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This has to be one of thee best concepts to come out of GM in a long time for the SEMA show. It does not have the gaudiness like all the other concepts that are just now coming out, with their overly gross use of that horrible J.C. Whitney mesh grille inserts...ugh!

This is a most excellent and very positive review of the LaCrosse Super I came across on Autoblog's site. I don't have the skills to post the article up...lol, so maybe someone else can do it. http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/26/in-the-...lacrosse-super/

It looks like they pulled the voting poll. I just went there and it is gone and another poll is up.

This isn't going to end up like the last time they did a vote and they(media, Toyota)accused GM of stuffing the ballot box. So of course it wasn't a "real" vote then is how it ended up being spun.

I follow motocross and I've never heard of Scott whats his face.

The Toyota Tundra Double Cab SR5!! Here read for yourself at the Canadian Driver site, link below. I of course have my own preferences(GMC Sierra)as to who should have won, but everyone is entitled to their own opinion I guess. http://www.canadiandriver.com/truckking/2008/winner.htm

NEW INFO AS OF TODAY!! Courtesy of Autoblog and others...lol! http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/25/the-fan...und-on-the-web/

I found this little tidbit on Autoblog. What is the deal with the rash of problems coming from Toyota, is their world dominance have more speed bumps to come?!! http://www.autoblog.com/2007/10/24/toyota-...-recall-mind-y/

Dodge is making something like that...the new 09 Journey!

I say... Jeep: Kill Compass Commander Dodge: Kill Durango Dakota Nitro Chrysler: Kill Crossfire Pacifica Aspen PT They seem to have fallen into the same pattern GM is still trying to get away from and that is...too many duplicate vehicles under a different name in the same catergories. It makes no sense at all to try and have the same cars/trucks competing against each other.

Well regardless of what the seller thought, that's a nice GTO!

It doesn't help either with Toyota's latest batch of recalls, and Consumer Reports dropped the Camry and Tundra off the recommended list...ha ha!!

CHECK THIS OUT...ACTUAL VIDEO FOOTAGE OF THE ZR1 DOING A HOTLAP!!!! http://www.corvetteblogger.com/index.cfm/2...eys-Laguna-Seca

You can finally build a Alpha, but no other models on the site now.

Like I said I only make peanuts per week. Thats too expensive for me, it would be nice if they had a cloth option and you could get the 6.0l and a 6-speed, that would be perfect for me. Besides I don't really need the leather and every other option to go with the package itself.

Yes the 6.0L and the 6-speed trans will make a nice combo, the 6.0L and the 4-speed right now doesn't quite cut it. What was the sticker price on this anyway...over $40,000 I'm sure.

"On a side note, Vice President for Global Design Ed Welburn was on the drive, too. Seeing his beloved Camaro as a real car… in near-final metal, glass, rubber and plastic… transformed from a visionary dream into a highly drivable reality… well, it was almost too much for him. He broke ranks, ran over to it, and hugged it! I have the photo to prove it — but of course we can’t show it to you just yet." That's hilarious, I like Ed Welburn. I think he is just what GM needs, a guy passionate about cars and he has a sense of humor to boot.

585 highway miles!!!! Man I would love to have that someday, I'm lucky to get 250 miles on a tank with my truck. I drive 25+ miles one way, each day to work and that would save a ton of cash in this cash-strapped State of Michigan. I'm still in the market for trucks I guess. If GM would put the 6-speed in the 1/2 ton trucks this would improve the mpg, but they are still reserved for the Denali's and the HD's...I'm waiting!

Damn damn damn! Well someone beat me to it taking pics of the truck, but my phone sucks anyway at taking pics lately?! Anyhow, I love this truck it's just too bad that it is wayyyy out of my price range, or else I would get one in a heartbeat! I live on just peanuts a week.

The ad in my new Automobile magazine this month is pretty nice, but GM always has really nice ads in just Automobile magazine that are very nicely done centerfolds. Why don't I see these in the other magazines, like C&D, Motortrend, or Road&Track?!!

You should see the overhead video footage of the HQ in Auburn Hills, there are a ton of people blocking the way in. I think Contract workers should strike next!! We are the one's that aren't getting anything out of all of this, and in the near future either. We are the lowest paid workers within any of the Big 3. So somehow we keep getting repressed when it comes to benefits and increased wages. You want to know an example? My contract house(who will remain nameless) told me that I won't be getting a raise for an unforeseeable period of time. This is not just me but every contract worker under their authority, so I asked what a about an internal raise - NOPE!! In fact, they said if I find a job let them know, and if anyone else that does should probably take it???!!!! What the hell do they know that I don't know, and what kind of management is that??!!

Well I guess I was a little late with the news, so here you go. Chrysler to cut deeper UAW strike deadline looms: As 11 a.m. Wednesday nears, trims may be tactic to help seal labor deal October 9, 2007 BY TIM HIGGINS FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER Chrysler LLC, deep into labor contract negotiations with the UAW, also is making changes to its nonunion workforce -- cutting hundreds of salaried and contract jobs. The Auburn Hills automaker announced plans in February to eliminate 13,000 jobs over three years, including 2,000 salaried jobs. Now it intends to reduce even more white-collar positions by cutting the nonunion salaried workforce by 5% and cutting the contract workforce at Auburn Hills by 37%, said people who had been briefed on the plan but were not authorized to speak publicly about it. The move comes as the UAW has given Chrysler an 11 a.m. Wednesday deadline to reach a new labor agreement or face a nationwide strike, according to a memo sent Monday by UAW President Ron Gettelfinger and UAW Vice President General Holiefield to UAW local leaders. Although Gettelfinger told local leaders that Chrysler had "thus far failed to make an offer that adequately addresses the needs of our membership," several industry observers said the new deadline could indicate the two sides are near a deal. "It is meant to put the negotiations into their endgame," said Harley Shaiken, a labor expert from the University of California, Berkeley. "A deadline like that indicates two things that are a bit contradictory: first that a deal is near. Second that there is some trouble closing it." Chrysler, which is undergoing historic evolution as the first privately held major American automaker in more than 50 years, is racing along at breakneck speed in an effort to make changes at all levels -- from the chief executive's suite to the assembly line. In August, Cerberus Capital Management acquired majority control of Chrysler, putting Bob Nardelli in control as CEO and keeping former CEO Tom LaSorda around as president and vice chairman. Last week, minority owner Daimler AG confirmed that LaSorda, who is leading the UAW negotiations for Chrysler, was paid a bonus related to the sale of Chrysler to Cerberus. A German union leader called the bonus "unreasonably high." What new reductions could mean Before the ownership change, Chrysler, which lost $2 billion in the first three months of the year, implemented a turnaround plan that shed about 1,000 white-collar jobs this year and another 1,000 next year. Under the new plan, an additional 5% reduction of nonunion salaried workers could mean the loss of 535 white-collar jobs. The automaker also has 3,000 contract workers in Auburn Hills. A 37% reduction could mean the loss of 1,110 jobs. Chrysler declined to comment for this report. In August, LaSorda seemed to indicate that more cuts were on the horizon when he refused to rule out that the turnaround plan would go deeper than initially announced, noting that the economy was hitting the auto business hard. The automaker's U.S. sales are down 3% this year compared with 2006. Shaiken said it was not surprising that Chrysler would be making cuts to its white-collar ranks while negotiating a UAW contract. "White-collar folks at the Detroit automakers are in the unfortunate position of any time a company wants to make a point to the union, they demonstrate it on the white-collar folks, either to set the example or to show that they mean business or both," Shaiken said. UAW memo authorizes strike Leaders of UAW locals at Chrysler plants were prepared for a Sept. 14 strike, when the 2003 contract was set to expire, but work continued around the nation under an indefinite extension at Chrysler and Ford Motor Co. while the UAW worked to get a deal with General Motors Corp. first. Talks with GM went nearly two weeks past the Sept. 14 deadline and included a two-day strike at GM facilities before a tentative agreement was reached Sept. 26. Although GM's tentative deal serves as the template for a Chrysler agreement, the companies are in different situations, with GM much farther along in restructuring its North American operations. Talks between the UAW and Chrysler intensified during the weekend. Negotiators met late into the evening Sunday and were expected to go late Monday, people familiar with the talks said. "Your bargaining committee worked long hours this weekend in an attempt to reach a tentative agreement," Gettelfinger and Holiefield said in their memo. "Many difficult issues have been discussed involving the wages and benefits of the UAW-represented members." During the weekend, the UAW delivered the 72-hour notice required to end the indefinite contract extension with Chrysler, which the two sides had agreed to Sept. 13. The Gettelfinger memo said the contract extension officially ends at 11:59 tonight, apparently giving the two sides an hour-by-hour extension to reach a deal by 11 a.m. Wednesday. If no deal is reached by that time, Gettelfinger warned, "we will be left with no choice but to commence a strike at all UAW Chrysler facilities. ... Unless you receive notice otherwise, a strike is authorized at all locations at that time." Experts said a strike against Chrysler could be devastating for the automaker. "Everybody hopes that it does not come to pass," said David Gregory, professor of labor law at St. John's University. "Chrysler's really not in the position to take any significant, protracted strike. It could be the end of the company.

I heard a rumor that 1100 contract workers are getting cut and 400 white collar jobs too, no matter what happens with the UAW.

That is just a wish of mine.

Give me a Solstice coupe with 300hp...or more, you can never be too greedy.