Robert Hall

I like that wheel design. A 20 inch version would look great on the '10 Camaro, I think.

Anyone know how the Cruze compares to the Cobalt in size and weight?

I don't usually brew it up at home in morning during the week, wait until I get to the office for the free stuff (Aramark corporate stuff, drinkable). I always put one packet of raw sugar and some creamer in the cup first, then pour in the coffee. 2-3 cups of 'programmer fuel' keep me going until early afternoon when I make tea. I can't drink decaf. One morning a week I usually go to Einstein Bagels for a bagel and coffee, get a large French Roast coffee. In the summer, I tend to slam a Starbucks double shot cold coffee can or bottle before leaving the house..hard to drink hot coffee in AZ summers. On Saturday, I usually always go to Starbucks for a Venti something or another...a triple shot White Chocolate Mocha latte, Cinnamon Dolce latte, or during Nov/Dec, a Pumpkin Spice Latte or Peppermint Latte. On Sundays, I brew a pot at home--usually Starbucks Breakfast Blend, Peet's Breakfast Blend, or Dunkin Donuts. I also have an espresso maker and a cappacino maker at home, rarely use them though.

These might turn up at the big national level model car swap meets/shows, like the NNL East in Parsippany, NJ in the Spring, the Toledo NNL/Toledo Collectors Toy Fair in Toledo, Ohio in the Fall, or the NNL West in San Jose in the winter. Anything and everything 1:24/1:25th scale as far as plastic models, promo models, etc turns up at these events...I've been to the Toledo one several times when I lived in Ohio/Michigan, and to the San Jose one a few times. I think about the only time I've seen these before was in a black & white pictured article in Scale Auto Enthusiast magazine over 20 years ago.

Hmm..Left Lane News' 'facts' must be wrong. That's got to be a FWD car w/ those W-body-eque proportions. Maybe the next Optima?

The article said they weren't sure what name it would carry, but it would replace the Amanti. I thought the Credenza (K7 in Korea) seen here recently was going to replace the Amanti, and the K9 is above it..

Kia is apparently working on their own large sedan on the Genesis platform. Left Lane News Article The greenhouse in the pic reminds me of the Commodore/G8..

Beautiful car.

Yeah, kind of a sports car in it's purest form. The Miata is the closest to that formula today. It's been about 30 years, but I still fondly remember as a kid riding around the desert w/ ex-brother-in-law #1 in his TR-6 and TR-8, when they were running.

Cool... I like having my afternoon tea at around 2-3..keeps me from falling asleep in my cube. Though it's not nearly as fun as it is in the UK w/ the scones, clotted cream, finger sandwiches..

Really..interesting. In '70, I've read that the center piece was attached to the hood, like a tooth to smash your head on.

Congrats!

Cool..

Looks more like a DTS driver. What's the median DTS owner age? 70?

As are the A4 and A6..they have north-south engine placement and the newest interations have rear-biased AWD. Superior to a FWD/transverse engine platform. That would make no sense, since the original Mini was FWD and is the perfect example of a well done FWD car. That would be unthinkable, Mercedes would lose all credibility worldwide.

If it were Zeta, it would be a non argument since Zeta is RWD. Using a LWB Zeta for a Cadillac would be in line with the classical GM model---think 1977 or 1996 RWD B/C/D bodies. Under the skin, the only real differences (besides the engine in the '77) between a Caprice and a Fleetwood was the wheelbase.

Saw the premiere last night..figured they were going to total it, but didn't happen..got shot up a bit..interesting how it had a bulletproof headlight lens, apparently... And it had easily hot-wireable wires hanging under the dash (is that just a Hollyoodism--can a car really be started by rubbing two random wires together like that?)

I'll leave this topic, promise not to criticize this car further until I've seen it in person. I know I'm walking the fine line of coming off as loony as 68Panther. But I believe in RWD or RWD/AWD for performance, luxury and large cars. Maybe it's generational, the younger folks are more accepting of FWD as that's what they've grown up around (and don't know better.. ) To the FWD apologists, I'll leave the topic with this thought--- What if the CTS had been on Epsilon instead of Sigma? What if the rumored ATS ends up on the Delta II platform (FWD/transverse 4 or V6)? Would you be defending such cars?

I wouldn't call them generic...tons of 3-series here, but they are far outnumbered by FWD Corollas, Camrys, Altimas, Civics, Accords--all the vanilla generics the masses love. FWD/transverse engine is fine for cheap subcompacts, compacts and mass market midsize. It has no place in 'premium' cars, IMHO. FWD/transverse engine is all about mediocrity and average. Common and low. Can't Cadillac AIM HIGHER?? Aspire to something better than the usual generic crap??? Leave McDonalds to Chevy. Cadillac should be a premium steakhouse.

Those examples don't bother me at all, since a RWD platform is superior to a FWD generic platform. And those examples are all examples of excellent RWD platforms--the 3 series has long considered to be the best compact RWD model out there, the DWE98 is nothing to sneeze at, and the E-class has long been an excellent all around car. They make good cabs because of their longevity and durability. It was fun riding in a black E-Class cab in Italy, noting how similar it was to the red E-Class coupe in the carpoint at home. Maybe I'm in the minority, but I'll never consider a FWD transverse engine model as a world class 'flagship'. End of discussion.

By (presumably) building it on a common FWD transverse V6 platform shared w/ Buick and others... Just as the FWD '80s-90s C/K body was shared w/ Buick and others. It's the lowest common denominator thinking...not the stuff of flagships. A Cadillac flagship for today should be special, not just another GM midsize FWD rental car underneath. Few here seem to understand that and keep apologizing for what will likely be just another DTS type car.

Definitely a similarity to the taillight/hatch trim treatment. Jeep had it first, though, since the GC was shown almost a year ago at the NYIAS '09.

Got the day off for the holiday, went out for breakfast. While sitting in a neighborhood coffee shop, I saw a sweet silver blue w/ white top mid '60s Corvette convertible roll up to the light, headlights on and wipers going...slow steady rain all morning w/ overcast skies, a nice change in the weather from the usual. Squint and ignore the palm trees, and from the ambiance of the coffee shop, it sort of felt like Portland or Seattle rather than boring Phoenix. Also saw a very clean biege 2dr '75-76 or so Buick Skylark.

WoW... been a long time since there has been a Toyota with aggressive styling (and presumably performance to back it up). Looks like they are waking up again to the potential of cars beyond reliable, vanilla FWD generics.

Yes, it's been said probably 200 times in this thread. But, if this is based on Epsilon II, then it's based on just a common FWD platform w/ transverse engine. Hardly the material of a premium flagship if you aiming at the likes of Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, etc. Fine if the MKS, RL and ES are the target models, though. The generic FWD platform and strange proportions are the biggest negatives to this car, IMHO.