Robert Hall

I don't know...her facial expression looks either sad or bored..doesn't seem excited. What I'm wondering are where are the mullets ??

Speaking of badges, I think Buick should have kept the colors instead of gone to monochrome on the tri-shield emblem. Anyone remember when Pontiac V crests weren't red?

Ford did the block lettering thing for years..up until around 1982. Been there, done that.

I don't think it looks remotely dated...it's a Ford tradition.

Ewwww...$h! like that is enough for me to become vegetabletarian. Hmm...I had BBQ ribs tonight for dinner..tasty. I just have to keep telling myself that beef, pork and chicken are vegetables.

I like they 'Beyond Precision' part...something about 'Not Beyond Your Reach' has a negative vibe to me..

There was a Simpsons episode or two in the early '90s that referenced it... it's something to do with '80s B-movie actors Corey Feldman and Corey Someoneelse.

Looks don't matter in this instance: 'saab-sourcing' ABSOLUTELY will be noticed by the media, and it's reporting would be a distinct detriment. No swedish-engineered Cadillacs- there's no advantage to it whatsoever. I don't see 'Saab-sourcing' as a detriment..it's all GM however you look at it. As far as the media, they don't seem to make a big deal out of the Lexus ES being based on a Toyota... or the Infiniti G35 sharing a platform and engine with the Nissan Z...etc etc etc.

Exactly... a common set of styling cues across a range of models..standard practice in luxury business.... Cadillac does it... M-B does it... BMW does it, with more variation than they used to, though. It's interesting how Lexus is following the M-B pattern fairly closely--the small sedan and big sedan have a strong similiarity (new IS, new LS; C-class, previous S-class) with the middle sedan varying more from the theme (GS and E-class). (I'm not counting the ES). The mistake Cadillac made is that the CTS and STS look too much alike and are too close in size, IMHO... I keep mistaking STSes for CTSes from a distance.

The entry for my daily driver reads: 'The best 4x4 in the world'. (I wouldn't go that far, but it's pretty nice nonetheless..(WJ JGC). The entry for my fun car reads 'A good car, shame the typical driver is not.' (Damn..us BMW drivers are always getting dissed..)

Yes, those old W126 and W140s are the cars running for 250, 350k or more miles... the diesels even longer. That's back when M-B built their cars to be the best of the best..no cheapening of components. I love the '80s and early '90s Benzes...

And with Olds, styling for 1950 was Futuramic!!!

I like the entries for my state: 'The tightest state in the west U.S.' 'The mountains are purple, the bud is bright green'. my state of birth didn't fare too well, though: 'The butt-hole of America.' 'Toilet of the Midwest'. Strange stuff....

Resale value is important, though... I wouldn't necessarily say it makes a car poor, but I wouldn't buy something that looses a huge % of it's value over 5 years..

I'm sure some models the % is higher than 39%.. I bet the Impala and MC are closer to 50%. (I wonder if the Ford CV is 99%...)

Yes, similar... I suspect over time we will see more parts commonality between Daewoos and other GM models since they are part of the family now.

I just see two dull GM FWD compact sedans with 4drs.

Wierd that GM was doing mainstream DOHC engines back then and then later walked away from them, considering the competition went for them completely...

Yes, the new GTI is pretty sweet...I like the interior a lot...the hatchback style is so much more appealing to me than a trunk in a small car also...

Wow..a time when steering wheels weren't standard? Did they have a tiller standard instead... All joking aside, I remember a time (not that long ago) when some cars still had AM radios and manual windows standard.

Looks great in red.

The article says it will come to the US as the Verona in '07 and Canada and Europe as the Chevy Epica. carscoop

Exactly...I can see comparing a 3-series to an IS, though. The ES is catering to a totally different market segment.

I saw a bunch of the new Hyundai Azeras--first I've seen of them...they were sitting on the Hyundai dealer lot, which is right next door to the local Subaru/Lamborghini store..

Well, poor safety is definitely a reason to make the worst list...GM had vehicles that would have made this list last year (the old Blazer and Astro, two of worst as far as safety).