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  1. I live in Los Angeles and have seen quite of few new Camaro's this past month. The drivers were young and old. The CTS is a common sight here. I've already seen a couple of Equinoxes and expect it to do very well. I think the more liberal states aren't as biased against the domestics as people assume. They just want a product that appeals to them. GM's SUV's sold like gangbusters out here. The Cruze is going to be a sales disappointment. It's too bland to get people's attention.
  2. I agree. If they build great cars people will associate the GM name with something positive. It reminds me of their decision to keep renaming it's cars - like the Cavalier to Cobalt - saying that people associated bad cars to the old names. That's because those cars were completely uncompetitive. If they made great cars but stuck with the old names people would associate those names to great cars.
  3. For the love of God can someone please tell Lutz that not every vehicle needs a stupid strip of chrome on its rear end? Having the same design element for different cars of the same brand makes sense but not for cars across all of GM's brands. This thing is close to being Aztek hideous. The design elements don't match. The wheel arches and front end go together. The side surfacing and rear end go together. However the wheels arches and front end don't mesh with the side surfacing and rear end. The grill dips too low. There's too much chrome on top of the grill. The rear end is boring. No. Just no.
  4. I agree. GM needs to follow through with their earlier promises to "tightly focus" it's brands with "gotta have" cars". Anyone else notice they're not pitching around those phrases anymore? How on earth could a new plan for Saturn cost any less than the one they had for rebadging Opels as Saturns? It doesn't get any more cost effective than that. I do think Saturn should be small cars though. GM needs another division on the lower end aside from Chevy. I say just rebadge subcompact to compact Opels as Saturns and rebadge the bigger Opels as Buick.
  5. Couldn't the UAW give GM a low interest loan from their pension fund if they wanted to? Or is this illegal?
  6. American Express was granted bank holding status so GMAC better get it as well.
  7. If it's not good news it has to be more layoffs/ plant closings. A distant possibility is bankruptcy which I would actually welcome at this point. They could blame it on the economy and the Bush administration. Most people would go along with that.
  8. Bob Lutz needs to go. He was good for getting some great interiors back to GM and making panel gaps smaller with sheetmetal but this man is so out of touch with what's hot design-wise, it's pathetic. And this new Lacrosse is just the latest example of that. You know what I'd do? I'd slap a Buick grill on the new Insignia and make it the new Lacrosse. Like everyone has said, this new Lacrosse is bloated and generic.
  9. I really don't like that rear end though. I wish it had squared out quad tail lamps. Everything else looks pretty good for a midsize car.
  10. I'm finally starting to see more Malibus out here in Los Angeles. I saw 2 today on my way home from work today. Don't know if they were the LTZs.
  11. Even if they axe a division or 2 GM will still be stuck with execs who have absolutely proven they don't know what customers want in a passenger car. They can throw all the extra money they'll save on having fewer division but if they keep on making dumb decision like not offering the new Corsa in America or watering down the Anatara conept design for production then there's no helping them.
  12. 4gm

    Here's the new Buick

    Aside from those sharp lines, the sides are pretty nondescript which is a complaint I've had for many of the Lutz cars. Looks like his influence strikes again. I'm glad other people like it though. I do like the high beltline which reminds me of the Bentley Continental coupe. A couple of years ago I posted that GM should have Buick make their own version of that car.
  13. The artists that work for the car mags usually seem to be better than the ones that actually work at GM.
  14. It's a killer design. I don't understand how something so great looking doesn't get the go ahead.
  15. Meh. GM would have been better off making this look like the Sequel. This design is too generic. Great interior thourh.
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