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The only change they made was they removed the CD player and replaced it with a shelf. Assume the Terrain no longer comes with a CD player. Mine has the 6 disc there and I've never used it in 4 years, so no loss to me.

My wife's Lacrosse has been perfect over almost 4 years and 34,000 + miles. No issues. Never been back to the dealership.

She loves the car (the 2015 has a better interior in terms of usable space - if I had one complaint it would be the lack of storage for phones, nav etc. 2014 fixed that).

You need the 3.6. The car's steering is very light and it is an large car that is easy to drive. Every once in a while she'll park next to "normal" cars and laugh at how big the Lacrosse is - and that it doesn't feel like that when you're driving it.

She won't even look at the Verano for two reasons - too small and 4-banger.

I would recommend the Lacrosse if she's looking for a good comfortable substantial car and with the 3.6 is damn quick enough. If she's looking to carve corners - then probably the Regal or Verano would be better

The new bed does not match up with the carried-over cab. Looks ridiculous. Leaves a spot for stones and debris to kick up and chip/ding on the bed.

Is that Pontiac was still a brand

Guess Toyota won't be able to pad its Corolla numbers with the new Matrix.

Scion has the excitement of flossing toes for sock lint. 

If Cadillac wanted to tout the biggest factor that it has that no other German or Asian manufacturer has - It's rich American history - then it would have gone with real names and big pushrods for its performance line.  

It obviously wants to take the much "safer" (and I put safer in quotes because GM does not do a good job being Toyota or BMW. They do a good job when they do their own thing - follow their own heritage - so to the bean counters it appears to be safer, but we all know it isn't) route and copy the "I'm too dumb to tell how big a car is if the numbers/letters in the name ain't in order" and "I have more turbos than you" mentality of the foreign manufacturers. 

Really don't know. $55,000 seems like a lot for entry Caddy, Bimmer, anything. I guess I still live in the past. I won't (and can't) pay that much for any new car.

Back to Buicks and Chevys.

$55 grand for what my wife wanted.

You can stick it you know where.

http://www.cadillac.com/ats-coupe/build-your-own.html

Can't get heated seats without the All Terrain Package - stupid. Unless packages change later in the year, looks like it will be a Colorado for me.

I never want to hear another word about the Aztek ever again

http://www.carscoops.com/2014/06/new-toyota-fcv-sedan-shown-in-north.html 

Coupes are usually more expensive than the 4-door because they generally do not build a "rental-car" special version of it. The CTS coupe was more expensive than the sedan - more standard features, no lowest-level engine, usually better everything than the base-model sedan.

thanks everyone. I do pop in from time to time - but to be honest - there's not much that excites me in the automotive world anymore. When the most exciting thing from the NY Auto Show is "Refreshed Camry!!@@!@!!13212!" who really cares anymore.

Still looking to sell my Avanti - if anyone knows anyone interested.

Otherwise everything going good.

-Walt

As goes GM, so goes the nation.

Wasn't this all hatched when GM planned to sell Opel? So Chevy would have been the only brand. So now that Opel stays (and has much better recog) and Chevy goes.

OK, so it's really worse:

3 Series = 4 or 5 door

4 Series = 2 or 4 door

If that's good synergy, they can keep it.

So to separate the 2 door from the 4 door they create the 4 Series.

3 Series= 4 door

4 Series = 2 door

But now they are going to build the 4 Series Gran Coupe, which is just a f'n 4 door with a hatchback

http://www.carscoops.com/2013/11/spied-bmw-4-series-wears-fours-doors.html

So they'll have a 4 door in a 4 Series, but it will be a "Coupe."

Screw you BMW.

Waaaayyyyyy too long for these trucks to come out. Just had to buy out my 2011 Terrain lease since my original plan was to wait 3 years and get the Canyon. That's now over 4 years.

Worked out ok since the Terrain is worth $23,000 (I only have 13,000 miles on it after 3 years) and I have a $16,000 buy out.

I just want to see these damn trucks already.

Honestly, the Carscoops rendering is a little too off.

These rendering look much more realistic on what to expect on a bread & butter compact global sedan - meaning safe and bland.

(images found at this site:http://carplace.virgula.uol.com.br/)

I haven't turned on my 360 in over a year (so loud and crashed in the middle of games one too many times for me to play anything confidently). It red-ringed once and was repaired under expanded warranty by MS.

I have 2 PS3s (Wanted a BR player for downstairs and picked up another so I could play also). Older PS3 BR drive died once. Had replaced for $100 out of pocket.

I am not a fanboy when it comes to consoles. I've had every one of them recently, even a Sega Dreamcast. That ended with the Wii, as I was not impressed with graphics or where there any games I had to have. The Wii U appears to be a joke.

I pre-orded the PS4 and Watch Dogs. I'm really interested in Infamous Second Son also.

I have a TV with software that I use to watch Netflix. YouTube, etc. I do not watch sports. I do not want a new interactive TV Guide. I want to play games. Very little of what MS showed interests me at this time. Will I pick up an XBox One 2 years from now - maybe if there is a few exclusive games - but I don't like Halo (and that original team is now making cross-console games) so...

I put my money on the PS4 and will have one delivered to my door on launch day.

Those $2.00 bicycle reflectors on the back look so cheap and stupid, but it fits with the car. One of the ugliest on the road today.

The center stack looks like something on a COBY stereo system from the 90's. Ugly on the inside. Ugly on the outside. No wonder it's #1 in the USA.

Thanks ocn. Fingers crossed that 40 IS the new 30, but my knees tell me otherwise.

Well that screws my timeframe... Lease is out on the Terrain March 2014 and wanted to replace with a Canyon.

Here's what Toyota does very well: Puts unattractive, in-cohesive, messy design language to the top of the American sales charts. This Highlander carries on the tradition quite well with the new Tundra and RAV-4.

balth,

If you didn't say that was a side view of an E-class, I would think it was a 10 year old Accord.

I know what the side view of the CTS is. No mistaking a Caddy with a Honda.