G. David Felt

the blue is sharp, i really like the rain forest green too but if had the cash and nothing better to do with it id go for the midnight edition 2500 hd I think he was talking about the Colorado btw. how embarrassing, i keep forgetting the diesel colorado/canyons. duramax = 6.6 when i hear it! a local dealership had a trail boss z71 crew cab colorado but the 43k price tag is tough to swallow... Yupo, I was talking about the Colorado/Canyon twins since it was what started off the article above. They are lovely trucks as are the full size.

OK, will try that first, appreciate the suggestion as I forgot about resetting everything to default. Cool, will update later tonight once I am home and can do that.

OK, so maybe I am missing something, but if the S80 sedan only sold 12,347 in 2007 and the average transaction price was $75,000 that means gross sales was $926,025,000. I wonder how much it cost to develop the auto in the first place, support, testing, etc. Did they ever make money on the auto? Even break even? I question how a company as small as Volvo can make money on such low production figures. Any additional info on this from them?

Thanks Drew, OK, then it is an issue with my chrome installed, will export my bookmarks and then uninstall, reinstall and see what happens as my work chrome is fine. Thanks,

I think who ever gets multiple versions of EV CUVs out that are quality, 200+ to 300+ range will clean up. I am hoping that GM is starting that with the BOLT. BOLT 225 mile EV Subcompact JOLT 325 mile EV Compact JOULE 425 Mile EV Mid size VOLTAIC 525 Mile EV Full size I could see this as a full Chevy EV Family of CUVs.

This is a Lovely Sexy auto! Compare to this 1958 Packard Hawk.

I agree that 99.9% of people will not be able to tell the difference between the 15HP but I bet a butt load of folks could tell the difference between a V8 and V6. Yet the exhaust system does give it a very nice note! Yes the cost is there, but I like the pull of a v8 over a v6 everyday.

OK, I know I am tired, I even looked in the help section but I cannot seem to find the options or style or theme to change and see if that is an issue now even though up to the time this started all worked fine for me. Where do I go to change my look n feel as I seem to be missing the link in the interface.

Cadillac is far more popular than most people realize in Japan. I think this will actually do pretty well.

That is very cool.

That is what everyone said about Apple and their i-phone, i-pad, i-computer, i-this, i-that, etc................ I can see Yeti not wanting their high quality products linked to an auto company products out of Europe that has questionable business practices / quality.

G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com Self Driving Machines is a battle for your soul and that of Detroit! Wall Street Journal had the following story, Detroit Battles for the Soul of Self-Driving Machines. In reading this I felt it was more about Self Driving Machines and the battle for Detroit and your soul as a driver. The story goes on to follow an engineer who left Caterpillar and went to Ford only to end up at a startup that is doing far more inline with High Tech software companies than auto companies. It made me wonder if the new Detroit is not the west coast now. The amount of technology that is being aimed at the auto industry, self driving cars, internet access, updates on the fly, etc. makes it seem like the future auto's will be more of an electric device you update to get the latest and greatest and for those that want performance with customization, you pay an extra fee and get it. It is amazing to see where employment is at in this industry and how software engineers are driving the creation of new jobs and growth. The story covers how GM just bought Cruise Automation for $1 Billion dollars. Toyota just also bought a competitor company for $1 Billion dollars and the engineers are extremely wealthy now as GM's company was a 20 person startup, Toyota's company was a 16 person startup. Ford just bought a software cloud computing company for $182 million to expand their software expertise without adding layers of employees at corp. Even Tesla is not immune to the brain drain that is pulling talented people away from building advanced tech autos at established companies and going to startups. The story goes on about the signing bonuses at more than $25,000 a year and how Google and Apple is just consuming them with traditional high paying software development paying jobs that the auto industry is not used to paying. The interesting ending comment is from GM, Quote: “The notion that we’re hiring someone at GM, cradle to grave, a lifer, that’s dead,” Mr. Huffaker said. The goal instead is to get them to stay longer, he said. This was a great story that talks to me and shows just how technology is radically changing the auto industry at a pace they have never dealt with before and could make evolutionary changes in just a few years compared to the 20-30 years it used to take to cause profound change in a product line. Check it out and sound off on what your thoughts are on this!

Can the mod please kill that MEME! Thank you,

Nem would not fly here as Yeti is already copy righted as a very cool product line. http://yeticoolers.com/ These coolers even their Tumblers keep ice till 24hrs later. Hot drinks or cold drinks will stay as they are till the next day. I have never been more impressed with a Quality American Built Product.

Thanks guys for the feedback, I will uninstall and reinstall chrome to try. Firefox and MSFT Edge work fine, but chrome has stopped and while I can click on the menus, nothing drops down like it had done earlier.

Love this, awesome job. Anyone have any pictures of what their supercharged motors looked like back then?

Just saw my first Duramax Diesel Z71 in blue. It was lovely and very sharp. The owner had ordered it and just got it a couple weeks back. Have to say GM really did a first rate job on these trucks.

Cool that you have so many in stock, dealerships in Seattle still do not show them. yes, i do agree. however, the pictures you have seen on the net, are pretty much good at conveying what it actually looks like in the flesh. This rig would be PERFECT for my mom. And she gave me the go ahead to start looking. However, her budget is for used and far less than 40+. But really this is the perfect rig for aging demographic. Reg where are you located in North America, I am only asking as I searched all of washington and oregon hoping to find a dealer with an Envision to check it out and no one has received any. I would think the west coast would get them first coming from China but then I could be wrong. the dealer here in bloomington MN had about 7 of them. Curiously, as an aside.....Verano cannot even be searched for on buick.com. So I looked on auto trader and there are very few Veranos left in the system, new. But this particular dealer had like 10 of them, most of them Sport Touring, which actually even though it sounds contrived, is really a sharp package on that car. You mean Envision cannot be searched on Buick.com right? I have tried autotrader and found Nothing within state, nothing on the west coast, seems they are all 1500 miles plus away but available in purple, brown, red, white......

Howdy all, So today the site worked fine for me up to 3pm. I then headed home from work, did some things and came down to my computer to check the site and now when I click on Community, I cannot see the drop down box. In fact I get no drop down boxes for any of the choices across the top of the bar. So Auto Shows, Reviews, Opinion and Community shows me nothings. Tested the latest MSFT Edge browser and it works fine. Tested the latest Firefox version 47 works fine also. Tested Chrom Version 51.0.2704.84 m works and this seems to not be working with the site very well for me. Seems the latest Chrome version has incompatibilities with the current site. I use Chrome at work but IT has us back a few versions as they drag their feet on testing and rolling out the latest version. So is anyone else having issues with Chrome on C&G?

This is a Perfect place to repost the pictures Drew took of the G Wagon at the autoshow that had miss matched screws, terrible fit n finish, etc. If only I could find them. LOL Over rated in my book this beast is.

Thanks Bill, Yes that is why I only drive full size SUVs except for the Trailblazer but then that is more of a block body style and I fit in either the front or back.

Balthazar, do you not think EVs will catch on much faster due to state, county and city GOVs going to EV fleets which will introduce more people to driving them and helping to change peoples perception? Tesla I think more than the Prius has changed peoples attitude about EV auto's and I think the BOLT will only increase the notion that I can go electric and ditch the dirty pump for many people. Ease of recharging at home is very appealing to people rather than having to plan to run out and fill up auto's for the week. I kinda view the situation you described like going to the movies in the '20s-70s to the 80s with VCR rentals to the 90s with DVD rentals to Netflix at home... It was once fun to go to the movies with friends and family....but....waiting in line excessively took a toll on our patience... So by the time movies were being transferred to Beta and VHS and we could rent them, we stopped waiting in line excessively... We still wait in line like this...but only for the Star Wars franchise it seems and for young Leo DiCaprio movies where he is drowning in the North Atlantic from hypothermia... And, by the time DVDs came of age....we were even fed up of rewinding the damned tape before returning the movie back to Blockbuster Video...(yeah remember them???!!!) So when Netflix came to be...we just about had it from renting movies for 24 hours, then for renting them for 48 hours and then for 1 week, only to bring the movies back???!!! What the hell is that???!!!! I have to go out of my way to rent the stupid movie, then return it????!!!!! Go phoque yourself Blockbuster!!! I dont have to return no movies no more!!! (this was when Netflix mailed the bloody movie to your home...and alls you had to do is just mail it back, but that too became tiresome..now Netflix lets us download....but apparantly that is starting to bother us as well) OK...the connection: I dont know about anybody else, but Im fed up of stopping every so often at the gas shop and most of the time the route to the gas shop is outta my way just to have my hands stink of gas.... I realize that EV range is nowhere near the range of gasoline powered cars..but doncha think when battery range comes close to gasoline range....doncha think that people are gonna view recharging at the comfort of one's home versus going out of one's way to gas up or recharge at a gas/recharge station as they do Netflix to DVDs to Beta/VHS to movie theatre going? We as humans, when we find a way that eliminates the hassles, we tend to adopt the less hassle way of things immediately is alls Im sayin'!!! We'll Stated Olds!

+1, I agree with SMK! stupid.

I agree, which only makes this more confusing. I would wager to believe some way or another that employment and/or money is a problem and you'd save a lot buying/leasing a smaller American made car than this tiny i3. Yes, LA has stated they will save on the fuel cost and help go greener, yet do they really need these auto's for the use they think they will apply them to. I am willing to bet they could find alternatives that would be better than this and some of it could be as simple as putting meter maids or Men on bicycles, having them walk, etc.

Let me ask you some thing dfelt. What do you think they should use? Simple, having uncles and Aunts in local police forces here in washington I have had this chat with them many times and they all admit that they can easily us much smaller 4 door sedans than the huge purchase of police interceptor versions of SUV's, they only need a few motorcycles and should have at least 2 police interceptor models of high performance cars, could be mustangs or camaros. For bringing the equipment to a crash scene, there are many options for the vans or full size SUV to use. Usually a commercial van is best. With that said, as long as the state, county and cities give a wide open choice they are trying to give every officer on the force the same fully loaded SUVs. There is allot of waste in government and we all know it as many jobs can be done with much less auto or no auto. The problem is one department sees what another buys and wants the same toy. Perfect example is the Home Land Security office here in Seattle. The whole force is nothing but GM Tahoe police versions. Does HLS really need to have a full fleet of petro drinking SUVS when they spend the bulk of their time in cites? I bet most of the tax payers would be shocked at how much waste is spent on auto's and allowing the gov employee to drive said auto's home driving up the amount of fuel used by giving a perc to these workers that private workers do not have. Why should the cops, fire department, City Employee get to drive a taxpayer auto home every day putting on needless miles and gas costs when they could use mass transit or should be driving their own auto to work.