Drew Dowdell

Well the ELR will still be Volt sized. The Tesla Model S is nearly XTS sized.

My first Toronado was serviced at Coleman Oldsmobile from time to time.

But when you look at the Base Terrain, FWD, Backup Camera, etc. I think they give you a much better starting point than most, or did I totally miss something? Base Terrain is $25.8k

I'm not sure what we are defining as "entry level". At $23.7k for a base base base Equinox and over $40k for a loaded Terrain, a lot of things start to fall into that range. Rogue/Murano Escape is a bit on the small side now, but you might also include Edge as it is also in the price range Sorento Santa Fe Pilot Highlander Patriot/Liberty/Grand Cherokee Having driven nearly all of these and knowing what the Terrain/'Nox price for the way I'd want them equipped, I'd head straight for the Jeep dealer and order a Grand Cherokee without looking back.

On windy days in Germany, Poland and the Ukraine have to disconnect themselves from Germany's grid because their own grids can't handle the flood of power...

Looks ready to go out and battle a hurricane in a world of $5.00 a gallon gas.

If I remember correctly, I believe GM gets to make the "full size" claim on a technicality that includes the size of the trunk.

...if it ain't broke...

Different segments...the Malibu is the midsize, the Impala the fullsize. Same reason Buick has the Regal and LaCrosse, Ford the Fusion and Taurus. Not everyone wants a small 4cyl midsizer. Though I'd take a Charger or 300 over any of GM or Ford's weak FWD fullsizers. But having them on the lot they do not come across as one is mid size and one is full size. They look the same. Guess based on other comments here I will have to go back and look at them again as they both came across as being in the same size just two tweaked options. There won't be anyone who sees the Malibu and Impala next to each other in the steel and make a mistake on which one is bigger.

Short circuit any high output battery long enough and it will catch fire.

Huge size difference. You'd actually have a chance of fitting in the Impala, not so much on the Malibu.

Bringing this up is like comparing fuel economy to cup holders. Gasoline packs the highest reasonably safe power density.Electricity/Batteries do not. The Volt marketing does not tout the ability for the Volt to forsake the electrical cord and run on butterfly farts because, at present, you cannot buy a Volt ready to run on butterfly farts or the parts to convert the Volt to use butterfly farts. And it will take a decade for GM to engineer these changes and get the EPA and PETA to play along. In the meantime, somebody discovers a way to make economic synthetic gasoline and all GM's Volt technology becomes an overgrown E-Assist (for butterfly farts). Sythetic gas is like cold fusion, not a true thing yet and we have a far superior logical step. NATURAL GAS, or CNG. The Volt is a perfect way to move to auto's that have a kinder foot print on the planet and what really needs to happen is for GM to do the Volt in Car, CUV, MiniVan and Small Truck platform but use a CNG Generator. This way you have a very high density of power since CNG is 130 Octane right from the ground and is very clean only 1/3 the polution of Gas. The US has the worlds largest reserves and we can get long distance auto's with very clean emissions. Such high octane also allows for smaller yet more power dense engines because they can be run at much higher compression. The GM 4-cylinders in Brazil all run 12:1 compression ratio (same as the M5 V-10) because they run alcohol in their engines down there. Could we not have a Generator that is about half the size and weight of a traditional 4 banger running at 20:1 powering these auto's and with the lighter weight the MPG goes up more. Yup. A small V2 or something. It might run more frequently, but would use less fuel over all. You could have an I-3, an H-2, a VR-4.... all you need to do is address NVH. Things like ability to rev, redline, low end torque, all become moot. You can even make engines more simple. No need for DOHC, no need for VVT. Direct Injection could still be done as it does offer fuel savings. As it is, the gasoline engine in the Volt is an unremarkable, unsophisticated 4-cylinder that just runs high compression. There is still MPGs left on the table with the Volt as built today. I'm certain it is for cost concerns.

At least replace the Impala with a Volt.

Bringing this up is like comparing fuel economy to cup holders. Gasoline packs the highest reasonably safe power density.Electricity/Batteries do not. The Volt marketing does not tout the ability for the Volt to forsake the electrical cord and run on butterfly farts because, at present, you cannot buy a Volt ready to run on butterfly farts or the parts to convert the Volt to use butterfly farts. And it will take a decade for GM to engineer these changes and get the EPA and PETA to play along. In the meantime, somebody discovers a way to make economic synthetic gasoline and all GM's Volt technology becomes an overgrown E-Assist (for butterfly farts). Sythetic gas is like cold fusion, not a true thing yet and we have a far superior logical step. NATURAL GAS, or CNG. The Volt is a perfect way to move to auto's that have a kinder foot print on the planet and what really needs to happen is for GM to do the Volt in Car, CUV, MiniVan and Small Truck platform but use a CNG Generator. This way you have a very high density of power since CNG is 130 Octane right from the ground and is very clean only 1/3 the polution of Gas. The US has the worlds largest reserves and we can get long distance auto's with very clean emissions. Such high octane also allows for smaller yet more power dense engines because they can be run at much higher compression. The GM 4-cylinders in Brazil all run 12:1 compression ratio (same as the M5 V-10) because they run alcohol in their engines down there.

Bringing this up is like comparing fuel economy to cup holders. Gasoline packs the highest reasonably safe power density.Electricity/Batteries do not. The Volt marketing does not tout the ability for the Volt to forsake the electrical cord and run on butterfly farts because, at present, you cannot buy a Volt ready to run on butterfly farts or the parts to convert the Volt to use butterfly farts. And it will take a decade for GM to engineer these changes and get the EPA and PETA to play along. In the meantime, somebody discovers a way to make economic synthetic gasoline and all GM's Volt technology becomes an overgrown E-Assist (for butterfly farts). I'm saying that the Volt is the best vehicle for the future market because it makes the type of fuel nearly irrelevant to the driver. Swap the fuel out for whatever the market demands and the Volt will run and drive exactly the same way as it does today. Need an example of how this is important to the general consumer? Look at how much diesels have struggled to take hold in this country. Sure you have a core of hardcore diesel fanbois, but outside of that, diesels are a hard sell to everyone else not buying a truck. People don't like how they sound, how they accelerate, that they "don't rev to 11,000rpm", that they sometimes blow black smoke.... On the Volt, none of that matters. Swap out the combustion process in the Volt to anything your wee heart can imagine and nothing about the driving changes. Even if someone makes a synthetic gasoline (of which we already have a bio version) doesn't at all make the Volt obsolete because whatever that product may be will still be a commodity sold, traded, and competed for.

Some of the AWD systems are worthless too. I couldn't get the CR-V to go uphill in wet grass.

A bit late to this party eh Serg?

Avalanche represent.

Mostly likely possibility

Strong cell passing over us now

I fix

I like the look of the car, but I am not the target market for that motor setup

the levy has been breached!

Only an eight-year run for EPII? Seems sudden. But if this is a lightening program, then full speed ahead. It is one of the heaviest platforms in the class, it needs to be replaced.

The neat thing about the Volt is that it is version 1.0. It doesn't care how you spin the generator. Want to use butterfly farts as fuel for a diesel wankle engine? The Volt doesn't care. Run turbines, run sterling engines, run wankles, run diesel... it doesn't matter. The Volt will drive exactly the same no matter what. No concerns on "throttle responsiveness" no concerns on acceleration.... the gasoline engine becomes a non-issue.