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  1. riviera74
    Why did GM kill the Avalanche and ditch QuadraSteer on GMC trucks?
  2. riviera74
    So why do Europeans in general (and Germans in particular) prefer wagons over crossovers?
  3. riviera74
    One Q: What does Honda have to offer that GM actually needs right now? 30-35 years ago, the answer would be dead simple: experience making small cars. GM no longer needs that. Remember that Honda itself is more engine maker than car company. Honda makes a LOT of different types of things. They may need a partner, but I am not sure what GM needs from them.
  4. riviera74
    Given that I was born in December of 1974, I am not sure what car was anything special then. It seems to me that the better cars either came a lot earlier (pre-72) or later (waiting for the 80s). Sigh. Most cars in 74 were either too big or poor performers or too small to be worth it. Am I right that there was a lost decade in cardom?
  5. riviera74
    Oh thank goodness for that. I have never understood why the XTS was not a Buick in the first place. Less weight is always a good thing.
  6. riviera74
    About the growth in size: Car size growth has happened all over the automotive landscape for decades. My concern is the new LaCrosse. The new LaX is based on the new Malibu?! Why not the XTS/Impala instead?
  7. riviera74
    Given that Toyota generally does not make diesel engines for any of its consumer products, it will still be just a dream for any Aussies who want a Tundra. GM should send the Colorado/Canyon down there with a diesel option. Maybe the SIlverado too.
  8. riviera74
    It would have to be a Lambda, not a Theta. A Chevy Traverse Police SS with a TTV6 would do the job nicely.
  9. riviera74
    GM never has intended to sell the car in quantities, all the magazines have confirmed it. It wants to give the perception that "we tried" but customers ran away from it. Therein lies the problem: GM has never marketed the SS at all. Few people know about it, so the SS does not sell at all. This is quite sad, especially given that gas is south of $2.50/gallon these days. If GM would market the SS at least as hard as the new Colorado, they might actually sell some SS models.
  10. riviera74
    Other than the 350Z and Skyline, why is NISMO necessary? A NISMO-tuned pickup is a little out there, whereas a NISMO-tuned CUV or SUV is simply insane.
  11. riviera74
    .......Monica Bellucci can be the hot soccer mom MILF driving it. Then again, this Jaguar sports tourer (EU, not US) could actually be a good thing.
  12. riviera74
    Since 1987, Jeep has always been the most important part most profitable part of Chrysler. FTFY
  13. riviera74
    No, GM did the right thing here with ordering parts before the recall. This is a classic case of looks bad vs. is bad. Nobody can make replacement parts appear out of thin air in less than 24 hours.
  14. riviera74
    Isn't the primary reason GM pushes the LF3 over the LT1 in almost every car boil down to MPG and nothing else? I am sure that the ATS-V will probably get the LT1 instead, but MPG concerns (and newer regs) still exist.
  15. riviera74
    As long as the S-Class outsells all of their competitors AND the C-Class & E-Class sell well, there really is nothing to see here or worry about. Or you could just buy a competitor of theirs and be done with MB.
  16. riviera74
    SMK, I am a little disappointed too. Having said that, FWD crossovers are where the money is. Remember the RWD 1st-gen SRX? I do; those did not sell as well as Cadillac or GM hoped. So they followed the leader and the market: middle-aged women and the Lexus RX. Now the SRX is 2nd in sales. The new flagship Caddy and the CTS/ATS will take care of the RWD needs. Besides, the BMW X3/X5 sell poorly by comparison to the RX/SRX.
  17. riviera74
    Instead of GM supporting auto dealers (which have been a boat anchor for several years now), GM should compete directly with Tesla and build a $25K all-electric car. No Tesla is cheaper than $50K right now. Remember when about 1000 dealers from GM/Ford/Chrysler were shuttered as part of the bankruptcy? Now, Tesla wants to end this bad idea, but the states do not want to because so many state legislators either get paid by auto dealers or or own auto dealerships themselves. Protecting NADA and its members amounts to a stupid state-sanctioned cartel that must end. Too bad no one else is willing to do just that.
  18. riviera74
    Chrysler should just buy out Scat Enterprises, stat. This trademark suit seems rather weak.
  19. riviera74
    This assumes PSA/Peugeot-Citroen survives Europe's depression without disappearing into history. No worries here, especially since VW is not doing well here in the USA despite Audi doing fairly well these days.
  20. riviera74
    CT/XT does not really mean anything, does it? Names would still be best. People aspired to own a Fleetwood/Brougham at one time; why can this not happen again?
  21. riviera74
    I just looked at the 2015 GMC Canyon website. It still could use a diesel/turbodiesel to go along with the 2.5L I4 and the 3.6L V6 gas engines.
  22. riviera74
    What engine is the LTS going to have? Northstar has been dead for 5-6 years. GM has no v12 to speak of and a v6 would be a joke in this car. An 8AT is great news, even though I have no idea why 8-speeds are required now. If the LTS has a Corvette engine tuned for this application, that should be OK.
  23. riviera74
    GM needs to build a real Tesla competitor and defeat it. The ELR is not that car. It is an overpriced, upmarket Volt. I have no idea whether the ELR is a flop or not simply because we have no idea of GM's sales expectations for that car.
  24. riviera74
    Cmicasa, two things: 1. It is not necessarily true that American critics loathe themselves. It IS TRUE that a LOT of them LOVE the BMW 3 series, and much of their criticisms come from that. 2. The Mercedes S-class outsells all other cars in its class by a margin (in the USA, if not worldwide) of 3 to 1. Being #1 does have its priviledges.
  25. riviera74
    The new Escalade seems to be the only model GM has (Corvette aside) that can be priced north of $75K and no one laughs at the price. Even though I am not a truck fan generally, I do hope that the LTS is as feature packed as this 2015 Escalade and is priced accordingly.
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