thegriffon

Exactly like a swb Caprice.http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/ga..._caprice_01.jpg http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/ga..._caprice_02.jpg http://www.holden.com.au/www-holden/jsp/ga..._caprice_03.jpg I'll have another look to be sure it's not actually a lwb model, but it seems more likely to be an Impala mule than a G8.

Hmm, nuclear-powered ex-soviet sub. Didn't you see K-19? If it doesn't sink you'll have kids with three heads.

Nope, but it looks like a swb Caprice.

declamation

Looks less like a Pontiac than the standard Commodore.

Reminds me of a Grand Prix.

What a waste of tax-payer money.

Probably only as a lwb version, just as there will be both swb and lwb Chevrolet midsize sedans in different markets.

supposedly there is a black srx in minnesota for $165. Probably not 7 seats though.

This car starred in at least two movies featuring it's name in the title.

What other plastic-bodied, non-corvette-based, coupe produced in the last 20 years featured a transverse leaf spring?

obfuscation

blades

It's a larger fwd midsize sedan, for which Opel is leading the architecture design.

No need for that. A new phone will often be able to hook up directly with your computer for file synchronisation, or if you're made of money wireless internet, either by USB cable, Bluetooth, or some other connection. If your phone doesn't come standard with a USB cable, and your computer doesn't have bluetooth capability, you may be able to get it as an accessory. Check your phone manual and the website for your model. One word though, the sampling rate on this file is so low that some phones will not recognise it as a valid mp3.

I found it amusing, although it can be hard to pick which horns are cars, and which brass instruments.

Mel Gibson

LONDON: Monday, 18 December - Car-mony, a musical ensemble featuring five Chevrolet cars and the London Symphony Orchestra, has joined the race as a late contender to top this year’s Christmas single charts. Car-mony’s claim to chart history rests on its song, ‘Honk-a-Tonk Christmas’– a medley of all time Christmas favourites played on car horns, with instrumental support from a brass quintet. The song is a collaborative effort between Chevrolet, one of the biggest car brands in the world, and the London Symphony Orchestra – one of the top five orchestras in the world. The medley will include popular Christmas carols like ‘We Wish You A Merry Christmas’, ‘Away In A Manger’ and ‘O Come All Ye Faithful’. While music fans will not find ‘Honk-a-Tonk Christmas’ in music stores, the tune will be available to download from the Internet for free. Car-mony will join other acclaimed pop and indie acts by using ‘word of net’ to launch the song. If the consumer demand is high enough, Chevrolet will plan to release ‘Honk-a-Tonk Christmas’ as a single. The team of Christmas car-ollers, directed by Michael Francis, includes a Matiz, a Kalos, two Lacettis and a Tacuma on the car horns, and musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra playing a selection of brass instruments including the trumpet, tuba and cornet. Les Turton of Chevrolet comments: “Every year there’s plenty of wonderful songs vying for the Christmas number one. With Car-mony, we hope to take on other acclaimed pop acts in the race for the top slot and also put a smile on people’s faces.” The collaboration is also a first for The London Symphony Orchestra, which has never before used cars to perform its repertoire. Orchestra spokesperson, Patrick Harrild, comments: “Our musicians are more used to playing the likes of Beethoven and Mozart so Car-mony has been an exciting challenge for us to bring some Christmas cheer in the most entertaining way possible.” To download 'Carmony' please click here.

Some SUV's are wagons., but others are hatchbacks. The differentiator with cars is more than ground clearance, it's also hip-point and roof height. Looking at the frame as a differentiator is a red herring, as of course there are many old wagons out there that are BOF, like traditional trucks, and many SUVs that use unibody construction, like modern cars. The very wagon-like Isuzu Axiom is BOF, while the very truck-like Mitsubishi Montero, Jeep Grand Cherokee, Liberty and Commander, Land Rover LR3, Ranger Rover and Range Rover Sport, and the previous Nissan Pathfinder are all unibody SUVs; but none would be called crossovers because of their construction. SUV's, and especially the slightly lower, lighter crossovers, are still the new wagons, soundly outselling their wagon siblings. Take as an example one of the few compact wagons offered in the US recently—the Lancer Sportback. At the height of it's brief availability it sold rearly as many as 200 per month. At the same time, the related Outlander crossover was selling as many as 2000 per month. ot the BMW 3-series touring, which prior to the arrival of the X3 sold nearly 4000 p.a.. That's since dropped by nearly half, to what will be just over 2000 this year, while the X3 routinely sells at least 30,000 p.a.. Even psuedo-crossovers such as the XC70 and Subaru Outback have a big lead over the regular wagon models. The standard V70 will sell less than 6000 units this year, while the XC70 will easily break 13,000. The Impreza wagon in a good year will reach 16,000 units, the Forester, (still very much an Impreza wagon, but with a more SUV-like body) in a similar year will do closer to 60,000 units, and even this year will reach 50,000. At it's peak the Legacy wagon sold just 8,000 units p.a., while the Outback version will again sell more than 55,000. Volkswagen has dumped the Jetta and Golf Variants, which at best sold an extra 10%, in favor of the upcoming Tiguan small crossover, which could give them at least an extra 60%, and probably nearly equal sales of the Jetta sedan. A Camry wagon if it was still around, may sell over 40,000 a year, not too shabby until you compare it to the Highlander, which will still sell 120,000 this year, and reached nearly 140,000 in 2005. Or consider the Malibu Maxx. In a year when Maliby sedan and wagon sales will together reach only 160,000, the similarly-sized Equinox will easily pass 110,000 by itself. Cobalt sales, sedan and and coupe, will easily pass 200,000 this year, but the HHR will add more than another 100,000 to that total, without the benefit of awd, far more than a Cobalt wagon. Crossovers are the new wagons, and will be for some time to come.

cheap ass

masochistic

I don't see it. Looks much like an Avenger-based Magnum, not a real crossover but a slightly taller wagon like the Outback, Allroad or XC70. At a strecth it will compete with the current Highlander, Equinox etc., but not the fullsize Lambdas.

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You want me to say the Aveo beats the Yaris, and the Colorado beats the Tacoma? They don't. I know you've seen comparisons between the H3 and FJ Cruiser, but the FJ is really a smaller size class than the H3, up against the Xterra, Nitro and Sorento. If Toyota were to stretch it and add some proper rear doors, then maybe so, but of course they already have the 4Runner, which has the best 6-cylinder economy in the midsize SUV segment. Just don't buy the craptacular V8 model. The RX350 is not in the same class as the Lambdas, or any other GM crossover. Perhaps when the Cadillac BRX and Saab 9-4X come out you'll have something to compare it to, but that's years away. Toyota doesn't have anything directly comparable to the SRX or any of the Lambdas. Perhaps the HPX concept would get better economy than the SRX, but that's a rather pointless argument, since they don't build or sell the Lexus HPX, nor anything as big as the Lambdas except the Sequoia, which sucks less gas than a LandCruiser, but is still one of the weakest, thirstiest SUVs you can waste your money on. The only thing you can fairly compare the Lambdas to at present are the Pacifica, Freestyle and at a stretch the more expensive Q7. In a few weeks you can add the CX-9 (unlike the lambdas, officially a 2007, even though you can't get one yet). Of course they will all have 2007 numbers, while the lambdas seem to be all 2008s.