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No, I believe you, but if you said that you saw it on the Food Network, I'd call BS and question why you'd start the entire thread. The whole "I was watching Food Network..." deal sounds like an excuse to bring up something on your mind.

Meh, all this (talk about a FWD Epsilon Caddy) wouldn't be necessary if the CTS were 3-series-sized.

And anyway, maybe the TV-show-you-supposedly-saw-on-Food-Network was talking about ducks, which is understandable. Mmmmmm... Peking Duck or roast duck... *prepares for deadpan dead cat comments*

Yeah, still, that's too many. Leave a BLS-type vehicle to Saturn or Buick, not Cadillac.

...nor are any diesels planned. I thought the GM/BMW/DCX dual-mode hybrid transmission was fairly plug-n-play. Edit: But yeah, I'd rather drive a diesel Cadillac, even if it only revs to 4500 rpm, than a hybrid one that's eerily quiet and boring. I wouldn't have a 4-cylinder CTS, but maybe a 4-cylinder turbo BLS/BTS, which can be the metro Caddy, I guess. But that's not gonna happen any time soon. How many Epsilons will there be? Saab, Opel, Daewoo, Chevy, Buick, Pontiac...

Exactly... the G6 is relatively new... the convertible was released just this month. The GP, on the other hand, suffers from fundamental problems like rear seat room that'll never be fixed with a refresh. The point of switching the G5 away from Cobalt is that Cobalt shouldn't exist, IMO. It costs money to develop a new one; might as well merge it with the Daewoo Nubira, since we're not ever getting Daewoo in the US. This is all just pure speculation, of course... JMO of what I think will work.

I highly doubt you saw that on Food Network... http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/programdai...27__EST,00.html

For luxury cars... hybrid > 4-cylinder I thought Buick and Saturn were "premium", and Cadillac full-on "luxury."

Very sad... It's still a great vehicle, the Phaeton.

Mmm... 64 CLs... maybe not everyone gets hardtops.

And they sold, like, 7 of them? It wasn't expensive, either, for its class... essentially V8 power for six-cylinder price.

And it's not like the current G6 looks any more American than the Holden VE spy pics.

I think it's even better... the power and brute force of an American car, with the subtlety and refinement of an European car. Seeing Pontiac isn't going retro by any means (Solstice), the Holdens would make excellent driver-focused Pontiacs.

OK, looking at Pontiac's current lineup: Vibe -> Rezzo (a Daewoo; based on Nubira and "to-be" Cobalt) G5 -> Astra coupe? (Saturn gets the hatch and sedan) G6 -> keep; a reskin or two? Grand Prix -> Commodore Solstice -> keep GTO -> Monaro Torrent -> Adventura SV6 -> kill ------------------------------------- Continuing on that, heh... Gamma - Corsa (Opel/Vauxhall, Saturn), Gentra (Daewoo, Chevy Aveo NA and EU) Delta - Astra (Opel/Vauxhall, Saturn hatch/sedan, Pontiac coupe), Nubira (Daewoo, Chevy Cobalt NA and EU), Rezzo (Daewoo, Chevy EU, Pontiac) Epsilon - Vectra (Opel/Vauxhall, Saturn AURA), Tosca (Daewoo, Chevy Malibu), LaCrosse (Buick NA and China), 9-3 (Saab worldwide) Theta - Antara (Opel/Vauxhall, Saturn VUE) Captiva (Daewoo, Chevy NA and EU) Zeta - Camaro (Chevy NA), Lucerne (Buick NA and China), Monaro (Holden, Pontiac GTO), Commodore (Holden, Pontiac Grand Prix), Statesman (Holden, Chevy Impala NA) The G6, HHR, and other NA-only cars would have to be refreshed on their current platforms. I suppose Holden and Chevy SA/Middle East can pick and choose between Opel and Daewoo Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons, depending on local tastes, and vice versa (Opel and Daewoo getting a few Holdens). So by sharing... there will no longer be US-exclusive Cobalts, Malibus, Equinoxes, G5s, Vibes, Torrents, Grand Prixs, Impalas, IONs, and AURAs, which should help cut development costs, I think, and improve the US lineup by eliminating redundancy (G5 =/= Cobalt, Equinox =/= Torrent) and offering more RWD (Impala, Grand Prix, Torrent, Lucerne).

I think... Midsize 2-dr: Camaro (Zeta), none for Buick, GTO (Zeta - rebadged Monaro?) Midsize 4-dr: Malibu (Epsilon), LaCrosse (Epsilon), Grand Prix (Zeta - rebadged Commodore?) Fullsize 4-dr: Impala (Zeta - rebadged Statesman?), Lucerne (Zeta), none for Pontiac

Where will the New Corsa be built, and if it is for sale in the US, what do you predict? Mexico? Brazil?

Maybe 'cause it's white on wheelcovers without any trim. The Punto on which the new Corsa is based got a 5-star E-NCAP rating, btw, and ESP is available: http://www.euroncap.com/images/results/sup...tasheet%202.pdf

If it's larger than the xA, it should be big enough.

I'm sure the sports cars, SUVs, and pick-ups will still be solely American.

Like Saturn, it could be a mix of both original US cars (Solstice) and Holdens (GTO, Grand Prix, and more?)

How about, how about... make Pontiac to Holden (and Chevy cars to Daewoo) as Saturn is to Opel? That leaves Cadillac, Buick, Hummer, and Saab, which can be global brands.

And they killed it for 2007... no more glacier blue.

GM probably figures that all XLR-V buyers take their cars to WHIPS or DUB or whatever.

Oooh, PONTIACTION! Does it have WIDETRACK?

Agreed... if I'm not mistaken, the XLR-V has TWO colors available; the 'Vette has like six. Benz probably has more versions of black than that.