Robert Hall

New SL is due for '13 or '14 I've read...

That would require more investment. GM already has the 2.8, 3.0, and 3.6 V6s to reuse..

The eSpark. Or maybe a production version of the Caddy city car concept from last year based on the Spark.

We won't be seeing the Corvette until NAIAS 2013 IIRC. Ah...so it's been pushed out to MY14? I thought it was supposed to be out in MY 13 for the 60th anniversary.

Interesting...no Corvette...maybe they are saving it for New York? As for GMC, don't they usually show off trucks at the Chicago show?

Could also use it automatically send tickets to red light runners..

Bottom line, NHTSA didn't properly dispose of their batteries after their crash test. It's their screw up for not following proper battery disposal technique.

If Hyundai can design and build a DOHC V8 from scratch, then I am sure Cadillac can also. They did it for about 90 years, I'm sure they can do it again. Hyundai is also not coming out of chapter 11 in need to revamp several divisions and with no current V8 design to put into production. At some point the bankruptcy excuse isn't going to be valid anymore.... Engines aren't just an app you can download on your smartphone for a dollar. They take years and years of development work. True, but at some point, we can't just keep using bankruptcy as an excuse for GM always being behind.... as far as the subject of modern OHC V8s, Ford has been building modern OHC V8s for 20 years now...GM tried and gave up (Northstar).

Hmmm...probably some kind of one off prototype in ancient times. Not the ZR-1 engine, because that was built by Mercury Marine IIRC.

Amazing...F-series alone sold more than Ford cars. And SUVs/CUVs outsold cars. Sounds like 2005.

If Hyundai can design and build a DOHC V8 from scratch, then I am sure Cadillac can also. They did it for about 90 years, I'm sure they can do it again. Hyundai is also not coming out of chapter 11 in need to revamp several divisions and with no current V8 design to put into production. At some point the bankruptcy excuse isn't going to be valid anymore....

True enough..if a company that was recently known for just vile FWD generics can engineer and build a modern RWD model w/ a DOHC V8, you would think GM certainly could...

Corvette C7?

Wonder if the production version will be at Detroit...or too soon?

Not so easy to launch a car company.

The base of the A-pillar is obscured on the Allpar pics, but if it's like the Guilietta on which it's based, it should have a normal A-pillar instead of the wierd window within the pillar treatment so many compacts and subcompacts have...

Haynes are British...seen a few for American cars that show the car w/ UK number plates.. never bought one of these manuals as I don't do much work myself, but I did get the shop manual DVD for my Jeep when I had my seat replacement debacle in '09...

The ad for the Samsung Galaxy S2 is hilarious... http://youtu.be/d0pgO3uffvk

Wow....great to hear. You have to have a sense of accomplishment after getting it running again...

Maybe the Buick compact CUV? Or too early for that.. New Dodge compact?

What ads? I don't see them.

Saw a brown Caprice PPV in traffic Friday..first one I've seen.

I think it's more that GM needs to spread the investment in the Volt hardware across multiple models... Spending more money to make a car that will sell maybe 500 cars a month and possibly steals sales from the Volt is going to be more profitable? Maybe it will be, but I have doubts. Yes, but reusing the existing Volt hardware is the cheapest approach and the least risk..not the best solution, but the pragmatic one considering it's GM and the current economic climate..

Welcome to C&G. And Welcome back, DF...haven't seen you around in ages.

Battery life has been an on-and-off frustration w/ my Droid...normally I can go a full day on normal use, but my last gig where I was 3 stories underground the constant searching for a 3G signal was draining by noon....would have to take my charger w/ me so I'd have enough battery to read C&G, Twitter and Facebook in the bathroom in the afternoon.. I've had the Droid 18 months, so I figure sometime in the next 6 months or so I'll see what Verizon has that's interesting for my next.