Intrepidation

Yeah, but then again Charger sales aren't off by that much.

Quoted for Truth. Also, I image if the Coupe 60 were to be produced people might not being defecting to Nissan to get a proper sports coupe. See, Nissan has a set a of balls whereas GM was neutered long ago. Funny, Nissan has no problem selling the Z, and it's platform is pretty exclusive is it not? I'm sure it costs more to produce than the Coupe 60 would. But the people in charge of killing Zeta wouldn't know what real performance is anyway. After all PCS, you drive a FWD antiquated piece of technology and think EPII is something to get excited about. Woo, a Camry wannabe!

How does the Wrangler get rated as worst? It appeals to a specific set of buyers, not Camry driving, latte sipping yuppies.

Here's my take: Chrysler Sebring (Short term) Replace the current front fascia with one like that of the SEMA concept, revise the tail lights out back, and get rid of that black plastic on the C-pillar. Substantially improve the interior materials used, design is fine but the materials need to be much better. Put sound deadening material and work on reducing the 2.4's noise and harshness. Make the 6-speed standard. Drop the 2.7, replace it with the 3.5 as the Touring. Limited shout get the 4.0, 250 hp brings the numbers more in line with the rest of the class. Move it upmarket with standard alloys(Long Term) Redesign on shortened LY architecture, with new more powerful, more efficient Phoenix V6 engines, add Hybrid. 300: Redesign on LY with more focus on sleekness and elegance instead of gangster styling. Phoenix V6's and Hemi V8. Base model will have at least 5-speed automatic standard, alloys. Add Hybrid. Pacifica: Brought back but redesigned and priced better, more space efficient, more sporting than the T&C. Phoenix Engines and a Hybrid Town and Country: Refreshed with lessons learned from the VW...better handling, more elegant out back and much better interior design and materials. PT Cruiser: Redesign as an marketed as a premium compact. Not retro. 2.4/6 speed standard. Light Pressure turbo version optional. Aspen: Dropped Crossifre: Redesign inspired by FirePower, build it off the Viper platform too. More sales of platform means the expensive can be paid off better, and therefore more profitable. make it a GT with the Hemi not the V10. This will be the new halo car. Dodge Caliber: New, vastly improved interior, CVT replaced by 4-speed automatics and 6-speed for the R/T. Rear end tweaked. engines refined to make less noise and harshness. Add sedan model. Avenger: (Short Term) Redesigned interior with more emphasis on actual design, vastly improved materials and color choices. 2.4L should receive same refinements as Sebring. 4-speed standard, 6-speed optional. 2.7/6 speed. 3.5 replaced by 2.4 turbo from SRT4 (alternative could be 4.0 v6). (Long Term) Redesigned on Shortened Ly. Take 2 of mini Charger looks. Driver Oriented cockpit. Hybrid Charger: Redesigned on LY. New V6 family, Hybrid, offer Hemi in low volume. Design should be an evolution of current one, still mean looking but more sleek. Challenger: Just released, add Phoenix V6's when available. Journey: 2.4/3.5/4.0 6-speed optional on 2.4, standard on the other engines. Add Phoenix engines when available. Redo interior, retune suspension to be more sporty. Add Hybrid Caravan: Redo interior, retune suspension, redo back end. Nitro: Drop, Liberty can pick up the slack. Durango: Redesign with new interior and better driving Dynamics. IRS, Hybrid V6 and V8s. Small diesel from Ram. Dakota: Redesigned with more fuel efficient engines, better styling, improved interior. Make use of innovations seen on the Ram. Diesel Hybrid Ram. Just released, no updates needed. Viper: Redesign to be be lighter, more fuel efficient but still very powerful. Better interior. Jeep Compass: Drop Patriot: New interior, 2.0 refined with 5-speed manual or 4 speed automatic. 2.4L refined, 5-speed manual or 6-speed automatic. 2.4 light pressure turbo. Liberty: Retune suspension for better on road prowess without loosing off road prowess. Base engine gets 5-speed autmatic as an option. Add 4.0 V6. Replace with Phoenix engines when available. Wrangler: Redo interior, Add more powerful engine (4.0 and/or diesel) Grand Cherokee: Redesign, better interior, on road manners, but keep off road prowess. Add diesel Hybrid. Make optional 3rd row. Commander: Drop

Well as far as I know the Wrangler hasn't suffered body rips yet.

So? You claim Zeta has been killed because of fuel economy concerns (CAFE) It doesn't matter if teh owner can afford the gas or not, it's about the regulations. By that logic, Hummer should be dead first because the brand gets far worse fuel economy.

I actually did quite a lot, but I prefer a subtle approach that doesn't look like it was chopped, like it was a real photo. It's all about the details.

Thanks! I tried to color match it withe the CTS's red...I really like that color.

NOt when fuel prices hit 4or 5 bucks gallon. Sales will tank and I will enjoy every moment of it.

I'd rather the entire Hummer brand get Axed if it means we can get the Coupe 60 and maybe a RWD Impala.

I never noticed until today, but from the back both the ugly Porsche Cayenne and Jeep Compass look eerily similar from the back. Is it just me?

I'd rather bring my car, since it's more comfortable for long distance cruising, plus we can comfortably fit a couple extra people if they happened to need a ride, but I don't wanna be excluded from the tent either. Ironic isn't it? I can bring a Toyota there but not a Dodge.

Yeah, I was extremely lucky with my used car purchase.

I love the spotlight, sure the electrical are kinda screwed up because of it (the thing always thinks it needs windshield washer fluid) but it actually works and is so cool in a pointless kind of way. I'd drive this thing just to shine it at some jerk tailgating me. Since the weather finally doesn't suck, I'm gonna try to remove the bumper today. The Camaro may have been a slug to begin with, but the concept of a brick pwning a Camaro is still priceless!

Honda put out two recall notices today that affects some 273,000 2004-2008 Acura TLs. One of the recalls addresses a windshield wiper issue, where a potentially faulty circuit breaker on 129,600 '04 and '05 TLs could fail, rendering the wipers useless. The other recall is a bit more compelling. Apparently an issue with high temperatures under the hood can cause the power steering hose to degrade to the point that it could crack and leak fluid onto the catalytic converter. This could result in a fair amount of smoke, or, at worse, a fire. Neither issue has resulted in a crash or injury, but Acura dealers have been instructed to replace the power steering hose and, in the case of the windshield wiper motor, inspect the unit and replace it if necessary. Naturally, there's no charge for either recall. Source: Autoblog

Somestime you get a used car that is a troublesome money pit and sometimes you get one that is very reliable and drives like new.

There are potholes EVERYWHERE. Everyday it's a game of dodging them...and I hate this game.

The Zeta's basic designs may be older, but the handling is still world class, unlike any W-Body. There's a difference bwteen a platform that is not brand new but can run with the best of them and a platform that sucks. They should make this, if only for a short time. It wouldn't add much cost to build it I'm sure, they could get a little extra use out of Zeta before it's raped buy POS Epsilons, and in selling it for a short while there will be no problems finding buyers. I'd buy it.

Of course they are going to compare it to the M5, the CTS-V is in the same size class. Please go away.

That was low and uncalled or. Also, if GM actually built a coupe in the price bracket, like teh Coupe 60, she would actually have an option in the GM brand. There's nothing else. FWD POS W-Bodies don't count.

There's no RWD GM coupes in that price range out there. Camaro's not out and I'm sure the "smart" ones at GM will keep the Coupe 60 nothing more than a dream.

That is the $13,000 question.

I'm sorry but please shut the hell up. You come in here and do nothing but ruin a good thread. If you had any sense of style and half a brain you would see that it is anything but bland and looks nothing like the last gen Monaro. It does look like a 2-door G8/Commodore, but just because it doesn't look ugly (G6, 5-Series) does not make it boring or a bad design. I'm so sick and tired of the pointless, factless bull$h! you spew out. You can't even make a valid comparison. Just shut up and find another thread to annoy people in, and leave us to enjoy that which will probably never see the light of day while we can.

It is quite comfortable and the engine is surprisingly quiet for such an old one. Yeah, I finally had time, or so I thought, yesterday to take off the bumper. Starting doing it, got a coupel bolts off and then got called into work early. Now there's 7 inches of snow on the ground.

That's awesome, go Nissan!