Drew Dowdell

Link to Autoblog Summary: 1. Supra is teh shelved!!!@21!!! 2. FJ Cruiser is in it's final generation. 3. 4Runner gets refreshed for 2010. 4. NG Pruis to get 1.8 litre from Corolla, Liion battery issues delay plug in model. 5. Sienna and Venza will be equipped with hybrid drivetrains in 2012.

uhm.... lately there have been automatics that have been getting better MPG than manuals in the same car..... just sayin....

I can't unless at least two of the others die. Terrain and Torrent overlap with Nox too much. 1. Nox - CRV, RAV4, Escape, Patriot, Forrester fighter 2. Vue - Tiguen, Edge fighter 3. Buick - MKX, RDX or Smaller than RX fighter 4. 9-4x - XC70, LR2, RDX fighter, Infiniti EX fighter 5. SRX - X3, Infiniti EX

How well did the G20 sell in the last 8 months before the G35 came out? How well did the Isuzu based Odyssey sell in the last 8 months before the Honda built one came out? How well did the Rainier/Terraza/Rendezvous sell in the last 8 months before the Enclave came out? How well did the Grand Prix sell in last 8 months before the G8 came out? your point is pointless

i think I need something in that picture to set scale... it looks flipping huge!

Safari + 4.3 litre diesel or 2.9 litre diesel = problem solved.

Oil fell $3.35 out of the gate this morning opening at $111.67 RBOB Gasoline down 9 cpg to $2.8265 which translates to a pump price of approximately $3.42 per gallon depending on location. The dollar has risen against the Euro over the past week to 0.67 Euros to the Dollar after hovering in the .63 range for months, highest since late February 2008. Higher dollar values generally translate into lower price per barrel of oil. In related news, China has doubled the tax on vehicles with engines over 4 litres from 20% to 40%. And in news good for oil prices but bad news for GM, oil prices have sharply curbed auto sales growth in China.

I've been reading the comments over at some of the other boards and they are almost universally positive, seems to be even more positive than the CTS sedan was. Cadillac has a hit on their hands.

I see no reason why this <as a BRX> and an updated/upgraded SRX on Sigma couldn't co-exist.

So basically Cadillac just released "His and Hers" cars. This one for the guys/enthusiasts and the SRX for the women/real estate agents.

Very interesting considering Toyota doesn't even sell the Camry, much less the Camry Hybrid, in Great Britain.

SSR I can believe, but the Aztec was one of the first of the big crossovers, predated only by the RX and the much smaller RAV4 and CRV. Complain about styling all you want, but "Large Crossover?" was a question everyone was asking....

CTS Sport Wagon and Next Generation SRX Based on the hot-selling CTS sport sedan, and a sister vehicle to the CTS Coupe Concept, the Sport Wagon extends the design-driven renaissance of Cadillac. Following this special premiere at Pebble Beach, the CTS Sport Wagon moves to the worldwide auto show circuit this fall – and into Cadillac dealerships in spring 2009. More after the jump “The next-generation SRX, along with the new CTS Sport Wagon, showcases Cadillac taking its dramatic design into new directions, particularly cars and crossovers that are the right size at the right time for today’s luxury consumers,” said Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. Link to full article.

Wait a mullet! This thing has a hidden roof rack? Sweet!

Well.... I like that they kept the fins...

I soooo can't wait to tour the continent in one of these.

doesn't the next 9-5 happen simultaneously with the LaX?

When gas prices shot up vintage beetles came out of the woodwork. In the past few weeks I've seen more than is healthy of Cutlass Salons and the Pontiac Phoenix hatchbacks

Fender vents!!! If there is a next time, spend a little extra money on an alternator with a lifetime warranty. They're out there.

It really could have been a chicken/egg issue. Bad batteries can fry alternators and bad alternators can fry batteries. You'll likely never know which went first. edit: And I bet you could have saved yourself some money and installed the alternator yourself. They are crazy easy on this car.

I know there was a big difference in transmissions. Chevy's powerglide, Olds's Hydramatic <the WINNER!>, Buick Dynaflow were all very different.

If I were looking at old engines, I'd want a Buick 455 over a Rocket 455 because of the torque, but then I'd have to watch out for intake manifold problems. Or I'd want an Olds 350 over a Chevy 350 because they are smoother running and easier to tune. </completely made up examples>

Not having much access to the older GMs back when there were divisions, I wonder if you guys can enlighten me on some things. Buick had a 455 and Olds had a 455. Buick, Olds, Chevy, and Pontiac all had 350s I'm sure there were some other overlaps of displacement as well. Did all of these engines have dramatically different personalities? For example, why did the Chevy 350 survive while the Rocket, almost nearly as well renowned, was canceled in 1990 and Pontiac's and Buick's 350s canceled much earlier. I can understand the reasoning behind wanting just one common V8 engine design, but what I'm asking is why one of them won out over the other.

Back in the days of the "true" divisions, there was a lot of inter-division competition. Now that all the divisions in NA have been essentially merged, it seems the internal competition is much more global. GM-DAT v. GMNA v. GMEU v. GMAU.... and I don't think that's a bad thing. Challenging GMDAT and GMEU to come up with the best global compact and sub compacts should produce interesting results. Best RWD platform being a contest between GMNA and GMAU <Sigma v. Zeta> with the eventual combination of the best of both.

I see your point, but on the CRV the bottom of the door that is part of the bumper is a separate piece.