Robert Hall

Yeah, I've been a lifelong Mustang fan and owner, but I could see myself in a V8 Camaro convertible..

In my price range, CTS and G8 GT. As far as dream vehicles, CTS-v, ZR1. Future--Camaro.

This is the second time I've heard a references to a 'minivan replacement'...what is this? I haven't seen any mention of it anywhere else...not the Traverse? If it's coming in less than a year, I would have thought there would have been some buzz about it, or a car show unveiling...

Never underestimate how many people are content with white bread, vanilla, etc. To millions of consumers, a car is an appliance.

So GM abandoning minivans seems like a bad move, at least in the CA market. Where are those potential sales going to go next year (isn't '08 the last year for the Uplander?).

For fleets, they could take the previous gen Malibu and badge it as a 'GM Generica'.

2011, I thought?

I assume these 'one time' charges are just a lot of accounting BS...that they are cooking the books...who knows what the real numbers are.

Looks very nice...I see a strong Acura and Honda look to the design.

Well, GM separates Chevy, Pontiac, Buick, etc sales even though they are brands of the same company...same rationale.

I think it's because those 3 were redesigned for '08 (Seqouia, LX, Land Cruiser), so '07 was the last year of the previous generations..

Yes, my dissapointment with recent Chrysler products has been interior materials and fit and finish, not the design. The '05-present Grand Cherokee, for instance..the design is fine, but the materials are dreadfully cheap for a $35k+ vehicle...my '00 GC interior has much nicer, soft touch materials on the dash instead of the concrete-like material of the '05+.

I like the '79-85 Eldorado and Riviera also.... As far as modern FWD, I like the current Acura TL, the 2nd gen Chrysler LHs, the first and second gen Acura Legends (esp. the coupe), the last generation Prelude, the current Saab 9-3.

Ahh... that makes sense. One thing that is interesting, the black/gray interior has a different greenhouse than the tan one. I'm guessing the tan one is a Patriot and the dark one a Compass?

What's with the red target logos on the seats??

So what's the correlation between Merrill Lynch and GM?

At some point, there was a refresh of the XJ-S and the NA version started using the flush headlights...around 1990 or so until it's end..

Cool..I got the MC SS today in the mail in an order of Greenlights and Johnny Lightnings from my favorite online vendor (www.milezone.com). It's nicely done, better than JL's previous '80s MC SS effort.

Nahh, the Big 3 are their own worst enemies...Toyota is not to blame. I don't hate Toyota, but I don't really like them either...

I suspect a lot of the numbers are faked.... they probably do a lot of creative accounting.

illness

How about coast to coast in a Camry? Doing a coast-to-coast is a goal of mine also, but in something new or nearly new...a CTS would be great. I have driven from Michigan to Boston and back, Michigan to Baltimore, Michigan to Colorado, N. California to Colorado, Colorado to Arizona (several times), Ohio to Florida, but never coast to coast.

That's what I've heard here and on other forums.... it's going to the $5 rebadge treatment like the G5..

Looks like someone photoshopped a G8 grille onto a Malibu... sort of how the rumoured NG G6 is going to be (badge-engineered from a Malibu).

Husky made one in the early '60s...I have 3 of 'em in my collection, Invicta hardtops.. they are tiny, probably closer to 1/70th scale. Husky was Corgi's Matchbox competitor brand, eventually renamed Corgi Jr.