Drew Dowdell

People with experience on Cavaliers. I have a friend coming over on friday who got a ticket for his license plate lights being out. He says he changed the bulbs already. I assume fuse would be the next thing, but that other stuff should be out too.

What else should I check?

free market and all....

The Germans have something like that second one. If you have 100k euro minimum and a business plan to present, you can get a start up visa.

Do you really have to ask...

Can you pick one that fits the rules though? It doesn't have to be something that you want personally. It can be something that helps the company win sales, or if you want, something that helps to destroy a company.... like bringing back Camrys, Corollas, Pruises, and Avalons with sticking gas pedals.

My entry:

The Chrysler Pacifica -

It was well respected by the press when it was in production, though it never sold very well. You'd be hard pressed to find bad things written about it. It's sort-of replacement, the Aspen, was mocked mercilessly the moment we found out the name and what it was based on. A large semi-lux crossover is missing from the Chrysler lineup. It should never have been canceled. It should have been refreshed and kept on the Caravan platform. After seeing the refreshes that Chrysler has given to the Caravan and the goodness of the new Pentastar V6, a new Pacifica is a no-brainer for Chrysler to bring back.

Modern version of the Saturn S-Series, featuring:

polymer panels

- ~2400-2500lbs (or less)

- 40mpg+ highway without any high tech expensive hardware

- Low price point

- very reliable

- easy maintenance

- available with manual trans

- excellent handling and braking

- available as coupe, sedan, wagon

- reasonable acceleration in base model, fairly zipping in upper models (comparable to original SOHC vs DOHC engine options)

Improve over original:

- more refined engines (ecotecs should be fine)

- better interior

- smaller panel gaps, or more clever design of where panels meet to reduce appearance of panel gaps (the gaps were required due to more expansion/contraction of the polymer panels vs metal panels, perhaps advances in polymer plastics would reduce the expansion/contraction?)

- offer performance version

Dead brand.

I'm gonna go with the Fiero, because I know someone else will come up with my other choices. GM just about got it right in 1988, then killed it. Imagine the same car with updated styling and a turbo Ecotec behind the seats for around 25-30K.

It's in a dead brand and outside of the 10 year time frame....

What we're going for is something that a manufacturer could bring back fairly quickly and probably shouldn't have dumped in the first place.

It could actually be the controller itself if you're hearing it inside the cabin. In fact, I think it's a high probability that is the case.

I have approximately 17.362 miles of vacuum lines under the hood of my car. I'll be changing all of it out in the spring.

Since the GM B-body was killed 14 year ago I will go with the closest alternative.

The ONLY alternative, really.

Ford's Panther Chassis:

Ford Crown Victoria

Ford Police Interceptor

Mercury Grand Marquis / Marauder

Lincoln Town Car

If I have to beat a dead horse by listing the 460,302 reasons why, then I will but I

think most of you know where I am coming from on this one.

Well, I'm looking for the explanations behind each one so I can compile them into an article.

how much vacuum line do you have on a 3.1? just replace it all.

Just to clarify. This doesn't mean that the car has to come back in the exact form that it departed in. A current form of an old canceled car... like in 98's case, a modern, refreshed, RWD Towncar. Or SMK's hypothetical about the XLR.

I'm going to keep holding off on what my submission is going to be. I've already chosen it, but I want to see if anyone else picks it. It's also a bit off the wall and out of character for me, so you guys can have fun trying to guess what it is too.

Here are some hints: It's a one generation only model. It's generation both started and ended within the 10 year time frame restriction. It did not receive a direct replacement, but it's effective replacement was introduced 3 years after my chosen model was, mocked the moment we heard the name, and subsequently died an even faster death in the same model year as my chosen model.

I picked this one not because I would ever buy one, but because I feel it's cancellation left a hole in that brand's lineup, and that it was a generally well respected vehicle when it was killed. It's reintroduction would greatly help the brand.

Cspec - yes....I know you're itching to suggest the 9-2x

Top 10 recently canceled vehicles that should be brought back.

We're going to get a poll going on this, but first we need some candidate submissions. Here are the rules:

1. Each person can submit ONE vehicle (or vehicle model line if there are multiple body styles)
2. It has to be from a brand that is still in business today (it can't be brought back if there aren't dealers to sell it at)
3. It must be from within the past 10 model years.

Include your submission and an explanation of why you think it should be brought back and why it should not have been canceled in the first place.

I got this idea after seeing three in a row of a vehicle that will likely be my submission.... and you guys will probably be surprised as to what it is.

On Thursday night, I'll gather up all the submissions and we'll take a poll for the top 10.

The Lacrosse has automatic climate control. The heat will kick on automatically once the engine has started giving off heat.

heh, my next two test vehicles are the F-350 and Fiesta....

Vinyl.

Covered.

Headlights.

Well duh! What else would you cover them with? Corinthian leather would get ruined in the first rain.

I wanna see an Imperial vs a Cricket

fixed

The Half-a-Hornet actually did the best I think.

That Optima is going to cause a lot of tense meetings in a lot of other manufacturer's board rooms.

touche

I wouldn't say it's the best one they've done (that would be the Jeep Grand Cherokee or Charger), but I think this is the one that will be the most significant to Dodge simply because it will reach the most people. The Journey, even with the old interior, was one of Chrysler Co's best selling vehicles that wasn't a Caravan. This new interior and the new V6 will make it a hit in the market if they get out there and market it.

...about time

That will certainly make the Journey an even easier sell