Robert Hall

About the only thing I've heard about was Nexus One announced yesterday before the show. I should get an email tonight from my manager w/ any interesting updates.

Yes, but now it will have a 6spd automatic instead of a 4spd like the DTS.

Could be a promo someone modified into a El Camino, or an annual kit painted to look like a promo. The older annual kits shared tooling w/ the promos, though the promos were made in a different type of plastic and molded in color.

I remember the flyer for the DM kit. I plan to build a few 1:25th scale El Camino phantoms eventually...I've gathered the parts to do a '55 (the AMT '55 Nomad kit has parts for the El Camino conversion), a '62 (using the roof and bed from a '59), and a '70 Impala-based one (using custom parts from the MPC '70 Bonneville kit). Scale Auto Magazine had an article about 25 years ago w/ conversions that modelers built from '61-64 Impalas.

By the way, where was the gas stop in the lead photo? That 'RESTAURANT' sign in building the background looks really familiar.

Oshawa, eh? Which means... it will be either on Zeta or the W-platform (Epsy Dos is not at Oshawa yet, is it?)

?? The CES conference is in Las Vegas this week. Has nothing to do w/ Ford Europe.

To tow a tiny trailer. I saw an interesting Metro the other day when random googling on hypermiling..some one had cut down the roofline of a Geo Metro to make it more aero, looked like a Honda CRX sorta kinda..

LoL.... the pics (and Wikipedia entry on Henry Earl are pretty funny. Didn't we used to have a Harley Earl character on C&G? Someone that was a fan or had them as part of their sig or avatar?

Ya... I had a ticket to go w/ my manager, but for various reasons, ended up not going. Would have been interesting.

Cool...most of the Snappers I grew up mowing on had Briggs & Stratton engines, except for one that had a troubled Tecumseh.

I'm sure Yakima or Thule has roof ski racks that will fit it.

You probably didn't hear about the bankruptcy? It took GM longer to get it out because GM doesn't have BMW or Mercedes' deep pockets..

Not sure if they are dealer options, but satin black seems popular in Europe on some Audis, Merc AMGs, etc.. Esp. in places w/ sloppy winters, low gloss/no gloss paint schemes would be great. I'd like an olive drab GC w/ black wheels.

Best Bob Barker-related quote: Happy Gilmore: [to Bob Barker] The price is wrong, bitch.

See what popped into my head was '10 Highlander, Land Cruiser, Sequoia, etc. Oh well. I like the blacked-out look also...I'd definitely take the black wheels as an option. The whole vehicle in flat black would be a nice low-maintenance option as well.

They probably left out the Rogue based on where it finished in teh last such comparo. I read this article last weekend, but remember none of it.

I've seen 2 Crosstours on the road (looks much better in person, at least in profile). Have yet to see a ZDX on the road.

The first auto accident (non-fatal) occured in 1891 according to this site, in Ohio (of course--so many 1sts have happened in Ohio).. http://www.ohiohistorycentral.org/entry.php?rec=2596 Haven't turned up the first fatal, but I bet it was before 1900 also.

On Wyatt's JLCollector site, this is Trucks and SUVs R3.. http://www.jlcollector.com/suvr3.html IIRC, I have most of these.. All the known variations of the Syclone are here. http://www.jlcollector.com/419.html

Wasn't the concept just unveiled about a year ago? LAIAS '09 or NAIAS '09, IIRC.

Cool...I have the white one. IIRC, JL made a Syclone about 10 years ago or so also.

Not out yet...don't know if the street date has been announced yet or not.

It was unveiled at the LAIAS in silver last month.

From profile, the taillights remind me of the previous 2 generations of GC (the trapezoidal taillight shape, the angle of the quarter windows), but the rear hatch details (taillights on the hatch, chrome strip) strangely make me think Highlander, Sequoia, Sienna, Land Cruiser... it will grow on me, I'm sure. Definitely like the front end, a nice improvement over the 3rd gen (I never liked the hood w/ the humps over the headlights on the 3rd gen). The front looks like an evolution of the 2nd gen. Looking forward to seeing it in person and driving it.