G. David Felt

I think you would have to go with the Communist Cherry Corporation that just clones everything brought to china from Europe or the US and puts a cherry badge on it.

So lets take this from the flip side. Fiat wants to move their HQ here to the US. The Socialist Unions are bleeding the company dry, they cannot compete with their ugly poor quality products. Could it be that Fiat ends up eventually going away as they move to have a small Mini style of store within a store. Fiat becomes that eco box level for Dodge. Then you have Ram for Trucks, Jeep for Off road SUV's, bring back the wagoneer, kill the Durango and Dodge becomes the Entry level product line world wide for them from the 500 up to the Charger. SRT is the Performance Division and Chrysler is the Mid to higher Lux line. I could see Fiat being the one to eventually disappear. Due to size and the heavy discounts Fiat is doing on their ugly little 500, I only see value people, aka pure price driven people buying these auto's.

I am sure there is a fine print some place that says this is for the Dodge Dart or some other auto and they are just using the Rams for a street sign considering how big they are.

Very nice evolution of many auto's out there, but I agree with Hyperv6, this would be a perfect update to the Cruze.

Too True as to my comment about they should have been able to build 50 of them for the millions that went into this project.

Based on the numbers GM has posted, I have to really question why a V6 is superior over a V8. I get this with a V8 and no one drive a truck gently so this V6 will suck like all V6's in trucks and SUV's and really give nothing other than a numbers game due to Stupid EPA regulations on MPG. Idiots in all of them for thinking smaller is better. Just like the ugly Fiat 500 POS, I am really not happy with GM, FORD or RAM for giving into this smaller is better for everyone garbage. Every where I search it is amazing to see that people love the V6 turbo from ford and it is a blast to stomp on, but for those that are driving it a so called conservative style and have 3-5 thousand miles, they all admit to only 13-14mpg and none believe they will hit the 21mpg Ford claims. Looking at other V6 non turbo engines, we still only see teen MPG. So I have to really doubt the V6 will properly replace the long living V8 engines for those that expect to own and drive 500,000 miles. I see plenty of V8's last this, but I have yet to see a 4 or 6 banger last this long and for a truck that gets far more abuse than a car.

I wish over all they would drop this crazyness of 10K off and just drop the price down to a real price and let them sell.

Beautiful car, but not a V8 collectible, and there are superior auto's out there for the same money. 5K is a top price for this car. The person really had no clue about what makes a special car a collectible. While nice to see such an immaculate old car, this is not the collectible it is priced to be nor is it worth that crazy price. Someone might go $7500 just from a market stand point and accept that it is an old car in awesome shape. Over all due to price and lack of features, it is a Jeers.

We'll they had to try and see how far they could push the control issue. They now see what the competition is doing and the response from the gamers and we now have a level playing field. Funny thing is that my friends who all work on this have been telling the marketing idiots since day one that the 24hr internet and control thing on games would fail and would not be well received and yet Marketing kept looking at what they believed was another pot of gold to keep people paying always for something. Idiots never seem to learn that just like what has been posted here, people perceive that once they buy something, it is theirs to do with what they want and the companies will have to accept it. Interesting read on the SimCity 5, thanks for bringing it to my attention, I am shocked companies think they can build a product, charge way to high a price and then still keep control and ownership of said product. That approach deserves to die.

Very cool, totally forgot they had built these.

500L are so cheap, uncomfortable and just a pathetic waste of money. Having actually tried to sit in one that I wanted to test drive to see what some of you think is so great I can actually say that unlike the Buick Encore that I can fit in and be comfy, the 500 from Fiat is designed for 5'8" or less drives/passengers. Forget any real quality, you all complain about Chevy and yet you should see how cheap the 500 interior is. This on top of a car that clearly is way to narrow and is what i believe will be shown to be an easy roll over auto when pushed just a little. If I can lean on the car sitting and it has considerable side to side body roll, just think how easy it will be to roll when on the road as high speeds. Might be popular to those looking for a cheap car, but then what price do you put on your life and quality of life all for the savings of a few dollars or MPG? Fiat 500 is a series of cars I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND to Anyone, even my enemy. Their life is worth more than what you perceive to save on this auto.

We'll to use a old Tag line, This is NOT your Grandfather Buick!

I wonder how long before someone buys up the intellectual rights to the whole project and actually has the cash to then bring it to market? Course with the amount of money they supposedly spent on this one prototype, I would have thought they could have built 50 of them.

Great review, interesting as I did not find the motor in the SRX to be under powered but I was disappointed in the lack of interior room for big people. The RX just was disappointing over all for me. The volvo seems to be an exciting ride, but I do find the interior to be the weak point as the minimalist as you call it just looks and feels cheap to me. The center stack of tiny buttons to manage everything including what to me came across as an after thought in a nav system was a disappointment. In todays global market to have such a manual Nav system and then to think everyone has tiny fingers is a waste and as people can see, the center stack has plenty of room left that they could have build bigger buttons/knobs to control the world and a touch screen Nav. Two week points, but it is made up with a very nice power train. Over all enjoyable read.

Nice looking ride.

Bummer as that was a freakin cool car. I suspect another Torpedo by the big auto boys not wanting someone who could actually bring something really good to the table.

Happy B Day.

Cathrine Zeta Jones

Actress

Great Video of an actual Cruze TDI on the dealer lot. I find it soooo funny that the music in the back ground is the stray cats.

Chicago Auto Show introduction of the Cruze Diesel. They so should have had a better woman introducing it than this lady who is about as dead as they come for communication.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xqoTcg2tAg&feature=player_embedded Amazing Holden Cruze Diesel is a 2010, so they have had this for some time out in the global market.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Aru_mW_Fy9w Latest Cruze Commercial for their dirtiest / Cleanest Diesel on the road. Awesome.

Something popped up on the radar and scared them to rethink this stance. Maybe someone showed them the truth and how this could possibly be the next Pinto Issue.

No, no, no, no, no, no. No. The main issue at hand is not an issue of who has "the better interface." Once again, have you actually read anything about the Xbox One? Honestly? Any company who thinks they have the right to tell me how I can use any form of content I have purchased and legally own can go straight to hell. If I bought something, it's mine and I have the right to do whatever I want with it. If I want to go out and buy 50 copies of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 just so I can use the discs as drink coasters and the user manuals as toilet paper, then I can do that. I bought it, I legally own it, and it's my right to do so. If I have a used game that I've beaten once or twice and that I'm not very fond of, then -- once again, since I legally own the content -- I have the right to give it away, sell it, or trade it in for a game I do want. Argue that with me. Justify Microsoft is right here. If you do, you might as well just Sieg Heil the hell out of here. The game publishers and Microsoft peons who have implemented this catastrophic DRM system into the XBone is like every CEO of every automaker in America waking up one day, getting on the phone, and saying to each other, "You know, used cars sales are a big pain in the company's ass. We'd really rake in the dough if we could implement some sort of restrictions on people buying, selling, and trading in used cars. Let's -- oh I don't know -- restrict infotainment capabilites and make the new buyer pay the full MSRP for that car if they want to buy it. I think this is a great idea that will really help up ramp up profits!" Any company who has the nerve to tell me what I can or cannot do with something I legally own needs to be bankrupted and sold to foriegn interests. They do not deserve the right to operate in a captalist economy. WOW, you have a Horse with Blinders approach, the Apple versus Microsoft is an analogy. I know this is bigger than an interface comparison. The ownership issue I understand, whether Sony or Microsoft's approach is correct will be shown in the market place. The on going study groups will also help Microsoft solidify their approach and they could and probably will change things between now and Xmas launch. Nothing is written in stone and Microsoft is watching what people say and write about the Xbox One and Sony's PS4.