G. David Felt

OUCH, that hurts, no wonder I did not get flamed. Glad to hear it was only 30hrs of posts lost.

Bondage

No Surprise here, the 2013 Nissan Leaf also has less features to lower the price and lengthen the battery life. These models will reduce the over all resell price especially the low mileage ones. Electric is way over blown still in my book.

Keep us updated on battery life and usability. This is on my short list of phones when my Verizon comes up in September.

I would still take a V8 over V 6 any day. Small engines especially turbo charged other than Subaru, just do not seem to have had a long life in the US that I have seen.

The Avalanche wouldn't make a good NASCAR racer I disagree, the Avalanche would have been a Great NASCAR racer. Use the Supercharged LS9 and just push everyone out of your way to Victory! Or at least a decent Pace car.

G. David Felt - Editorial Staff Writer Alternative Energy - CheersandGears.com 2012 Insurance Industry Top 25 Vehicles stolen This week the insurance industry released their top 25 stolen vehicles list for 2012. Interesting is only one consistent truck made the list, but two motorcycles made the list this year in addition to one very popular V6 / V8 4 door sedan. What I found interesting is the sheer amount of what I call boring cars that people seem to steal over and over. Question to you all: Are these auto's just the easiest to steal or is there another reason that you can think of as to why these mass produced yawners keep getting stolen? 2009 Nissan Altima - # stolen 427 2009 Honda Accord - # stolen 401 2009 Honda Civic - # stolen 228 2009 Dodge Charger- # stolen 326 2009 Yamaha YZF-R6- # stolen 320 2009 Honda CBR600 - # stolen 291 2009 Chevy Cobalt - # stolen 273 2010 Toyota Camry - # stolen 818 2010 Toyota Corolla - # stolen 747 2010 Dodge Charger - # stolen 744 2010 Chevy Impala - # stolen 604 2010 Ford Fusion - # stolen 511 2010 Chevy Malibu - # stolen 488 2010 Nissan Altima - # stolen 419 2010 Ford F-150 - # stolen 370 2010 Ford Focus - # stolen 361 2011 Toyota Camry - # stolen 949 2011 Chevy Impala - # stolen 745 2011 Chevy Malibu - # stolen 554 2011 Ford F-series - # stolen 485 2011 Hyundai Sonata - # stolen 440 2011 Nissan Altima - # stolen 431 2011 Ford Fusion - # stolen 394 2011 Chevy Silverado - # stolen 312 2011 Toyota Corolla - # stolen 296

I wish they would get the drive train right. Porsche has never had a 4x4 system, they have experimented with an awd system. Is it really a 4x4 system or awd? AWD makes more sense for the urban market.

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Mucho Agree Oh. Bland but considerably better than either of the two you mention.

Surprised by Buick's numbers falling. I agree Drew, Infiniti has laid an egg. I wonder how long before we hear an reverse course on the names again. By the end of the year? Maybe?

My Terrain has enough rear room to seat Shaq comfortably with room to spare. i said sedans nox / terrain lack trunk space between the wheelwells for their size and weight Lack Trunk Space?????? For their size as a 5 passenger CUV/Car, they have considerable space to hold many suit cases, multiple sets of golf clubs, shopping bags and groceries. Yes it is not a traditional truck, but then what a truck lacks in ease of getting in various size products, these little CUV's make up in alternative space capacities.

Good for the dealers as they will see higher prices, higher profits. Hope they do not gouge to much on them. Course since it is not American, I would never consider it even if it was something I liked. This car surprises me as I really do not get the SUV at all as the Forrester has always been a station wagon on steroids to me. Reminds me of the Eagle auto's. GM needs a hit like this in each division that can run less than a month of on hand production. Would be good for job security and solid profits.

Sweet Cars, always nice to have things like this to play with even as an adult.

Nice Drew, cannot go wrong with a CTS. Sweet rides and truly trouble free.

Parental

That will sure be a big ass 4 banger. 4 liters. I wonder why so big or is it a misprint and should have been a 4L 6 banger?

Girl

Stress

I actually really like the new face of the car. Way better than what it was. Way to go GM!

What discovery??????

I agree with you drew that companies should refinance all the debt they can to get the lowest rate possible. I just wonder how this will play out as the European Union deals with it's large amount of debt.

Over all a yawner on the exterior as it seems to have lost some edge that the older generation had. Interior is very nice and cleanly flowing. I like what they did, here is a true upgrade over the last interior

While it is good to have standards set as a starting point, I hope they are fast to change / update them as technology changes. I also find the descriptions to be out of date already since they are making so many automation safety devices required on new auto's. How about a requirement that says if you buy a self driving auto you do not have to have insurance any longer. What a waste of money when autos are self driving. Course does that mean the auto company than provides the insurance for any freak accidents?