A Horse With No Name

Maybe it would ahve or maybe it wouldn't have. However killing off unique cars like the Solstice Targa and the Sky when Hyundai just broght out the Genesis is not a good thing. I understand that we are under financial pressure, but the whole Kappa going away thing is just somehow wrong im my mind. Chris

If they do this I for one will sign on the line. I'll take mine with a V-6 and a 6 Speed, thank you very much. Chris

I would prefer 9/12/66, the intro of the Chevrolet Camaro myself... Chris

Third, GM’s market-share forecasts still look optimistic. It expects its share to stabilise at around 18.5%, only one percentage point below its figure for this year. But GM will have fewer brands and dealers, and rivals will be eager to exploit its withdrawal from parts of the market. Volkswagen, for example, is planning an assault. It is building a new factory in America with the capacity to turn out 250,000 cars a year and is aiming to triple its market share from 2% to 6% by 2018, with sales of 800,000. This is going to be a key problem without Ponticac. Pontiac sales are huge in the midwest...you can't swing a dead cat by the tail around here without hitting one. I'm beginning to think closing Pontiac was the exact Wrong thing to do. Chris

When I was in high school, a friends parents had one of those rear wheel drive V-8 Cutlasses. We hit a coon big enough to damage THAT car. They can get...quite large, thank you. Chris

Ding, Ding, Ding...WE HAVE A WINNER. Chevrolet will suffer against Hyundai and Kia in the small car market. Chris

Kind of a cool little car. Too bad Honda doesn't still sell the CRX. Chris

Actually the Civic (modrn Si version) is a car that I once really liked but now think is really kind of dated and not all that well designed. The golden Civic to own IMHO is the 99-00 Si in blue or red...maybe black. I saw a very clean Integra Type R. Been awhile since I've seen one of those in nice shape...like last August. Chris

I'm glad someone else sees what I see in the targa and the convertible Solstice. Thanks...sounds stupid but your excitement made my day. At lunch a really clean mid 80's Grand Prix in Maroon pulled up and parked next to me, and I spent lunch looking out the resteraunt window looking at that car. That GM has had so much in Pontiac and fallen so far doesn't bode well for the future...your right...Future of GM. Oh, and the G6 Convertible isn't a bad car. Prices on them have been falling in the used market and I have thought VERY seriously about getting one as a family ragtop. Now if Pontiac were still building ragtops like they built in the 60's... Chris

Oh, and I hate to say it...but after you posted the pics of the Holden Utes in those cool colors in the GM cars thread in the lounge...I am now seeing what you saw in the ST. I think I'm going to go to Austrailia with the wife and kids...get me a UTE... That and the females don't always wear tops on aussie beaches. The tend to be more like european females when it comes to casual nudity. How could a guy go wrong? Plus I am really, really, really about done with the moronic element in this country. Chris

I believe it was Limbaugh who said that we ought to fight wars every so often, say 5-10 years...so that we could show our power in the world and we could stimulate the economy. Seriously, I wonder if the Chinese will accept the Hummer deal. ...and I wonder what Pensky will actually do for a small car for Saturn. As an aside, Spring Hill is getting permanantly shuttered, yes? Chris

This whole thing just makes me very, very angry and frustrated. I've seen over the last 20 years what Mazda has dumped into support for the Miata, and I've seen the (lack of) support for the G8 and the Solstice. We've been messing with small two seat roadsters here since before WWII, and Sports car type roadsters after WW II with things like the early Corvettes and MG's. The Solstice debacle (letting this great car go) is IMHO sort of like working on a problem test question for 50 years, coming up with the best answer possible after that fifty years...and then throwing away the test before you hand it to the teacher. Unbelieveable. Chris

Although I like your truck just as it is...kind of simple and business like and to the point,which IMHO is what a truck should be like. Personally ( a little off topic ) to me I wouldn't want to add or change too much about it. Chris

...easy on the bird, he's a Hummer fan and he's allowed to express his opinion. Here at C and G we welcome GM fans of every species. Chris

There is a 35 Ford Street rod (that started out a few years ago as a very nice stock restoration) that is painted that color. One of the nicest looking cars at the local cruise ins. The caddy's that color looked great. I normally woulkd prefer white (non metallic). But GM did an amzing job with that color. That's the damned thing about GM and it's bi-polar nature. When they get it right, they just get it soooo right....and when they get it wrong.... Chris

Black tends to look bad when it fades or gets dirty, the metallic black looks ten times worse IMHO. Chris

On your short list I do like the idea of a tri-power car. Had tripower on my 55 Chevy... Something about popping the hood and seeing 3 Deuces. Chris

Yes, I would. The idea of a Bengal is really about as appealing to me as a G8 ST is to Camino. I would have loved one of the Targa Coupes. Even though I love Mazda, I also love Pontiac. Really sad to see the Solstice/Sky go. And the Nomad Kappa thing...yes. Chris

I agree. I'm thinking GM gave up a lot of what was good about GM by giving up Pontiac. No company ever cut there way to profitability, they produced something people wanted and then sold it. Pontiac built cars people wanted and then they got the axe...\ Chris

Like the old story goes, when it comes to selling cars, people lie. Back in my Mustang years I went to look at a Boss 351, which is a low production (about 1800 made) 4 speed 1971 model year only car. Got there, and checked the Vin...car was a 1973 that originally came with a 302 and an automatic. Guy did however have two 57 Olds ragtops that were nice, one with tripower....and THAT made the trip worthwhile. But people lie about cars every day and all the time. Rust free usually means that all of the rust on the car is thrown in for free. Chris

...and back in my Mustang Fetish years I almost bought a 70 Mach one in that orange. NICE color... Chris

A two ten two door hardtop (not post) is an uncommon (not rare) car to see. The Cougar would be my fav. of the list as I love Pony cars, but the 55 would be awesome to see as well. Chris

I agree, the old system was built much better...and looked much better. Sometimes I really could handle it being the 50's or 60's again, automotively speaking. Chris

Bobo, I was out front of my house the other day...and the most beuatiful, clean and sweet Aurora drove by, it was silver and NICE! Chris

Exactly my point. Without unique product, GM is dead in the water, and loosing the Kappa twins is going to hurt them beyond the loss of Kappa sales. They need sporty and youthful product, as a lot of people buy GM cars because they want unique products. Chris