of the bunch, and I use quotations because it's a relative comparison--compared to the other three, it's just bland. My Ranking: 1. Enclave (tie) 1. Traverse (tie) 3. Acadia (by slimmest of margins) 4. OUTLOOK

Indiana (home state, current registration) isn't until May, but what the hell, I'll be voting absentee in a non-GE for the first time. I want change, and I want it in 2008.

I took one look at that interior and then had to think what car I was looking at. No joke...I momentarily forgot.

RE: Pushing Daisies. I watched one episode with my parents (they used to like it) but I never really saw the draw. I saw a lot of things that I knew were supposed to be funny, but I found it far too over-the-top.

Since this is a preview, I'm guessing they are just using the current controls as a stop-gap until the real ones are available. I remember the GMC Acadia preview website showed a slightly different center stack than the one that ultimately made production. Also, remember the Bel Air concept? The press photos did not reflect the actual showcar in a lot of areas due to last-minute changes made by Lutz.

Love it! I've always kinda liked Lancias as well. What's the name of their (current, recent?) model with the kite-shaped headlights. Loved that one.

Dude, none of that is punk, though Brand New is at least sorta borderline. Cartel is pop all the way--big fan over here but I'd be fascinated to know which one of their songs is the least bit punkish. Good Charlotte is about as punk as Avril Lavigne, and Paramore is definitely rock. But at least you're not listening to $h!ty music.

Seems to me like it's you who's getting bent out of shape. Put another way: this is a GM board. You've been a posting member for years. You know the climate and what to expect on this site. Yet you post to complain about it. If a user is getting annoying to you, ignore their posts. But c'mon man, don't post just to bitch about the people posting here. I'm sure there is another board on the vast internet you'd enjoy more.

Psht. You like to pretend you're in A&F and blast that $h! while dancing around in your ripped jeans and polos. Admit it.

I call BS as well. 1-mpg penalty? So lighten up the weight some. It doesn't even have to be expensive like carbon fiber or aluminum...more like interior stuff. Carve out the seatbacks like in the Malibu or AURA...they're still perfectly comfortable. Narrow the front passenger seats slightly and have a wider console storage bin. A 5-mpg penalty would be difficult, but I don't believe for a second that GM has been around this long and cannot engineer around an alleged 1-mpg penalty.

"The First Single"? Good song.

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Internally, CTS was originally chosen for "Catera Touring Sedan" but never publicly announced as such. STS clearly has the historical connotation of "Seville Touring Sedan" and DTS as "Deville Touring Sedan." At this point, the model designations really are just 3-letter designations, but during the transition years many within GM viewed them as abbreviations.

Well, it's not so much what you are listening to that has some people concerned, it's whether or not they act on the information they get on whether the track was ripped from a CD (you assumedly possess) or pirated through a torrent or P2P device. Yes, they can tell that. I stopped using WMP for that ambiguity back in 2005 when someone on my floor brought the revised privacy policy to my attention. Back then, I was taking full advantage of USC's high speed and Morpheus/Shareaza, so I didn't want to be sued like the poor schmuck in the next dorm. Just some food for thought.

If the Denali XT makes it as a RWD/AWD truck (regardless of platform) with equivalent towing capabilities, then yes I can see that happening. A wagon or anything else that's as low to the ground as a sedan, I cannot. The EXT already looks kinda like a crossover, so the evolution would work IMO. Also, the Denali XT is just too concepty for me to imagine what it would look like in a toned-down production form, but the possibility and overall shape are there. I could see this working, but the execution would have very little margin for error.

I too love the idea of Chrysler and Renault. And like NOS said, Nissan is the only Japanese automaker I really respect these days. Another aspect about this synergy I like is that Renault, Chrysler and Nissan all have a history of designing creativity. Yes, Nissan's design surge is more recent, but I feel the Infiniti J30 always represented the talent at Nissan.

I'm with Northie on the Escalades for the simple reason that Yukon/Tahoe/Suburban will continue to be produced and account for a lot of engineering costs while the Escalade has only a little additional engineering yet a phat price tag. Escalades are some of GM's profit machines (high margins), so it would be silly to discontinue them. Whatever happened to the cylinder deactivation? Did that make production? I could see that being in all Escalades to help fuel economy.

I can see that; it really looks like it has the proportions for Lambda.

What else is out there? I stopped using Windows Media Player a while ago due to privacy issues (they transmit your data to M$) and because I've found iTunes a lot more user-friendly. Is there another software that's good though?

To see what your top 25 are, go into iTunes and rank your music by playcount.

Wow, those two look nothing alike. This is good. The G8 is clearly the successor to the El Camino, and the Denali XT is a successor to the Envoy XUV and GM's version of the Ridgeline.. This makes sense.

To see what your top 25 are, go into iTunes and rank your music by playcount. Here we go: 1. "Dance Like There's No Tomorrow" -- Paula Abdul 2. "Love Like Winter" -- AFI 3. "Honey and the Moon" -- Joseph Arthur 4. "Into the Groove" -- Madonna 5. "Tattoo of the Sun" -- Third Eye Blind 6. "Eastern Glow" -- The Album Leaf 7. "Take Me Home Tonight" -- Eddie Money 8. "Orange Sky" -- Alexi Murdoch 9. "Empty Bottle Translations" -- Best Interest 10. "Portrait Perfect" -- Best Interest 11. "Wasted" -- Cartel 12. "Running Up That Hill" -- Kate Bush 13. "Running Up That Hill" -- Placebo 14. "I Turn My Camera On" -- Rock Kills Kid 15. "I Can Tell" -- Saosin 16. "To Be Alone With You" -- Sufjan Stevens 17. "Rock Star Land" -- Yellowcard 18. "Didn't I" -- Aqua 19. "Dice" -- Finley Quaye and William Orbit 20. "Ceramic Girl" -- Ready For The World 21. "Normandie" -- The Shout Out Louds 22. "Paint The Silence" -- South 23. "For The Widows In Paradise, For The Fatherless In Ypsilanti" -- Sufjan Stevens 24. "Motorcycle Drive By" -- Third Eye Blind 25. "Impossible" -- The Shout Out Louds What are your Top 25s?

Hmm. Interesting. So two utes in the PBG showroom and none in the Chevrolet. Seems odd there will be two clones sold right next to each other...or will there be more sizable differences?

I really like everything about this, except for the overstyled profile view. The angular greenhouse leaves me cold. Otherwise, a solid effort. To anyone who pays more attention to these things than I do: what's the shot at production? I've seen threads about a Pontiac G8 ute variant as well...what's the real deal?