Drew Dowdell

well if that's the case, there's gonna need to be another engine above it to take on the 335 in torque.

^ Well, according to the wiki links, Buick designed the OHV engine and this would be circa 1900. Wiki states OHC/OHV is circa 1920.

as we know it today

So only GM goes without

The Overhead Valve, Pushrod V8 we know today is actually newer technology than an Over Head Cam V8.

and I certainly wouldn't consider the Ford 4.6 modular to be more modern than any of the recent GM Small blocks. In fact, it was never really able to beat out even the LT-1 in performance from the factory.

Cadillac could do a engine for themselves but I would expect would be done with a partner like BMW, Lotus or one of the other smaller companies that do customer engines in low volumes at a resonable price. GM could design it but someone else would built it. Kind of like the Merc built ZR1.

If Hyundai can design and build a DOHC V8 from scratch, then I am sure Cadillac can also. They did it for about 90 years, I'm sure they can do it again.

Hyundai is also not coming out of chapter 11 in need to revamp several divisions and with no current V8 design to put into production.

At some point the bankruptcy excuse isn't going to be valid anymore....

Engines aren't just an app you can download on your smartphone for a dollar. They take years and years of development work.

I didn't realize until now how thin the Chrysler brand cars were getting. 200, 300, T&C..... that's the lineup. Jeep now has more models than Chrysler brand.

the first or their first?

Well take away the Crown Vic and Ford brand cars are actually up. This time last year the Crown Vic was fleet only, so I'm not sure it's fair to count it.

Still, how did the Focus tank that hard? Still some supply issues?

The only Volt fire (caused by the batteries and not some home grown Suzuki Electric parked next to it) has been during NHTSA testing.

and there goes Lincoln..... The MKS and Z are simply not going to be enough to sustain this brand

Happy B-day BV

Toyota - thousands of reports of stuck pedals, months years of stall tactics, blaming the victim, hiding information, zip tying floor mats...

GM - single car that was wrecked in a test catches fire 3 weeks after the test with two out of three subsequent tests designed to have the same effect producing a "thermal event" and GM looks likely to have a solution out in mere weeks.

Who lit the fire under the 6?

Wow! Look at the Optima!

GM just torpedoed this plan too.

My time with the Jetta GLI is coming to an end. The car has plenty of pull up to the highway legal speed limits in this area, but after that, the wind goes out of the sails. The handling is also not what I would expect of a car wearing the GLI badge. It's better than a Cruze or Civic to be sure, but not by enough to warrant the GLI designation. The car handles at what I would expect a base Jetta to handle if this were 2004.

Tomorrow we'll switch into something bigger and softer, so get any last minute questions in about the 2012 Volkswagen Jetta GLI

What makes it interesting is that the diesel A6 is being delayed http://www.cheersandgears.com/page/index.html/_/articles/audi-news/audi-delaying-a6-diesel-a6-and-a8-hybrids-r107

Kind of a no brainer.... and a good move IMHO

Gearing up for an explosion of Impreza sales.

I think it is rather disturbing that this country still consumes 16,000 Corollas per month when there are so many better alternatives out there.

The Juke box has stopped playing.

Yes, that is a great improvement for the Passat, but they'll need to go further if they want to really compete with the big guys. At that sales rate, they are just beating out the Taurus.... barely.

I would have to see the proportions though...

This is about as interesting as the new Kenmore refrigerator getting the energy star sticker.

Rarely do we agree, but when we do... we do.

boo. if it had the 3800....