Robert Hall

If they did that, then they would have failed their course. Of course, since Columbia is a 'leftist nazi' institution of immense pedigree, the school was totally willing to turn such a horribly skewed result into propaganda so they can socially engineer us into 'leftist nazi' sympathizers!! You're a genius!! I thought Nazis were rightists more than leftists.....it's pretty moronic to throw the work 'nazi' around so lightly. I know several people that are Columbia grads, it's a fine school.. And as a former grad student myself, you don't make up data...that's not how the scientific process works...there are ethical conduct standards to adhere to..

Bingo...

Bingo. Bingo on the Bonus Question being the Beeb.

Didn't you quit GM, go to BMW for like a day, then back to GM a couple of years ago? That's where the 'waffle' comment came from..

That's just like the one I saw this morning...was sitting in a bagel shop and looked out and saw it in the lot outside the window in the predawn drizzle..took a moment to correlate the Chevy grille w/ the Saturn headlights till I realized what it was...

Neat...like the white & blue inside and out. I rarely ever see Novas of that generation, let alone other X-bodies...

Done. Great to hear this. My experience w/ Unix/Linux has been that someone w/ deep skill esp. in tuning is worth their weight in gold (cliche, I know).

Everything based off that list sucks. Well, it is all FWD product, but that's what the general public buys..those are GM's profitable platforms worldwide. GM, like Ford, Toyota, etc is in business to sell appliances...

ok...no idea what that is, but the grille w/ the fewer bars looks like the '75 grille from what I've seen in image searches..but w/ the '76-77 stacked rectangular lights..

Both of the ones I saw had vertical bars, but one had many closely spaced vertical bars, the other had fewer vertical bars further apart...

Trying to get more agression and violence in their designs, I guess... the red coupe from Lexus at the NAIAS looks better than the LF-A, IMO...at least from the pics.

Interesting...didn't realize they still had it..thought the Passat and Touareg had a normal V6.

I've read about the Thunderbolt..had a lot of interesting details...fully integrated fenders in an era when cars still had separate fenders...hidden headlights, bottom-breather grille design, retractable roof (I think?)...

Kind of obscure, but these popped in my head from things I've read recently... A well-known 40-something American actor has been a long term owner of a Buick Grand National. It was stolen a few years ago, but recovered I've read. He's famous for his outspoken politics, was once married to a famous musician. Can you name this actor? A well-known 40-something American singer owns a '77 Pontiac Can Am. He has fronted a couple well-known bands, in particular a '90s band associated w/ the 'grunge' Pac NW scene. Can you name this singer? Bonus, easy one: Well-known young singer w/ a modified Caddy CTS-V. Can you name this singer?

Saw a silver Chevy Captiva this morning, first one I'd seen in the wild. In the last week, I've seen two '76-77 Chevelles, both 2drs, both white..one w/ a black vinyl top w/ Rally wheels, the other w/ hubcaps w/ no vinyl top..both in very clean shape...both had stacked rectangular headlights, but different grilles..

Cool...I haven't done any off-pavement driving in ages. I remember thrashing my Jeep around dirt and gravel trails in the Colorado high country about a week after I bought it..got into mud, tree branches, rocks, etc...

GME and GMDAT (or whatever it's called now) has been doing the majority of GM FWD development in recent years, it seems...

The question wrt Opel/Vauxhall in Europe is how is Chevrolet doing in those markets? Since replacing Daewoo in Europe and elsewhere, GM has been pushing Chevrolet to be the global brand (how Opel once was).... GM globally is Chevrolet, with Buick, Opel/Vauxhall and Holden being the middle regional brands, and Cadillac at the top as a regional-trying-to-go-global brand...

Opel = Buick. Got to have Opel to provide Buick w/ models... Nah, that was only for a short time while US manufacturing was set up. Opel is a cesspool of red ink in a dead market. Well, the 2012/2013 Buick line will be 3/5th Opel-derived models..

Interesting...the leaning b-pillar and quarter window shape on the 130 is reminiscent of that on the old business coupes, though I doubt if any resemblance was intentional.

Opel = Buick. Got to have Opel to provide Buick w/ models...

Holden as a brand has only 1 model line that is unique to them, though..the Commodore and it's variations (Calais, Caprice, wagon, ute)...the rest of the Holden line is just rebadged FWD Chevy and Opel models... So what wasn't clear in the article is if GM is considering closing Holden's Aus manufacturing or closing the brand and operations. One scenario I could see is GM replacing the Holden brand in Aus w/ Chevrolet, since the FWD models they have now are just rebadged Chevys (Spark, Barina (Aveo), Cruze, Volt..)

Happy Birthday!

That sounds like the Camry-sized Prius midsizer that is rumored to be coming at the top of the Prius line...

That was a great concept...