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I have another one from India as well, basically stating the same conclusions. As far as gasoline is concerned the CNG data was compared for two stroke engines, which are dirtier than modern four strokes.

Well according to you, MB is a leader in technology and spends billions of dollars in R&D. Sure being an industry standard, as you mention it umpteen times, it would have come up with a simple solution of adding 995 more gears to the existing 5 to overcome the 800 lb-ft torque problem in its "Halo" car. There again you drowned your argument there. The Maybach came out 10 years ago, at the time it was leading edge, and even still, the rest of that car is ridiculously well appointed. But a few years ago they knew they would be dumping the car, no point on spending money on it. Let's see how the S-class Pullman turns out, and we'll see where the billions are going. Even if it came 10 years ago, MB introduced 7 speeds 7 years ago. Why did it not introduce the transmission in its "halo" car instead of the vanilla S class? Thoughts of MB eliminating the brand did not turn till 2009, which means it had 4 years to add the 7 speed transmission before the decision. So I guess previous billions of dollars in R&D went to waste since we are still waiting for a pullman car to turn out and succeed when MB could not pull it off on its brand image on the Maybach? You do not apply that logic to GM's R&D on its cars as you guarantee they will be a failure even before conceptualization. Is it like how you envisioned XTS will be a barge, yet your favorite C&D loves the way it drives! Only 44 Maybachs were sold in 2011, that is pathetic for a prestigious brand like MB which claims to be bleeding edge and top dog spender in R&D. MB was putting a 5-speed in a $180,000 S65 when Saturn Vue had a 5-speed. That is blasphemy.

Here is a study I found about emissions comparisons of CNG vs. Diesel performed in Europe:

Well according to you, MB is a leader in technology and spends billions of dollars in R&D. Sure being an industry standard, as you mention it umpteen times, it would have come up with a simple solution of adding 995 more gears to the existing 5 to overcome the 800 lb-ft torque problem in its "Halo" car. There again you drowned your argument there.

You can't fix stupid and common sense ain't common.

The word Karma is almost always taken the wrong way. Karma in Sanskrit means "Work." I guess Work is a bitch, or Work is bull$h!.

His question was which 300 to buy, not which near luxury car to buy. Stay on topic.

The Maybach was also developed in 2002 and is discontinued after 2012 model year. They may not choose over number of gears, but miles per gallon matters to many and new transmissions help that, as well as with acceleration. But it is more than the transmission, it is that Cadillacs are still built out of the parts bin, rather than developing what they really need to compete. Man you drowned your argument there. You want GM to be cutting edge, yet you are letting a Flagship Brand with "Halo" status to rot with 5 speeds only? May be if MB would have introduced 1000 speed transmission in Maybach it would have survived. Furthermore, Audis, Porsches, Bentleys, and Bugattis are built on parts and bins of Skoda, VW and Seat why not start bitching about them? And MB is going to work on parts and bins of Ghosn's legacy brands, BMW wants 4 cylinders development with Hyundai. I think GM is way ahead of the game than these so-called technological stalwarts when it comes to sharing with lower siblings and making a better product.

An M3 V8, before BMW bastardizes it with a twin turbo V6.

WAA-PAH! You mean like the Escalade helps the image of the Tahoe, rriigghhttttt???? I always found the CTS coupe ugly, the back is too fat and too high. The CTS-V is just a jacked up version o the base car, it isn't a unique halo car like an Audi R8 or SLS AMG. And in the VW group they have Bentley, Lamborghini and the Bugatti Veyron in the stable as well. Escalade is a Tahoe, so no. The Genesis doesn't share a chassis and sheetmetal with a Sonata. Corvette for Camaro (or other Chevys) is a better analogy. Which BMW "halo" car is unique? All Ms are jacked up versions of base cars. Some of those base cars have manual windows. In fact BMW does not have any halo car, and so doesn't Jaguar. You were vehemently against the idea of Caddy having uber sedan or a supercar to compete with Bentley and now you rave about how VW has zillions of halo cars. Seems like every post of yours is an excuse to bash GM in a guise of another competitor company having better product.

Yeah, let's see the product unveiled to see where GM is aiming at. I just hope, though, that GM would introduce the engine on a Cadillac and then have it trickle down to Chevrolet. I know it's all GM Engineering so it is (being 100% objective) the exact same thing, but... Cadillac having precedence in the engine's introduction would be a tiny but welcome step in the perception side of things (Chevrolets getting a Cadillac engine and not the other way around)... There is one big issue. GM has spent too many years promoting this as a Small Block Chevy when in truth it pretty much is a new engine unto it's self. The Cadillac angle would have been nice but difficult at this point to change boats in mid river. The other issue is GM will not have a car for a V8 till the new CTSv is ready and it is a little ways off yet. As it is the Vette was stated as the first model to show off the new engine and then the rest. I still wonder what they have planned for the Omega. I really expect something special there and not just a juiced up Gen V. CTS should have a non-V V8 model, so the car for that V8 is just around the corner, a year or so away Re the Omega's engine, wasn't there a rumor going around of a DOHC version of the Gen V having been designed by GM? Also there was a rumor of Caddy using BMW's V8.

There is an artist's sketch for the VF.

That is good news.

Good shape that.

Play of light.

I think this car will be where G8 GXP left, not the G8 GT. So I expect the LS3 or similar Gen V with ~425 hp and ~$37K. The car will possibly be a tier above the Impala. Given the content of the new Impala, the price does not seem unreasonable. I hope it has manual and automatic transmissions. If the car comes in manual, it will certainly perk my interests.

I would rather have antipathy than apathy, because at least it keeps the world from stagnating. The Americans have grown so apathetic to their own problems that so as long someone is taking responsibility and not bothering them, they do not care. So as long bubba gets to watch NASCAR, fish and drink beer the country is good for him. So as long a housewife gets to watch reality television, shop groceries, spend money in Walmart the rights will not matter. So as long college students get stoned, have sex and get loan for school the government is perfect. They can try but there will still be ways to get around it for engineers like us who know how. And that is the slippery slope my friend. Sure black-boxes could be defeated, sure data can be hacked, but then you are doing it illegally, which means you are revolting against the better good the government is providing you by providing you security.

But they have been already doing it. It is paranoia to be against it, it is harmless, Get over it and take off those shiny hats.

Prove that blackboxes inclusion is the direct reason why those rates are gone down. Having them in car is one thing and making them legally accessible for easy unprecedented usage is another thing.

Then why an Opel vehicle? It could have been next gen Spark for that matter.

None so far. It still has the dealer polish. The car was actually dirty when I took pictures after the rain the night before.

But we are supposed to be leaders NOT followers, we are the land of free and blessed. Just ask anyone in Congress and Senate, they deeply believe that and want us to believe the same.

I suggest everyone to read the bill. http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s1813/text

Give me the crack that makes you think Hyundai's FWD frump and its RWD Lexus mimicking bland look youthful.

The idea of On Star being used without any law for purposes other than crash, operational and law enforcement data was unheard of, yet it was used. Tell me where in the law specifically it says blackboxes will be used for only those three purposes and those three purposes only? While the law may not directly used against the people, other laws such as Patriotic Act can easily be used in conjunction of this one to do the rest. Moreover, your term law enforcement is vague, it can mean anything. Collecting data for "potential" terror threats is also law enforcement.