G. David Felt

They could build a combo of any of those but the bigger question is quality and reliability. So far VW has never won me over due to poor fit and finish and reliability.

Not a fan of the body style so I wish them well in selling it but to me it is ugly.

"Eltz Castle is a medieval castle nestled in the hills above the Moselle River between Koblenz and Trier, Germany." Google is my friend. So I just dropped the image of that castle in the Google Image box...and Voila! Like magic... Id love to visit Germany one day. All of Europe actually. Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Hungary...ahem Monaco...(maybe a tad too rich for my blood), Austria...where Ill throw another shrimp on the Bar B... Sometimes I just crack myself up! (Ok...that joke was stolen from somewhere else...sue me!) On second thought...let me just reference it just in case...Dumb and Dumber...that joke comes from Dumb and Dumber... Ive been to Greece countless of times...but its nice to see other parts of the world, non? Most fun you could have is to be in Frankfurt for October fest which is also preceeded by their wine festival. Talk about a drinking blast of fun with amazing food. Then make sure you get to Hanover for CBET. Just bundle up as it is cold.

This is my day and what now will end up being my week. Welcome to the Jungle!

Taf short for Taffy? Which flavor? LOL

Not necessarily, I have seen plenty of test mules where they stretched out the fenders to support a drive train truly meant for some other product but they wanted to throw off the Photo Hounds. This could be just such a test mule. Something for the CTS but they wanted to hide it so left off inner wheel well covers to test a drive train and in this case it could be the LS7 system for a new CTS-V Coupe maybe.

Funny that Toyota named the truck after our twin city here in washington Tacoma and yet it does not sell that well here. People that come in wanting a 4x4 or work truck look to GM & Ford mostly, then RAM and finally Toyota. The Pacific NW is truly an American Truck market.

Makes sense since the vans are mostly for service commercial use. Not as many sales as the mid truck market. GM Needs to offer these trucks in Bi-Fuel mode of CNG/Petrol

sounds like a test mule to me.

Interesting, sounds like a tad better than the ES350 but not by much.Such a bland exterior / Interior even with the wood accents, still looks 1980's to me.

Cannot wait for windows 10 to get here as the current build I am using is awesome. Just need the final version now.

Remember, there will be plenty of time for instant gratification or self indulgence. Being in college, if you need an auto to get back and forth, then find a reliable commuter car with AC and plan to get your dream car once your out of college and working.

We'll probably see the ugly Ferrari wins again.Wonder how long a company can survive on old style, stuck in the stone age.

Talk about a hard car to keep clean, I assume the small gaps on the fender wraps are designed to trap air and create downward force, but over all like Buzz says, looks like a Hot Wheels car.

ATS-V EV That is the radical Future!

Nice, did you buy the extended warranty?

Soldiers of fortune!

Welcome, look forward to your contributions to the discussions on auto's.

Cool writeup, good review. Thanks for posting.

Hot Babes

An ATS-V EV edition would Rock, As a race car that EV West built, if they used the following electric motors, the weight would still be lighter than the bloated TTV6 and you would end up with 840HP & 1120lb ft of torque. This would be two of these engines in parallel direct connect to the drive line and a proper battery pack and nothing could touch it. http://www.evwest.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=8&products_id=300&osCsid=r1ts6n7q14g4a304101ekb8pb6 This is one HOT BMW, this is why I BELIEVE Cadillac should have an ATS-V EV

Interesting read, what I get out of it is there is enough there that BMW needs to wake up and realize the ATS-V just could take it's lunch.

You should take that back... do you know how bad it can get? Yes I do know how bad it can get and if Trolls show up they will find themselves quickly sidelined. No place for Trolling, but for honest open discussions on our passion for the Auto Industry.

I totally understand, My son has both Sony and Xbox. Thought lately career has kept him and I offline.