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lambda overkill. i'll stick with buick's enclave, i think its the hottest looking one of the bunch.

steering wheel looks great.

Buick ties Lexus for No. 1 in car reliability Survey finds Detroit brands making headway against Japanese competitors August 9 2007: 9:57 AM EDT | Link to Original Article @ CNNMoney NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- For the first time in 12 years, Toyota's Lexus luxury brand has to share its top rank in J.D. Power and Associates' annual Vehicle Dependability Study. And it has to share it with an American car. General Motors' Buick brand tied Lexus in the study, which measures the number of problems owners experience with their cars after three years of ownership. Following Lexus and Buick in the rankings were GM's Cadillac luxury brand, Ford's Mercury brand and Honda's Honda brand. Toyota's mass-market Toyota brand ranked sixth. "Consumers don't necessarily need to pay premium prices to obtain high quality and dependability," said Neal Oddes, director of product research and analysis for J.D. Power and Associates. "With three non-premium nameplates - Buick, Honda and Mercury - ranking within the top five," he said, "and particularly with Buick tying with Lexus for the top rank, consumers seeking a vehicle with strong dependability have good choices at various price levels." J.D. Power Vehicle Dependability Study is based on responses from more than 53,000 original owners of 2004 model year vehicles. Owners of the top-ranked Lexus and Buick vehicles experienced 145 problems per 100 vehicles. Owners of second-ranked Cadillac vehicles experienced 162 problems per 100 vehicles. The lowest-ranking brand was Land Rover, Ford's European luxury SUV brand. Land Rover owners experienced 398 problems per 100 vehicles, according to the survey. J.D. Power and Associates also ranked specific vehicles within their respective categories. The top-ranked sub-compact car, for example, was the Scion xA from Toyota's youth-oriented Scion brand. The top-ranked compact car was the Honda Civic and the top-ranked Sporty car was the Mazda Miata. The Chevrolet SSR, a low-slung convertible pickup, and the Ford Mustang tied as the most dependable midsize sporty cars, and the Ford Crown Victoria ranked as the most dependable large car. Lexus vehicles topped five categories, more than any other brand. Lexus had the top-ranked premium SUV, large premium SUV, premium sporty car, large premium car and midsize premium car. Toyota's Toyota brand topped four categories. ----------------- Gotta love it! http://money.cnn.com/2007/08/08/autos/jdpa...dex.htm?cnn=yes

the front end reminds me of the rear end on this ferrari

Chryslers version of the Ford Edsel.

i love the bangle butt too. i think it will look great.

cts is definitely taking the thunder away from the sts. the interior update on the sts is a disappointment.

smokin' hot in that color. i love that the paint job in every division is getting better and better.

its possibly the new 2009 chevy cobalt. i just got my june issue of motor trend. they state " The cobalt will feature a new chevy-icon horizontally split grill in the idiom of the new malibu.and will retain its own body styles".

its a sad day... http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=3071399

WOW. I wish the people of U.S. loved Buick like the way China does. It only seems right I guess that they get the better models or are able to design beautiful future models because they are wanted there. Back in the day, movie stars from the 30's - 40's bought Buicks. Now, you see them pulling up in Toyota Prius' at the Oscars.

i know this car is just a test mule, but i hope the final production car will only have tailpipes showing and not the actual muffler itself. i think it looks so tacky and unfinished when i see it like that.

WOW.....that rear compartment can give the Lexus LS here a run for their money!

same ol' ugly cheap looking gauge clusters as in any of their sedans like the milan - montego - fusion - etc....

no thanks.

if you have no place to park an suv or car but on the streets, then i think those rubber bumpers left unpainted would be great in cities like chicago where i live. right now, i drive a jeep grand cherokee with bare bumpers... i cannot tell you how many friggin times my bumpers both front and back have been dinged due to cars needing to get out of the parking space out on the streets. thank god mine isnt painted cause my suv would really look like total $h! as compared to the cars and suvs here that do have mono colors.

ooohhhh! someone is gonna be in trouble!!.... http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?A...PDATE/702220467 better take a look at these pics before they're taken away!

ahhh yes, pontiacs with hemi engines. sweet.

i always thought that key fobs were always cool to look at and show off. here is an old article that i remember reading about beautiful key fobs. http://www.edmunds.com/reviews/list/top10/...41/article.html

those are some really fugly center stacks. that wood grain on the montego(oops, i mean sable) looks out of place in that sea of dark gray interior. the radio looks like some generic model you would find at Uncle Ed's Electronics Emporium.

holy crap. how does gm somehow always manage to take fugly pics of their own babies. the person or anybody in general can take better looking "real" pics . just look at that interior! big, big difference.

ok, can someone tell me this and i'm probably gonna sound retarded but... how does one really rate "best customer experience" if say you bought a lexus and all you did was go to a lexus dealer and had never went to a cadillac or acura for svc? i mean how would you know that they are getting better customer experience then where you are at? and also, isnt there going to be a biased answer on surveys like this anyways?! sure cadillac is number one, but do you suppose its number one cause it sells more cadillacs than lexus and therefore you will get more of an approval ratings? i dunno.... someone help me here and dont trash me..HA! cause trust me, i am a true cadillac fan myself. i just need assurance! LOL.

I love the steering wheel! and from the A-pillar to the front end, it has a very bmw'ish feel to is as well as the front itself.

cts' and malibu's and g8's... ohhh my!!!! WOW. GM is back with a vengeance. if i had all the money in the world i would buy each one.

ehhh...not crazy about the interior, it looks too "tupperware" for me.