Robert Hall

I don't think the GMC brand should go away. I think the Chevy Truck and SUV operations should wind down and go away. Chevrolet should simply concentrate on Coupes, Sedans, Convertibles and passenger crossovers like the Traverse. No trucks, no body on frame SUVs for Chevy. Not even a baby SUV like the Equinox for Chevy, that's the GMC Acadia period. All GM trucks should be GMCs -- work trucks are GMCs, spiced up articles get the Denali post-fix. All Chevy Dealerships will be given the option to carry the GMC brand to make up for the loss of Chevrolet's truck and SUV lineup. I don't think that's the answer either...Chevy has a much stronger brand in trucks than GMC. And a Yukon but no Suburban? Wrong. GMC for now exists only to give Buick/Cadillac dealers relatively high volume truck sales.

Start w/ a Chevy Traverse...it would be a Lambda..the Traverse makes more sense as a starting point than the Acacia or Enclave because it's slab sided styling would work well w/ crisp Caddy ends and details, I think..

Too much drama. GM needs to either commit and make an announcement w/ timeline, or STFU and go back to making FWD generics.

Slick..would make a nice Buick.

Wierd they can't find parts...would think a brake shop (local or a chain like Brakes Plus) would be able to find them...would think it would be the same parts as used on the Ciera which ran through '96 (same platform)> The dealer probably just doesn't want to put any time and effort on something so old.

Interesting..didn't realize you could take a rental car to Canada. Seems like a long distance to drive on a work trip (I've always flown on business trips). Anyway, how are the cupholders? NVH? Outward visibility?

Syclone and Typhoon were short-lived niche models....but for most models for most of the last 40+ years, GMCs were just Chevy rebadges...the V6s were so long ago that very few people remember or care. Anyway, it's a moot point..they inexplicably still sell well and are profitable.

How about badge a G3 as a Daewoo Kalos? That would rock. But seriously, I'd rebadge a GTO as a Holden Monaro or a G8 as a Holden Commodore SS, and try and get the Holden fascias and some HSV goodies...or to really confuse the squares, badge it as a Vauxhall or Chevy Lumina SS....

GMC I guess is a great example of great marketing...take the same meat, put on some trivially different toppings, sell to two different buyers that think they are getting something different..only recently have they had truly differentiated models (Acacia, Terrain). I've never seen the point in having two virtually identical truck/van/SUV lines, but it oddly seems to work. It's been a great con game for decades... (Ford and Chrysler used to pull this game in Canada, w/ the Mercury and Fargo pickups...they differed only in badging, didn't even get their own grilles like GMC usually got).

That's different...tacky '50s style custom crud stuck onto an early '90s car.

Mine is not a Boss Hoss. The Boss Hoss had no hood and an oversized engine. The Mustang Stocker had a hood with a power dome... and a stars and ribbon motif. I still have it somewhere, but in poor shape. It was one of my earliest cars. Never actually had a Boss Hoss in my collection. I've got both of them in chromed form...the Mustang Stocker in chrome was mid- to late- 70s issue, got it as a kid...I found the chrome Boss Hoss about 15 years ago at a flea market in decent shape.. In the mid '90s Hot Wheels did a round of retro redlines incl. the Mustang (w/ opening hood)...I have that one in about 8-10 repro Spectraflame colors.

Locally GMC paired w Buick and Cadillac so Yukon and escalade on same lot

The aol email address is a red flag also

Well, this is GM we are talking about..I'd expect it to be at least 500lbs heavier than the competition, that's the Detroit way...

I guess that would be the xB-like little GMC box (Granite?). I would assume Chevy would have a Gamma based mini-MPV/CUV eventually also to compete w/ the Ford B-Max and maybe Delta-based MPV to compete w/ the C-Max..(though that may be what the Orlando is for)

Probably...I would assume if there is one, there will be many across the brands..

I'll believe it when I see one in person on a dealer's lot.

It is odd they haven't given Chevy a compact SUV in NA yet..

Speaking of Eldorado Broughams, anyone else see the ad for Bridgestone (I think) with the elderly couple hooning around on the salt flats in one?

Yeah, but they are a popular feature of the hypermiling set...along w/ other aero tricks..

I wonder if it was Islamic pron w/ burquas on the women and beards on the men..

What happened to the Legacy? I thought you got rid of the CRX and Golf when you got the Legacy..

To make it more aero, use flat '82 Firebird hubcaps and maybe replace the front end (fenders, hood, fascia, bumper) with the the sloping front from a 3rd or 4th gen Firebird...probably could be done w/ alot of bondo and duct tape.. And for an engine, maybe the 1.8 Turbo from the Solstice...

USA! USA! USA! Cue up the classic 'America-F*ck Yeah' anthem from 'Team America-World Police'... I don't want to exclude the Canadians, since they build many of the Ford and Chrysler products I like.

This a nice Regal coupe would make, thinks I. It would be nice to see a coupe version of the new Malibu also with it's own design and name--Monte Carlo, anyone?