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So, one either has to keep ALL personal items out of your own vehicle, or empty it everytime you rent it out. Sounds unfeasible, IMO.

From low-brow artist Rob't Williams; Coochie Cootie ~

Found elsewhere : >>"Playboy mentioned, some years ago, that a CA plate, BREAD 8, had been recalled. Seems the español translation was a euphemism for "coochie."<<

The German triplets don't do it, either. Frankly, in modern times, spelling out the name on a car is an anomaly. How this story gained any traction is a puzzle.

Another angle: Beetle sold 15K in 2017 - the entire 5-model MINI brand only sold 47K- and Mini has to support dealerships on it own.

A few weeks ago, after seeing a pic of the current accord posted here, I stated I hadn't seen any. I've kept my eyes open and I can report I do see the new accord out & about. I'm sure I had seen it earlier but here's why I think I never noticed it. The car simply does not have any brand image or make an impression whatsoever. It looks OK but it's totally generic. I believe a huge chunk of the sales stagnation is that it's just not making people seek out a honda because this car doesn't seem to even be a 'honda'.

A valiant but hugely misguided attempt to take a boring, craptastic 2-seater, and class it up. Jeers.

Note that most sources -such as Wiki linked above- omit Chevrolet Commercial trucks & GMC from the totals. In '77, GMC built 234,992 (calendar) and Chevrolet Commercial built 1,133,201. Add wiki's numbers and you have 7,101,491 (calendar). This still omits the medium & heavy duty GM trucks (for which I have no numbers for). While I can understand omitting medium & heavy duty trucks, I cannot RE omitting light duty trucks from GM production totals.

Neat, period customization: '59 Caddy lense, '61 Imperial housing, '60 DeSoto fin ~

Anyone wants any specs or production figures for American cars, just ask. You don't have to sift thru the interweb. I have 10's of thousands of pieces of reference material in my home library. Production (model year) ~ 1976 Cutlass : 500,129 1976 Malibu : 333,243 1976 Regal/Century : 305,085 1976 LeMans/Grand LeMans : 93,817 1977 Cutlass : 632,812 1977 Malibu : 328,216 1977 Regal/Century : 328,196 1978 Cutlass : 527,606

Beetle, even last year, outsold the vast majority of PHEV/EV models. There are hybrid/electrics selling in the SINGLE DIGITS monthly right now. Not every vehicle business case has to work if the parent company is solidly profitable. I'm in no way a potential customer, but JEERS to VW if they Pull the Plug on the Bug.

VW (somehow) made $5 billion profit in 2016. They should keep the Beetle going just as an icon/symbol.

A '55 McCormack, a fiberglas body kit marketed out of California. You could get a primer-finished body, hung doors, a steel tube frame, the hardtop & the grilles for $1100 (assembly required). This example was found in a small Pennsylvania junkyard. Someone had posted online a video of a winter walk-thru of this yard about 8 years ago, and the camera did pan across the McCormack. I spotted this car in the video right off, and apparently a guy who's prime directive is to find & rescue fiberglass cars did too, as it was pulled from said yard in 2012 & is awaiting future restoration. Screen shot from the video : In happier times. Design is a little screwy at the rear fender/C-pillar but otherwise- a neat little scooter.

Major update to the opening post.

Well, there was one guy who has run a '55 300SL @ Bonneville. Rousch built / modified the engine, it eventually equaled the 300-F GT's speed of 189 MPH, then they lost the engine.

'60 Chrysler 300-F Special GT, Granatelli supercharged 413 CI, 190 MPH run.

Much like -say- Mercedes; GMC can go in more than 1 direction. Besides : "Professional Grade".

Agreed: medium duty trucks should all be 'GMC's. If there are no GMC dealers in some areas, load some GMC MD's on the transport truck and ship them to Chevy dealers.

My '75-82 Chilton's says the diesel 350 ran from '77-82 (don't know offhand if it ran later than that. Interesting in that it was rated for 285 TRQ while the gas Chevy 350 was rated at 270 TRQ- no discernible bump. In '79-80, Olds added a 260 V8 diesel, but there was only the 350 for '81. In '82, a 263 V6 diesel appeared.

My references says the following for Olds ~ 1971 : 567,891 (#5) 1972 : 762,199 (#3) 1973 : 922,771 (#3) 1974 : 581,195 (#4) 1975 : 631,795 (#3) 1976 : 891,368 (#3) 1977 : 1,135,803 (#3) 1978 : 1,015,805 (#3) 1979 : 1,068,154 (#3) 1980 : 910,306 (#3)

...6 inches wider & 21-inches taller. But the USPS has released specs a few years ago of what they're looking for in a replacement, and it's much LARGER than what they have now; 85-in wide, 230-in long and 106-in in height. Current mail trucks were based on the S-10 chassis, but those specs are too great for that tier of truck, nevermind a Bolt-esque vehicle. Frankly, I don't see such a hulking postal vehicle being necc, as more & more mailing goes electronic... tho I'm also surprised the package overflow has shippers contracting with USPS trucks for Sunday deliveries.

... has the company built since Day 1?? Googled the question, saw one estimate of 500 million. Don't know if that source was GM or if GM even has an accurate count. Overseas markets and the confusion of partial brand ownership, etc in the latter half of the Company's history may make a comprehensive tally a challenge. All the years from the Sloan book referenced below are CALENDAR year sales. These numbers are less common than model year, and it makes the transition to those more readily-obtainable numbers inaccurate for that switch-over. 1909 : 32,311 (fiscal year ending 09.30.09 plus 3 months ending 12.31.09) ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan [From 1909 thru 1923, totals includes CarterCar, Elmore, Marquette, Randolph, Samson, Scripps-Booth, Welch and 'misc' vehicles, all worldwide markets included when applicable] 1910 : 39,300 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1911 : 35,752 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1912 : 49,696 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1913 : 57,270 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1914 : 61,584 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1915 : 102,388 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1916 : 146,185 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1917 : 203,119 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1918 : 205,326 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Canadian plant now online: 1,312 units this first year] 1919 : 391,738 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [1 millionth vehicle produced] 1920 : 393,075 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 1,717,744 1921 : 214,799 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1922 : 456,763 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [2 millionth vehicle produced] 1923 : 798,555 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [3 millionth vehicle produced] 1924 : 587,341 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1925 : 835,902 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [4 millionth vehicle produced] 1926 : 1,236,363 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan [Vauxhall now included] • [5 millionth vehicle produced] 1927 : 1,564,354 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1928 : 1,813,393 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1929 : 1,900,654 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [10 millionth vehicle produced] 1930 : 1,193,535 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel now included] TOTAL to this point : 12,319,403 1931 : 1,074,709 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1932 : 562,970 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1933 : 869,035 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1934 : 1,240,447 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [15 millionth vehicle produced] 1935 : 1,715,688 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1936 : 2,037,690 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1937 : 2,115,949 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [20 millionth vehicle produced] 1938 : 1,308,643 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1939 : 1,726,855 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1940 : 2,080,566 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel factory under Nazi control- not included. 25 millionth vehicle produced] TOTAL to this point : 27,051,955 1941 : 2,300,028 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1942 : 348,806 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1943 : 194,144 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [including 60K Chevy trucks, 30K GMC trucks] 1944 : 317,032 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [including 71K Chevy trucks, 152K GMC trucks] • [30 millionth] 1945 : 308,044 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1946 : 1,229,032 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1947 : 1,992,371 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1948 : 2,220,993 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Holden now included] 1949 : 2,896,348 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Opel back in the count] 1950 : 3,992,298 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [40 millionth] TOTAL to this point : 42,851,051 1951 : 3,197,134 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1952 : 2,629,200 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1953 : 3,760,479 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [50 millionth] 1954 : 3,799,628 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1955 : 5,030,994 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1956 : 4,090,863 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1957 : 3,885,366 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1958 : 3,310,493 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1959 : 3,850,914 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan • [Brazil plant online] • [75 millionth] 1960 : 4,660,996 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 81,067,118 1961 : 4,036,629 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan 1962 : 5,238,601 ~ My Years with General Motors, Alfred P Sloan TOTAL to this point : 90,342,348 This ends the Sloan book as a reference, as it was published in 1963. Quite probably the best reference on these early numbers; Sloan was fastidious in writing & reviewing the book, and no doubt he could merely ask and get the definitive info on this from company archives- he was still honorary chairman of the board in 1963. TO DATE here we have 54 years of production and 90 million vehicles. Counting to the end of 2017, we have another 55 years to go... is it possible to have built 410 million in the 2nd half of the company's history? • • • • • • • • • Switching to model year production, there's going to be a slight overlap with the end of 1962. I could estimate that on a monthly basis, but for now I'm going to gloss over it as numerically insignificant. 1963 : U.S. ONLY, 5 car Divisions : 3,835,039 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1963 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 101,234 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1963 : U.S. ONLY, Chevrolet Truck - calendar year : 483,119 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1963 : CANADA, 5 car divisions (minus Cadillac, plus Acadian) - calendar year : 264,340 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1963 : Holden : 256,959~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1963 : Opel : 1963 : Vauxhall : 1964 : U.S. ONLY, 5 car divisions + Chevrolet Truck : 4,741,198 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1964 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 110,521 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1964 : CANADA, 5 divisions (minus Cadillac, plus Acadian) - calendar year : 246,466 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1964 : Holden : ? ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1964 : Opel : 1964 : Vauxhall : 1965 : U.S. ONLY, 5 divisions + Chevrolet Truck : 5,360,883 ~ Encyclopedia of American Cars 1930-1980, Richard Langworth 1965 : U.S. ONLY, GMC - calendar year : 136,705 ~ Standard Catalog of American Light Duty Trucks, John Gunnell 1965 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 351,303 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1965 : Holden : 178,927 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_holden 1965 : Opel : 1965 : Vauxhall : 1966 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 285,984 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1966 : Holden : 1966 : Opel : 1966 : Vauxhall : 1967 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 264,340 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1967: Holden : 1967 : Opel : 1967 : Vauxhall : 1968 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 312,275 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1968 : Holden : 1968 : Opel : 1968 : Vauxhall : 1969 : CANADA, 5 divisions - calendar year : 391,561 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1969 : Holden : 1969 : Opel : 1969 : Vauxhall : 1970 : CANADA, 3 divisions - calendar year : 222,376 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1970 : Holden : 1970 : Opel : 1970: Vauxhall : 1971 : CANADA, 3 divisions - calendar year : 406,186 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1971 : Holden : 1971 : Opel : 1971: Vauxhall : 1972 : CANADA, 2 divisions - calendar year : 354,167 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1972 : Holden : 1972 : Opel : 1972: Vauxhall : 1973 : CANADA, 2 divisions - calendar year : 443,806 ~ www.uniquecarsandparts.com.au/production_gm_canada 1973 : Holden : 1973 : Opel : 1973: Vauxhall : 19xx Opel Manta [entire global production] : 498,553 ~ www.opelclub.com MORE TO COME...

1959 Buick Skylark III, XP-75 program, 2-pass coupe. 2 running/driving cars built, 1 known to be destroyed, the other disappeared in the late '60s.

I think the Bolt is too small cargo-wise for postal service or package courier duty.