Drew Dowdell

And the 275hp and 293hp Northstars in the DTS which are substantially different from the 320hp Northstar. Except that Honda already does it with some of their OHC engines. uh, no. SIDI is NOT like a diesel. Diesel is compression ignition... Spark ignition, by definition is not Compression ignition. HCCI is like a diesel, there is no spark plug but it runs on gasoline.... but yes GM is working on that also. SIDI is already available on the 2008 CTS and some of GM's Ecotechs.

BTW, weight advantage of the '08 335i auto v. 08 CTS - Di Auto is 200lbs in the 3-series favor. The 535i is only 100lbs lighter than the '08 CTS-V, however the M5 is 300lbs heavier than it's 535i cousin. The '07 CTS-V is 300lbs heavier than the '07 CTS 3.6. I wonder how much the BMW V10 will weigh. The LS engine is very light for it's size. You really think BMW is going to get more than 500hp out of the M3? Cadillac is likely to be in the 525hp range. There is no "massive" weight advantage for BMW so stop pulling fake information out of your ass.

I own both a DOHC V6 and a pushrod V8. Both seems equally smooth. The 5.3 in the Avalanche is actually substantially quieter and smoother than the 3.6 in the CTS at idle. Besides, the CTS-V going to be a large displacement torque monster with a supercharger, what could be more American than that? The current CTS-V was already so close to BMW in terms of performance that differences were usually relegated to driver error.

Considering some of the reviews we've read I don't think we can trust car reviewers with anything more dangerous than a rubber eraser.

That's me.

I still get the Internal server errors all the time. Anyone else? Are we all just so used to it now that we don't complain anymore?

They have something more planned for Kappa. That move is about capacity. And PCS keeps hinting about the Volt, since Wilmington is a lower capacity plant.... maybe it goes there.

So THIS is why Chris was doing 133mph the other day....

2 1 5

+ HF 3.6 and 2.8

new CRT? That's worth about what you're paying for the whole car!

What about GM? I bet your truck has an oil life monitor. I get 12,000 mile 6-8 month intervals with synthetic on the CTS.

Not to hijack the thread, but can we all pitch in and buy 68 some BleachWhite for those tires on the B-59?

What they don't consider is cost. Yes, GM could very well make all their cars out of Aluminum saving weight while providing strength, however, that would bump something like the Aveo up into the >25k range. Simple as pie.

Thanks for taking our quiz. You answered 96% of the questions correctly. I originally put down 27 amendments then changed it to 29 last minute. edit: other way around

I've already been working on the german translation of that.

*sticks a small pebble in the turbo*

HHR?

Most of the reviews seem to disagree with you. They do have torque steer, but it's not unmanageable. Pontiac GXP and I can't even find a DTS review that mentions torque steer.... even in the ones that mention the Cimmaron

uh.... so which is it?

Impala SS, Pontiac GXP, Buick Lacrosse Super, Buick Lucerne Super, Cadillac DTS. it's not like GM hasn't been doing it since about 1993 or anything.....

Reading about the Honda system more, they cheat. They use active engine mounts and active acoustic technology <sound canceling> to hide the imbalance of the engine. It works, but it's still cheating.

it would probably be an add on to VVT. edit: That said, it is extremely difficult to get a 3 cylinder to run smoothly much less a 3 cylinder that's actually 1/2 of a V6. Honda and GM probably had to work some balance shaft magic to get these things to run right.

according to Lutz, the cost differential is the same as if they used hybrid technology.

and I see myself drinking margaritas on the beach in Ibiza with Jake Gyllenhaal but that doesn't mean it's happening.....