G. David Felt

Tesla is not within reach of most people Drew. Looking at the current Affordable EV's, Nissan Leaf, Spark EV, etc. People cannot go on a real road trip in these auto's. These are the auto's that local cities and counties are buying and wanting the public to buy and no one seems to be a voice of reason that while they are good products, they do not meet the needs of the mass market. The GOV is pushing a single version of what the rich have onto everyone and not really supporting equally other options such as BioDiesel or CNG where you have vehicles that can be driven long distances between fill-ups. I see so much push on Electric and a clear ignoring of alternative power options. I continue to see a wealthy electric only crowd pushing to make everyone go electric and yet while this is an additional option of choice, it ignores what I see as better options that should be equally supported.

What a joke, just another way to waste tax payers dollars and put more luxury golf carts on the road that cannot travel any real distance. What a way for the governments to control population movement. Makes one question their real understanding of how these auto's are produced. No one has yet to address the toxic settlement ponds from the battery production.

SWEET! Very nice looking ride. Love the extended rear doors. This is what GMC did for their Yukon and it really makes sense to have a larger opening door. Love the added space and ease of getting in and out.

Belated Happy B Day

Will Post more from the show as I scale them down below 3mb in size. The ELR, Dodge Durango RT AWD and Corvette were freaking hot at the show.

Awesome Update and she is a beauty. Thanks for keeping us updated and the pictures. Stay warm.

Pontiac could be a Niche player as a special RWD Limited Production Car for GMC/Buick Dealerships. That would allow them to build a special 10-15K collectors car and make profit on it as long as it was done right. Limited Production Run of a GTO Goat with the Vertical dual Headlights, opening and closing covers like the one on the 65 Buick Riviera in Road House. Awesome movie. Awesome car he drove.

Very cool, but the hub caps I cannot identify.

I thought in todays day of technology that we could spell clear and concise sentences. This makes no sense or you were drunk when you tried to type your response.

That makes sense, gives time for Ford and Ram to dump their old truck versions and bring out the new so they all can reduce or eliminate the incentives. Plus SUV's are more popular at this time of year as people look for people haulers I believe. I always see plenty of new SUV's at the start of Ski Season up on the mountain.

For me it is the New Escalade

Interesting, While I think Pontiac had plenty of potential, it was probably best to shrink GM down to have more focus on the brands they do have now.

Interesting, guess they feel they can compete with the ATS and BMW 3 series and MB C series. gonna be interesting. all sarcasm aside.

Awesome potential but lots of work and money to restore it to grandeur.

New 2014 Buick Encore at the Park and Ride lot. Talked with the Man who said he had spent all year trying to get his wife to get a new car to replace their 21 year old tired auto and at the autoshow she fell in love with the encore, took it for a test drive and said OK. They actually bought it there. Was a Mocha Colored one. He said he just kept his mouth shut since she was so excited and he was just happy to finally have a reliable auto that they would be driving.

So I see they have the Coupe style of a BMW/MB. Headlights of the MB, Peugeot / Aston front end. A bit of Acura I also see here. Over all handsome auto, better than past attempts and clearly a nice direction of blending the higher end auto's to give them a distinct design language. Seems they have finally grown up. Nice Job Hyundai! Does it come in CNG?

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Yawn, better than the 1 series, guess this is their retro acknowledgement to the original M3! Nothing New, Nothing to see, they clearly have decided to just regurgitate their old 3 series bodies as 2 series and 1 series. Very poor.

Yes and most of this study is based on fracking from the late 90's and now many of the chemicals used are no longer used. As such, the study's are behind the actual process and protection of extracting Natural gas. On top of this, the Ring of Fire volcanoes spew out more toxic waste and green house gas than does fracking so do we find a way to extinguish the planet? Nothing is perfect but at the reduced Green house gas creation and reduced toxic waste to the land, CNG is still a better way to go than petro. We have the worlds largest reserves and need a stepping stone towards a better life. I believe CNG is that stepping stone and for those that do not have fast fill yet around their house, that is why they have home Time Fill appliances so you can refuel your auto over night. Same MPG More Torque More HP 130 Octane Only 1/3 Green house gas production Less pollution drilling gas than Oil. Makes sense for America to get off Oil, go synthetic lubrication with CNG for cleaner, lower cost fueling.

You can do better than that, Your Intrepid would run so much better on CNG!

Baby Guiness

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Again, the i3 and i8 are very new...and disgusting, IMO. Personally, I like the generally evolutionary styling BMW, M-B, and Porsche use...continuity and heritage to grow on, rather than total change every few years...better than the generic appliance styling seen from other car makers, IMO.. True, BMW, MB and Porsche are better than what Toyota, Nissan, Honda put out. Yea, American auto companies have also had their turds, but still you are dealing with luxury makers that can do much better than they have. I feel they are truly resting on their past accomplishments.

Need to do an editorial about the abuse of old style design by BMW and MB. Nothing new, nothing inspiring, same old garbage yet they are praised as amazing. What a joke.