carman21

2000 Buick Regal LS

My first NEW car after college is the new Invicta.

I'll always own a Buick.

Has this been confirmed about the Zetas elsewhere yet? I've not see it. Just curious. Thanks

You realize that most intra-continental flights in the US are between 600 and 1,000 miles?

The TGV can run at 357 mph. Round that down to 300 mph and you're still doing a pretty good pace.

To put that in perspective, it is 300 miles from Pittsburgh to Philly. So that's a 1 hour trip by train.

US Air currently schedules 45 minutes between Pitt and Philly, but I have to stand in airport security for 40 minutes just to get to my gate to wait another 30 minutes to board my flight, and then wait 20 minutes for my bags at the other end.

Getting on and off the train is much faster than getting on and off a flight. Trains are substantially more comfortable as well.

Good Point

However, we are frozen in 1940s technology.

Just as it took Jet fleets to make Transcontinental travel practical, It will take high speed trains to revive train travel.

Ultimately, Maglev trains in vacuum tubes will kill off air travel over land. These trains will easily go hypersonic without the nasty sonic boom. When we get the network connecting Alaska to Russia, and Labrador to Greenland to Iceland to Ireland to Britain to France, there will be no reason for air or sea travel at least how we know it.

For now air travel is still best but, rail is coming back in the long run.

Do you not travel by air? Do you know how much it would suck if airfare got so much more expensive? There are other reasons besides price competitiveness that make people fly, rather then ride a train. Do you really want to waste days traveling, when you can already be enjoying your destination?

I see your point but, I was kind of responding to the whole gas tax idea. I really think deregulating the Train marketplace will do for trains what it did for air travel in the 1980s. Don't expect any changes anytime soon.

I think taxing Jet fuel would be the most practical to fund Amtrak.

1) Amtrak gets money.

2) Airline prices go up dramatically.

3) The Demand for Trains goes up dramatically.

4) Private Passenger Rail Systems will provide high quality routes and service and bring prices down.

5) Trains replace Planes as the dominant mass transit nation wide and to Canada & Mexico.

If we reduced the # of jets in the sky to just those whom require air travel the price of oil will go down.

This will make life easier for those whom must drive.

This looks like a compact sedan based on he Buick Rendezvous.

If we get a compact Buick here, it will be more like the Cobalt than this car.

One could always buy a Malibu in the States and ship it to Europe.

I counted 26 Malibus at the Mall, 14 with temp new car plates. Just to make sure they were all different, I wrote down their plate #s. And I live in NJ, a tradition bastion of import buyers.

The Malibu clearly is the best selling American Car in many years.

Gents, can we please keep the boards to car jabber? The political talk is kinda disgusting, especially when there are cracks made that really aren't backed by fact...I come here to read up on GM, not to read on how some people are devoid of correct information in political institutions.

Spanks

Sorry, I couldn't help it. I just hate when people take totally unnecessary jabs at any political party or ideology.

Most Americans should be happy that we are actually exporting cars made in America instead of importing them.

Well, I hope you find forums less "disgusting" in the future.

The good news is that when the Malibu becomes a global car, the Malibu will bring in more revenue that will in time lead to better cars from GM.

Not cool

Given what the republicans have done to our economy, doing anything is going to get a lot harder...

But yeah, I'd like to see the BU' exported. Fusion in Brazil? Interesting.

Chris

Don't forget Oil was $50 a barrel when the Dems took back Congress, not to mention there was no recession talk in 2006.

The Republicans run us off the road and the Democrats run us into the tree. Whom can you really blame but the electorate?

GM has weathered far worse economic conditions.

The worst thing that could happen now is a major tax hike and /or a trade war set off by high tariffs set by our Congress.

Clearly, GM is heading in the right direction, hopefully it will not be in vain due to the political whim of idiots.

Its nice to see the Asians getting sloppy just as Detroit is getting its game together.

The 2010s appear to be setting up to be to this generation of American cars what the 1950s was to that generation. A new begining of greatness.

Has the Buick "Regal" been confirmed at NY?

I haven't heard much in a while.

Does anybody know what's up for Buick in NY?

Has the Buick "Regal" been confirmed at NY?

I haven't heard much in a while.

Sounds delusional and isolationist. Wouldn't work in the modern reality. 1950 is gone and isn't coming back.

All Detroit needs to do is make great automobiles and globalize to save money.

If you want a pro-Detroit policy, help Detroit get rid of idle workers and give them a tax cut.

Tariffs never work, the Japanese are losing because, they are so protectionist. Remember in 1993 they were wealthier than the US per capita, now they are only worth 70% of Americans per capita.

Look up the results on the US and Global Economy of the Smoot Hawley Tariff Act. It deepened a severe recession into the Great Depression.

My prediction is based on the basis of the rapid Growth of the Japanese automakers was due to their push to globalize first. Now that GM and Ford are equal in quality and superior in style, and now that they are rapidly globalizing. Detroit will rebound rapidly. I predict imports will go from 1/2 of the US market to 1/3 by 2020 with the greatest decline with Toyota. I believe their will be a backlash. Buyers will switch to Honda if they prefer Japanese cars or if they are patriots they will buy American.

Audi,Hyundai,Jaguar, Kia, Mazda, Mercury, Mini, Mitsubishi, Scion, Smart, Subaru, Suzuki, VW, and Volvo will all be out of the US or shut down by 2020.

Acura-Virtually no growth through 2020

BMW-A passing fad as a new generation comes of age

Buick-The best turnaround of all the brands,

Cadillac-#1 selling luxury brand in US, # 2 in the world behind Mercedes

Chevrolet-#1 Selling Brand in US and world.

Chrysler-Stronger position by 2020

Dodge-Stronger position by 2020

Fisker-Becomes the BMW what BMW was to the 1980s

Ford-#2 in US, #3 in world

Honda-Decline along with Japanese automakers, bought Hyundai's dealer network and factories in US.

Infiniti-Virtually no growth through 2020

Lexus-Rapid decline as buyers buy Cadillac, Lincoln, and Infiniti

Lincoln-#2 luxury brand in US

Mercedes-Benz-A passing fad as a new generation comes of age, buyers prefer Cadillac.

Nissan-Decline along with Japanese automakers

Pontiac-Moderate Growth as the American Holden

Saturn-Moderate Growth as the American Opel

Toyota-Severe decline in market share as buyers choose American brands, average buyer age 76, oldest ever.

No success from Chinese or Indian brands.

I cant wait until they hit the roads, just for the jokes when they get into accidents. I cannot even imagine how many "popped Chery" jokes there are going to be.

OMG, no you didn't, LOL!

As a car man, I'd rather have a V-8 full-sized car over any Hummer.

GM should keep Hummer as long as its bringing in the cash.

Awesome, I just hope they will built it here.

Apparently, the Japanese have crack, too.

I saw a new tundra off the highway, the tailgate fell off, apparently 65mph is too fast for the tailgate to hold.

Stupid customers exceeding reasonable limits.

Absolutely Great! Now I finally have the car when I graduate and get a job,lol.

Is that American?

This is very nice, I can't wait to see the production version.