G. David Felt

Why do you think it would be 500lbs heavier? Over all dimensions which I should have looked at does show you would need to the Prob and the Code 130R to compete, but WOW, if you had a twin scroll Turbo 4 banger with a 7 Speed Tranny, you could have a very fun pocket rocket with awesome gas milage.

Why Do I get the feeling we could see a BRZ to compete with the best Mustang and Camero on the road today in the near future? Me think the Asians have their own Pony war ready to explode.

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Why would it need to be an option, if you do not have one, you can purchase one at the time of auto purchase. Just an expanded selling front for th tablets. Course I would expect a dealership to focus on just 1 or 2 models, but this would still in my mind allow a great amount of options/features/custimization for people. Especially for those that do not care much about the driving experiance in comparison to the experiance of getting from point A to B. I especially think this will be reality when we get to self driving cars.

Currently as far as CUVs, the Ford/GM alignment seems to be the Traverse matches up w/ the Flex and Equinox w/ the Edge. Nothing really lines up w/ the Escape or Explorer. WIll be interesting to see how things evolve... With BOF SUVs, the Tahoe and Suburban line up well w/ the Expedition and Expedition EL. I guess the Buick, GMC, and Cadillac entries sort of map to Lincoln. I do agree that alignment is needed as when you do research it is pretty interesting to see what some SUV's or CUV's tend to be considered competition with.

WOW, Guess they better find some people who are willing to pay to use the platform if that is really what they spent on it. That just seems way out of line.

I agree 100%. Sent an email to the seller yesterday but no reply yet. I have plans tonight that I cannot change, so I'm hoping this Yukon is still around tomorrow evening. I realized today looking at the picture of it on my monitor that it is two-tone dark blue and silver. Dark blue is my favorite color, and I've always loved how the GMT-400 trucks & SUVs looked with the deluxe two-tone paint option with the silver color. Is this a sign of fate? Rock On I have a 94 GMC suburban SLE that is Teal and it just still looks awesome. Not a fan of the current Yukon body style, but I have to say that the 90's era SUV's age very well and seem to just keep looking better. You can see it in my pictures under my profile. I think this is Fate and it will still be there for you tomorrow. Good Luck with the project.

I would have to doubt this in the immediate future, if you read all the posts on that story page and the additional links to other posted inside info from BMW, it seems the inline 6 has a long life yet. They might have some mules to explore this option just like Corvette has played with turbo v6 and other mid engine designs, but for purity, they always seem to come back to the history of the car and what people are expecting and they find a way to meet the latest rules on emissions, noise, etc. I do think it is time for GM to up the HP of the CTS-V to close to 600HP. Put AMG and M back in their place and ward off th Audi S series.

So the Tablet craze got me thinking, Ford has their whole Sync world with USB upgrades. GM has their version coming out MyLink, they have also their Android App to help you better interface with the VOLT. So with this in mind, what would it take to have an Auto maker decide to just have a 10" tablet holder in the center dash with a USB port. Just plug in your tablet and have say suction cups that hold it in place and boom. Up comes an interface allowing you to totally manage everything in your car. This way depending on how you interface to the world, via Apple, Windows, Linux, you have a nice to use interface and the abilityto customize it. I see this as reducing the cost of creating the whole dash around a nav, stereo, HVAC controlls, etc. instead we end up with a smooth flowing dash with a single spot in the center for one to use their tablet. Thoughts? Am I crazy or does this hold water and have merit to how we can streamline auto's and get updates out to people faster to address gliches in the electronics that control and assist with driving the auto? Would his be a faster way to improve the over all end user experiance? Example is the slush tranny on the recent review for the spark.If you could just download a diagnostic file to GM, they review it in support and return an updated code file to address the tranny issues, we could see a much faster customer satisfaction as long as the tablet had WiFi or even 3G/4G. Sound off on this,

EXCITEMENT!!!! No other way to put it.

The 93 Yukon is sure sweet and would be a great project to clean up and make very Cherry!

Very cool, I would not be surprised to see that this is the Barracuda in plain site. Allows them to get some feedback on it without admitting it is.

Cool history of some bad 4 bangers. Course growing up in the late 70's and early 80's gave us a view of many ugly american engineering ideas that were before their time. Remember the gas converted to Diesel engines or the loverly 4/6/8 V8 that just never seemed to work right. But back on the 4 Bangers, these did leave a lasting impression of how poorly America built small engines.

As big as VW is becoming and wanting to become, who would not be a rival? Plus I could be wrong here, but I thought pretty much all car companies had moved to universal platforms to be sold around the world so I just do not see this as that big of a deal. If anything, it would seem to say, VW has finally joined the party that everyone else already knew about.

Ugh, day two of they are working on an offer but nothing so far, but hey remember you need to get that work done by wednesday. So I figure either I get an offer or I am out, not sure but tomorrow should be interesting for me. Sorry to hear you have not found anything yet. I know Seattle is booming if your up for relocating as I am looking at plenty of places to apply if I find myself jobless. Goodluck on the search

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I believe a compact CUV for Chevy with FWD/AWD options would be the ticket for many young College graduates starting their career and wanting a solid ride to get up the mountain to play. This would rock for Chevy!

LOL you crack me up, not having to compensate for anything, but the history of life with V6 engines and their so called fuel efficiency is a joke in this country. So far America seems to still make a v8 that lasts compared to v6 or 4 bangers. If your going to get this type of car, then get the real deal I think. This way you know you can easily get 200 to 300K miles out of the engine. The V6 I would only count on for 150K to 200K at best. Plus when you do hit high mileage, a tired v8 can still move an auto nicely compared to a tired v6. That is the most asinine argument I've ever heard. I'm going to have to agree here. The 3.5L I had in my Challenger seemed to be a very stout engine and I know some LH owners have gotten excellent life out of it. Hell, you can milk 300,000 miles out of any engine just so long as you change the oil, coolant, and spark plugs and occasionally do a tune up. The only criticism I had with the 3.5L was the fact it required mid-grade gasoline for the best fuel consumption and what is an average amount of power these days. I believe the new 3.6L addresses that issue. It really is how you drive something, not what you drive. I know we all have our preferences, but at this point the only thing that would stop me from making the Redline model my next Challenger is the lack of a manual transmission. Again, I'd almost bet money the Redline would at least keep up with an R/T on the right roads and tracks, especially in the hands of a driver who knows what he's doing. You have hit on the one main item I forgot to mention, a v6 or 4 banger will still move a vehicle with spirit if it has a manual tranny so that you can play with the power band. Yet I stand by my experiance of older trucks and cars that have these engines with auto tranny's and having the maintenance done on them, they still run, usually do not seem to use any fluids out of the norm for high milage and yet the ability to move the car is lacking and the gas milage sucks. The only v6 vehicle I still have is a 98 Dodge Dakota with the v6 and a 5 speed manual with 312,000 miles on it. It sucks for gas milage, never got what Dodge said it would get, best being 17 miles per gallon and is a well known fact that the v8 was more fuel efficient than the v6 that was rated higher MPG. Yet with a manual Tranny, it still moves and can haul a decent load. Being I am the orignal owner from when I bought it with only 8 miles on it, I have kept it in clean condition, both my kids learned to drive a stick on this baby and it continues to serve the family well. Our 99 Dodge Dakota with the 5.9L v8 is just about to hit 300K miles and while it gets only 12 MPG on the most recent tank, as a 4x4 it still moves and will last a long time since I stick to the service schedule. My daughter loves driving it. Over all a 4 banger or V6 with Manual Tranny can have a long life, yet I have found that the more luxury items those vehicles get along with an auto tranny, the more sluggish they tend to become. I am happy many of you have had good experiances with the smaller engines, but having grown up with a father and a repair shop that can make v8 sing, I have always found American V8's to outlast and out power smaller engines and will stay with them as long as I can afford to fuel them.

That image just screams wanna be BMW. No orignal style, just nock off BMW. Will be interesting to see the real thing and decide if it still is a nock off or not.

What a joke, again Acura bringing very little other than smoke and mirrors to the car game.

I thought it was neat also, but the mechanics of the tranny caught me up more. I wonder if the interior is the same color for all exterior colors and settings.

I will still wait and see, so far I have yet to see any big benefit from the v6 engines for long life and maintaining power/torque. History has shown the vendors shouting the high MPG of these cars and yet in real world driving they rarely perfome those numbers. This is not about getting off on a V8, but the history shows that cars being the worst investment one can make, then it makes sense to go with an engine that will last a good long time. I tend to hold onto my vehicles for at least 10 years. Both myself and family members who bought the v6 engines have never gotten out of it what they were told they would get. The V8's always outperformned the V6 engines in durability IMO. Good luck to any who has bought these engines, the auto companies have allot to prove to us that the V6's really are the bullit proof enginerred.

Sweet, always nice to have more performance as an option.

LOL you crack me up, not having to compensate for anything, but the history of life with V6 engines and their so called fuel efficiency is a joke in this country. So far America seems to still make a v8 that lasts compared to v6 or 4 bangers. If your going to get this type of car, then get the real deal I think. This way you know you can easily get 200 to 300K miles out of the engine. The V6 I would only count on for 150K to 200K at best. Plus when you do hit high mileage, a tired v8 can still move an auto nicely compared to a tired v6.

Noticed another 2012 Jeep Patriot white today on the way into work. Funny how once your son buys one you tend to notice the auto more in your surroundings.