Robert Hall

Sweet...looks very nice..I like that reddish-brown..a nice change from beige and the endless depressing gray interiors...

A 4dr SS would be a good move..the 4dr sport compact market is growing, what with the 4dr Civic Si, Mazdaspeed 3, etc..

I've seen a few here in Denver..probably from Zap. They had one on display at the Denver Auto Show last April..sticker price $25k. Too bad the Smart roadster is no more..I've seen them in Europe..really neat little sports car.

Yeah, most likely if I move it will be out of Denver and into a bigger house in the Denver suburbs like Greenwood Village, Centennial, or Highlands Ranch. I have thought of a more distant change of venue, but that would depend on work... I'm getting pretty bored with my current job (though the money and benefits make it hard to leave).

I'll take one of those and a SL63.. I do love the top-dog Mercs..

I don't see anything wrong with the interior..typical GM steering wheel, radio, etc...

Cool.. also, that looks like a shifter for a manual transmission in that center pic..

I'm watching..go blue!

In chronological order: Steubenville, Ohio 9 years (overlapping w/ PW, Oh) Port Washington, Ohio 18 years Marathon, Florida 6 years (overlapping w/ PW, Oh) Kent, Ohio 4 years Hudson, Ohio 2 years Ann Arbor, Michigan 3 years Chicago, Illinois <1 year Colorado Springs, Colorado 5 years Phoenix, Arizona < 1 year Denver, Colorado 4.5 years And I've also worked in San Jose and Oakland, California (while living in Colorado). Next year? Either stay in Denver or move...

Correct..I assume it will be about the same size as the Aura and G6, since they all will have the same wheelbase.

$23k for a Hemi Charger seems like a bargain, considering the civilian ones are $35k+.

Leave BOF to the past..

A FWD sedan with a 4spd automatic is hardly an S-class competitor...

A Holden Commodore rebadge with V8 and RWD would be infinitely better than the current ugly Grand Prix with its FWD and ancient 4-spd automatic, IMHO.. It would be great for GM to come up with a uniquely styled Grand Prix on the Zeta platform, but if they can't do it, the rebadge approach is better than nothing...

Those Rivs are sharp..a friend of mine in college that was black drove a sweet '81 Electra coupe.. kept it clean even through the crummy Ohio winters...dark red, red cloth interior, white top, whitewalls and Buick mags..sweet car.

I went to college with a Richard Head...he went by Dick.. no joke.

True enough... after all, the interior is where the driver spends their time, it better look and feel like quality in a $40k (or whatever price) vehicle...

I didn't do it..I stayed with my Grand Cherokee... but I have consultant friends one bought a Yukon Denali XL and another bought an LR3--that took advantage of it..they use the vehicle as a business expense to drive to and from home and their clients during the week, haul the family on the weekend. I didn't really seriously consider it..I really don't want anything bigger than my GC...

Ahh...body style, not model name...Targa!

I've driven a few Epsilons from Avis (Malibu, Vectra, G6) and they were wide enough for me (6'0", 225 lbs)..

Cool.. a buddy of mine discovered the hard way a few years ago that bbq baby back ribs don't make very good car food...(hit the brakes hard and most of the sauce went on his tan headliner and passenger seat..) And not the mention the horrors of cat pee in a car...(which my sister had to deal with)

Torana?

I would assume that was in reference to the Buick-Pontiac-GMC sales/marketing entity... 3 brands, one sales channel..

I've got a lot of different automobilia... brochures, almost 30 years worth of Car and Driver and Road & Track magazines, lots of other magazines, over 10k diecast of all scales (Matchbox, Hot Wheels, Dinky, Corgi, Johnny Lightning, Danbury Mint, etc), a couple hundred dealer promos, 1000+ plastic model kits, etc... One of the best shows I used to frequent was the Collectible Toy Fair in Toledo, Ohio...2-3 times a year, tons of diecast, model cars, promos, brochures...it was/is a national scale event. My best source for stuff today is ebaY, though...

The 3.6 with a 6-speed auto seems like a reasonable base engine... I suspect the MC won't be around with the Zeta Impala..(NASCAR is switching to the Impala name for '07).