Drew Dowdell

The RX sold 103k copies in 2007, 108k in 2006, 108k in 2005. You don't reach much higher than that in terms of potential money made. Buick is doing ok with the Enclave. Due to the size difference I don't think you'll see too much overlap.

There is very little truth in his posts....evar. The new SRX, if executed like the CTS has been, will do very well in the marketplace. Just because us enthusiasts don't care for it doesn't mean it won't sell. If enthusiast's desires were what drives sales of cars, the G8 and Charger would be the top of the sales charts, not the CamCordTima. The SRX will be great for GM because GM can see that the biggest sales, and thus biggest opportunity to steal sales, are with the FWD RX and MDX. The CTS-V V8 will lay the smack down on any German V8 even twice the price. SMK CLEARLY knows nothing about engine displacement v. valve rain configuration v. package size. SMK looses credibility just for bringing up HP/L. Audis being not as good as BMW has nothing to do with drive train layout. BMW makes AWD versions of their cars too and they still beat out Audi. And SMK, engines on the A4 - A8 are not transverse. I don't know about the A3. As for an Insignia Cadillac. I think it's just a red herring.

Then what are you doing here?

Please re-do your research then join me in the politics forum. This thread is close to becoming closed.

part 2 actually autoplays at the end of part one.... but I can embed both if you like.

Doesn't that mean there is now an incentive for the banks to make as big of a cock up as they can of things so they can get government money? The banks are being GIVEN this money. For GM it's a LOAN..... and lest we forget, it's been done before with Chrysler with great results. (financially)

I agree with you on the Cutlass. I picked the Eighty Eight because it was around longer. Much. ......and was practically synonymous with Rocket 8. I'm mostly responding to the picks of the H/O and 442s as "most important". Great halo cars, but not "most important"

The Eighty Eight. You don't get much more ubiquitous than a B-body or H-body from GM. But in reality, it's a shorter list of which Oldsmobiles were unimportant. With the exception of it's final years, Olds regularly dominated the sales charts. Sure they sold a ton of A-body Cutlass Cierras..... but that just mean it was important that they get done right. Important to Olds does NOT mean some rare Hurst 442 Cutlass Calias FE3 Broughm Holiday Coupe' Pace Car convertible driven by William Shatner or something. Important to Olds was the meat and potatoes of the division.

It's not a minor issue. It's just another example of the media bias that it out there.

Fixed that up there for ya.

I could understand putting it on hold till more money becomes available, but canning it all together is a super dumb move.

I think the issue here would be not doing it half assed. The Catera and Saturn LS had lots of reliability problems. The Astra wasn't advertised. The GTO was profitable. The G8 is one of the few cars that is increasing in sales at GM. The Regal is on an established platform using engines that have literally millions of miles combined of real world use. I think, as long as it's advertised appropriately, the Regal will do just fine.

If it's the original HP power adapter, you'll be fine. Shame you just left Toronto. I'll be up there next month.

Are you sure your adapter doesn't accept a voltage range? Flip the adapter over and look for the input. Most likely it will accept anything from 100v to 240v. The original part, as listed, does accept 220v. You'll just need the part of the cord that plugs into the wall. This isn't an HP one, but see "Input" right under the model number? That's what you're looking for.

He's going to be a glutton for punishment somewhere else if he keeps it up. Isn't there a Jaguar forum for you to troll? Edit: There is! Here you go SMK!

X-Type. S-Type. Why is Jaguar abandoning the 29k-49k market??!!?!! Jaguar is a shrinking brand. Do I really have to post my MKS/XF overlay again? I don't care that they are on a different platform. That I had to go look it up to make sure the XF wasn't on the MKS platform should say enough in of itself. With the CTS, I get a car that out handles the XF, has all the luxury appointments except laser cruise control (which I don't want anyway, I'm buying the car so I can drive, not the computer), has a manual transmission, an optional 556hp V8 that even BMW doesn't top, I spend 20k less, and I have a car that will turn more heads than the jellybean XF. With the engine note on the CTS-V, I'll turn heads just by turning the key. (note: I don't give a rat's ass about push button start)

I have no problem with Saturn itself. I like most of the cars..... but that doesn't mean it was a good idea. GM's idea was that it wanted to compete with the import brands... so it created Saturn. The problem with that idea is that you don't compete with import brands by disguising yourself as one. You compete with import brands by building superior domestic product. In many ways the S-cars were better than the J-bodies. The S-cars should have replaced the J-bodies entirely. If the money spent on creating Saturn had been invested into just the S-cars for Chevy and Pontiac to have GM would be in a very different position right now. Even the L-series, with minimal additional investment, would have made a better Malibu or Cutlibu than what was being offered at the time. The Vue would have slotted in great under the Bravada at Olds. The Sky should have been a Cadillac. Everything Saturn has ever sold, would have sold better or for more money at a different brand and likely made that brand more complete and more competitive. And yea, I'm bitter about not being able to buy a better styled Envoy with a rocket ship, or an STS light, or the best W-body ever made..... but I sure am glad I can buy a G6 with Saturn rings or an Acadia with a decontented Enclave interior or a Chevy Captiva or, be still my heart, a Chevy Uplander with leftover IKEA wood. Best way to improve Aura sales? Rename it Cutlass and sell it at all the dealerships that used to sell Oldsmobile.

What kind of laptop do you have? Make and Model. I may be able to help you with the transformer issue.

You can get a 556hp V8, pop up NAV, manual transmission, 40 gig hard drive, better handling, more interesting styling. "Better wood, carpeting, headliner" are just red herrings. What you don't get in the CTS is Jaguar reliability. The XF is nothing more than a MKS Vanden Plas..... and looks it too.

The S-type, which the XF is based on, was never a reliability queen. They had, what 6 years, to sort the platform out? The XF's price is it's disadvantage. It offers nothing you can't get in the Benz or Cadillac except maybe that turny button thingy for the transmission and James Bond HVAC vents.

ah there he is..... like a moth to a flame....

I haven't seen many Bond movies, but the line that stands out as my favorite is John Clease saying: "Ah! The famous Bond wit! ....or half wit, as the case may be."

Not in base 8. FAIL!

I have no idea what you're talking about.....