A Horse With No Name

Buick did a lot of thing sright during that Era. My Grandfather dated a woman who drove one of those 71-72 Buick convertibles your talking about...amazing car. I was a nine year old kid the last time I rode in it...probably why I have such a damned fetish for ragtops today. Chris

...The GTO is more refined and would fit your image better. Which is why it would be cool if we still had the old GM, where you got what you wanted. Chris

Well written piece, I do think GM will come out of this stronger. Chris

Jitterbug

A beautiful one runs around here that is 3X green...NICE...same Buick road mags. Chris

Local Mazda dealer had about 15 miata's in stock, some of them 2008 models that had been there awhile. Buyers Mazda is also where our Miata club meets, and they were always hinting that a really good deal could be had as the Miata was selling slowly. However, as soon as it came out that Pontiac was shutting down, there was a run on Miatas. In a few weeks time frame, they have sold all 15 or so Miata's on the lot, as well as most of the Miata's that showed up on an all Miata Semi-truck shipment Monday. Probably just coincidence...but it seems odd that a dealership would see very few Miatas for months and then sell a ton. The weather is part of it....but spring showed up a long time ago. Seem strange to anyone else? Sadly, customer traffic looked really dead at the Pontiac/GMC dealership next door... Chris

That generation Skylark convertible is one of the best looking cars GM ever made IMHO. Chris

(off topic) Wow, Suzuki down 75 percent...OUCH!\ (back on topic) Buick does need to get its mojo back. Chris

Actually this is one of the best posts you've ever made, and that is saying something. I wonder why everyone here is so threatened by "change" when change and a dynamic marketplace is what drives us to waste time on the interweb BS'ing about cars with each other. I have noticed the SAME thing in the younger crowd, although Chev. will have to come up with a replacement for the Cobalt SS. Chris

...a lot of people here do. I've got news for ya. other than it's minivan, Hyundai is about to hand Toyota their ass, and Nissan is on the move. Mazda has a great car in the 5 and the 3, and Honda isn't sitting still either. People who buy these cars are not all ignorant retards. Chris

+1 Chris

...actually...never. Chris

...and with the Camaro being so awesome has your fox body Mustang got a stablemate yet, Mr. Moltar...er...Rob...I mean Cubical? Chris

A blue 69 Camaro just like that ran around when I was a kid growing up in Wisconsin. To be back in the day... And Sordfish...saw a 63 Split yesterday, if I get a chance I'll post photographs. Chris

Holeshot ...as in I got the holeshot off the line in my Camaro, and beat the Dodge. Chris

Biggest thing GM can do right now IMHO is keep the brain power employed so we do design work here when the economy picks back up. That knowledge base will be difficult to recover if we loose it. Chris

Nor in one sense should it. I enjoy the diversity in the modern auto market...Audi...BMW....VW...Mazda...GM...The Challenger and Mustang...the new Ford vehicles in their fresh lineup... Chris

Given the mindless cars we have today, I'd kill to get some of that styling based planned obsolesence back... Chris

True...and actually I'll get flamed for this but I have faith in the Volt and in GM engeneering. I think GM will adapt to the new world and things will come around. I think a healthy GM will once again be a healthy addition to our nation. Pardon me for optomism, but...I can't help myself. Chris

cum-shot

Wow... Chris

ummm....meyrs manx please. And someone please save that poor GTO from donkdom. Chris

...there will be less than 1000 Solstice coupe's around when production in Wilmington stops. I'd love the Solstice coupe/targa... Chris

We have two of the Aero GP's running around Columbus... Chris

I feel the same way about Limbaugh. Chris