Robert Hall

I think that would be interesting...a GXP HC with a manual transmission.

Ah..interesting. Maybe I'll build my own V16 Caddy concept in 1:25th...I have a lot of Cadillac models in my collection.

A while...I remember seeing a couple at the local Pontiac dealer about 6 months ago..haven't seem any on the road...it's a very polarizing design.

Yes..that's it...I wonder if either of those concepts still exist...would love to see them in a museum.

Yes...cheap, nasty gray interior plastics...big gaps between pieces. I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS and lastly.. I HATE GRAY PLASTIC INTERIORS

Yeah, a lot of vehicles have very thick pillars now..outward visibility has become much worse in many vehicles today..

Not a big deal..most new cars have them now.

Looks similar to a '95 Bonneville SE bumper..

Brand recognition...a few people recognize a name like Packard. Though they are mostly over 50 probably.

The cost and compexity of building a new car company from scratch make it pretty much impossible without hundreds of millions or more in capital.

Stabiltrac is a recent thing, though. SUVs going off the road and rolling over is a common event in Colorado in October, when the morons from out of state experience their first snow/ice condition and drive too fast...

There was a movie with one a few years ago w/ Joaquin Phoenix...he was a soldier in Germany or something...it was blown up, of course.

I've seen plenty of rolled and squashed Suburbans, trucks, etc. Not so much with cars. Usually it's driver error--too fast, change lanes too quickly, etc.

That's pretty cool... I'll have to look for it, but I recall seeing a pic of a prototype of a coupe with a stockish '64 de Ville front end and a really long hood... probably in a reference book on Caddys with a lot of B&W photos.

Loved Dark Knight...saw it twice, regular and IMAX. Excellent movie, better than Batman Begins which I thought was excellent also. It really is more of a dark crime drama than a superhero movie. As far as superhero movies this summer, I loved Iron Man, but The Incredible Hulk, not so much.

QUOTE(toesuf94 @ Aug 7 2008, 03:07 PM) [snapback]417871[/snapback]Here are some 'memories' currently for sale on fleebay: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Cars-Trucks...6.c0.m245.l1318 Wow..that Le Car is up to $51!

QUOTE(66Stang @ Aug 7 2008, 01:28 PM) [snapback]417844[/snapback]Dude, that exploding thing was sooo sad. We were on vaccation as a family when I was a boy and we drove right past where those four girls were killed in that flaming Pinto about 45 minutes after it happened. I still remember the big black marks on the pavement. But a lot of cars burned when they were hit in the ass end. I went to college with a guy named Joel Sonnenberg who was an infant in a Chevy Impala that was rear ended in a toll booth. He had MAJOR MAJOR burn injuries and lived the rest of his life with huge scars. Chris The '60s Mustangs have been in a few cases related to gas tanks because of the absurd drop-in gas tank design (the tank fits through a hole in the trunk floor, exposed inside the car). There was a big lawsuit involving the '78 Malibu also. Another bad thing about alot of old cars were the fuel fillers on the rear panel or behind the rear license plate..seems like a bad place for a fuel filler.

We will see..I think these standards are aimed at trucks and SUVs which is where the problem really is..they roll over easily and collapse easily.

Of course, if you look at "reality", you will see that Americans buy Camrys and Civics more than pretty much anything else. That's where the sales are.

The A6 is AWD.

Well, it is a Volvo..they have always taken safety seriously, so I'm not surprised. Same with Mercedes.

The big '80s, followed by '90s and '70s, with a bit of the late '60s. I'm 38, a teenager of the '80s who misses his MTV. But two baby boomer older siblings, I got hooked on classic rock (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Rolling Stones, The Who, The Beatles, Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, Bad Company, etc) early. My tastes range from the blues (Buddy Guy, Stevie Ray Vaughan, BB King, Albert King, Muddy Waters) to classic rock to alternative to new wave to techno to ambient/electronica to R&B and soul (Marvin Gaye, Curtis Mayfield, etc), jazz, classical, and a tiny bit of country (Johnny Cash, Lyle Lovett, Willie Nelson) and hip-hop (NWA)or trip-hop (Massive Attack). For the '80s, U2, Peter Gabriel, Phil Collins, The Cure, The Alarm, Depeche Mode, Bauhaus, Guns N Roses, Def Leppard, The Cult. From the '90s, which was dominated by my college and grad school years, I never got into Nirvana, but liked and still like Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, The Foo Fighters, Tori Amos, Moby, Dave Matthews Band, and dance/electronica from Paul Oakenfold, William Orbit, BT, etc. As far as the current decade, I've liked the work of Audioslave, U2, Coldplay, Velvet Revolver, Radiohead, Moby, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Franz Ferdinand, The Killers... For an all time favorite album--probably U2's 'Achtung, Baby'.

If Cadillac wants to compete in the big leagues, they need RWD sedans. FWD is for small cars, midsize sedans, and the occasional entry-lux (TL, ES). Not big league luxury cars.

QUOTE(!!!TED!!! @ Aug 7 2008, 04:06 AM) [snapback]417737[/snapback]Awesome thread! Brought out a bunch of posters I havn't seen post in a while! I have yet to see a facelifted Oldsmobile Firenza (not many Jbod Firenza's around, but I did see a mid 80's one not long ago). I didn't even know these got a Ciera-style facelift!? That I don't remember..I can't recall the last time I saw a Firenza or later Skyhawk. But I did see a late 1st gen ('87-88 or so) Sunbird convertible in decent shape recently..

I'd ban myself for spending too much time surfing the web in general.