Robert Hall

IIRC, there are a number of bilingual signs in English and Japanese in the Detroit airport (I recall seeing some the last time I was there).

Who knows...maybe bouncing around ideas for more JVs like the Vibe/Matrix... how about a Buick convertible rebodied from the Solara convertible? A Chevy version of the Prius? a Camaro from the new IS platform? ;-)

The coupes look even stranger, I think...short hood with a tall tail w/ decklid... the rear end doesn't look like it belongs on the same car as the front end. It's like the 5-dr hatchback was designed first and as an afterthought someone realized--oh no--we need a coupe and sedan for the NA crowd!!!---and they grafted on the trunks.

Yes, interesting isn't it? Likewise with the Taurus being Ford's top selling car in October...

Haven;'t seen any yet here in Denver...maybe at Thanksgiving when I'm back in Ohio..

It will be interesting to see a comparison test between it and the TrailBlazer SS.. Ford needs to do an Explorer GT so it can play in this niche also..

Hmm...one way Buick could get a convertible on the cheap would be to follow the approach of the Pontiac Vibe... how about a rebodied Solara convertible for Buick?

I wonder if the new production Pontiac will be a US version of the G4/Pursuit.

A 2dr convertible based off the Lucerne (w/ different styling, maybe called Riviera) could be interesting for Buick (and a relatively low investment by using an existing platform). A largish, luxury, 4-passenger V8 convertible would make a nice Buick flagship..

Interesting..I don't think I've ever seen one of those..neat car.

The Caliber makes a lot more sense as a 5-dr hatchback than a 4dr sedan...I've always thought small cars like this are better as hatchbacks--a hatchback is more useful and practical than a small sedan with a tiny trunk..

There is a big difference between the Z06's excellent pushrod V8 and the mediocre pushrod V6 in the G6...

Thin crust--either crisp or soft (so I can fold a slice), with pepperoni...occasionally w/ basil and ground beef. My favorite pizza is found at a couple local Denver places---Lil' Riccis and the Bonnie Brae Tavern (serving pizza for almost 70 years!). I try and avoid the chains, though at work they bring in Papa Johns (which I usually like), Blackjack (horrible) or Pizza Hut (ok). When I was a teenager back in the day I was fond of Domino's double cheeseburger pizza. I like a CPK pizza once in a while, esp. the sicilian, white pizza, and jamacian jerk.

Well, NASCAR got it's start in the deep south and remains very popular with the scary white southern Republican crowd...

NASCAR today is Disneyfied racertainment...it has become to motorsport what the WWE is to wrestling. It's kind of a joke when they use the name of a FWD, unibody car (Taurus, Fusion, Intrepid, Monte Carlo, Grand Prix, etc) on a shapeless blob with BOF construction and carburated pushrod engines...kind a joke to call them 'stock cars'...'cartoon cars' would be a better name..

I'm surprised dealers aren't adding bolt-on fins to Cadillacs..your choice of '49, '57, '59, '60, or '64 styles, for example...

I was once asked if the Red Sea was red. On a related note, I once asked a hotel staffer directions to a restaurant, and she said that she was 'directionally challenged' and wouldn't be able to help me.

Yes, you need at least a size 40 waist to be comfortable in such car seats, I think.. :)

Hmmm...pretty ugly, but I figure the kiddies will love it...(the F&TF, Need For Speed crowd)...

Tuner-style versions of the LaX and Lucerne would be interesting...

The big grilles remind me a little of the Maybach Excelero concept..

The Insignia would make a great full-size Saturn...

I found data for 2003...16.7 million US car & truck sales, 37.8% foreign brands (I don't know if that includes US-owned brands like Saab, Jaguar, etc)....

The 2 brand approach has worked for years for Toyota...

Well, Walmart has been importing a ton of Chinese products for years... Americans are already used to buying Chinese goods...I suspect Chinese-made cars in the US aren't that far off..