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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    Nice..will have to look for that one..I found the pale green '55 Caddy Fleetwood 4dr in this series a while back.
  2. Robert Hall
    St Louis, I think...there is a thread on here from last week about it..
  3. Robert Hall
    True. "Long time ago- no one remembers that." Mid 90s is when they switched to pedestrian V6s, IIRC. That's like 6 car leases ago dude! They aren't going to remember that. True... I just drove one this morning to Starbucks...the Merc 3.0 straight 6 is pretty nice ('91 300CE).
  4. Robert Hall
    Sweet...back when Pontiacs were pointy. I think I like the '76 grille treatment better.
  5. Robert Hall
    Yes..too many words to type. Another good old term for describing the same backward group is 'square'.
  6. Robert Hall
    Would be consistent with the strategy Ford and Chrysler are heading towards.. modern world vans for the US and European markets.
  7. Robert Hall
    Yes..the RWD good stuff and the forgettable FWD models.
  8. Robert Hall
    "Long time ago- no one remembers that." Mid 90s is when they switched to pedestrian V6s, IIRC.
  9. Robert Hall
    So wait... 40% are buying GM vehicles... based on incentives? Like cheap prices? And they're migrating to brands like Hyundai? Hyundai isn't exciting. So I guess Pontiac vehicles don't sell based on EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!! after all!. But C&G told me that they're the most excitingly exciting exciters that mankind has ever known! Hyundais are cheap and flashy, which the non-exciting Pontiacs tended to be...
  10. Robert Hall
    don't show a pic of the interior That's when the Bonneville had 20 vents and acres of nasty gray plastic inside?
  11. Robert Hall
    Hmm..don't recall the SNL skit..thought it was a South Park reference. Gross name for a product.
  12. Robert Hall
    The saga continues..it seems the cat may have a life or two left?
  13. Robert Hall
    Cubi... sometimes you make me I try, I try...
  14. Robert Hall
    Today would have been my Dad's 90th birthday. I miss him.
  15. Robert Hall
    That some individuals WILL NOT buy a 4-cylinder vehicle in a certain segment is not necessary to make a business case for 6-cylinder, less economical, CAFE busting models. That some individuals WILL PREFER a 6-cylinder is enough justification. Why? Because in this well populated field, even if GM goes all 4-cylinders on a Malibu, Regal or ATS it doesn't mean that every car maker will. This means that if you do not have a six you are losing business to competitors that do. For a model like the Malibu, this may represent a 10~25% loss of volume, for the ATS it may be half. But, when Gm has to fight hard for that 3.4% growth achieved, even 10~25% is not something they can afford to casually walk away from. The Sonata and Optima would like to have a word with you about their supposed falling sales volume. Having a V6 doesn't appear to be saving the Camry or Accord from the Korean onslaught. In the mainstream appliance category, I don't think the cylinder c#### matters..many of the consumers of these products have no idea how to open the hood.
  16. Robert Hall
    Wow...I don't remember that. Don't remember the Northstar in the Bonneville..for some reason, I thought the GXP had a supercharged V6...
  17. Robert Hall
    Makes sense...FR-S.....front, rear, sports
  18. Robert Hall
    Inline 6s are longer which requires a longer nose which a good thing for proper RWD proportions. Inline 6s tend to be smoother and they are more uncommon than pedestrian V6s.
  19. Robert Hall
    Well, Cobalt was one and done.
  20. Robert Hall
    Nothing wrong w/ Volvos..the Volvo owners I know tend to be professional and rather cerebral. Some of my closest friends owned 2 Volvos for 10 years, now have 2 Volvos and a BMW (an XC wagon, 5 series wagon, and an old 240 sedan).
  21. Robert Hall
    Couldn't find anything about that in the Book of Knowledge, but another strange piece of trivia--the Camry was originally badged in Japan as the Celica Camry---though it was a rebadged 4dr Carina ('80-82).
  22. Robert Hall
    Nice...their old inline 6s were pretty solid and smooth.
  23. Robert Hall
    Saw something like this last night...a silver Chrysler 300 had rear ended a Suburban...hard.
  24. Robert Hall
    Anyhoo, it will be interesting to see how the next gen truck turns out...will it lose or gain weight and size? It seems each successive generation has gained size and weight for better or for worse...and the general design has evolved slowly from generation to generation since '88.
  25. Robert Hall
    My inner 7 year old wants to be driving a Porsche 935 at LeMans or the 24hrs of Daytona, or a Lotus 78 at Watkins Glen or at Spa.....I had a subscription to Road & Track as a 7 yr old...got hooked on racing.early..
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