Robert Hall
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Good luck!
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Cool...will have to look for those.
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Looks like blood on the right rear door window, right by the front seat in the 2nd pic.. I guess the Stingray driver exceeded his skills on a winding road and lost it...
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Chrysler and Dodge face an issue that Pontiac and Saturn did---NA only...during the DC and Cerebus era there was some Chrysler and Dodge product outside NA, but it's very minimal now..aren't Chryslers sold as Lancias in Europe now? -
Great one...
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That Merc accident looks like a fatal. How about this--possibly the first '14 Stingray crash.. http://www.motorauthority.com/news/1082287_first-2014-chevy-corvette-stingray-crashed?fbfanpage
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Funny, you frequently mention picking something out of your SUV's grill, do you have poor brakes or tend to tailgate?
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I did find it troubling, though, that they pulled the planned Fiat based small and midsize models from Chrysler and Dodge..they need a credible Avenger/200 replacement soon...
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base versions of most cars are usually crap and to be ignored. Cloth interiors today seem to be uniformly dreadful, at least ones I've sat in in recent years..
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Not seeing any correlation w/ the first gen Seville, but the taillights on that gray one (the spy pic purported to be the new CTS) remind me of those on my sister's '00 DTS, at least as far as the shape. It will be interesting to see where they go w/ the ATS coupe, whether it will be a 2dr version of the 4dr with the same profile or if it will be a fastback like the CTS coupe...
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If the spy photo is to be believed, the CTS will have the same tired, played out, variation on a theme raised rounded decklid edge ridge and diagonal decklid cutline below the rear window that the ATS, XTS, Malibu and the new Commodore/SS have. It's not original or new. It's a weak copy of the old BMW 7-series Bangle decklid and needs to go away ASAP. All of these cars IMO would look better if the decklids didn't have that weird ridge and were just crisply squared off w/ flush taillights, rather than the obnoxious bulging lights (Malibu).
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I wonder what the deal was w/ the dump truck snow plow in the Ford video..too heavy for the parking deck roof, or the deck was deteriorated and gave way... The Yaris and Civic don't make much sense as snow plow vehicles--seem like they would be too light and underpowered to push much snow.
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The worst aspect is they shortened the wheelbase back to near where it was 2 generations back, cutting the rear seat legroom and making the rear door opening smaller....while Ford increased the wheelbase on the new Fusion to similar to the previous Malibu. Poor packaging decisions for what is supposed to be a volume family sedan. The Fusion just seems to be a better designed and styled car all around. Then in comparison w/ the import brands it comes up short as well.
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That's how many of mine are...WV, NC, SC, GA were pass thrus in driving from Ohio to Florida, or IN, IA, NE when driving from Michigan to Colorado...
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Ram News: Ram Admits Name Change Could Take A “Generation” To Resonate
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Ram
I still think the whole point of this is they wanted to separate Ram so that it can continue if they phase out Dodge... -
Desperation in trying to push an outclassed, uncompetitive model. The car was obsolete before it came out.
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Ram News: Ram Admits Name Change Could Take A “Generation” To Resonate
Robert Hall replied to William Maley's topic in Ram
The Ram name is relatively recent (1980), and Silverado is from around that time.... the trucks were Dodge D100, D200, etc before that...likewise for Chevy which had named trim levels, but they were the Chevy C10, C20, etc.. And Ford doesn't name theirs either---Ford F150, F250, etc. -
No, the CC is smaller inside and out. true..the CC is basically rebody of the previous Passat, (still the current in Europe)..the dash even looks much the same..
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Total clean sheet architecture. That's what I thought...looks like most of the dev work was done in the early '00s... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GM_Zeta_platform
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Was Zeta pretty much clean sheet, or was it an update of the previous '90s platform that the Monaro/GTO was on? Maybe that is where the W body comparison is coming from....
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Cheers or Jeers: 4,000 Mile 1958 Dodge Coronet
Robert Hall replied to wildmanjoe's topic in Auctions and Classifieds
It is amazing how light big cars were then....I would have thought it would have been 1000 lbs heavier. Plymouth's base model Plaza used the same roofline I believe.... -
As far as the US market, it seems like the Passat is the midsize and the CC the fullsize (though the CC is probably smaller inside than the Passat)? I haven't been in a current Passat, ridden in my boss' CC a few times... I've driven the current style Taurus a couple years ago--nice inside, but pretty tight with poor rearward visibility. Seems cramped compared to old-school Panthers that I've driven a lot more of as rentals...
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Saw a really clean red w/ body color bumpers '77 Z-28 w/ tasteful larger wheels in my underground storage unit parking garage....a few min later, in the PetSmart parking lot saw a young woman in a new dark blue BMW 328 w/ temporary plate pull into a parking spot...poorly, right into the left rear quarter of a darker blue BMW M3 coupe...saw her front bumper crack and side marker light pop out. Funny thing is, 2 weeks ago, I saw a Ford Edge run into a Camry...in the same parking spot.
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Here's the new Commodore, with a side of Chevy SS...
Robert Hall replied to ocnblu's topic in Heritage Marques
I assume it's a PS illustration. Same grille theme as the NASCAR SS... It's too bad Holden doesn't do coupes anymore...a new Monaro (and Monte Carlo for the US) based on the VF would be nice to see... -
Here's the new Commodore, with a side of Chevy SS...
Robert Hall replied to ocnblu's topic in Heritage Marques
I assume the SS will use a front fascia more like this, small upper grille w/ the large ugly lower grille..
