oldshurst442

Grosse Corvette, petite quéquette

All nonsense, useless tacky add-ons for boy-racer image that does NOTHING especially on CUVs. Electric CUVs. If the Chevy CUV SS had those vents be functional to let the air flow through for less drag for more efficiency of some sort, then I wouldnt be so critical and in agreement with you. But...its plastic boy-racer overkill. Like like you said, cleaner, simpler designs just means less is more!!! The Tesla Model 3 and Y are frumpy. Too frumpy. Simple and clean but way too frumpy. And that has dated the design quite fast since other OEMs have decided to join the EV club. But....the Model S looks good to this day. It has aged and its loooong in the tooth ONLY because its OVER a decade old now. But the Model S is a very clean design. Its sleek and it has looked great all this time BECAUSE its a clean no nonsense design.

100% in agreement!!!

Looks like a 'Like A Rock' photoshoot!!! Very nice! (LOVE the guitar solo BTW!!!) (One of my all time favorite solos...)

Thanx for the effort Drew! Whatever it may be, blame it on the rain.

none are. lol. nothing to do with your long day at work. You cant think of any 'cause there arent any!!! lol. We agree 100% there!!! ENJOY my friend!!! You deserve it. 1. long day at work 2. having to endure ME on the internet. LOL. Good Night see ya tomorrow!

no. stop reaching.

I never told you to buy those. But...that is STILL not a CUV... THAT is still a fun, joyfilled vehicle. And its probably got the LEAST horsepower and is slower than the slowest car I posted... And... THAT is eons away from what an Encore represents... In essence, you agree with me.

I NEVER once mentioned PERFORMANCE... NONE of the vehicles I posted are of the fast variety. ALL are of the econocar variety. ALL of those vehicles I posted, other than the Toyota GT-S, every single one of them...were the SLOWEST of ANY car during that time... You dont need a CUV to go hiking. You dont need a CUV to play sports. I rented a Daewoo Matiz in 2001 (google it) and it went EVERYWHERE I asked of it on the island of where my mom came from in Greece. All donkey trails going up mountian sides, parking it and hiking up to other parts where NO car can go. With a 1.4 liter 75 HP engine I think.... The thing was a blast. The Matiz was NOT a CUV... It was a hatchback, but it wasnt a CUV... And it was spacious. I bet even YOU could have fit inside it... The joy of living statement ha nothing to do about what one does to pass his time. The joy of living statement simply means, the North American has let corporations dictate to him what he needs to buy. Therefore he gave up his choices and let corporate execs decide what for him. His free will he gave up. And the joy of living is having free will... I actually made philosophical point. LOL Point very well made and taken!!!

@David Yet...of all your personal vehicles you just posted...NONE are CUVs!!! NOT the Trailblazer SS. NOT the Yukon. NOT the 'Slade. The ONE criteria you have, which is to fit, not ONE CUV past or present that you could fit in. Of ALL the econocars I posted....NONE are performance cars...

No argument there, that is for sure! Our roads are clogged up with traffic. Some parts of the US and in Canada, true for Montreal, the roads are disgustingly bad full of cracks and pot holes. Dangerous when driving spiritedly let alone quickly. You mention it later on: the driving IQ and skills is not just lacking, its NON-EXISTENT! But regarding this quote: I wasnt really talking about a high-powered coupe. But this was a also a Corolla once upon a time ago. Sure it was more peppy than a regular (4 door or regular coupe) Corolla, but it sure wasnt a Trans Am or Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo of the era either. There was also this and another version and this And even this. My girlfriend at the time had one. Manual. She taught me to drive manual in that car. And its weird. We want the CUV to carry friends and stuff, but back in the day, with smaller cars and many many MORE friends, we found ways to fit in and go where we needed to go with these small econo cars. Today, the youth, nor the slightly more older folk, drive CUVs, but the CUVs are almost always EMPTY... Like I said, North Americans were bamboozled and were oversold on the need for a CUV. Its too bad. Because cars, although slower, a LOT slower, were much much more fun back in the day. And when I mean fun, I mean fun in many many ways. Different styles. A plethora of colours.... The modern CUV is just so...so...common. Not only common by the sheer numbers, but common as there is NO diversity in styling.

I get the reasons why some of these CUVs exist. Especially over their compact sedan equivalents. But sometimes, the CUV selling point doesnt match reality. What you state in the following quote: is a reality in plenty of scenarios for various reasons many times for many people. And CUVs arent necessarily more safer than their sedan equivalents either. Definetely not more fun from CUVs like the Encore or RAV4 or whatever appliance CUV you want to mention. I get that your average compact econocar sedan aint fun either, but econocar sedans also came in coupe form that added some kind of flavour. I also understand that those fell out of favour as well, and THAT is why I quipped about being an amoeba. CUVs just lack any kind of human emotion. I do see reasons why CUVs should exist in an automotive landscape, no matter what world market, but in the North American market, for whatever reason, North Americans have given up...on life. They gave up on choices. Gave up on the joy of living. Got sold on pathetic marketing of overselling needs.

Ill answer you both (@David and @Drew Dowdell) with a song and picture like I did previously. For humour. About cars being dead one or two decades ago and about choosing the right tool for the job. Same answer for both. Buying one of these: Tell me you are alive and kickin' without telling me you are alive and kickin'! I aint disagreeing with what both of you are sayin'. But its quite sad that we once had these vehicles at our disposal to only have lifeless, joyless pods to roam around in. Its just a render...BUT look at all the fun the FWD sedan could bring us.

Its a CUV.... Regardless if its a Buick or a Toyota. Buying a CUV pretty much tells ME that YOU are an amoeba rather than a hot blooded, full of life, energy and emotions human being. But that is just me. It could be just about any other CUV...but since this is about I feel numb! EXACTLY!!! Numb and dumb!

Possibly new Lambo to replace old Lambo And for this possible new Lambo to replace the old one, Im happy for the Corvette C8 because the way the Chevy designers stylized the C8, they ended up with a forward thinking design DESPITE what some haterz were saying that the C8 is ugly or overdone or whatever they were saying... Similar pointed nose. Similar front end air ducts. Similar kind of air entry in front of the rear wheels. One is CLEARLY Lambo DNA while the with the other, one could see faint Corvette DNA. Hey...the Corvette evolved greatly... Now...Im NOT saying Lambo copyed Corvette, and Im NOT saying that the C8 is NOT European mid-engine mainly Lambo inspired, because it is...with a touch of Corvette in that Euro/Lambo inspiration with a small dab of Ferrari as well. What I AM saying is that Lambo has ALWAYS been aggressive and arrogant with a smidgen of boyracer. Coincidentally, Corvette too, has ALWAYS been aggressive and arrogant with a smidgen of boyracer and when Corvette went mid-engined, the C8's styling has at least been on par with what is going on for Italo-exotics and not in a past tense kinda way...but in a future kinda way. And THAT is a good thing for Corvette going forward in the future. Pure modern, as in the last 15 years at least, Lambo rear styling. With a GREAT way to place the exhausts!!! Hopefully that styling exercise makes it to the real thing. Two very very different rear ends...but...the Vette gets some hate for having Camaro taillights. *SIGH* The Vette rear end IS busy, maybe TOO busy, but regarding the lights, what I see is taillights that emulate what Lambo has been doing with its tailights since a long time. And I actually PREFER those so called Camaro lights. I believe that the classical round Vette lights wouldnt be jivin' with the new mid-engine look... The one thing I do not like about the Ferrari rear...is the quad lights. For me...it doesnt work. For me...this works more And I see what the Corvette stylizers were aining for...and I approve. Let me remind my readers that Ferrari is the Italian exotic car brand that I prefer over Lamborghini. Just wanted to point that out.

I got a mixed bag of emotions regarding this one. The song and group are fitting for this...because the Stones are British and the styling of this EV sure seems to be of the British roadster type. I love the Stones and I love this EV. However...I dont like the front end styling of it. Dont like the grille and there is something about the headlights that I dont like. I cant put my finger on itIs it the black enclosure? Is it the plain jane circles? Is the oval enclosure awkward? I do LOVE the fenders and the way they bulge and the hood scultpured the way it is. Only If the grille was a different shape. I dont like the backlights. I dont like the fact that they are protruding circles, but I do like their placement and the angle of them in the back. Im not entirely enamoured by the styling of the back end, but its not too bad either. I LOVE the silhouette and I LOVE the interior. Those gauges are awesome. Very elegant. I love the supposed statistics but I dont really like the price tag. Definetely roadster for me!!!