G. David Felt

Interesting take on Musk and Tesla. Hate might be a bit strong of a word, yet based on videos of him being interviewed and talking about the car industry, he clearly does not have any passion for using petro. He has committed to pure electric and I will give him the credit of making a true massive move in the industry that people are clearly excited by. Over all, I have seen plenty of commercials in the last few days by Toyota about turning Lemonade into Fuel for their Fuel cell auto. Take a Tesla, add a Fuel cell generator and we have a incredible green auto. https://youtu.be/aYYT7LEBFYo

Your just reliving your Magnum PI watching days. These are the rare sexy ones to me, but I would not replace my amercian auto's with these.

I agree with you on most points and believe GM needs to get the VOLT powertrain out on multiple lines of auto's, every car line for sure should have a version of the VOLT powertrain. Tesla hates petro so much sadly they will lose due to not embracing some kind of VOLT type power train. Imagine a generator on an auto with a 200 mile range of battery and with generator 600 miles is capable. This becomes a real road trip capable auto.

Except for hardcore Toyota lovers, most will see the Tacoma and if they have compared trucks will go NO THANK YOU. Toyota really dropped the ball on this one.

This is great news for holding CTS and ATS till the new CT models come out. I just hope GM does a real game changer with the CT models that does blow away everyone. Personally, I think the whole product line could go with a Volt power train that would give amazing Torque and performance with MPG in a quiet luxury package. If you have driven a Volt or ELR you know what I mean about super quiet and amazing to drive.

Agree, GM needs to step up their game with a superior sound system across the board for all auto lines.

So Ferrari has a invitation only SuperCar that makes things very interesting. http://money.cnn.com/video/luxury/2014/10/27/ferrari-super-car.cnnmoney?iid=EL So the question is do you think it is worth it? What about the style? Sound off after watching above on what you think of this invitation only supercar!

Ferrari is now valued as a 10 Billion dollar company based on the IPO announcement today. http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/12/investing/ferrari-ipo-race/index.html You too can own a share of Ferrari purchasing their shares under the title of RACE. So will this help to fund FCA better?

They did. It was called the ELR and it sits on lots for 30K off sticker price. Wrong, the ELR is not a Pure EV auto. It is a glamoured version of the Volt, Hybrid electric auto with a generator. We all know they missed many things to make this better as to why they sit around.

That is a really interesting picture, you can see more of the divots in the background on those rails.

I happily would kick out all Italian brands from my Garage. I would love some SUV's Baby!

Outstanding MPG for the new models as well as a well deserved refinement. I expect this to be the last major change as they move to the CT branding.

Very informative write up, learned a few things I did not know about the car. Yet still this orange paint job and the ugly predator mouth just makes this a Lose / Lose auto for me.

Nothing like dumping out the trash every so often. Make a speedy recovery and move forward, leaving the little turd in the past!

Would agree, electric motors have been proven now with superior torque and HP to really move large auto's, no reason not to have the suburban be a Voltec auto. An electric powertrain with a generator would really make it rock.

Will have to say that saying the new Tacoma has a better interior was them throwing the Taco truck a bone as they knew it was going down. That interior is not better IMHO than the colorado.

image.jpeg Thanks for posting it, I have cropped and rotated so easier to read. Thanks again,

About time you see America Clobber the Asians. Been far too long for this, well overdue.

GM will have a home run once they get the BOLT right and into production. My wife has already told me she wants the Bolt. I have talked with others who want it also. I think we will see this become a big hit yet. I hope you are right. But right now a good solid double would be great for a EV. This is not a car that is going to bump the Cruze out of the top place at Chevy in sales anytime soon. This is a slow growth segment but it needs to be a well done car and one that will grow not only the model over time but the future of other models. The volume increase this car can lead to will help bring the needed changes for changed minds in the public as well as more chargers and more investment for even better batteries. The real hang up with the EV including the Tesla is the charging times. Even on a Supercharger you can still not match the time it takes to refuel a gas car. This is a life style charger for many owners as they will never wait 45 mins for a part charge or 12 hours for a full charge. Also the damage the fast charge does to the battery is not good either. But there is a growing segment interested and this car will be a key building block to increase sales, interest and infrastructure. While the Tesla proved there was a market for the expensive electric car GM will prove you can build one cheaper and still make a buck on it. While this will not be GM's highest volume or profit car it will prove to be a car that will grow the EV market much like the Prius did the Hybrid. Give me a good solid double or triple here and we will be sitting pretty. GM needs to hit a home run in the Malibu as it will bring in the money to help expand these other programs. If GM can turn 300,000 Malibu's and 300,000 Cruze a year this is where the money will come from to advance the EV even more. The Bolt will be a very big game changer but it is not going to win the game by itself. This is just part of the game not the winning run. This segment is too big for one car to carry the entire load. I agree that this will not win the war nor will it be the all things to everyone, but I do believe that this will be what Prius was to Toyota for GM. I think people will look to change habits and while yes now the bulk of people will not go for 30 min, 4hrs, 8hrs or 12hr charge times, there is a growing group of people that like electronic devices, a habit of plugging in at night and letting the auto charge over night and having it all day running will work. The fact that there is also fast chargers that can charge 100 miles in 30 min, means we will see chargers that will recharge this car fully in 1hr. Then time and advances will move to getting this down even more. The Bolt will address range anxiety for people and for many they will also gain access to those coveted EV parking spots. So this will entice a much larger crowd to go EV I believe. The benefit of Tesla is that they have pushed and 1/3 of their customers are now purchasing said auto's with the 80 amp charging solution so they can fully recharge in 1hr. I have seen many 240V 30 amp solutions that would cover most peoples need to recharge quickly for running around. My hope is that Chevy does the Bolt right by taking the lessons learned from Tesla and incorporate them into the BOLT. 80amp recharging option. Standard 30 Amp 240V charging compared to current 3.3 or 6.6 amp charging today. Use a solar roof panel to allow for added charging or for using AC, Stereo, etc and settings run by your smartphone. I am excited by this.

Any idea of what the big red button is under the center dash screen? I am thinking a temporary disconnect in case of electrical fire or something, Thoughts?

Yeah, I can't believe it either. Oh you weren't talking about the U.S. Congress. +1

Guess it could be the next shuttle in Star Trek. Maybe even in Dark Matter.

GM will have a home run once they get the BOLT right and into production. My wife has already told me she wants the Bolt. I have talked with others who want it also. I think we will see this become a big hit yet.

I disagree, there are plenty of batteries now with high enough amps to support longer range and I see no reason why a suburban could not have a 400-500 mile range as you have all the space on both sides of the drive line and behind the rear wheels so you can have enough battery for a long distance drive plus cost is always coming down on the auto's.

be interesting to see if this is what Ford and GM gets or not.