G. David Felt

Speed is nice, but wonder what it will really look like. Right now it does not make me want to spend 100k for it.

I'll Keep driving my 12mpg Suburban with 505HP and 550 LBs and pick these little coffins out of my grill. There is no place for them on American Roads. Here in Kirkland Washington, Across Lake washington from Seattle there is a dealership that imports these smart cars and they sell for between 18K to 30K depending on equipment. Not many but a few are allways seen and even my wife who says they are cute also says she would not want any family member or friend in one as they would be killed or seriously injured in it. Have not found too many people other than the extreme Green / Tree Huggers who would want this. I hate the Hybrid from Toyota and Honda, but would take that over this if I had to drive one for my ride.

I love it!!! This car stand out from the crowd and that is what a luxury car should do. Cadillac keep the unique A&R going.

H'mmmmmmm Gotta admit it is nice but still just another average auto. Does not blow me away. Course I was not blown away by the concept car or even the malibu. Nicer than the units they replace, but still missing that gotta have it feel.

My brother inlaw bought a fully loaded AWD Matrix. With his wife and daughter in the auto, this car barely gets up hills. His wife and daughter I think are about 650-700 lbs combined. Not small woman and he is 125lbs so about 825lbs in people being hauled and the car just struggles. I suspect that GM will kill it off once the contracts are fullfilled, but till then we will see an auto that will struggle to survive. Hopefully GM will continue to get more and more nimble on their feet. They need to react to market changes faster. Good point is Toyota has surpassed GM in recalls this year.

Very nice update on the Trailblazer. My only dislike it what I have complained about all GM auto's with the stupid looking little antenna over the drivers section. Why not put it in the middle in the back of the Vehicle so it does not take away from the hot looks of the vehicle. I love my Escalade ESV, but I hat the antenna they have over the drivers side roof. Yes People have said I nitpick to much, but the looks of a vehicle are great and get dirtied up with things like this. It tends to tell me they were to cheap to run the extra 8 feet of antenna cable to put it in the back of the vehicle.

I disagree with you, these wheels are busy and what a pain it will be to keep them clean. There are some amazing wheels on the market that are simplistic and easy to clean yet very distinct and in my mind superior to these ugly wheels. I do agree with you that a GunMetal gray would be kick ass on this car. Plus lets drop the ugly plain black. Go with a metallic black. Something that has more zip than just a basic ugly plain black.

I will probably get trashed by others here, but the Hybrid is a bit of a disappointment. "Malibu performance comes from two powerful yet fuel-efficient dual-overhead cam four- and six-cylinder engines, including a standard 169-horsepower (126 kW) 2.4L Ecotec DOHC four-cylinder engine that delivers 30 mpg highway, 22 city (’08 EPA); and an available 252-horsepower (188 kW) 3.6L DOHC V-6 with variable valve timing, rated at 26 mpg highway and 17 city. The Malibu Hybrid, featuring the affordable GM Hybrid System, also goes on sale in November. Powered by a hybrid version of the 2.4L Ecotec, it is rated at 32 mpg highway and 24 city. " I would expect the Hybrid to get more than just 2 miles more per gallon in City and Highway. Yes I realize this is bigger than that Coffin on Wheels Butt Ugly thing called a Prius.

Why is the 3 door more expensive than the 5 door?

This auto sucks The outside is very ugly and the inside is not user friendly to me. Probably like all asian auto's a 6'6" tall american will not fit. Yea people think the Asian auto makers make roomy for everyone auto's, but in reality they are just as prone to breakdown and no comfort room.

I signed up Now to see if a 280lb 6'6" tall american can really fit in this auto. I bet if everyone was 5'8" tall you can truly have 5 people in this 4 door sedan. Yet with me this becomes a 4 door 3 person sedan. I need a "I LOVE MY SUV" smiley!

Your right Oldsmoboi, this Mazda is very bland and boring like most ricer cars that way too many americans seem to be hooked on, especially the conservatives. Take the logo off and it could be a Honda or Toyota or any other Asian auto. Your right Northstar, this is just a bigger version of the Mazda 3 very BLAND and BORING. Nice tight body lines I give them credit for that, but over all nothing to light a fire under your dress.

QUOTE(Flybrian @ Aug 7 2007, 10:46 PM) Oldsmobile had some appealing cars. I disagree with you both, Oldsmobile has not had any worthy car in the last 1o years of it's life. In reality, There are still too many brands in the market. My vision of GM in the US. Chevy Fold Pontiac into Buick to fill the mid level market Saturn as the Asian fighter Hummer for off road luxury Cadillac as king. SAAB I see no use for, keep it in Europe or kill it off.

Accord has already been axed, they only have the Civic now.

The H2 Line should have been moved to the GMT900 line last year.

GMC needs to take the Canyon and focus on the premium sales for a Twin Turbo performance version like the Syclone! That truck truly Rocked!!! Chevy NEVER built anything that was as cool or performed like that in a mini truck.

U'mmm NO, I disagree gm4life. The DTS has had it's time and while the sales have been solid, most people I truly believe will be happy to move from a FWDS DTS to a RWD DTS Equal. Caddy should be only RWD. Leave the FWD for Buick, the luxury entry level market for those that can not afford Caddy.

Sadly, that is the Stupid Euro Union rules that is killing the looks of some awesome auto's. All this pedestrian friendly auto designs and safety crap like a single read fog light. Having that one brighter read tailight sucks big time. Socialism BS that is screwing up good looking cars.

So Funny the New King has Risen and only to realize that they do not have flexibility.

Such Ugly Ass Auto and of course the auto mags will say Toyota is a god send maker as no one else can do it better. Everyone of these small Coffins on wheels I have been in are so over rated. GM Please get the Volt out NOW!!!

One of our Executives has one of these auto's. I was not impressed. Lot's of money for a name. The look is just OK. I will take a caddy over this car.

Yes Weird that it is in the Cadillac Forum, But who cares? I CARE!!! This is HOT!!! I love the H3 and am very excited for this, It will replace my Son's Dakota as my Daughter got the H3 to replace her Durango. Once the Dakota is gone then I am an All GM Family again.!!! This Vehicle will Rock and help pick up the Hummer Sales.

No Matter what, this Car will be a hit. Especially for those of us that buy only American. I want my money and profits kept here to drive the growth of this countries business. Over all I have no problems with the pricing. My only issue is the performance package. It should have included the performance brakes, not having them as a extra option. My beef with GM is that they seem to option way to much and not give full packages as the options. I always felt that the Toyota Matrix was better packaged with it's options choices being complete sets of packages at lower price points than the small packages and option everything by itself as the way Pontiac went with it's version. Sad, but if someone does the math, you got more matrix for less money than a pontiac. Even though the auto's came off the same assembly line. The CTS is an awesome auto, but I fear GM still has not learned to properly build option packages. They can lower prices by including better option packages. yes I know not everyone will want what specific packages might have, but for the most part, when the pricing is lower, people will not care about 1 or 2 things extra on their auto. The fuller packages also keep the resale value higher than a non-optioned auto. Over all this auto rocks.

Sorry all, while the triplets were cute and in Europe and other coutnries where they have tiny small roads, fine if they have the bulk of auto's that are small then you can get away with pop can sub-subcompact auto's. Here in the US, keep them out. They are a Coffin on Wheels. There is a company here in Kirkland Washington that imports in the SmartCar in both gas and diesel versions. I have seen a few of them crushed by the SUV and full size trucks around here and the cars totally implode. I know I will not be popular, but Driving is not a Right. It is a privilage that is earned. Mass transit is for those that work in the cities and those that can not afford yet to buy, maintain and drive an auto. This goea along with my own feeling that Washington State needs to dump the 64 versions of languages that one can take the driving test in. Sorry but I do not like my tax dollars spent on an interprutter to allow someone to get a driving license. After all, if they can not read English, how can they be expected to drive around following the laws, speed limits and directional signs. Again, Driving is a privilage and I am more than happy to let everyone come to our great country, just remember, English is the language of this place, so if you are going to live here, then learn to read and write, then you can try to get a driving license. Sub Compact auto's, not a safe alternative in my book. I will stay with my Suburban. Yes, I am 6'6" tall and 280lbs, so anything below a full size vehicle I am not comfy in or would I bother trying to drive. Cute concept practice for other markets.