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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Don't know about the Lincoln grille, though.
  2. Robert Hall
    That chop appears to be a blend of the '14 Impala front upper w/ the Camaro ZL1 front lower fascia...
  3. Robert Hall
    I bet some of the switchgear is shared w/ Audi and VW, though....some of dirty bits definitely are...
  4. Robert Hall
    Which is the Caprice PPV fascia...the press would have given them a lot of flak for doing a rebadge of the G8 and it would have been a big flop. The lack of a real name hurts this car more than the styling, IMO. No, that's a different fascia This one? the Lumina.. http://flipacars.com/pics/Chevrolet/chevrolet-lumina-middle-east-02.jpg
  5. Robert Hall
    Which is the Caprice PPV fascia...the press would have given them a lot of flak for doing a rebadge of the G8 and it would have been a big flop. The lack of a real name hurts this car more than the styling, IMO. It's going to be interesting to see if the SS lasts beyond a couple of years...hard to see they being able to sustain a V8 only model, even at very low volume....cars like the Charger and Camaro are able to sustain the V8 models through strong sales of the V6 models. Maybe GM has a strategy long term for this niche instead of just making it up as they go along...I thought I'd read the next generation Commodore was going to be a FWD model (i.e. Impala variation) ?
  6. Robert Hall
    Which begs the question, what took them so long to bring it here? They were on Holden's schedule and Holden didn't schedule their MCE until '14...otherwise, they would have had a G8 rebadge.
  7. Robert Hall
    Back when the first Fast & The Furious movie came out I used to have kiddies in riced-out Eclipses, Civics, etc try and race me from stoplights when I was in my Mustang GT or my M3. Even in my Jeep (4500lbs, 195hp) I was able to pull away and leave 'em...
  8. Robert Hall
    Mercedes comes to mind.... the W109-series 300SEL in the '60s had badging for different engine sizes...3.5, 4.5, 6.3.. I'm sure there are others.
  9. Robert Hall
    I like the wagon...like the color. Also definitely prefer the subtle Calais front end to the fish-mouth SS front end.
  10. Robert Hall
    Interesting ideas. Alas, GM wasn't going to invest much to change the Commodore to the SS, hence very little changed stylistically besides the badging.
  11. Robert Hall
    Sad to see an American car company seeking investment from China because potential investors in the US have their head up their collective asses.
  12. Robert Hall
    All I see here in AZ are combined Dodge/Ram/Chrysler/Jeep dealers...maybe in small towns there are standalone Dodge dealers, but my impression is they are consolidating. As far as other CUVs, Dodge had the Nitro and Journey, but I think those are OOP now..
  13. Robert Hall
    A modern drivetrain, suspension upgrades, etc in a mid '80s El Camino SS would be interesting...
  14. Robert Hall
    There are a few G8 Utes in the US, I assume people ordered the bed parts, quarter panels, taillights, etc off of Australian eBay or from Aus. salvage yards or other suppliers and had a competent body shop do the cut and paste work..
  15. Robert Hall
    Greenwood Village (used to live there, Denver suburb)
  16. Robert Hall
    ^ Ford also used 7.0 Litre badging on the '68 Cougar GT-E. I'm not sure any other Mercurys used such badging for the 427/428.
  17. Robert Hall
    I wonder if that 8.2 is the biggest displacement badge ever on a production car..
  18. Robert Hall
    Sharp...the Challenger is one of the few cars I really like in white.
  19. Robert Hall
    Body and chrome look ok but the interior has been trashed...looks restorable, though.
  20. Robert Hall
    Cadillac has some great names that could come back, IMO... deVille, Fleetwood, Seville, Eldorado, Biarittz...better than non-TLA TLAs...
  21. Robert Hall
    No, the current Explorer is a FWD/AWD CUV, nothing truck about it. Ram is strictly truck and (commercial) van, Jeep is SUV and CUV, and Dodge is car only sounds like the long term strategy that Fiat is pushing towards...
  22. Robert Hall
    If they come to the US, they should partner w/ Wal-Mart and Sam's Club for in-store dealerships....given Genericans desire for cheap $h! from China, it would probably sell well....
  23. Robert Hall
    Visited my local Target yesterday...found the gold Caddy CTS wagon, but the HW section was totally picked over and nothing new was to be seen.
  24. Robert Hall
    I do wonder what Jeep w/ do for a Wagoneer...since the current Durango and GC are very similar from the rear, they could just put the GC front clip on the Durango, give it a GC interior, and call it a day..
  25. Robert Hall
    IIRC at one time ('80s?) the Camaro had 5.0L badges for the 305 didn't it?
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