Robert Hall

That's how it's been since 1997....GM, like Ford, Toyota, Hyundai, etc is primarily a FWD appliance maker...any RWD models are just occasional low volume desserts...

This would give GM a competitor for the Jetta wagon, but it's probably too small a niche for them in the US. A diesel manual wagon would be really cool.

The Outlook squared fenders do better w/ GMC themes in general than the rounded ones, I think. Still not sure on the nose..will have to see one in person eventually.

I think they should bring back the Aura as a Century and the Sky as a Chevy...

Don't see these very often..the short-lived Panther-based Mark. The interior reminds me a lot of the Town Cars my Dad had in the '80s.

Whilst rolling home tonight, saw some drivers were out enjoying the cool winter weather in their oldies...saw a lowered aqua and white '59 Buick 2dr (on large wire wheels), a dark red w/ black vinyl top '67 GTO, and a gold '71 Caprice..all hardtops w/ all the windows down.

GM should bring one of their Eurovans over for this niche...bring back the Astro and Safari names.

Maybe Buick can resurrect the Aura as a Century, a bargain midsizer priced between the Verano and Regal.

That reminds me...I haven't taken a 'destination unknown' random drive in a long time...I always seem to be busy w/ life and have a specific destination in mind--the office, a restaurant, Starbucks, Target, etc. Haven't driven just for fun in ages.. Driving for just for its own sake is an alien concept to me. I can barely afford the gas it takes for my school commute. I drive with hypermiling techniques as much as is practically possible. If I were to go on a drive just for fun, I wouldn't have any fun because I'd be lamenting all the money I'd be wasting to get basically nowhere. Time is the limiting factor for me these days. And within 50 miles of me it's all pretty ugly desert.. though there are some interesting backroads up north. When I lived in Colorado I used to do 200-400 mile weekend day trips to search for twisty back roads for fun when I had my M3 and my Mustang GT. Seattle has many fun roads to drive and scenery to enjoy. The North Cascade Highway loop is an awesome 440 mile drive I think everyone should do once in their life. I always do it every spring after the road opens from the winter and usually will drive it 3 or 4 times during the spring summer as there are tons of places to see and things to do for an enjoyable weekend. http://www.cascadeloop.com/ Enjoy the site as it is a blast to drive in a auto designed for driving. I want to come and explore Washington...have only been in Seattle a couple times, haven't seen elsewhere in the state. Amazon recruiters call me a couple times a year, I should go interview w/ them.

Interesting, I do find there are fellow engineers I work with that love their apple computers and can actually use them to do things, yet most people seem to not be able to do much. I on the other hand will stick with my Linux/unix/windows systems. I do agree I love my andriod phone from Samsung. It is a blast of usefullness. I too will pass on the Prius, not a car that can ever fit me. Well, Macs are pure UNIX goodness inside. At least in my niches (Java web applications, web services, enterprise applications, cloud computing) Macs are the very popular with independent developers, small consulting shops, small companies...when I'm big IT environments it's all Windows. At my current consulting gig, I've developing on a Mac and pushing to Linux servers in Amazon's S3 cloud.

That reminds me...I haven't taken a 'destination unknown' random drive in a long time...I always seem to be busy w/ life and have a specific destination in mind--the office, a restaurant, Starbucks, Target, etc. Haven't driven just for fun in ages.. Driving for just for its own sake is an alien concept to me. I can barely afford the gas it takes for my school commute. I drive with hypermiling techniques as much as is practically possible. If I were to go on a drive just for fun, I wouldn't have any fun because I'd be lamenting all the money I'd be wasting to get basically nowhere. Understandable..I was a student once also. Time is the limiting factor for me these days. And within 50 miles of me it's all pretty ugly desert.. though there are some interesting backroads up north. When I lived in Colorado I used to do 200-400 mile weekend day trips to search for twisty back roads for fun when I had my M3 and my Mustang GT.

I don't know, an Apple Mac Book Pro is a pretty powerful tool. As a software engineer, I use one everyday... (along w/ Google services and Amazon S3 cloud services) Tthough I prefer Android phones over iPhones. I do like my Kindle, but will probably get an iPad sooner or later. I've had iPods for a decade for music. But I won't drive a Prius like many of my peers (30-40 something software engineers).

The side profile on this kind of reminds me of the old Ford Aerostar.

Looks like they dropped the hoop on the '13 also (the faux roll bar thingy).

No..it's practical. I work in an office 18 miles from home. Going by bus or light rail would double my commute time and have several other inconvenient aspects. in your car, you don't have to sit next to loud and sweaty. you have your own audio. You have a place for your beverage, and if you need to swing out of the way on a whim and go pick up your meds at the pharmacy, you can do that. and you don't have to stop every 5 minutes and pick up a bunch of others. my favoritie scenario is this. my kid gets sick at 2 a.m. i need immediately to get them to urgent care or a pharmacy or both. It's freezing out and snowing and minus a bunch wind chill. I don't think i'll be taking my kid on a bus........partially because it won't be running at that time and place. Bingo.

Good point.... I see it when I go to car events...most of the people seem to be my age or older, lots of gray/white hairs.. not many 'youfs'...

A few individuals compared to the millions of sheep driving Toyotas.

Just looking at the pics, I think I prefer the older one's nose...I like the headlights and smaller grille of the original..this is too blunt and the grille too big (as is common on too many vehicles today).

That reminds me...I haven't taken a 'destination unknown' random drive in a long time...I always seem to be busy w/ life and have a specific destination in mind--the office, a restaurant, Starbucks, Target, etc. Haven't driven just for fun in ages..

Straight 6s have been BMW's forte for a long time....I wouldn't underestimate the M3. Nice to see a 6 back in the M3 again.

BMW has more cash than it knows what to do with, besides unlike Australians, German voters are pretty nationalistic when it comes to purchasing vehicles, they have a German first mindset, too bad Americans don't think that way ... Americans have a 'cheapest wins' mindset instead.

Well, the key aspect to 'feeling individual' with driving is you don't have to be dependent on someone else for a ride....free to go where you want to go, when you want to go, what route you want to take, etc. It's one of those freedom aspects to growing up as opposed to being a kid driven around by a parent. I couldn't imagine trying to catch a ride w/ someone, waiting in the disgusting heat on a bus, having to call a cab, etc.

No..it's practical. I work in an office 18 miles from home. Going by bus or light rail would double my commute time and have several other inconvenient aspects.

Isolation would be not having a cell phone. I couldn't imagine not having a phone, and especially not having a smart phone...

Yeah, looks like it has the squared off wheel arches like the Outlook (current Acacia has rounded ones).