Robert Hall

Ya...they definitely had some interesting designs...one that sticks in my head was a car that 68 or someone posted last year that I'm not sure was identified, but it was a Datsun (I think) that had a roofline and rear quarter like a scaled down '68 Caprice coupe.

Eagles were cool...ahead of their time...had the whole crossover thing (esp. Outback/Allroad style) down 30 years ago... For an older AMC, I wouldn't mind having a later Grand Wagoneer.

Kinda cool..the first one reminds me of a '64-65 Falcon, vaguely..maybe it's the roof. I've got a Tomica 1:64th scale diecast of the 2nd one.

Ah..interesting. Never heard it. I like 'reality context', of which my location is a part of..

It's got to be difficult for GM to attract top talent...how are they going to get the best and the brightest to move there?

'localite'?? What is that?

Yes..one aspect of GM's state of being I've long wondered if GM needs to get more of their design, development, product planning work out of Detroit..being in a dying, gray depressing place doesn't inspire...

Ya, it's just a question of how much demand there really is, though...in sedans there is the Charger, 300, G8, Grand Marquis (and Ford is dropping it after this year, I believe)..

Appealing to the lowest common denominator...sadly, the vast majority of the US mainstream car market has shown they prefer FWD generics--hence, Toyota's success here, as well as the other Asian brands.. it seems only the premium market supports RWD.

Meh..just another FWD Chevywoo...are Australian consumers into that sh*t?

This morning, a white '69 Camaro SS convertible in traffic, and a dark red '08 CTS w/ tinted windows and the personalized plate 'BARTSCTS'.

Happy Birthday, dude. Have fun!

Who is that on the far left in the bottom pic---C-PF?

Hmmm...3 names....something from Aston Martin Lagonda a long time ago in a land far, far away? Jag-u-war had an SS back in the '30s. But;... I suspect you are talking about the Mercedes-Benz SSK from the late 20s-early 30s. Designed by Ferdinand Porsche. I have a Lindberg 1:25th scale model of one of these to build eventually. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercedes-Benz_SSK

There is just something really, really wrong in the world when some markets get a proper RWD V8 Chevy Caprice, and the US, the birthplace of the Caprice, gets stuck with an outdated FWD Impala..so wrong on so many levels..

I started reading 'Why GM Matters' this past weekend..pretty good read so far. I read 'On a Clear Day..' years ago, need to re-read it. 'The Rekoning' by David Halberstam was another good auto industry book.

Hmmm...Zeta morphs into Alpha...from Z to A...?

Probably Avis sales.. Nice to see the CTS and G8 is in the top 10...

Sweet...if those were more common, it would be nice to build one with a modern G8 GXP drivetrain...(the original engines were pretty low power, even for 1986).

Article today on CNN on this topic. Toyota: 160 acres of cars at Long Beach port

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Yes...pretty funny to watch them...suckers!

Note it says 'April 2009' under the byline...most certainly is an April Fools article. Maybe in a race series with right and left turns? One of the SCCA sedan series--something like a US equivalent of the BTCC sedan racing? Cars that have relatively stock bodies that are recognizable as Chevys, Fords, Dodges with modern production-style engines rather than NASCAR's cartoon cars. The Corvette, CTS, Cobalt and Solstice already compete in various racing series, and don't look like cartoon cars... A race G8 would be nice to see, as would a racing Camaro, like a modern version of the '60s Trans Am series racers.. NASCAR today is dull advertainment, IMHO....watching colorful Skittles going round and round.

Cool...nice transformation of the interior so far.

NASCAR is irrelevant, the WWE of motorsport. But I suspect this is an April 1 post.