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Ahh, en the best thing is that it's a real 2-liter engine! Quite a few countries here in Europe have a bit of a tax punishment for cars with engines over 2 liters in displacement, so all those 2,2 and 2,4 liter fours you've got going on over there in the states annoy us a little when it comes to importing... We're perfectly willing to pay extra for a V6 or a V8 but doing it for 200cc extra isn't really worth the performance =)

Well that thing just looks all kinds of glorious doesn't it!! I feel something is a tiny bit off with the 3/4 front pic, but it's still utterly gorgeous. I'm a GM fan all the way personally, but that Challenger has to be one of the top 5 best looking cars on the road (or soon to be on the road) today, regardless of the price! From what I've seen of the spy pics the Camaro will be one helluva looker too, but until I can check it out more closely the Challenger is definitely ahead as far as looks go. Makes the very-handsome Mustang all of a sudden look a bit second-rate...

Ehh... That may not be the greatest looking car ever made, if the sketch is anything to go by. But how.. just HOW in the name of all that is holy, can people actually say this is ugly while championing the current Malibu on other threads?!? That thing is about eight times as good looking! I mean, if that is ugly then the current Malibu should be inducing mass-projectile-vomiting just by driving around :blink: The sketch shows, large overhangs nonwithstanding, a rather handsome, rather sporty car. Admittedly there's more than a hint of 6-year-old Chrysler in the styling, but that doesn't stop it from being quite nice looking. Better looking than any bread'n'butter sedan from Honda or Toyota (or Chevy for that matter), which is what it needs to be.

Looks like a Land Rover? Maybe, but a rather bland one. Better than the BMW efforts to be sure, but doesn't topple the Defender as the best looking Land Rover... Though it's certainly better (at least on-road) in every other conceiveable way.

Eh... why are we even discussing the looks of that thing? Just another bland blob of a car. Just screams "dull & fwd" from miles away... But then again, so do plenty of Chevys. It'll sell like hot cakes, and I have no problem with that since it will most likely be one of the better-functioning blobs out there. A fine example of khakis-and-a-sweater motoring, hard to muster up any enthusiasm about it really...

Well, I'm not saying there is any real sense in it, but a 2WD SUV is still seen as something a bit icky by a lot of people. Not that AWD with no locking differentials or low gears is REALLY any more macho...

Now... I know this is a bit unfair since I live in sulphur-free Europe and everything... But why the hell don't they offer a diesel on the Tahoe? I've personally alway thought it a bit strange that these large, heavy trucks are actually still being pushed as gas vehicles instead of using diesels engines. which would undoubtebly improve tourque, hp and gas mileage... Now don't don't get me wrong, I LOVE gas engines... In Impalas, Chevelles and the sort, where their quick, high reving power get's their just deserved, but in a 4 ton truck? Why? Sure, it's fun when unloaded, but you hook ANYTHING up to it, the power goes WAY down and the gas mileage goes way up. Gas engines should do what they are best at and power cars that weigh less than 2 tons, and diesel engines should do the rest, at least until future technology comes around. Gas for fast cars, diesel for fast trucks. ^_^

Ugh, can somebody tell me what the big deal is with large wheels on SUV? I personally HATE them. Now big rubber is a completely different deal. 38, 44 or even 49 inch tires look good on a large SUV like this, but 20's?? Maybe on the Crysler 300 but if I never see them again on an SUV, it'l be too soon.... Just my two cents.

Ahh... maybe I sounded a bit arrogant - I'm sorry if I did, wasn't in the best of moods. But It still blows my mind that people actually don't see a problem with driving Camaro's in winter with low-profile tires fitted... (And rwd pickups drive like drunken cows when it's slippery, if you think that's ok handling you really should test the 4X4 ones). And as far as winter tires not doing any good, according too the Quebec ministry of transport, in icy conditions they can shorten average braking distance by up to 25%... And that's when compared to all-season tires!!! We're not talking a couple of yards here. But hey, to each his own (as long as you are not driving anywhere close to me). And driving on standard tires is at least guaranteed to be more interesting. :lol:

Well now, I'm not sure whether I'm posting this in the right place, but here goes nothing. Having been around this forum for a while now, one question keeps popping up in my head... Is it really true that the majority of people in the USA actually don't fit their cars with any kind of snow tires in winter? Because it sure sounds that way after reading some of the posts here, especially ones where people are discussing rwd vs fwd. Someone actually said that fwd is better because noone has the money to switch to a different set of tires in the winter season!! (actually implying that fwd cars on summer tires in winter do anything else than plow straight into the next snow bank.) Now I'm obviously not talking about Miami residents here, but people further up in the northern regions of the country. To me, the very notion of driving through winter on standard summer tires (or, god forbid, low-profile ones even) just sounds like pure idiocy. Here in Iceland you'd be laughed out of town for suggesting it, and our Gulf-stream warmed behinds enjoy far less extreme colds than the northernmost parts of the USA. :blink: And as for the price of a set of either quality all seasons, or winter tires (or preferably, nailed ones) holding people back, just your laughably low gas prices would cover it in about 3 months if compared with ours. Here, gas is going for close to 7 dollars a gallon. :( But none of that matters of course, since I'm probably way off base here. American drivers are most likely more responsible than I could ever hope to be, and this is all a big misunderstanding on my part. Isn't it???

Well... I want a hemi nowadays... I'm all for GM, but to me there is just no denying the fact that Chrysler/Dodge has the upper hand in the large sedan segment today. I mean, bland looking fwd blobs? If it wasn't for the 5.3 I might as well just buy a Toyota. (Hypothetically of course, naturally I would never even consider such a despicable deed in real life). ^_^

Trallala Just wanted to add my own tow cents to this fwd vs rwd discussion. First of all, I live in Iceland so I have a *bit* of first hand experience when it comes to driving in snowy and icy conditions, and it never ceases to amaze me how people can go on and on about how infinitely superior fwd cars are to rwd ones when it comes to winter driving. The simple fact is of course: if icy roads aren't covered with either sand or salt, BOTH rwd and fwd cars are complete and utter crap! :blink: Oh yes. But add nailed winter tires to the equation (as any sane driver living in snowy regions should), and both types become very driveable and then some (I'm referring to modern cars of course, my 25yo Oldsmobile 98 is pretty much unuseable in winter either way). When it comes to winter driving, fwd has the edge - there's no disputing that - but since both types are close to useless when ill-equipped but drive fine when properly equipped it's almost a mute point... more nitpicking than anything else. I have nothing against fwd, prefer rwd just for the plain fun of powersliding, not for any sensible reason :rolleyes: but let this winter driving argument go already, it's been old for quite a while.