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So; this :

why would anyone...

^ Your undying fascination with that turd is indefensible.

Koo Koo the Bird Girl ~

CHOP IT!

Does ANY manufacturer market a vehicle that way??

No; it's powertrain-related metals, copper, lithium, etc etc, not steels or aluminum.

It's only available on the Denali & AT4, and it's part of a package that costs $11-12K. So no.

"can’t match in terms of solidity and precision" "doesn't handle with much verve" "feels almost reluctant when pressed" "feels lighter on its feet" I just don't know what anyone is supposed to do with these statements. Buick's aren't marketed to folk who on rare occasions like to "make quick work out of erasing mildly banked 90 degree turns", so while C&D's criteria is running a mommy-mobile around a road course, I question the relevance of such.

Seems huge obstacles in obtaining raw materials are hampering all projections of achieving 100% BE vehicles by 2035. A harsh dose of reality, perhaps. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/electric-america-needs-more-mines-174844266.html It is obviously pertinent to include the carbon footprint of building/operating new mines and all that involves, in the so-called 'carbon footprint' of BE's (not to mention the carbon footprint of manufacturing & installing a few hundred thousand public charging stations). The raw materials and fueling infrastructure of IC has long been established.

'63 Merc Marauder S-55 ~

^ They clearly went in with a preconceived notion. If it didn't have a Sport/manual shift mode, they would've lamented the absence. But it has it and they dub the inclusion as "odd"... I'll go ahead and assume 'because it's a Buick'.

Here the growth area is chain convenience stores wanting to put in gas pumps, also. We have Wawa thru a number of east coast states, and they closed/tore down a store because the township wouldn't allow them to put in pumps, then built new stores (with pumps) in adjacent townships to the north & south of the old site. QuickChek is another chain- just built 2 new stores within the last 12-24 months in my immediate area, both with pumps but none with chargers.

Might be interesting to watch- unrestored split window Stingray on eBay, stored since the early 70s : https://www.ebay.com/itm/294038834579

The Motley Fool is reporting today that Fisker has dropped plans to use solid state batteries, despite claiming they had achieved a "break-through" in the system when they announced it in 2017. The claim then was a possible 500 mile range and recharging in as low as 1 minute, but today Henrik Fiskar stated the technology was far more difficult than they initially figured. As an aside, QuantumScape -the company working on the same system for VW- sued Fisker for theft of trade secrets... and Fisker settled for $750K.

^ Clouded judgment. I would think a permitted/allowed business in a commercial zone would have a solid case to sue the city- far lesser claims have overturned a knee-jerk municipal ordinance before. Electric car sales in CA have fallen every 6 month period since the first half of 2015 (thru the first half of 2020). Electric trucks have risen, but they peaked in the first half of 2019 (they were down slightly in the 2nd half of '19, so pre-COVID). CA has 256 thousand BE vehicles registered (USDoE), and 15 MILLION registered total. Build charging stations- that's fine. But stop 'oppressing' IC consumers.

^ I guess the restorer put those louvered inserts on; the VentiPorts are open & functional in ‘49.

^ 1500 or 2500? I'm @ 203K on my '04.

^ Posted in '21 GMC' thread : hopefully being built in a week or 2.

Dealer told me a few weeks ago that GM was scheduled to build a run of Duramax 1500s starting 2/25... first a batch of Denalis and AT4s, then the rest of the trims. I have no idea how long time-wise they'll build the upper trims; there's 3 plants, and the next interval would be around beginning of June. I have no ida of the speed GM builds these, or how many shifts. I hope it's no longer than 2 weeks on the upper trims.

Or satin-y, too.

I don’t know specifically what OEMs are doing in this arena, but there absolutely are matte-sheen clear coats.