ocnblu

Absolutely hideous. True to life.

sweet baby gerkin

Oh God... he said "Firebird"... is that a hint??? It sure did context as a hint.

hehehe... "...and still turns roughly 32 MPH without trying." Sorry bud, it was funny when I read it. :AH-HA_wink:

Watch out for cops.

It's cool. Love the interior. The forward-leaning exterior looks like it's in motion, even while parked. Was this the first Jag to start this styling tradition for their big sedans? The newest XJ certainly does pay homage.

Hmm... not what I heard. I understood the next Malibu is going to be on the LWB Epsilon I platform. Impala will be on the larger Zeta platform.

homegrown pot?

Yup, we've already had a thread about this some months ago, but it always amazes me. Maybe I'm the dumb one, for expecting better from the people who are on the front lines of customer contact to the company they represent.

That's our boy siegen: deflect, deflect, deflect...

Tow ratings are good for one thing: bragging rights. People will overload these new trucks (all brands), just as they have for the last million years. But it's the GM truck that will be going longer down the road than this aquatic monster. I don't blame Toyota for going to a true full-size. I blame them for being totally alien in execution. May the new Tundra suffer a quick death.

I stopped by the local GMC dealership this evening after work, went into the showroom and started leafing through that gigantic tablet they have, showing all the different models. A salesdude approached me, so I asked if he had any info, especially pictures, of the interior changes for '07 on the Canyon. He gave me an '06 Canyon brochure. Nice move. So I asked him to mail me an '07 Canyon brochure. We sat down at his desk while he took my info. I casually said, "I understand they're bumping these up for '07" He said, "Yeah, they have more horsepower, but I'm not sure the displacement is any bigger." I said, "Uh, yeah, the 4 is going to 2.9L and the 5 is going to 3.7." He said, "Oh." I said, "Hey, when do you think you'll be getting a 900 Sierra?" He said, "What's a 900 Sierra?" I said, "Uh... the GMT900 '07 Sierra, the new pickup." He said, "Oh, uh, January or February." I said, "Really? That late?" He said "Yeah." What a dingus. He won't get any more attention from me when it comes time.

Lawn Guyland

O.C., are you a leather daddy? :AH-HA_wink:

Sigh. With RWD, you have the ability to steer with the gas to augment the front wheel steer. With FWD, on turns under low traction conditions, if you need throttle, the car shoots in the opposite direction you want it to go, and you have no recourse (i.e., throttle oversteer) to correct that deficiency.

Well, I see chrome rings around the tweeters on the door trims, the a/c registers in the dash have chrome buttons, and the gauges are chrome-ringed. I don't see any chrome door handles though. I would have liked at least a full-color, real emblem in the steering wheel. And I guess that's Ebony... Clearly this is an incremental set of changes. Just a bit of a brightening. I'll wait to see it in person. Thanks for posting, BlkHhr!

hyperv6, good enough, sir. I too love the friendly style of the older small GM trucks, or I wouldn't have bought so many. I've been happy with my new truck though. Carbiz... the cloth upholstery material in the Dakota is the same stuff used in the Colorado, it seems to me. I have looked at other vehicles as well, and have seen the same type of cloth in some other Mopar vehicles, as well as Fords. Maybe the mills were running a special?

Too many little Radio Shack buttons in too many places.

impressive!

That's why I'm not getting all excited over this war. I am a RWD lover, but a good, small car with FWD can be fun too. Just don't try to steer a FWD in snow or ice.

Daaaamn! Lookit all of Mr. Fly's lady friends. Pimpin'!

Now see, I'm of the opposite mind. But then again, I've only owned 5 brand new S-10s before I bought my first-year Colorado. Maybe I don't have enough experience with the older small GM trucks. And I'd rather have an interior made of the plastic (which has some "give" to it) in this truck rather than the rock-hard stuff that feels like it will crack if you press on it. Heck, the dashboards in pre-'99 fullsize trucks cracked quite often, made of really crappy, hard, brittle stuff... just like the '98 and up S trucks. The new Dakota's interior is very similar to the Colorado/Canyon's... just as "plain"... why does no one pick on Dodge? Is it because of the truck's ugly, jutting chin, overwrought side contours, and goofy taillights, so it gets a free pass on its interior? Just wondering.

Uh, dude, you just linked us to your Myspace... :AH-HA_wink:

Trying to Be Sexy? ("TBS" was a catchphrase of ours in school, ha.)

Seinfeld