Robert Hall

That just sounds like the usual paranoid fear of a totalitarian state that I hear from the crazies on the right, though.

The current car is so mediocre it doesn't really matter, anything will be an improvement.

Facebook and pop culture is a waste of good time. So many better things to do than be into those items. Course Facebook could burn down and I would careless same with Twitter. I see no real value in either of those platforms for driving sales. In fact reviews of companies that have used them have shown more money spent then returned. GM has stopped Facebook and twitter advertising. They had their day and are slowly fading. Social networks are no place for sales or marketing, IMO. My company is getting ready to start a marketing campaign using FB, Linkedin and Twitter to announce our blog postings...I'm wondering if it will be of any value as far as growing our business (small web consulting firm). I like using Twitter as a news stream....kind of like the way I used to use aggregators like Google Reader. FB has it's place in connecting w/ people that I know and people w/ similar interests (autos, racing, terriers, politics, etc). Anyhoo, it's going be interesting to see driverless cars start appearing in traffic and real-world contexts...

Given the lack of interest in cars and driving in general amongst the younger generations, it's inevitable that driverless cars will take off over time....we have to face it, as car enthusiasts we are are a small minority, maybe about 1% of the driving public..the masses have no interest beyond getting from point a to point b. Most people would rather be on Facebook or watching Kim Kardashian/Justin Beiber/(whatever pop culture sensation of the moment) videos.

You realize that not everyone is a speed freak right? The 0-60 may be in the 8 second range but that doesn't mean the car will feel slow in normal driving. Drivers appreciate the low end torque of Voltec. The Fleetwood was also an 8 second car and few people would find that car to be slow in normal driving even today. I know everyone isn't a speed freak, that is why they should make a turbo 4 diesel for the ATS. It would probably do low 7's in 0-60 and get 40-42 mpg, and it wouldn't cost $60,000, it would be more like $40,000. The BMW 3 series hybrid starts at $49k.....I thought they a diesel in the US, but it's not showing up for 2013 on their website.

Interesting that it's taken this long to see that feature then, since pickups have had bed lights on the outside of the cab above the rear window for decades...

Is the in-bed lighting just a novelty, or is it a meaningful feature consumers have been asking for?

Been there, done that...here parents didn't like her dating non-Jews, even a well-educated chunky bald WASA...

Saw a black Dodge Dart tonight, making 2 I've seen on the road and both today. It was a light in the lane next to a silver blue Charger, need sibling resembalance in the taillights. Saw a silver ATS and a red Volt tonight also.

The Atlas concept is just Super Duty front end styling cues w/ a new ugly grille applied to an F150...same old, same old...

Saw a new red Dodge Dart today at lunch, first I'd seen on the road, pretty nice.

^ neat...I vaguely remember seeing those back in the day...

The white one is in R26. I think there may have been a black X11 also, but I don't have it.

Saw an unusual '80s Chevy Astro this evening...silver, black lower body, side sliding door window and one on the left side but no rear quarter windows, instead it had short, vertical louvers right behind the sliding door and window on the left...with red pinstriping above the black lower paint and around the windows....unusual, some sort of special trim package?

Neat..I have that and the white X11, and the regular Citations they have done also (beige, beige/tan two tone, silver blue)

Looking forward to seeing it in person....great interior, dramatic exterior...

Definitely an improvement over the bland current model...some definite Honda-ness in the front and profile.

Large grilles and smaller headlights seems to definitely be a trend this year. Somewhat derivative of other fastback 'coupe' 4drs.

Those headlights look odd..more of a Chrysler than a Jeep style.

The rear just seems overwrought to me...the C6 rear is relatively clean by comparison.

The quarter windows are an interesting detail change, as is the flattish rear window. In profile and the front the car it reminds me of the most is the Ferrari 599.

Yes, my Grand Cherokee is like that...maybe it's from driving it for over 12 years, but the layout works for me. Lighting on the left, wiping on the right. Every time I'm in a GM rental or driving my sister's DTS I seem to cycle the wipers when signalling at least once..

I wonder if they are functional vents or just cheese.

Depends on what you are used to, I guess. I like how Jeeps (and some other Chrysler products I've noticed) have all the lighting functions on the left stalk and the wipers on the right one. Always thought it was weird how GM puts the wiper controls on the turn signal stalk, easy to turn on the wipers when signaling.

Like what I've seen of the front, profile and interior. I can see dark gray, black and other dark colors would work better--I don't care for the black rear lower fascia..