Robert Hall

Good points.. I'd love to see Cadillac have a 30+ MPG diesel CTS on sale here now, be better for the brand than the uber-lame Escalade Hybrid...

Yet another article--this one from Time. Is GM worth saving?

A few friends of mine that are TTBs (Toyota True Believers) have said they hope Toyota buys GM.. a horrifying thought, IMHO.

Yet another article, this one a Bankruptcy vs. Bailout by a noted Toyota apologist: Bankruptcy vs. Bailout (NYT)

+1. Mmmmmm.. space.

Saw today--a sharp dark green late Jag XKE coupe, the yellow '65 Skylark again (thought it was a '64, realized it's a '65), a clean white '65 Mustang 2+2 (with vintage AZ plate 65 FAST), a clean black early '80s Buick Electra 4dr.

Are they opening for Metallica these days?

Well, it could be a vast right wing conspiracy...I don't trust the oil companies, Texans, or the Saudis...(a certain well-known GOP Texas political family has known ties to the oil industry and teh Saudis). Could be up to something evil..

Cool two-tone paint scheme on the wagon.

meh

Yes, I was thinking $65-75k USD...it's cheaper than I thought.

It won't stay at 2 bucks though...will be back to $4 or more eventually, I suspect. I'd buy a diesel now.. and remember, the Prius is about clean and green, not just gas mileage.

Meh. There goes that car as a possibility for my June '10 purchase. Mustang GT convertible I guess it will have to be. (I want a convertible for my 40th birthday). Or maybe a used M3 convertible..

Interesting..the XF is a lot cheaper than I thought it was... I thought it was more in the $65-75k range.

Well, this was published yesterday, doesn't sound that way: WF article

whatever

I think the difference is level of investment and dependency on the trucks and SUVs... full size trucks and and SUVs were apparently a small investment for Toyota, but GM bet the farm on them. GM is/was (Chrysler even more so) far more dependent on profits from full size trucks and SUVs than the Toyota is/was.

NO MANUAL??? Ugh. It's rather pointless without a manual option.

The XF is nice, much higher price point than a 3 series, though. For XF money, though, I'd rather have a CLS (style) or an AWD diesel E-class (practicality).

Don't know, but they have made some deliveries...people are registering and driving 'em (at least in the Bay Area), so unless they got an low-volume exemption, they must have.

Apples vs. oranges--you can't compare a 3-ton full-size truck to a nimble compact sports sedan. Besides, the BMW gets more than twice the mileage of the truck.

Everyone I know that has a 3-series leases em... not 'rich people', just normal upper middle class folk. I'd like to see the CTS offered with a diesel and manual in the US, I'd seriously consider one. I like the 3-series for it's driving dynamics but wouldn't buy one--they are too common, too many pricks and poseurs buy them these days, IMHO (and I'm a former BMW owner)... one of the things I like about the CTS is they aren't as common, not the mainstream choice that the 3-series has become.

From what I've read, I expect Tesla to fold before the end of the year.

Heh-heh... my little farter is a Silkie Terrier...the Westies, Aussie Terrier and the Yorkie puppy don't seem to fart, but the Silkie gets a lot of gas...been changing her diet to incl. baby food (veggies). She's a rescue from a puppy mill, weighed about 7 lbs w/ missing hair spots and other problems 4 years ago, now she's a bit overweight at 14lbs but her coat is beautiful and she's healthy overall. Her name is Tinky (Tinkerbell), and when she is gaseous, I call her Stinky.

I had bad gas Sunday. So did one of the terriers. Watching TV, a sleeping dog beside me on the sofa farting in synch w/ me. Priceless.