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Excellent comment, z24, and you are the buyer GM will find with this vehicle in the US. You're not alone!

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Well, the new Malibu is wider than the current version, maybe this Cadillac will not look high and narrow like the LaCrosse can from certain angles.

Me too. That interior, at least the dash, looks nice. And, historically speaking, (except for maybe the Camaro), we are always a bit let down by the production version of a "near production" concept, aren't we? The distortion of an accidental photograph is wreaking havoc in here on a car none of us have seen in production form.

Concerns me a bit working in the collision industry. Makes me want to keep them out of the shop for concern of not following protocol to the letter.

I take issue with the title of this thread. This car does not strut, it dodders. With a walker.

Well I guess my theory on full-width taillamps just got tossed out, and the Xmas lights are being strung up.

wanker

Wow, look at Hyundai, Cruzing right along with the alternative bodystyles...

I feel the need to reiterate, this Cruze is a very nice car. For someone who truly fits well in a compact sedan, there is none better out there right now. Just because my mind wanders back to 4X4s and such, is no reason to doubt my admiration for what GM has done here. Well done, Chevrolet.

Jeep sales are up substantially this year, proof that people still appreciate a true SUV when it's done right. There is a market for this in the USA. It would be a crime NOT to sell it here.

Yes, the camera lens is garbling reality here. And we cannot argue with siegen's sales figures. I do not agree with this constant upsizing of every successive generation of a given nameplate, though. Suddenly there's room below the CR-V for a 2-row crossover in Honda's lineup, and that's not cool, imo.

A sick rumor at that. If they build a Jaguar like that, the leaper would likely jump off a 20-story building.

rancor

What exactly is "green cred"? I honestly just do not think the giant majority of customers care about that phrase. And because I joke about "man cards", it makes me, and the car I chose, somehow not worthy? Simply because I wanted a car with normal sheetmetal thickness, no complicated air shutters in the bumper, no underbody shields, no hard-to-clean wheels, and no stinkin' green badge? Should I have my phone ready to record a video if I happen to park next to a Prius and leave my car running? Is Nissan REALLY "raking it in" with the Leaf? You're claiming their investment has been returned and the Leaves are raking in pure profit? Just because Buick's "largest sedan" is available as a hybrid, it is automatically a success in the market? Um... no. Show me something that says vehicle customers are clamoring for electrification, for hybridization? I do not believe they are. The Chevrolet Volt was hyped more than any car before production began than any car I can remember in my lifetime. If any electric/hybrid was going to change the market, it was the Volt, because it is the best execution of the concept. Yet now people are backing out of the so-called "waiting list" to get one... people are seeing a lack of value in the car. They're buying conventional small economical cars, which TRUMP the Volt, the Prius and the Leaf in cost to benefit ratio. So... no. I just don't see the big to-do over hybrids and electrics. There is no seismic shift toward them from a real-world perspective.

Several automotive corporate heads have echoed my sentiments. They see very limited return on their investment, saleswise. And they're pretty smart, having climbed the corporate ladder to the top. So... "Clydesdale's" (sic) it is...

Wait... it says SLIVERADO... ???

That's the first thing I thought... Ram MegaCab long-ass rear door.

It is a very nice package. The seat sew pattern seems Chinese-y though, but overall, I like it.

Goodbye, HS250h! You were hardly worth knowing! Don't let the door hit you in the flinty buttcheeks on the way OUT!

Somebody at Honda liked the platypus look enough to perpetuate it for another generation of CR-V... wack.

yawn

I predict some of the bling will be excised from any production version, including those Christmasy taillights. Diesel... manual... WOW.

Whoa, boxy. This will be an interesting journey. I hope they don't go too far.