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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    I think that whole scandal 15 years ago or so w/ the financing really hurt their image, then the recent fuel economy figures scandal didn't help. And they let the Evo hang around almost a decade w/ no changes...just nothing they have now really stands out vs the competition.
  2. Robert Hall
    They have been dead in the US for years, I don't know why they still bother here...
  3. Robert Hall
    Buick and GMC seem to exist today to give something for Cadillac dealers to draw in buyers that otherwise would go across the street to Chevy...filler brands.
  4. Robert Hall
    Apples and oranges, though...those MB models are models within the same brand--you would expect a lot of parts commonality; while with GM you are talking about models across 3 distinct brands (or divisions as GM called them when they had a bunch more). Platform and component sharing at GM and other multi-brand companies is nothing new, VW does it across it's many brands, Ford does it, etc. Today's Escalade is much more distinctly separated inside and out from the Chevy/GMC models than it was it's first two generations, when it used the same dash, etc.
  5. Robert Hall
    I closed on my house in Ohio Jan 25th. Today I got the first shipping Pod of content from Phoenix. Watching one is these get unloaded was fun...pretty slick set up they have. Will unpack this week, fly back to AZ next weekend and start packing the second pod w/ furniture etc. Hope to drive back here w/ the dogs and be in Ohio for good in about a month.
  6. Robert Hall
    Saw a '90s Ford Ranger in teal today..what made it unusual is it looked like a low trim level with a step side style bed...never seen one like that, thought the faux step side bed was only used on the 'sporty' stripe packages like the Splash.
  7. Robert Hall
    Saw a new dark red '17 Challenger GT in a parking lot this afternoon, first of these I've seen. No AWD badging that I noticed. Appropriately, it's cold and gray with light flurries... Edit: apparently the color is called Octane Red Pearlcoat. Nice dark red.
  8. Robert Hall
    Kind of a Buick Volvo Cross Country idea, sounds like.
  9. Robert Hall
    In some ways, Buick and GMC are really filler brands to keep people from going to the Chevy dealer across the street (which is literally how the stores are in my Phoenix neighborhood--Cadillac/Buick/GMC dealer across the street from the Chevy dealer).
  10. Robert Hall
    Yeah...maybe Cadillac can get ahead of them and do XT5 and Escalade sedans. Or take the idea behind the Evoque convertible and do them one better with an XT5 4dr convertible..or an Escalade landaulet (convertible top over the rear seat and cargo area only).
  11. Robert Hall
    I forgot about that one. Hasn't really been any recent 4dr compact or midsize CUV/SUVs like that, though...
  12. Robert Hall
    Yes, but in a larger SUV bodied form....not merely raised cars, but SUV bodies with trunks. Innovation.
  13. Robert Hall
    Hmmm...maybe the next untouched niche BMW and M-B can pursue is SUV sedans.....i.e. X4/6, GLC and GLEs with trunks instead of hatchbacks...
  14. Robert Hall
    That's why they have their "alternative facts".
  15. Robert Hall
    I like the styling...the front has a family resemblance to the Pilot, and I like how it is at least somewhat restrained on the use of chrome and the grille size...it doesn't have the bloated faux-macho blocky silliness to the front that many trucks have today...
  16. Robert Hall
    They did it 30 years ago somehow..probably did it in a similar manner that GM did the Fiero through component reuse w/ other models....today, maybe do a JV w/ someone or repurpose Corolla/etc components?
  17. Robert Hall
    They will need something smaller to compete with Q3, GLA, X1, etc.. and maybe something in the Trax/Encore size or smaller (maybe a Spark based CUV ?)...esp. if they have any plans to compete in Europe in Asia...
  18. Robert Hall
    Ah, yeah..forgot that.
  19. Robert Hall
    Maybe not in your lifetime, but I can see EVs being the dominant type of vehicle sold within the next 20 years. And autonimous vehicles are inevitable also... It is odd they went with 2dr wagons only in '49-51, considering the wagons in the previous generation were 4drs. A '49 Ford Custom Six 4dr sedan was my parents' first new car, bought shortly after they got married. I've seen a B&W photo of it, think it was dark blue. Was 21 years before I was born...
  20. Robert Hall
    Interesting..would have thought they would have used the name XT3 as the compact CUV and leave XT4 for a future compact coupe CUV, and XT6 for a midsize coupe CUV (if they want to match MB, BMW, etc).
  21. Robert Hall
    I wonder how much demand there is in Oz has for such a car, though...hasn't the Australian market moved on to be dominated by appliances like Civics and Camrys and CUVs like other markets?
  22. Robert Hall
    Seems like Holden is just going to be badge engineered from other brands with no distinct models of their own. Without the Commodore, Caprice and Ute, they have a mix of Chevy and Opel rebadges currently..
  23. Robert Hall
    More coupes would be nice to see instead of more CUVs....
  24. Robert Hall
    Saw a worn 90s 4th gen Camaro Z28 today with a chain connecting an oversized chrome tailpipe tip to a hole in the right rear taillight...weird. Also saw a very clean two tone blue '90s GMC Sierra--what I noticed was a detail I forgot from the 90s--it said 'GMCtruck' on the rear badging, w/ 'truck' spelled out beside GMC....I forgot they did that, anyone remember what range of years GMC used badging like that?
  25. Robert Hall
    I won't miss it...too early to be this warm.
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