Hudson

I once met a guy who told me that he "had always heard" that the Isuzu Rodeo was pronounced "roh-DAY-oh." Until I met him, I had NEVER heard it pronounced that way and it had been in production many years at that point.

Yes...that's absurdly low. But didn't Chevrolet sell the Geo Metro Convertible with a weight capacity of 288 pounds for two passengers and their luggage?

You've just got to love how Pennsylvanians screw up words. There's DO-boys (not Do-bwah) and Bala Kin-wood and Le Moyn and North Ver-sails (I made a joke when I first read it off the post office and then learned that I pronounced it "correctly").Let's not forget Worcester (pronounced the way it's spelled, unlike Wooster in Massachusetts) and Reading (past-tense, not REED-ing) and LAN-caster (not LanCASTer) and then there's a whole spate of Native American names like Schuylkill and Mocanaqua and Susquehanna and Lackawanna. Also there are names in Massachusetts like Peabody (Pea-bdy...no "o" in the pronounciation), Glouchester (Glou-ster) and Worcester (Wooster). But my favorites are not how they're pronounced by just the names like Jersey Shore (in Pennsylvania...not near the shore) and Jim Thorpe (named for the Olympian) and Truth or Consequences (an actual town in New Mexico) and Joe, Montana (an unofficial name change for the town of Ismay in 1993).

You're probably right. I see the Hyundai direction as taking a page from the Toyota book of marketing. Sonata sales are spectactular, but perhaps a few borderline people could be lured in with the idea that Hyundai makes quite a few (relative to their sales) vehicles in the US. But I agree that most US buyers could care less.

So now all advertisers must spend the entire ad listing all of the details? How many Buicks (Lucerne and Rainier) are made in the US compared to the 243,000 Hyundais built in the US last year? Yes...the majority of their models are. But most of the vehicles SOLD here are BUILT in the US. Yes...that's how advertising works. Advertising to people in the United States who don't care about Canadian-built vehicles. And wouldn't explaining why the US and Canada would be counted together but Mexico, the third member of NAFTA, isn't be a really long advertisement (see question 2 above)?

According to C&D, the Accord coupe doesn't share any body panels or glass with the sedan.I haven't driven the Accord, but the Altima (four-cylinder, stick) was actually quite fun to drive. It did, however, get a bit squirrelly at speed in the corners. It was strange having the rear end slide out on a FWD car. I found the Altima to be attractive in person, but the Accord may be better in that respect.

I don't have a problem with Suburban, Cutlass, or Corolla. And BRAT was an acronym for Bi-drive Recreational All-terrain Transporter, and the term "Brat" just seems to be Generation X well before they could drive.

So there have been people charting the "bounciness" of breasts for a while? I know many, MANY people who have done this as a hobby, but there are professionals who do this for a living?The more I think about this topic, the more I need a cigarette.

What's BS about it? What percentage of all Hyundais are built in the US? What percentage of all Buick LaCrosses and Chevrolet Impalas are? How about Ford Fusions and Chrysler PT Cruisers?Please...tell me what's BS about the claim? The same was said about Volkswagen at one time...and Toyota and Honda. I've recommended Hyundais to several people and they've been very happy with their purchases and have recommended their cars to others. These people are PROUD to say that they own a Hyundai and that it didn't cost them nearly as much as the competition.

Still not working.

As stated in the above post, I hope all of your health issues are treated and you come out of this stronger. Good luck to you! The people who "devastated us" 65 years ago are, for the most part, dead. Japan barely acknowledges these events even to their own people...it's a different country today. Japan is our ally, not our enemy. And while it may seem that the barriers to trade with Japan are major, the biggest problem comes from our own products. For the most part, Japanese patriotism and the American's lack of competition (the Big3 don't make products suitable for the Japanese market) are the biggest barriers.That aside, GM has a problem with breaking contracts in NASCAR. If you start breaking contracts with people that the fans like (Tony Stewart, Joe Gibbs, etc), then you risk alienating the people you're trying to impress with your participation in NASCAR. Your dedication to GM is admirable, but competition is competition and most fans see it that way. If GM were to walk away from Joe Gibbs Racing and Tony Stewart before the end of their contract (and more importantly, before the end of the season), won't fans be upset...especially if it affects the drive for the Cup? I, personally, haven't liked NASCAR since they stopped using stock bodies (it is the National Association of STOCK CAR Auto Racing, isn't it?). I don't care which driver wins, I care more about which brand wins and NASCAR has gone out of their way to make sure I don't matter. All the cars are the same except for the decals. Boring! But as a professional in the automotive industry, I can see how the NASCAR fans (a large group of people) are a necessary subset of the buying public. Toyota, as a competitor in the industry, sees this group as a missed target audience, just as Chrysler did five years ago and as Honda and Nissan may see in the future. Tony Stewart and Joe Gibbs Racing see it just the same way. If Toyota is going to invest more in the teams, which are very expensive to run, then you go where the money is. Perhaps when Toyota's NASCAR investment has reached a point where they no longer see any benefit, GM or Ford or Chrysler (or Nissan or Honda) will be where the money is. But I can't fault the racers and team owners from working toward a profitable business. NASCAR stopped being racing a long time ago and is all about business. It's not Tony Stewart's job to sell Impalas...it's his job to win races.

I was thinking the same thing. I'd rather drive this than the current Sebring.

GMC Sprint

I have my moments. I'm glad I have provided some levity in your life!

How about this one... http://www.carspace.com/blogs/Hudson/Shoul...-or-Should-They

So which old Beatle did you want to put that Rolls kit on? I guess you're down to Ringo or Paul since George and John are dead.

How about machine guns mounted behind the grille so I can get rid of all of those bad drivers in front of me. Robocop Vigilantism!

There's Luk Oil, which is Russian. But are you referring to Valero, which is US-based.

If you think that's bad, go to Altoona. You can't walk out of one Sheetz without walking into another.

Wawa is based in Wawa, PA....West of Philadelphia. Just like Turkey Hill (Harrisburg/Lancaster) or Sheetz (Altoona) or Unimart (State College).

This makes it sound like production was relocated. Production of the Matrix never took place in California...it was always in Cambridge.

That Free-Way has been modified...they're supposed to have ONE headlight, not three.

Revised revised list. Since about 1930 (names are my names based on the information I've found): Buick has had five engine families: Straight Eight, Nailhead V8, "Aluminum V8" (which includes the iron block V6), Small V8, and Large V8 Cadillac has had nine engine families: Type 51, Series 341, Monobloc, OHV, OHV-2, HT, Premium V, Series 452, and Series 90 Chevrolet has had 12 engine families (although I'm trying to track down the Chevette's origins): 171, Vega 2.3, OHV Four, 60-degree, Straight Six-1, Straight Six-2, Stovebolt, Flat Six, Small Block, Big Block-1, Big Block-2, and (by majority rule) LS V8. It seems that the "153" four cylinder was derived from the Stovebolt six. GMC has had two engine families: Straight Six and V6 LaSalle has had one engine family: Eight Oldsmobile has had four engine families: Quad 4, straight six (shared with GMC), straight eight, and V8 Pontiac has had six engine families: Iron Duke, Split Head, Flat Head Six, Straight Six, Eight, and V8 Saturn has had one engine family: 1.9L Corporate engine families include: Atlas, and High Feature. Ecotec is derived from Opel's Family II, which will be added when Opel is added to this list. Detroit Diesel added one: 6.2/6.5 DMAX added one: Duramax Lotus added one: LT5 That's 45 engine families since about 1932ish. This does not include Saab, Opel, and Vauxhall engine families nor any of the Asian engines that were built with GM, for GM, or while GM owned part/all of an Asian manufacturer. This list does not include any engines designed only for medium- or heavy-duty trucks or off-highway engines.

Please allow me to restate...LaSalle never had a PRODUCTION V12 model. Can I go with that one?

Atleast it wasn't this...