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Did you get to watch that last hour-hour and a half of racing?

New update on the near-instant oil change. Aston Martin Vulcan has adapted the system. http://blog.caranddriver.com/under-the-hood-of-aston-martins-vulcan-a-plug-and-play-oil-system/ "The idea is to ensure the right quality of oil is being used and to cut maintenance times, especially for cars like the Vulcan that may well be stored for extended periods between track outings. A secondary benefit is that, as the exact type of oil is known, it is easier to recycle after it’s been removed from the car. According to Castrol the box can withstand sustained 1.8-g loads and can handle flow rates of over 150 gallons a minute." "Castrol is also serious about introducing a version into more mainstream machinery and is working to persuade carmakers to share its vision, the corporate prediction is that we’ll see a Nexcel-equipped production vehicle within five years. "

oh man what a great race. i felt so bad for the delta wing team though, they showed a lot of potential. GM had an outstanding showing this year. i honestly had hope the ford gt would have had a better showing, but as the way it goes with a brand new car on such a race. chevrolet had the same issues it seems with the c7's and the corvette daytona prototypes. good job honda for an overall win as well. that came as a shock! http://bangshift.com/general-news/car-features/chevy-car-features/how-long-will-chevrolet-chevelle-lagunas-be-underrated-this-gorgeous-1974-model-is-begging-for-repairs-and-the-big-block-it-deserves/ also... mid 70's cars seem to finally be coming into their own... It was a great finish! Those Corvettes were racing so hard it was amazing to see that kind of finish after 24 hours of racing and all of the possible variables that they both encountered. I definitely felt terrible for the Delta Wing. It had extremely great pace(from what I heard) and was running top paced lap times, correct? Of course prior to running into the stopped car in what looked like turn 1(replays). I was definitely a little disappointed in the Ford GTs but at the same time before they had some tire and transmission issues they were running with the pace of the GTLM leaders so very promising. I thought this was a good quote about the GTs, "The good thing about it all, and the thing we are pleased about, is the car is showing some pace, it is showing some opportunity, and overall we are happy that we have a fast car and we need to work on reliability. That’s a lot better than having a slow car that’s reliable, but you don’t know how to get speed out of it." -Autoweek " “We’ve got the right team, drivers and partners, we just need some time to get miles on the car and sort out those issues. She’s fast and she’s pretty, but she’s temperamental right now.” " -TopGear

I just don't want Mazda mixed up with this Sergio guy.. Mazda seems to be putting out spectacular vehicles for their respective classes. They don't need to screw anything up now. Don't do it Mazda.

I went to the STL Auto Show this weekend and there was no CT6... I was quite disappointed but I hadn't realized how large the CTS is now either. The first CTS that I saw I briskly walked over to it and realized it was a CTS not a CT6. The CTS is a very large car now, imo. Good looking, and large. They did have an ATS-V and CTS-V.

24hrs of Daytona has an hour and a half left if anybody wants to catch the end of it.

Developing all-new platforms and models isn't cheap...at least 3 new plaforms in the last couple years (F-series, Transit, Mustang)... Makes sense. Hadn't thought about that, or anything in particular to be honest. I just wasn't sure.

I read the first paragraph where it says they still use carburetors and that isn't true. They went to fuel injection for the 2012 season.

No, the fact is YOU do not like the reality. You bitched about their engines, their new 4s will be out this year, then it was hybrid tech, oops, look at that a hybrid Pacifica and Plug-in with 80MPHe in a MINIVAN, oops, and again, they are not stopping production of the 200, the statement is simply that the next one will be based on a platform from another manufacturer. It is dollars and cents (sense.....). Use your brain. With Alfa going all RWD and Dodge basically doing the same, Chrysler is left with only Chrysler needing FWD. Without the sharing it becomes an expensive proposition that would price the car out of it's competitive set. Use your brain, basically every midsize car from the Fusion, to the Malibu, to the Camry has platform mates under their mothership umbrella to share amortization costs and manufacturing costs with. It becomes much more of an issue if you have only 1 or 2 vehicles under the same umbrella to try to spread all of the development costs, tooling, and manufacturing costs with. The do need a lighter platform for their midsize/compacts and in this case that is simply the most cost-effective way to go. It is the same reason Ford used he Mazda 6 platform for the Fusion and GM and Ford teamed up fr the new 10 speed auto. Seriously, if you actually think about it,it makes sense. You are just too busy singing Chysler death knell sto see that. Chrsler is putting out their first hybrid in 2017, right? How far have GM and Ford come in that same time? I know Ford's had a few hybrids and obviously GM has had some, and they have a full EV next year as well. Ford's Fusion was 09 and Escape in 2004! The Volt came out in 2010 and a Silverado/Sierra with a hybrid system in 2005 as well. So yes, Chrysler will finally have a hybrid in 2017 a mere 20 years after Toyota, 13 years after Ford, 12 after Chevy. Good job. The Dart's engines weren't tops in their class when it came out, or top 3. That is a fail when you introduce a BRAND NEW vehicle to a class and you aren't class leading in mpg, or any performance metric(be it efficiency or 1/4 mile - doesn't matter, it wasn't very good). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wait, Chrysler? Screw that, let's get back to talking about the sweet and sexy CT6! Any ideas if the new ttV8 will be a V Series? or VSport? or just a badass engine before a V Series..? 2009 Chrysler Aspen Hybrid There it is!!! I knew something had to be missing.. but I honestly couldn't find anything. Terrible research on my part, lol ..In my defense I'm working and I shouldn't be googling things..

No, the fact is YOU do not like the reality. You bitched about their engines, their new 4s will be out this year, then it was hybrid tech, oops, look at that a hybrid Pacifica and Plug-in with 80MPHe in a MINIVAN, oops, and again, they are not stopping production of the 200, the statement is simply that the next one will be based on a platform from another manufacturer. It is dollars and cents (sense.....). Use your brain. With Alfa going all RWD and Dodge basically doing the same, Chrysler is left with only Chrysler needing FWD. Without the sharing it becomes an expensive proposition that would price the car out of it's competitive set. Use your brain, basically every midsize car from the Fusion, to the Malibu, to the Camry has platform mates under their mothership umbrella to share amortization costs and manufacturing costs with. It becomes much more of an issue if you have only 1 or 2 vehicles under the same umbrella to try to spread all of the development costs, tooling, and manufacturing costs with. The do need a lighter platform for their midsize/compacts and in this case that is simply the most cost-effective way to go. It is the same reason Ford used he Mazda 6 platform for the Fusion and GM and Ford teamed up fr the new 10 speed auto. Seriously, if you actually think about it,it makes sense. You are just too busy singing Chysler death knell sto see that. Chrsler is putting out their first hybrid in 2017, right? How far have GM and Ford come in that same time? I know Ford's had a few hybrids and obviously GM has had some, and they have a full EV next year as well. Ford's Fusion was 09 and Escape in 2004! The Volt came out in 2010 and a Silverado/Sierra with a hybrid system in 2005 as well. So yes, Chrysler will finally have a hybrid in 2017 a mere 20 years after Toyota, 13 years after Ford, 12 after Chevy. Good job. The Dart's engines weren't tops in their class when it came out, or top 3. That is a fail when you introduce a BRAND NEW vehicle to a class and you aren't class leading in mpg, or any performance metric(be it efficiency or 1/4 mile - doesn't matter, it wasn't very good). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Wait, Chrysler? Screw that, let's get back to talking about the sweet and sexy CT6! Any ideas if the new ttV8 will be a V Series? or VSport? or just a badass engine before a V Series..?

I read what U highlighted.. and only pointed it out for others. The thing is that there are several actual differences in the ATS to CTS to CT6.. and even XTS. despite from FAR OFF they look similar. The S-Class and C-Class are almost exact copies of each other.. certainly the 5 and 7Series are as well. Well when you quote me and say "u two" I felt like it was directed at me(and cp). The ATS does have a little more differentiation, and in a good way. I just don't see much unless you look in detail at the CTS and CT6 and the same can be said for the G3. I think BMW has been doing it for a longer period of time and now MB and Audi are doing it from bottom to top and Cadillac with their two newest in the CTS and CT6. I understand WHY they all do this..but..I just with there was a little more differentiation. Not a lot more, because if you nailed a design language then there is no point in venturing too far from that but a litle more would be appreciated, especially in MB's case. It sucks because I think the C->S look great individually but when together they look like an evolutionary picture of the vehicle growing and basically the same.

C'mon man, I even said, " Now, I know MB is on a fast track to do the same thing from C->S and I'm not excusing them either. I think they look very good but these luxury automakers need to differentiate A LITTLE bit more." I'm not "excusing" anybody. I acknowledged that they are not the only ones to do so. I didn't mention BMW but if it makes you feel better BMW and Audi are the same way, better? I doubt many could differentiate an A6 from and A8 or an A4 from an A8.

^ That's just unreasonable pricing, you realize that right? For example, A Malibu starts at 22k and can be built up to 36k or so. That's 14k from base to top of the line. And you're saying a luxury car should go from base to top of the line for only 14k as well? A 3 Series starts at 33k and can be built up to 63k and that's no M3. Just a fully loaded 340i xDrive. But if it's a Lincoln it can't price simlarly. Even an RLX starts at 55k and built to about 70k. And you get one weak 3.5L or a hybrid. #DoubleStandardSMK

I completely know what you mean. The CTS and CT6 from almost ANY distance at all look the exact same. And if it's tough for us car guys to tell them apart then there is no way the ignorant public will be able to tell them apart. They both look very very good to me but they do look very similar. Now, I know MB is on a fast track to do the same thing from C->S and I'm not excusing them either. I think they look very good but these luxury automakers need to differentiate A LITTLE bit more.

That is one of my favorite lines I've read on the cars so far. Both targeting the larger luxury car market and yet their philosophies are completely different. Sporty vs. Boaty. Neither is right, neither is wrong, imo.

Why do they have so much debt?

I have to say, I see what ccap is talking about. My issue with it is that just does not look nearly as good as everything else that Buick is getting ready to put out. Within a year, that car will be the new Sebring Convertible, collecting dust in the corner of every Buick lot because it simply does not look as new as the models that will be out within that same year. I do not get this move by GM at all. Get to work on that Avista (and Avenir while you're at it) already and ditch the Buick Sebring. I'm glad I'm not the only who who thinks that way. I mean Buick is doing some really awesome things and some high quiality(at least they look the part) vehicles and this just seems like it's coming in from left field.

Holy $h!, just realized I better be seeing the GT350/R, RS, and Raptor at the auto show this weekend or I'm going to be one disappointed gent.

Okay not 10 years but the 08+ Malibus I think look better..are they actually better, I don't know. I only have pictures to judge from. But an '08 Malibu would have been released in '07 so that's 9 years old.. I wasn't really that far off. Even if it was from '08, 8 years. It just doesn't look like a 2016 vehicle. It doesn't look like a Buick to me. Buick have been putting out some really good looking cars with some really good looking interiors as of late and then they drop this on us? I hope nobody buys it just in spite of them bringing something as dated(overall package) as it is here. I mean 27mpg for a small, 1.6L, two seater? 4000lbs..? I don't think the Verano looks bad at all though. I think it's still a good looking, modern car. Yes, a little dated as it is now 5 years old. But I just think this looks like an awkward old, like not old enough to be cool, but old enough that it doesn't look 2016 either. After looking at it is more I think the grille is what's grinding my gears about the exterior.

“I took a pretty hard hit down in the corner,” Wideman said after the game. “I had some pretty good pain in my shoulder, my neck. I was just trying to get off the ice. I was kind of keeled over and at the last second I looked up and saw him. I couldn’t avoid it. I went up to Donnie and apologized to him on the ice. I didn’t see him. I didn’t know where to go or how to get out of the way of him.”

So..Tesla and Chrysler will produce the same number of vehicles..2. How weird does that sound?

I think glasses are in your future. There is nothing wrong with the XT5 interior whatsoever. See, why couldn't/didn't they utilize the Black and Tan on the CT6 like they did on the XT5??? The colors flow so much better, IMO. In my opinion, they should have used a coffee brown as a secondary color instead of the black. Something really dark but still a brown.

You're not too not picky at all. I feel the same exact way about this car.

I have to agree with Drew, It seems like it is more of an appearance thing than performance thing. Looks gnarly, but that's just it. Optional to the package are the A/T tires, "bed mounted bar to support off-road lights, LED headlights, and a new sports exhaust boosting power of 5.3L V8 from 355 to 365 horsepower." . So without choosing those optional items then what the heck is even in the All Terrain X? "Styling is the biggest influence on Sierra customers and the new Sierra All Terrain X builds on that"...

Alright, so what is the deal with this car? Why is it a thing? and why does it look 10 years old already? Buick has had some absolutely GORGEOUS cars shown recently and then this thing goes on sale? Look at that interior, it looks like a 10 ear old GM vehicle not a 2016 Buick. The only two pieces that look relatively modern are the wheels and the LCD display on the center stack. For the most part I agree when people say that Lincoln is more of a Buick competitor than Cadillac..Then this thing came out and it actually looks like a step into pre-bailout GM. Maybe I'm being way overcritical of this car but GM makes so many better vehicles and this one is actually frustrating that they are selling it under the Buick name plate.