Robert Hall

notgoingtohappen.com. I hate being realistic, though a Monte Carlo or Chevelle revival would be great, I just don't see this happening...

There will be more than one wheelbase length for Alpha. Wheelbase is one dimension, but they will need more width and wider track for larger models...

Saw a red '65 Olds Starfire coupe today...sweet. A nice companion for the silver '65 Jetstar I I saw a while back in the same area.

Well, both the Sonata and Regal are midsize mainstream FWD sedans. Same formula. One step above the entry level midsize for their respective companies (Optima and Malibu). Makes sense to compare them. Sonata is a fullsize and not above the Optima, they are very similar in price depending on options. You might as well compare the Regal to a Taurus or Impala. Sonata is a midsize. Azera is the full size. My point was that Hyundai is supposed to be a step above Kia, like Buick is a step above Chevy. The Sonata and Regal are both 4cyl FWD midsize sedans..they are more similar than different.

Nice..low miles, probably would clean up nicely. Odd that the seller is looking to trade for a very rare Pontiac show car..seems implausible. He's probably thinking of a Yamaha Banshee... Ah, I figured there was a more prosaic explanation, but couldn't think of any other vehicles named banshee...

Nice..low miles, probably would clean up nicely. Odd that the seller is looking to trade for a very rare Pontiac show car..seems implausible.

Well, both the Sonata and Regal are midsize mainstream FWD sedans. Same formula. One step above the entry level midsize for their respective companies (Optima and Malibu). Makes sense to compare them.

Interesting..would have thought the 4.0 from the Grand Cherokee would be the same as that of the XJ of the same era.

Sharp..there is a white one '65 Calais coupe I see around occasionally. Looking at the pics, it's in incredible condition..stunning example. Love the two-tone interior.

Doesn't look like a CUV...it's a 5dr hatchback like the Focus or Caliber, that's all. The Forester is a CUV..

I wonder if we will see a Camaro Z-28 in the next year or so, something to target the Mustang Boss 302. That would be cool. The US-spec Spark will probably show up at one of the shows.

Sedans and CUVs are the volume models, the money makers, so I expect lots of those..

My favorite coupes of that era are probably the '77-79 Caprice coupes w/ the neat rear window and the Le Sabre Turbo Coupe..haven't seen one of those in a loooong time.

Cooler fall weather here...convertible top down weather. Saw a clean pale blue '75 Caprice convertible (seems like a lot of '74 B-body verts were this color) and a clean yellow '75-76 Eldorado convertible rolling along in traffic...

Way cool.

My eyes! My eyes!! Somethings just can't be unseen... AUGGGGGGHHHHHH

I don't see anything from Buick or GMC on Alpha, since Buick is committed to FWD and GMC is trucks and FWD CUVs. So the 'anything else' would be Chevy. I can't see a small RWD Chevy sedan, though, since they have a full line of FWD sedans already..

I think all the luxury and sports car makers have seen the success of the Cayenne and realized SUVs are an easy profit center and market expander. With Jaguar, I don't see the point since they have Land Rover as a sibling. What about Rolls-Royce? Ferrari? Hopefully not, but who knows..

Gorgeous car...though I prefer the '71-74s, esp. the '72 and '74 w/ the offset license plates...

Drool...I'd add in a GT40 MK II, Lola T70, and a Ferrari P330... Also like many '60s-70s F1 cars, esp. Lotuses.. As far as down-to-earth lust objects, I've always had a soft spot for the original Challenger, the '67-68 Cougars, '67-70 Mustangs, '69-70 Ford XLs, '69-72 LTD coupes and convertibles, '61-67 Lincoln Continentals (esp. the convertibles), '61-66 Thunderbirds, '63-67 Corvettes, '68-70 GTOs, '63-65 Rivieras, '66-67 Rivieras, '71-72 Rivieras, '67-70 Eldorados, and '66-67 Toronados...

Doesn't look serious enough for a Defender. Too bad they don't sell the Defender in the US anymore, it's one of the few non-Jeep SUVs I've ever lusted after.

Yes, it's promising...I like that it has it's own complete body, and not just a different front clip and rear trim. Not sure if even the windshield is shared. The prototype mules that have been posted of the new small Dodge have literally been a widened and lengthened Guilia, but I assume the production model will have it's own metal.

They seem pretty well designed...kind of a modern Beetle in the 'people's car' sense of the old Beetle. The buggy looks fun. The original Up! prototype a few years ago was rear engined, BTW.

I've eaten at that restaurant before..the views were great. A friend from grad school worked at Cantor Fitzgerald, she worked from home in NJ that Tuesday, her cat was sick. Random chance of not being at the office. A friend from Colorado was working in the WTC at a client, he was running late that morning and stuck in a cab coming from the airport... My sister was working in San Francisco that week, with all the flight cancellations she drove a rental Grand Marquis back to Phoenix later that week. I was between gigs, was at home in Colorado Springs glued to CNN that horrible day...

Ahh, the Lambo LM002.... never seen one in person, but have a neat little diecast one..