G. David Felt

A new Trailblazer would be awesome. I love my AWD SS and while the around town gas mileage sucks, the highway is just fine. Would be nice to have a new trailblazer AWD SS.

Had a friend growing up we put in a Chevy V8 into his 75 Luv Truck. That thing roared. I can see a 305 in a Miata.

I'm not indecisive... I just want to be able to relax on my upcoming vacation. Downvoting will return after I return. If it continues to be an issue, I may look at other solutions as well. Rock on Drew you deserve it. Bro you make sure to stay hydrated and plan some vacation time, I know speaking from experience that I took none for the last 4 years and finally had my first vacation once the wife graduated college this spring. It was a real recharge and we all need them. Do not work to hard outside without drinking plenty and please take a vacation.

This seems like a logical line of what will happen. I wonder what concept surprises they will have in store for us at the auto shows coming up.

Is this part of the SpitFire Engine Series?

If CAFE says NO to the GMC Syclone and Typhoon, then they also say NO to the AMG crap.

Good News: Mole People decided to return the carpet to you. Bad news: They asked for you to give them one of your children in exchange for the carpet.

Those are as hideous as the MB Vans. Rather have an SUV than a Van but I do acknowledge that they have their place especially in the service industry. haha actually our taurus X to me had the perfect third row. Flex / Explorer has the same. Wife wanted a larger third row, which is why we have the van now. It gets used and adults can be back there, just as they can in a Traverse. She had ridden in a coworkers Acadia and said she would have been good with that as well. I recall folks who had original Honda Pilots saying the third row was good. I think most families with kids these days want one third row vehicle if they can swing it. I saw that selling cars. no third row, no want. It comes down to how much third row you get for the price. I wish Ford make an all new Flex. Not a van, not an SUV. Flex was just about perfect to me aside from the fact the design is long in the tooth and the interior needs an update badly. Now that i have had sliding doors and power doors for awhile, they are great for kids and my spouse, but i would be ok with the swing doors on the Flex. The Flex doors have a piss poor design where the door wraps underneath, subject to corrosion and curb damage. If ford made a new Flex, something inbetween the size it is now and the size of my van would be perfect. To be honest, until you check it out the Nissan Quest seems odd and undersize but for people (not cargo) it has a nice three row setup. Getting back to my point, if a family has one three row vehicle, the Equinox is great as either a first vehicle or a second vehicle because the backseat is commodious and usable, particularly with the sliding feature. If they lose that from the Equinox its game over. I would imagine this new crossover will have the sliding second row. Flex is a near perfect Station wagon on Steroids. I loved the leg room and ability with the third row. FORD SHOULD keep this model line going and update it. I still see many who want a station wagon on steroids rather than the jelly bean CUVs we see now.

Wonder if you can get the 300 Mile battery pack for your own conversion jobs? That would be an awesome battery pack to buy and use in your own favorite auto conversion to EV. Very interesting read of his announcement and the comments from current and new owners. http://www.teslamotors.com/blog/three-dog-day Love the comment from a new owner who bought his S85D on July 8th, this announcement comes out and he contacts his sales rep and asks to add the upgrade to his car and is told he would have to pay a penalty to cancel his current order and reorder with the new upgrades. Something tells me Tesla has not learned how to update an existing order with add on sales. They want to penalize your order for a fee and then you have to pay 10K more to get their newest stuff. Stupid plain stupid.

Mazda is doing the heavy lifting in this one. Mopar will be getting lots of (almost certainly) good press for next to nothing. Which is good, because now they've gotta get that Giulia platform spread around. I still see poor mgmt and leadership. Build the best with the model lines they have and then with quality expand the model line. Sadly FCA is being ruined by the Italian idiots at the top. Would have been better to let Chrysler go to an American investment group who could focus on what they have then let Fiat buy them.

G. David Felt Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.CheersandGears.com FCA & Ford Working with Argonne National Laboratory on Blended CNG-Petrol Auto's Many questions can be asked far more than answers but Argonne National Laboratory has partnered up with FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles) & Ford to study the tricky challange of blending CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) and Petrol or regular gas in a Direct Injection engine. The goal of this project is to decrease petrol use by 50% and increase over all efficiency and power density by 10 percent. Many are familiar with Bi-Fuel auto's such as GM's Bi-Fuel Impala, Trucks and other converted Bi-Fuel auto's where the auto starts up on Petrol, when the CNG regulator gets to 160 degrees, it auto switches over to Natural gas (CNG) and runs on this till the tank is empty and then it swaps back to Petrol. The focus here is to use the 110 octane rating of CNG to blend with Petrol for a far more efficient engine that does not knock with out fuel enrichment advancing of the timing, burns cleaner reducing service intervals and reduces the biggest enemy to engines, engine damage from the knocking. Blended natural gas and petrol would according to the Argonne Release would allow the engine to run at optimal timing without enriching the engine with timing advances and optimize the spark gaining better engine efficiency especially under load. This project is funded by the DOE's office of vehicle technologies. Questions raised by this announcement is as follows: Is it Too Little Too Late to go blended since infrastructure is not there? Honda Civic GX proves pure CNG auto's work, so why blend when we could go pure? Will this ever get to market with Hydrogen and EV's already out? Is this more of a research into better Long Haul trucks where blending diesel and CNG makes better sense? What are your thoughts on this subject? Sound off and voice your consideration on blended CNG-Petrol auto's.

Is the engine marine grade?

Could this be one of the Military spec engines Chrysler built for the war effort or Ram did for an old Power Wagon?

I think I detect some sarcasm in that post. A Mercedes CLS 63 AMG is a 4-door coupe that I absolutely love. Me thinks a Riviera comeback should be a 4-door coupe that closely resembles that M-B CLS 63. Just as how personal coupe luxury cars took the scene by storm in the mid to late 1960s, so has the 4-door coupe in the 2000s....and I view millennial 4-door coupes as modern luxury personal coupes...so it would be befitting for a Riviera comeback to be a 4-door coupe. Id rather not talk about crossovers... I believe two things should happen, Buick should bring back a Riviera with the sexy v shaped real window. Modern take 1971 Sex on Wheels! GMC Needs to bring back a Proper Modern Typhoon and Syclone This would do wonders for both lines I believe.

If it is, will it come with a disclamer that if your over 5'8" tall you will not fit? I cannot see a sub-compact or Compact that tall people can fit into that has 3 rows.

Good question, are you looking just for a cheap truck to drive and use or to restore or what is your end goal? Autotrader no longer does 70's they start now at 1980 which had plenty of 3/4 trucks around the nation for sale. If you want a 70's age truck 3/4 ton then you have to look at autotrader classics web site. There were some good deals in California I noticed. http://www.autotraderclassics.com/find/vehicle/vehicleSearchResults.xhtml?conversationId=14559&firstRecord=1&numRecords=25&distance=0&address=98043&startYear=1970&endYear=1979&minPrice=&maxPrice=&make=GMC&model=C/K%202500&keywords=&sellerType=All&refined=true Since the plate is california I figure that is where you are located. Here is one located in LA for $2500, it is a 3/4 ton 1973 camper special with a little over 100K miles on it and much cleaner than the truck listed above. http://www.autotraderclassics.com/classic-car/1973-GMC-C*K+2500-1797830.xhtml?conversationId=14559 Since it has screw holes from bigger mirrors on the front quarter panels, rust all over, it would need a check out of the core frame to make sure it is still solid underneath. If so then you have a $1000 to $2000 value truck, if engine is not very good at running then you could be in the hundreds only. Check List Frame condition Power train condition Interior Cab condition Tires Brakes These would be the top 5 items I would suggest you check out before you buy. It would be worth it to pay a certified mechanic to check it out for you to make sure you know just what needs to be addressed. Good Luck.

Should be interesting but then does that mean they kill the Trax? Does the Trax become the new SubCompact as the Nox becomes the compact?

Great write up, Love the Interior on the car as a commuter car or fun run about it would serve the purpose well. The exterior I know is now Iconic and most people know what it is, but I still have to say that this car is just a bland jelly bean design to me. Not sure why but over all the years the GTI is a sleeper car. Just wish it had more spunk in the design language.

I know this should have minimal cost but I still see them wasting money when they need to focus on the existing quality of products they have that have serious issues like the transmissions, etc.

While nothing wrong with performance versions and this sounds like a cool little car, I STRONGLY believe they are wasting money on this when so many other QUALITY issues exist in the over all company that should be addressed first and getting new models out to drive profits on existing lines before trying to expand FIAT.

No real noticeable difference I think. Best thing would be to replace the OEM chip with a Jet Chip and their Tuner so you can run in OEM tune mode, go to fuel efficiency mode or to performance mode. I have to say that I really like the ability to self tune your auto with preset tunes or if you want to play with it tune yourself to get the type of idle and performance you like out of the engine. A Jet chip?! I thought those were garbage. They are constantly posting "25+ Horsepower! 5+ MPG!!" on their product listings. I took a 350 V8 and bored it out to a 402, hot cam, overall performance focused and with a jet chip it moves. I personally think JET chips work well.

No real noticeable difference I think. Best thing would be to replace the OEM chip with a Jet Chip and their Tuner so you can run in OEM tune mode, go to fuel efficiency mode or to performance mode. I have to say that I really like the ability to self tune your auto with preset tunes or if you want to play with it tune yourself to get the type of idle and performance you like out of the engine.

Awesome when you see baby boomers who love auto's and put the fake tuner auto's in their place. No matter if you come from Europe, Asia or America, Put a fart can on and a few hundred pounds of body mods does not make you a fast car. Some of my fondest memories was when my dad swapped out our 350 that was in our Delta 88 Station wagon for a 454. That station wagon was the ultimate sleeper that put many a tool to shame. Great story Drew.

Agree with Drew, Buick is in a solid safe spot.

Nothing wrong with an Eisenhower Republican or even an independent social-capitalist. We have grown far beyond how this country started and to be great again, we need to change and grow our political system. Time for term limits on all offices be them federal, state, county or city. We also need to remove all pension funds of the political systems and roll them into Social Security and make it even for all. Roll back the tax on Social Security payouts and stop borrowing against social security. People need to realize it is a privilege to serve the country, state, county and cities they live in and not a career. Serve and then go back to your private life. All offices no matter where they are held should be a max of two terms of 4-yrs each. Focus on serving the people and return to the private life.