Intrepidation

Making decisive decisions (converting truck plants tobuild Euro Fords for the NA market) VS sitting with their thumbs up their ass (we can build a CTS Turbo 4, but we don't now if customers want something that is better on gas and makes good power)?

Ah, but according to McCain, the economy's fine!

The annoucement the interiors were going to be redesigned came after Cerberus bought Chrysler, I think. I have some hope, because the Ram's interior went from being cheesy to one of the nicest in it's class. We'll see.

Correct, the tan interior is the Patriot, the black is the Compass. I'm curious to see what the Caliber's will look like. Supposedly they have been going to great lengths and studying European interiors to make their interiors better. I can't say for certain, but despite the grainy scan, they certainly look much nicer and far less plasticy...so here's hoping. The dash design reminds me of a cross between the last Liberty and a VW Jetta...simple, and clean (notice the 1-piece dash). VW interiors are certainly not a bad choice to benchmark!

Of course I nominate the LH, very special cars in terms of revolutionary design. Also the Acura Vigor and Honda Prelude, especially the generation before last.

The images are scans from the new brochure, so it's most likely a demonstration of the heated seats.

Done

Hthe current one for comparison.

I've just seen the new interiors of the Jeeps, and I have to say, wow, what an improvement. the design isn't earth shattering, but it looks far, far more upscale than the plastic bin interiors of the current cars. The images are in the allpar forums, http://www.allpar.com/forums/index.php?sho...t=0&start=0

True, although it's just too bad it won't be until 2011, when GM needs cars like this here in the states now.

The only question is if I want a true manual or 6-peed auto with paddle shifters. I guess it depends how good the manual mode is. I know my Hemi Orange or black Challenger R/T will have the Track Pak, so it's a question of if I want 2 manuals or 1 manual, one automatic. Then again that's what the Intrepid/Prizm are for. So maybe manual all the way.

Get to work then.

The Horror. Honestly, this kind of pain could have been avoided if they had given equal focus to small and midsize cars and not just trucks and SUVs. This goes for Ford and Chrysler too. Most of the automakers are hurting too, but I doubt anywhere near as much. Now they need small cars but have to develope them for our market, which takees time and money they don't have. That's all it boils down too. Hopefully they can weather the storm and emerge with a hard learned lesson, so this never happens again.

Yeah,s o I got a new cell phone yesterday, since my old piece of crap was dying. It's nothing overly fancy, a Virgin Mobile Cyclops, but it has a 1.3 megapixel camera, which for the price of $30 is unbeatable...most the the prepay phones have like .3 megapixels and cost closer to $100. As I was heading to work this morning I decided to try out the camera and take a photo of my car,a nd inadvertantly got the other 2 cars in the photo too,s o besides the Merc, which is in the driveway, it's a pic of the fleet, so what the hell, I felt like sharing. You can see one of the Shadow's new doors too. I still want to get a Cannon S5 IS though

Yes, but none of them, as far as I know can be imported here. I think the Corsa won't be able to make it until the next generation. Could be wrong though.

Sounds like you're gonna have a lot of fun with that car.

Maybe GM should ask Ford for help, as Ford seems to know how to do a good B-segment car (Fiesta)

If the motor is bolted in and not welded/rivited, it should be easy. If it is...that sucks. AutoZone's website is great. They actually have pictures of what the actual part for your car looks like, not some gineric part. Great prices too.

I would add the original SRT4 to that list.

Build it and they will come.

How about MA?

We took a Greyhound bus once. Never again.

Congrats, it's a monster! Way cooler then a Pooper. Some TLC and it should be good to go.

Maybe they wne to B-17's and P-51's and a few P-38 's and B-26's.

Although if they had a BumbleBee edition I might just have to take that.