G. David Felt

This is a name that I think is Dead and I would not waste trying to get rights to the names. Just move forward with some much better name.

I would agree that most CUV's are man versions of a mini van. For me as long as it gets me to the ski resorts, an AWD Butch CUV is fine with me. Hell man up and do it with FWD. LOL! The AWD is good for people with long unplowed drives but to be honest there is no need for it. But it does make more money for GM. The FWD will handle the mountains in WV so if you can make it thorugh the snow there you can make it anywhere. Sorry Hyper but I have to totally disagree with you on FWD can get you through anything. Here, the FWD going up the last 7 miles gaining 3000 feet in elevation are always on the side left spinning their tires and having to chain up. This is why AWD will always be the way to go, no need to stop. Been to WV and the mountains are tiny there considering the west coast and Rocky mountains. Here the hills are big enough challenge to the FWD and the drivers end up leaving the roads blocked. On top of this, a heavy wet snow the Pacific Northwest gets compared to the light powder that seems to fall elsewhere. Anyone who has dealt with the heavy wet snow off the great lakes or been in the PNW will know that RWD and FWD are left spinning compared to 4x4 or AWD when the snow hits. Just not enough traction no matter how much you try to drive slow and easy and use your tranny.

Yes they need a Halo car, but will they succeed when their average age of buying is senior? Not so sure on this one, I hear so many people talk about performance for Infiniti and yet I see mostly baby boomers on the lot buying. I think they have more issue to address than just the need of a Halo car. Interiors while pretty nice are about as small and tight as they come. I doubt they have ever really tried putting anyone over 5'8" tall in one of their cars let alone their so called luxury SUV.

Has a big order to fill. Will see if he is the new car guy everyone has been looking for! After all, the rest of our beloved car guys are all senior retirement and dying. Time to find some new folks with Passion about auto's! This does not mean a person who can turn out a solid, good appliance of a car, but a person who can truly put passion back into a car.

I would agree that most CUV's are man versions of a mini van. For me as long as it gets me to the ski resorts, an AWD Butch CUV is fine with me.

PowerTrains Rock, Bring the Baby Duramax Diesel, it will sell!!! Body style goes with the rest of the Chevy Family, they could update it to be more Impala/Malibu like and then tweak the inside for the US. Over all it is a nice truck and would do well here.

That would be kick ass if the Terrain could have the engine with an 8sp tranny. Talk about AWD Rocking Power with Mileage!

Have Fun KnightFan, you deserve it after all you have been through!

CREAM!!!

This will be good for everyone, I agree with Cubical, Lincoln cannot survive in present form. They also need to enforce luxury dealership showrooms. The current Ford/Lincoln dealership by me is from the 50's truly shows it's age and the showroom is so small they have just enough room for the sales folks and two auto's. One Ford and One Lincoln and that is it. Very pathetic.

That is precisely the defensive mindset I was talking about. Find excuses about why other manufacturers are successful and why GM cannot be. People here bitch about brand dilution of Cadillac by sharing its components with Chevies, yet they are okay for a Lamborghini sharing components with the lesser Audi. GM already has a capable platform in Corvette why not utilize it and create something better for Cadillac? In similar tone, "Hyundai was never a luxury car make and never will be. Toyota (in 80s) was never a luxury car maker and never will be. Lexus never produced a supercar and never will do so." Those manufacturers did not think it that way. Ciel invoked more positive response from import lovers than ATS has and yet one is not going into production. Again, given the resources and talent GM has, it should stop making excuses. I not only totally support what Z is saying, we need to FORCE one more important point! The DEALERSHIPS, What do I mean. China has these amazing Cadillac dealerships that make people want to visit. Our Current DEALERSHIPS SUCK!!! My Caddy Dealership that I have bought my CTS, SRX, Escalade and hummer from has done NOTHING except change their main sign which still reads Northwest Cadillac/Hummer Dealership. Yet their windows have the Olds, Saturn Logo's all over. The building was new back in the 40's and they expanded in the 60's to take on Olds when the Buick Line went to another place and then expanded for Hummer when it came out but never built any hummer like show floor, kept it the same old ugly 40's building and then they converted a couple bays to allow them to sell Suzuki's before GM forced them to unload that line. Yet those bays have Suzuki all over them as they use them for storing stuff now. Dealerships MUST Upgrade to be competitive. The Bellevue Caddy Dealership moved over into their dead Hummer building which does have the required H building and across the street the Bellevue Lexus Dealership built a feaking 3 story 175,000 square feet show room on the mid and top floor and the bottom floor is all repair and prep. Take their Virtual Tour http://www.lexusofbellevue.com/ This is how Cadillac stores should be. The Bellevue place will not even show images of their showroom. Cadillac MUST Step up their image at the stores to get new customers and keep existing ones! :rage:

The Dodge Dart is Sharp, very nice car. On the way into work with rain coming down, a late 50's or early 60's dodge pickup truck that you can tell is a restore in progress but had no doors on it. He was belted up and driving in the slow lane getting wet, but loving his drive. Wish I could have snapped a picture.

Awesome Review, the Verano is sounding like it will be another feather in the cap of GM to really kick ass while taking names and numbers. Looking forward to checking out the cars myself.

I picked that photo because it is so not Arizona...gives me something relaxing to look at when I get tired of looking at the dry hideous desert void outside... I also have a background picture of Aspen, Colorado's Maroon Bells on my laptop.. Very Cool, I love scenes like that to enjoy on any computer, always makes things relaxing.

Beaver

Show us the Lincoln Please! JK

Sounds Awesome, Did you take any pictures to show us?

LOL, that is freakin funny. Those Fiat 500's do look like a toy. I have to say the older car looks way better than the current ugly piece of junk.

Are you offering to personally help her?

Gotta love this sunset shot of our San Juan's here in Seattle Washington. This is taken up on a local road in Bellingham I have taken this shot many times at various times of the day due to storms, it is always lovely.

Your just shouting your love for Buick!

Sounds like our Great Depression of 2007 to 2012 is affecting shows period. All trade shows regardless of topic have gotten smaller.

How to go pear-shaped thanks to complacency, Acura edition. So they are all fruity at Honda and Acura then!

Could be a way to get that remodel on the house done!

Very True, the old bands seem to be making a comeback.