Camino LS6

Dodge and Ford do make some good trucks. :AH-HA_wink: Good call,DF.

Me too!

Turned out to be a real dud here. Nice pics,BV.

Umm, Dave? You may have missed the point of the thread...

Not a chance.

Right church, wrong pew.

Capriceman: Yes there are, just not so many as those who like FWD and four doors have to choose from. DF: Your request is premature, but if I do, then you've got it. Satty: You know I have a soft spot for the Mini, but I doubt I could live with such a small car for very long. Some obvious choices have been left out, BTW...

Seems Buick has hit the mark with those hoping for a nicer Buick. I am certainly not the target audience for this car, but here are my impressions: It has an air of quality about it It has a conservative, semi-upscale look I get a Nissan/Infiniti vibe from it The interior is quite nice Attention to detail is quite obvious That said, I couldn't get excited by it. To me it's just another mid-lux sedan - but I wouldn't put it behind any of the competition. Mostly what I don't like in this design is nothing but the same things I don't like in its competition. Perhaps that means it hits the mark perfectly.

A sedan is highly unlikely.

Bravo! Bold prediction - but don't think for a minute that the idea hasn't already crossed my mind! :AH-HA_wink:

Well, the old stuff could be anything. Maybe that could be another thread since it will happen much sooner than the new one. At least I think so.

:rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: :rotflmao: No.

I need to lighten the mood a bit (especially mine), so post your guesses about what my next new vehicle purchase will be. Might be fun to guess when it will happen as well. I have no idea myself at this point, but it should be interesting to look back on this thread when the time comes. New vehicles only and pics welcome!

*sigh* Look, even if that were true (which it isn't since I took them at their word the ST was coming this year), it would be irrelevent. I'm done. All of my life GM has danced around making something I'd buy, and when they did promptly cancelling it. Every new car I have ever purchased has been GM, but that ends now. The next one will come from someone else. I will consider GM again in the future when I see something good on the lots, but the next purchase goes elsewhere. What they've done quite simply has made me doubt any new product before it makes it to the dealers - I no longer take them at their word. It's not easy to piss me off enough to do this, but they managed to. I can't imagine anything happening that would change my mind at this point. I know that's tough to believe coming form a diehard fan like me, but that's how things are now.

The fate of GM did not ride upon this cancellation. My point about the Camaro was to illustrate just how you might feel if it were that car so summarily executed - after availability had already been announced. If the ST really needed to be cancelled, I'm quite certain that it would have been obvious quite a while ago. As for GM's fate, what will be will be. I will no longer expend energy on their behalf, nor will my dollars support them with a purchase this time around. I am now in "prove it to me" mode. Such is the cost of this decision. We should probably just leave it there, as there will be no convincing me now.

meh.

If it only fell off "a little", I'd be happy to buy it as salvage. :AH-HA_wink:

Just saw a sweet Challenger SRT8 in black while running errands. I really like that car.

If they lose it in my driveway, that sure would be a happy accident.

Amen! I have never understood why they don't do exactly that.

Respectfully, I disagree. I see no benefit to this decision, especially for a Niche, performance brand. If they really wanted to save some money, they should have cancelled the G3. What we are seeing is the slow, painful death of Pontiac. I'd rather that they just take it out back and put a bullet between its eyes, than reduce it to econo- rebadges before killing it outright. For me such a move as this (at such a late date), is a clear indication of the abyssmal state of decision-making at GM these days. Yes, the profit from the ST would have been a drop in the bucket, but was all but guaranteed to be there - unlike many volume products that are sold at a loss. So, all of the other BS aside, they've lost me with this move. I will not reward them by purchasing something else (Camaro) that they haven't managed to kill yet. I will not settle for "almost" or "sort of" what I want. Everyone has a tolerance level - mine has been reached. Think of it this way Hyper, imagine if they had killed Camaro six months ago. That's how close the ST came to being on the showroom floor.

Just a dusting here so far.

I disagree given what is already done on the car, the minimal investment involved, the exchange rate w/AU, the fact that the vehicle is already in production (for other markets), the promotion already done,the limited nature of the production goal (5,000 units), and the nearness of the scheduled debut (late this year). Had this decision been made prior to announcing an availability date, I'd still be disappointed - but not nearly so angry. This is just part of a political dog and pony show.

All true. That's why I believe the cancellation was just political window-dressing. But the ST was much more than that to me.