Robert Hall

Yet another compact crossover/SUV/whatever. Boring.

That would be one badass commuter car..but I don't think it fit in the drive thru at Starbucks...

I would presume it's going to be new, since the current generation has been around 6 model years with one mild facelift...

Chrysler does build their own stuff profitably.. minivans, Rams, etc. The margins on cheap tiny cars are so small that they likely can't do it profitably (a 10k car costs as much to develop as a 30k car).

This is a subcompact..Chrysler already builds a compact--the Calibre. The reason they are outsourcing it that probably there is no way that Chrysler could profitably engineer, design and build a $10k car themselves, let alone build it the US...just like Wal-Mart, import the cheap crap from China.

I think there is room for a Mustang in the $15k gap between the GT and the Shelby...maybe a 350 or 400 hp Mach 1.

Or a Prius Type-R..

What a cool ad...first time I'd seen it. My favorite Audi ad is probably the great one in the '80s, where the 5000 parks between a BMW and an MB.. (after spinning around and sliding between them).

Sounds fun.. I did my island trip in April (a week in Hawaii).. I'll probably take a week around Labour Day and go to Nor Cal, visit friends in Oakland and San Jose and head up to Sonoma & Napa..

Well, it's passing on the first name and middle name(s) usually.. my brother is a Junior.. my middle names are other family names.

No, I'd call it a modern evolution of a classic subcompact..

I would do it...sounds better than 'Junior'...

I still prefer the interior and exterior design of the 2nd gen to the 3rd gen. I've sat in several 3rd gen GCs and think the design and materials of the 2nd are nicer..but I'm biased since I drive my '00 nearly every day..

The Commander is going away, good riddance..it's ugly, and not big enough inside for a 7-seater..leave the 7-seaters to the Durango and Aspen.

Unfortunately, the CTS is a 4dr (this was a coupe comparison). Still, I'm looking forward to seeing the inevitable G35, 3-series sedan, CTS, IS350, and new C-class comparisons...

I'm glad Jeep is sticking with it's proven uniframe architecture... I've always liked how GCs drive..they are quite capable offroad yet drive like a car, with none of the obesity or clunkiness of a truck.. I think the market for truck-based BOF SUVs smaller than full size is going to pretty much die out.. the next Explorer is also supposedly going to be unibody. Makes sense, most people don't do a lot of hauling with midsize and smaller SUVs, and the unibody ones drive much nicer than the truck-based ones... Remember, an SUV (except for Jeeps, Land Rovers, Hummers, etc, which have that offroad 4x4 history) is fundamentally a wagon with more ground clearance...so the crossover/car based approach makes more sense than a truck-based approach for the vast majority of consumers...

True... 'symmetrical' and 'asymmetrical' are probably the wrong words here...but some dashes are virtually identical on the left and right side, except that the left has the wheel and IP and the right has a glove box and airbag with the center stack in the middle...i.e. designed for LHD and RHD, while other designs (like past BMWs) are distinctly different from one side to the other..

Yes, I assume Gen 4 be still be 'uniframe' (unitized body w/ welded on frame) construction as Gens 1-3. I'm assuming the Chrysler and Dodge versions will have a longer wheelbase for a 3rd row of seats... I just hope the GC doesn't get any larger..I've always liked it's relatively compact size..

This is probably straight from nongoingtohappen.com. Some scam job run by a smooth talker...will never happen..

I like asymmetry... symmetrical dashes have been way overdone in the last decade, IMHO...my favorite BMW interiors (E36,E39,E46) have all been asymmetrical...

Heh-heh...spoken or sung German always sounds angry to me, like Klingon. There are some Germans in my office (the company I'm contracting at now has a Frankfort office, and several of the people from there work here in Denver) and they always sound angry to me. Though nothing like a loud Romanian...my last company had this guy who was Romanian, talked loud all the time with a thick accent..and would be on the phone w/ his wife all the time talking loudly in Romanian (he had the Sex & The City theme as his cell ring tone, which was hilarious--he was a 50-something frumpy guy that always wore the same cardigan, thick rimmed glasses, etc), always seemed like he was yelling. The wierd thing is, at my new place, over in the next cube aisle from me is a guy that strangely sounds the same..has an unpronounceable eastern European name..

I guess no more 'German heritage' ads with Dr Z, eh?

I have friends in Baltimore..been there once for a conference..seemed like a pretty nice area. I like living in the west, but think I'd like to try the east coast at some point, for a change of scenery, career options, etc.

The Smarts sold here by Zap cars retailed for $25k...I doubt if the ones imported by DC will really be $12k.

I'd rather have the S-class..I'd rather have a 4500lb commuter car than a sub-2000lb commuter car..