Sixty8panther

Personally I;m still hping all these FWD cars GM has debued recently are just stop-gaps until the good stuff from Holden arrives. I could care less what trans the FWD Lucerne, Impala & Monte Get. I'll take a RWD equivelant over that even if it has only an antiquidated TH350. [/predictable rant]

I'm Rick Ja'mes Bitch!

Nothing like a nice, non-threatening feminine voice to tell you "fuel level is LOW"... My Datsun sounds very friendly & warm... unlike that HAL on "2001, a Space Honda Oyssey"

I was just about to say that the ass/rear glass & B-pillar looks awkward and unrefined like a Bangle design. I'll takle the sleek Solstice Coupe.

Thanks TED.... I've been meaning to ask you if in the near future I could steal your idea of a nice looking wHolesome girl chopped in/on/near the Camaro concept? Not exactly your sig from Dec. but close. Mmm-kay?

Post of the day right there! RETA ----------RDED

Sounds? Don't you mean smells?

Yes I noticed that also when the first cracked up GA showed up at our Chevy dealer in 1999. I think it's inevidable that someone out there will make a "Alero Am" or "Grand Alero" inthe fashion of the 3rd gen. Firebird with a Camaro ass that was in C&D years ago. It's a pretty straightorward "modification".

Thank You. Canadian's are not deuchebags about their "importation" of American Products. Besides Canada and the USA have for decades been brothers in arms ...next question.

I could say soooo many things right now but let's just agree that my Maxima is an ugly car. BV: I can always improve upon my Datsun's looks but a Civic will always be FWD. Here's an Australian Wide Body Datsun based on the 810 Maxima.

I liked it and realized it was hosted by tripod after. It was fixed before your complaint went up.

BLS? WE don;t need no stinkin' BLS. You keep your FWD BuLi$h! cars in the past and look ahead ot a bright new future of an eclectic RWD CTS lineup. Screw the BLS, just give us a CTS coupe, ragtop and wagon.

Wow, those sketches make me shut right up about my "slightly too retro" comments. This thing looks akward, disproportioned and lame compared to the actual concept.

Right.... I was just referring to that silly comment by some moron from GM (was it wagoner? ) who claimed the Coblat and Monte Carlo were Mustang Fighters. This parallels wiht Summer of 1964 when a member of GM brass was asked by an intern: Why doesn;t GM have a car like the Ford Mustang? The GM executive in question answered: but we do, it's called the Corvair. [insert punch line here] And yet the Corvair, althouhgt it was NOT a true Mustang competitor, was still a cool vehicle. What with it's pancake motor, turbo availability & RWD was 10 times the car any Beretta or FWD Monte Carlo is. When ever I work on my beat up old Datsun it just puts a smile on my face that it has a longitudinaly mounted I6 & power is being sent to the rear wheels. Somehow in todays FWD dominant world some of the biggest $h!booxes fro the 70s seem like great alternatives to new cars. I honestly do like the Cobalt SS but for that kind of money I think a RWD Cobalt would be litteraly 500% cooler even if it cost an extra $1000.

I'd post another one of my rants here, but Ocnblu has pretty much said anything I might have added but with a more inteligent & less rageful response. Perhaps someday, when Communist China finally realises it's one of the biggest participant in this thing called Capitalism, when people take personal responsibility for their actions, All wars end while Pacifism prevails and AIDS/Cancer are cured we will return to a 85%/15% RWD/FWD ratio in the marketplace. Anything other than a small econobox like a Mini Cooper or VW Golf will get RWD. That's the perfect world I dream of. FWD is annoying, obsolete, super-over-rated and 99% of the time useless as a bag of ice on the North Pole.

Guess the car this is based on? Yup, a Lotus 23B. I thought it was a neat looking race car.

Try convincing these idiots that Tweny-six inch spokes are not the right choice. This guy needs to end his car customizing career. Jezus this is an absolute tragedy. I guess he messed up some '85 M/C too... I dont have the heart to click the link ofr the Monte.

That's the thing... these cars debued in the late 60s wiht RWD, IRS, manual transmissions and decent little 1600cc engines. I think they have a Mini-Chevelle look to them personaly and since I was born in Europe I do still have a fascination wiht tiny $h!boxes... IF they are RWD and have good proportions. I personally think the 510/Bluebird has fantastic Proportions for a car of it's size. Kind of a more American looking BMW 2002. Oh, I almost forgot to mention: the 510 kicked BMWs ass when they raced togeather in the Trans Am series. I have a lot of respect for BWM and therefore think that this accomplishment alone deserves a tip of the hat IMO. I'm not saying this is as cool as a 1966 Chevelle SS, but it is a neat little coupe. If I had to drive a new Japanese car from the 1970s this would be the one.

... for posting something wiht the term "JDM" in it. Just click it, you willnot be dissapointed. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SSS-RHD-Blu...8QQcmdZViewItem But c'mon this is cooler than PeeWee Herman with a Mullet. A RHD Japanese market Datsun 510... over there they called it a Nissan Bluebird and this SUPER SPORTS SEDAN (say it with that ridicilous Japanime accent) has the cool double carb setup and the Japanese style mirrors, which are cool by themselves without the standard mirrors. There's only one way this car could get cooler: if it was a hardtop. The rear glass area would not allow it without a Valiant style rear 1/4 window... but it would still be so awsome. Okay, I now return you to my usual Toyota & Honda bashing. B)

Fly: You best not be hatin' on the Datsun 810 Maxima wagon. Dang it, that $h!'s off the hook. Wire wheel hubcaps, simulated wood paneling & a spring mounted hood ornament on a RWD compact wagon... that's about as Quacktastic as a Japanese car gets. I love cars that have redeming qualities but prettty much make fun of themselves even on the assembly line. Seriously look me in the eye & tell me you don't want the Pu$$y Wagon in the background of this ad? It's got room to shag and if you bolt up a turbo off a 280Z you can go drifting afterwards. B)

Right on!!! My guess is this. Some young kid smashes up his CTS. His insurance/driving record is so bad he can't afford to file an insurance claim, he has to fix the car out of pocket. He can not afford the front fascia but has leftover parts from his CJ and a welder. Just a guess. I've heard stranger stories.

LOL.... Ocnblu: You're either very insightful or funyn as hell. There's never any middle ground.

Supposedly a two legged Horse. I know there's strange freaks of nature out there... but where the hell would this Horse's internal Organs be?

Rectangular Sealed Beams and hardtops coexisted for but a brief moment in time.