Drew Dowdell

Alpha is simply a better and lighter platform. If Zeta had been the superior one, it would still be around. Yes I know Zeta handles great, but GM threw out their rule book for Alpha. The engineers got to make the decisions necessary to move Alpha up a notch. Alpha is lighter than Zeta which means they can get all of the handling characteristic that Zeta has plus more and do more with it because it weighs less.

His rational for Quantas applies to Lufthansa as well, so I guess we'll see BMW closing up shop soon.

Read it again perv

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Nice to see a little backbone at GM! In a reply to AutoGuide - JoelEwanick @AutoGuide and guess what, we are not pulling it, we sent out a rescue party to find Dave and get him Twinkesand guess what, we are not pulling it, we sent out a rescue party to find Dave and get him Twinkes

Ewanick is continuing to taunt Ford on Twitter

wow... all the GM hating stirred up from one false report....

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I think the idea that the ATS coupe was on hold came from an over eager reporter.

The CTS will be moving up in size a bit. I can definately see room for a CTS coupe and and ATS coupe. Think 3-Series coupe and 6-series.

I think we should hold off on the "best American compacts ever built" title for the Dart until it is.. you know... built. It looks great on paper and in pre-production form, but it isn't rolling down the production line yet.

I have "city water", so this will never happen to me and I am not in a fracking area yet. I live in a "green" town that places a high priority on natural conservation and keeping waterways and aquifers as pollution free as possible. So I doubt there will ever be fracking in my town... they wouldn't even let Progressive Insurance take out a wooded area along the highway for a claims adjustment center. The thing is, I didn't move to a "green" town intentionally. I just happened to find an amazing deal on a house (no really, I stole this place) and liked the look of the neighborhood. All that said. I support going slower with fracking and making sure the drilling companies clean up their messes.

Not really, the Colt Vista was larger, had 3 rows of seating, and 4wd. A 500 Gucci edition? What is this? A 1970s Lincoln? What's next, a Civic Cartier? A Mazda 2 Valentino? Maybe a Vera Wang Pruis?

There is absolutely nothing "premium" about the original A-Class beyond the sticker hood ornament

another good looking little egg.... but a bit more "family"

FWD?

yeah... I got that..... I mean the other conferences and other brands Edit: We already know that the MCE Acadia will be there.

I'll be uploading preview pictures as the media events occur with full albums to follow later.

Think of all the money you'll save. Just start dumping it into a "next car" savings account.

I don't think it is "zealotry" to expect my faucet won't explode.

There are Zimmers and Tiffanys with more luxurious build quality than that..... 90% of that dashboard is lifted right out of the JC Whitney catalog.

I picked up my Amtrak tickets today to get me to Chicago courtesy of CSpec. Everyone should thank CSpec for chipping in for the train tickets.

So speculate on each press conference, what is each one going to be about?

Well there you go doubters, the Escalade is NOT going Uni-body.