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RIP Chiefman, the world was a better place because of you. God bless Chief and Jay, we're all thinking of you.

looks like a huge Mazda5 or a mitsubishi grandis clone. again, toyota can't be original.

looking under the hood of a typical 70's GM car as well as cars like my father in law's 98 Olds 88, you can still see plenty of tarmac around all sides of the 90 degree spacehog engine. FAR TOO MUCH wasted length under there. example, why should the radiator have 6 inches of clear air in back of it of which some of could be returned to the passenger compartment? Sit in the front seat of an 88, and its cramped, the dash is low and way too far back into the wheelbase of the car. as a result, there's no front leg room and no rear leg room. Look at a mid 80's caprice. ENORMOUSLY long hood and trunk. what's left in the middle for leg room? A good recipe for a full sizer would be about 116 to 118 inch wheelbase and an overall length in the mid 200's. there should be a minimal front overhang over the front and a longer rear overhang is ok if it benefits the trunk. I like a low cowl and dropaway hood (like my 99 taurus or like an early dodge stratus) for open airy cabin and visibility. high enough roof for higher more natural seating position and more headroom. fairly low side windows. a dashboard that is less upright and claustrophobic. stretch the roof back far, again for cabin spaciousness. long/wide doors that have almost 90 degree hinges. then, if the car is kept around 3500-3600 pounds in FWD form (FWD is most space efficient) it should get great mpg, handle well for a big car, go like stink and have an assload of room. Dodge regressed moving away from the last Intrepid blueprint. the intrepid had a bunch of room, but it did suffer for seating that was too low and a roof that was far too low.

i agree, the edmunds political commentary was completely unneccesary. they should be ragged on totally for it.

i would take the SS Imp over the Accord anyday because the Accord is SO FRIKIN DULL.

landscaper, your girl.F. is once again a good and bad distraction! HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO GET ANY WORK DONE NOW? She's so hot I think there are flames coming out of the back of my monitor, probably other places too.... I'm sorry, i forgot, was there an actual CAR in that picture somewhere, anyways? lol.........

sadly, a 100% true post.

i dunno, the two terms are interchangeable at times.

didn't saab just go into the black?

two words buddy.... DESIGN BUILD 40 hour weeks home at nights and weekends...ok, virtually none much less client hassles specs? let the CM's do that consultants? let the CM's worry about that no need to pander to designers-buy the designs from willing firms and throw away whatever you don't like about it high billables reliable employment not as exciting, but oh well, its good for your sanity

like many other nissans, the interior quality looks terrible. i passed on the maxima recently because i couldn't stand the interior design or quality. . the sentra's interior has a nice design for a compact, but the materials look bad.

dude, this things pegs the 'i would rather impale myself on rebar from 20 stories fall' than drive this bloated 626 knockoff. all this bodes well for the Aura, I think. Don't get me wrong, I'm sure the Camry will get more sales than ever, but i think the Camry has crossed the line with its blandness now and the Aura could be a huge beneficiary of the anti-vanilla backlash.

part of the reason GM lost those million Olds sales was the fact that asians built better cars. without pushrods i might also add, but in any case, it wasn't marketing failure. it was product and manufacturing failure.

very feminine, weak, sterile and dull. dull to the point of making you want to poke your eyes out.

sat in a torrent a couple weeks ago while getting the oil changed on my pontiuck.....and i've sat in many equinoxes before.......the interior plastics are horrible. quite possibly the nastiest plastic available in any car for sale today. there is no trunk space in the equinox, with or without the shelf...the wheel thingies take far too much space and there's not much hieght, depth, or width overall.

I don't either!

I like the GTO fine and with some aggressive fender reshaping its a good car. Some of the HSV Monaros are killer looking. The Camaro concept is a good looking car but really its still gonna be the bait for all sorts of mullet/redneck and gold chain jokes again. Its a great reiteration of the muscle car look again, but I think I prefer the GTO with some mods. The new Camaro concept car only appeals to the same bunch all over again and will only amplify the already bad rap it gets even more, once the newness wears off in a year or so. No one will be trading their G35c's or 3 series coupes for them.

pros pleasant and sporty exterior (as long as you get body color bumpers :angry: ) good mpg lots of passenger seating space and fairly airy cabin feel sliding and reclining rear seat nice climate controls remote start 5 speed automatic 'after rebate' prices are good cons no manual transmission option no 4 cylinder option high feature engine SHOULD BE OFFERED AS AN OPTION stupid window switches on the console!?!?!?! WTF? :angry: horrifically bad interior plastics quality horrifically bad leather and cloth choices interior layout somewhat ok but with horrible plastics looks more bland than the cheapest Korean products cheesy ass classic crappy GM style T bar shifter really bad looking parts bin GM malibu stereo no manumatic rear trunk area efficiency is pathetic and is small, maxx is roomier almost

i test drove one and also had a lenghty convo at the grocery store with someone who bought one. I liked it, but not enough to buy one. In truth, to me its a tossup between the PT and HHR. I would lean to the HHR, its a GM and looks better. I would probably go for a Vibe+supercharger or an Element or a Mazda 5 over either. My biggest beefs about the HHR were the claustrophobic cabin and poor automatic tranny. Had i driven the stick i may have felt different. the window swtiches not on the door would drive me INSANE.

if anything there will be more brands. Cars are going like consumer electronics, more brands, more models....brands come and go. Peuguot and Renault I think and maybe even Citroen are mulling a return to the US.......plus all the stupid chinese cars.

full size cars don't need to be so massive. my 500 has more useful room than just about all great 70's/80's big RWD boats, but is packaged much much better. And yet, i still think it could stand to have more room and space yet (town car?). hopefully they will continue to whittle away at the engine bay for space to return back to the passengers.

highway testing should be at 65 mph. most of our freeway traffic in town here is around 70 and closer to 80mph on interstates.

"While analysts generally viewed the new strategy as a positive step, they said GM will face challenges by lowering or eliminating discounts and trying to convince consumers its cars and trucks can stand with the best in the world." Dammit. they have to pick away at everything, the 'analysts' and press. Now that GM is cutting stickers, like they should...they'll get ripped for that! they can't win.

maybe he should have closed the deal last night, then.

NO, IWAS IN F'ED UP MODEMYSELF WHEN I READIT!!! carry on! just don't show buickman's mug!