Robert Hall

I'm old enough to remember ... - when MTV played music videos...and when there was no MTV. - when there were Buick Opels. - when Jimmy Carter was elected. - when Elvis died. - when the Mustang II was still in showrooms. - when their were black Firebirds with big gold birdies on the hood in showrooms. - when Hot Wheels still had redline tires. - when a Charger Daytona looked like a Cordoba with a stripe kit. - when my favorite TV shows were Rockford Files, CHiPs, and Starsky & Hutch.

What I like about the design is it is both retro and futuristic...and a clean break from the dreadful cartoonish 4th gen style. I suspect there will be detail changes for production (smaller wheels, etc) and hopefully they raise the roof (the windshield looks like it would very hard to see out of).

The '69s had the bowtie in the grille.... (base models).

Sure..they needed a big SUV that was more luxurious than the Durango.. something to compete with the Yukon.

The '80-81 Turbo T/A was kind of a low point...not much power, but plenty of flash...

I've been a Mustang fan ever since childhood, but have long liked Camaros as well...probably my first strong Camaro experiences were riding in my brother's '68 SS 396 when I was a teenager in the '80s---loud, raw, fast, scary. I've driven it a few times since then--a pretty memorable car. Muscle cars of that era are soo different than the smooth, refined cars of today...very special in their own way.

That's a lot of miles for an '01.

I have a couple friends from China who have been in the US about a decade--they drive Hondas and Toyotas..I'll have to ask them what they think/know about the car market back home.

2x4s, plywood, styrofoam and a lot of ducttape....(I've read about showcars before that literally were that underneath).

I'm wondering what's underneath--a one-off for the show, the GTO platform, a Zeta prototype, Sigma, a hacked Cobalt platform, stretched Solstice platform, Trailblazer platform??

To compliment the 'American Revolution' ad campaign, Chevrolet's ad campaign in Europe should be the 'Korean Revolution'.

I guess I'm not going to get my hopes up until I see the real thing in showrooms...it would be nice if they do build it and it's within 50% of the concept and the do it before I'm 40!

It would make the perfect 5 year commuter car...enough gadgets that I wouldn't get bored, and the reliability for piece of mind, and a decent resale value. That said, the only Lexus I would serious consider would be a GS450...

Dean Martin and Traci Lords were from my original hometown (Steubenville, Oh). No one came up for my other hometowns (Gnadenhutten, Oh) , Marathon, Florida. (I only consider places I lived as a kid or teenager, before college as hometowns---I wouldn't use that term for places I've lived as an adult. One movie connection I have, though, is filming location... the 1978 NBC TV Miniseries 'Centennial' was filmed some in my area in Ohio (the Amish country of Ohio standing in for 1840's Lancaster, Pa)....they filmed a number of scenes at my family's farm--the outside of the barn and house, in the house, a fight scene in the barn...I had a part as an Amish kid in the background (I was 7 when they filmed there in 1977...met a few actors--John Bennett Perry (Matthew's father), Robert Conrad, Gregory Harrison... The irony is that miniseries was about the settling of Colorado, and I now live in Colorado...

Because they have been on TV?

Since I first saw the pics, I kept thinking this concept reminded me of another concept....I remember what it was--this car reminds me quite a bit of the GTO concept from the late '90s...has that video-game unreality aspect to it...

Well, like with Benz the small and large are similar, but the medium differs..i.e. the C- and outgoing S- class have some visual similarities, the E-class is on it's own path, and likewise here the new LS has some similiarities to the IS while the GS goes it's own way.. Nothing wrong with establishing a theme across a range..

Yes... I'd rather have a lot of buttons that have to deal with a mouse and menu system....the I-Drive, Comand, etc stuff is just pointless fluff, IMHO...

Probably in the fall, since it's an '07...

It would be nice to see a Cadillac competitive with this.

Very clean, conservative, tasteful, as a Lexus should be...I bet it will have the best resale value in it's class as well. As far as the interior, I like the gauges especially...

I suspect the exterior is very close to production, though smaller wheels will be likely. The exterior looks production-ready to me (unlike the Camaro concept, which looks way more wild concept than production-ready).

Looks very good..I see Buick is continuing the VW theme they started with the Lucerne ..the Enclave rear end (esp. the taillights) shows a Touraeg influence, IMHO...

Agreed on the Accord...it's way more space-efficient, nice interior, and modern engine and transmission.

I suspect they would raise the roof also..the concept has an odd chop-top look to it in profile..