Robert Hall

I refuse to believe anything until I see new Zetas on the dealer's lot.

Interesting...don't recall ever seeing that concept anywhere, in pics or in person (I went to the NAIAS from '95-97).

Interesting...never heard that rumor. I suppose it was nixed because Cadillac didn't want competition, since it had the Catera which had a similar origin (the Commodore being derived also from the Omega).

Would be nice...Chevy needs something interesting in sedans besides more FWD appliances...

Aren't the sales of those like 90% 4 cyl, though? And who knows, the next gen of each may follow Hyundai's lead and be 4 cyl only...for FWD midsize appliances like these, 4 cyl seems more than enough.

My Mustangs are stored in my Mom's barn, 2000 miles away..they get driven maybe 150-200 miles a year..I drive them when I visit, my Mom and brother drive them to cruise ins and car shows (along w/ his 4 old cars and her 2)...got a bunch of trophies and plaques on a shelf from the shows, but I've only made it to a couple of them over the years. I need to resolve my geolocation and garage issues eventually, but I really don't want to move back to Ohio, been in the West too long, but I don't want to stay in AZ. Decisions, decisions....

I wonder if it will be a rebadge or a new design based on a current compact Fiat like the Grande Punto or Bravo...

I'd like to be geolocated w/ my old cars ('69 Mustang, '87 Mustang) but that's not likely to happen this year...

That pic reminds me, I saw a dorked out current-gen Tahoe w/ a custom grille that had a center bar very similar to that Holden Cruze grille and an unfamiliar crest in the center (same badge on the rear tailgate). It had huge (22 or 24) wheels, riding really low in the rear but high in the front..

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Oh well, at least for the RX8 and RL the sales are already non-existent so this won't make a difference..

+1..I'd like to see the Jeeps all offered w/ diesels, along w/ the Durangos and the LX cars. For small cars, Fiat's hyperefficient diesel Multijet and TwinAir engines would be interesting to see...

Happy Birthday!

what you really see nowadays is a large variety. I do know folks who put 20k+ miles on a year and there are those who don't. As an example a nice couple stopped by today to get maintenance done on their Aerio. 8 years old, 65k miles. Yes, I know a number of people that just have brutal commutes...100-150 miles a day or more...one coworker I had in Denver would get a new Accord every 3 years after putting 75k on one in 3 years... I did a 50 mile a day commute for over 2 years (4 days a week usually, WFH one day a week)..that got tiring..couldn't imagine doubling or tripling it... (I don't know if 100 miles a day round trip is worse than 4000 air miles a week, though).

That thing is hideous, IMO...too many '50s designs are overwrought..now cars like the '53-54 Studebaker coupe, '56 Chrysler 300, '56 Lincoln MK II and '55-56 T-Bird I can appreciate...I like the look of a few finny cars, but just really never got into that era.. Anywhoo, back to the original thread, I really like the styling of the '71-73 B-body sport coupes..

I think I've only noticed 2 of them out and about...and this in a large metro area.

The '60s-70s are my favorite decades of vintage American cars---love the lower, longer, wider styling trends and cleaner, smoother designs from the mid '60s to early 70s.. never really got into the '50s or older cars. I still like many cars from the '80s, that's what I grew up around and first drove..

Diesel ATS and CTS with available manuals and wagons will be key to Cadillac gaining any market share in Europe, I think.

Because H-K has loads of small fuel efficient vehicles and meets the CAFE regs w/ ease? They don't have the burden of large numbers of 6000lb trucks in their sales #s...

Interesting...didn't Balthy post a link to this same car on CL a while back? Neat wagon.

Neat car...the boxier '64-65 Falcon used the same roof on their hardtop versions..as did the '63-65 Comets. IIRC, I've read that the sloped roofline was a midyear addition to the Falcon and Comet (as the sloped roofline was for the Galaxie and Marauder also in '63).

Sweet '73...in Italy?

Saw a sharp blue XLR on the used lot of the neighborhood Cadillac store...$44k. Not familiar w/ the color, kind of a bright medium blue.

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