Robert Hall

How about an Olds '98' built from combining a '90s Roadmaster sedan with the '92-93 Custom Cruiser front end and some Olds style vertical taillights. And how about a 'Starfire' performance version of the same but with a 2dr body and '96 Impala SS drivetrain? Or how a Pontiac 'Grand Ville' version of the '91-96 Caprice...and a performance Catalina 2+2 version based on a '96 Impala SS. A 2dr Nomad wagon built from a '91-96 Caprice wagon. A Mercury Marauder 2dr convertible like the concept car from '03 or so. A Ford Crown Victoria GT500 with Shelby GT500 engine, transmission, etc. I've long thought a mid-engined 4th gen Camaro would fun to build...mount the V8 where the back seat is, visible under the glass hatch.

I think it's the combination of the gas prices and economy. I wonder if when the economy rebounds people will go back to big. I wouldn't buy an SUV or truck, but I would consider a big car, since cars get better mileage..

The concept looks pretty similar to the regular Denali that's out now. The disguised pic look like maybe the 2010 refresh will have a deep set grille like the '73 or other past GMCs.

Probably the wrong word, but there are a lot of True Believers out there...I sure know plenty of 'em..

Probably...or more, isn't this supposed to be Theta-Epsilon or Theta II (whatever the NG platform is called)? GM could use some genuinely small xovers in the US, I think...

Shweet...I've only seen 3 so far on the road--two in Colorado and one in Miami...none out here in the desert horror yet.

Hmmm...how about a '73 Chevelle SS or '75 Laguna, done pro-touring style with a Baldwin-Motion style L88 hood, BM graphics, but big modern wheels/tires, brakes, and a crate LS1?

Does a FWD unibody have a trans 'tunnel' per se, though? Isn't the transaxle ahead of the firewall? Anyway, it comes down to marketing..I would think it's getting harder to push a percieved 'old' transmission when the rest of the market has moved on to 6spds..

Looks great..I only saw the orange one at the Denver auto show back March. I have yet to see one on the road or in a lot. I want a white one w/ Colorado plates. I love the styling...retro yet modern..stands out in a world of FWD generics.

I have no idea either...the G and W are wide cars, wider than the Epsilon, so I would think there would be enough room for the 6 spd transaxle.. but I have no idea how the dimensions and mount points for the 4spd transaxle compares to the 6spd..but the part where it attaches to engine must be the same, since the 3.6 has been is used with both in fwd applications.

I am surprised that GM still builds cars in the UK, though...I would the think the labour costs would be high compared to Poland, for instance. But who owns the Vauxhall brand name? GME, GM (UK) Ltd, or Vauxhall Manufacturing?

Before I starting reading it closely, for YEARS I thought your handle was 'triacindabob'---thought you were a fan of Kirk Kirkorian (Tracinda Corp).

As far as mine, I'm not sure why I picked 'moltar'..must have been inspired by Moltar The Inperious character on Space Ghost. It also reminds me of MostaB, the German word for something that I caon't remember. I've been on the internet since the Usenet news groups era of the late '80s in college, have used many handles elsewhere, incl. moltar and 'Cubical', 'Cubicleman' and 'DJ Cubical'. My real name is Rob (NEVER Bob though).

Cool..I figured there was a FLW connection w/ yer handle. I'm a bit of FLW fanatic myself, have several books on his work, and have toured his home in Oak Park, Taliesin West, and Fallingwater... As I kid, I wanted to be a car designer...I should have stuck to it and become Chris Bangle (he is from Ohio also). Though if wasn't a software engineer/architect, I would have liked to have gone into architecture..I love industrial design and building design.

More overhang than the concept...I wonder if those are real light clusters...look like decals.

Sounds like the brand equity for Vauxhall is with GM (UK) Ltd.... if Vauxhall Motors is just the manufacturing, it seems like GM could move all the manufacturing to S. Korea or Poland or elsewhere and just badge the models as Chevys, Opels, Vauxhall, whatever..

I'd like to see more of Wyoming...in my 11 years in Colorado, I drove across I-80 and back to SLC a couple of times...pretty barren.

Front resembles the Traverse with headlights similar to the Vue.

Which is complete BS. How could it not support the 6-speed?

Looks like a bigger version of the new A4....lots of A4/A5 styling cues, inside and out.

Maybe a GM equivalent of XV Motorsports...

Oh yeah... definitely cool. I've always want to build an '78 Impala SS coupe. Buckets seats, F41 suspension, Rally wheels, etc.

Yes, lots of them in greens and browns. I dated a girl in high school that drove an '81 Bonneville Brougham--4dr, silver blue, dark blue top and interior, had the traditional Pontiac mags..

Fascinating and bizzare..who would have thought there would be so many oldies in the epicenter of BMW, Toyota and Honda worship? I know in Collectible Automobile mag, they always have pics of vintage '50s-60s cars seen on the streets of San Francisco..

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