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ssurprised that the element took such a hit.

what is the wheelbase? sigmas all have long wheelbase. this must be around 108 inches for such huge overhangs. that' my official guess. in the FWIW department, my aztek, which is also a GM crossover, i think the wheelbase is around 108 inches and it makes for a nice turning circle and doesn't feel so long like the flex does.

give hyundai credit. they at least are outdoing all the other rice out there with this, except the rx8 and 350z. the rx8 drinks oil and gas and still lacks power. the 350z looks diseased sometimes.

sell it now and buy it back later when no one cares?

good job toyota. can you shoot for 'best decline evah' again next month? one thing to note PEOPLE! subaru was up! VW is doing good. LEASING STILL MATTERS! the time GM and Ford get leasing back is the time their numbers go back too! chastise leasing if you want, but wasn't leasing like 30-35% of domestics business? THIS MIGHT EXPLAIN WHY SALES ARE DOWN AN EQUIVALENT percent.

rdx is a joke by the way. but the press doesn't seem to mind it.

the SRX is much wider than the thetas also. i think the large overhangs are throwing everyone for a loop.

key words, FULL LINE

with this economy, and dead halt to construction industry, i hope i don't get a SEVERAL month vacation soon.....

the reason saturn had to proliferate models was to sustain volume. the S series had huge drops and couldn't sustain the brand. and that was with sedan, coupe and occasionally wagon. and then this means saturn would get probably any compact pontiac was supposed to in the future. in my mind you have to continue to have vue, aura, and astra equivalent at a minimum to justify saturn. i think also that the compact saturn then needs to be in a configuration (i.e. sedan) that allows for you to depend on it for volume. all i know is this. I don't want a chevy typically or a buick. i will buy a pontiac or saturn. (or saab). Until Buick get a major makeover I don't buy the opel transformation. I do know this. Tomorrow they announce loyalty rebates and GM card round up. Plus new incentives. So I can finally once and for all see if I can get that Astra I want for as cheap as I want it.

lambda escalade will be caddy's 7 seater.

it is from the standpoint of marketability. this one will score with women (someone caddy desperately needs in the stable). plus, this is a 'crossover'. the now prior srx was a 'wagon'. this new one has hotter styling. not to mention this can sell at lower price points and higher volume.

crapola! a buddy of mine in HS had one of these 442's! i love these styles. its a pittance. fk the cost! do it!

G8 ST ...LOL!

i say this. get the CAR ITSELF out into the urban and young demographic PHYSICALLY. let them DRIVE it and GET INSIDE IT. let them smell the german interior and touch the german leather. let them feel the shifter fall to hand. give a free 100 dollar visa gift card to as many under 35's as they can. or give them a cell phone, or do something. free dinner. free starbucks cards. put the f---cking car in a mall where these people shop. park a corolla next to it. let them drive the two back to back. even if say a lot of them said, 'hmmm, needs more power with an automatic' it would at least break down the unknowns about the car and get it on the map. maybe someone would say 'wow the door hinge has detents on it and has heft, just like an audi'. at the auto show here the astra, once people checked it out, had some decent comments about it. at least the car goes from being unknown to getting SOME kind of opinion about it. you just need to GET THEM IN THE DOOR. it doesn't have to be a game changer, it just needs to not be an unknown. you will get enough positive opinions over time if you just take away the unknowns.

i've driven the mazda 3 enough to know its a good car, but not substantially better than the astra. it's different is all.

wise move, on his part.

DAMN! that's a sweet deal! many congratulations!

because they might be the only ones who think of themselves as smart. when in fact, they might be dumber than $h! to the rest of the common sense nation. of course, i appear to be right in the literacy capital of the universe. there is an equal amount of dip$h!s right here as well.

GM should bite the bullet and get standard NAV screens in every car for 2010. then, build the value of on star by integrating the on star turn by turn with the standard NAV screen. now THAT would be innovation and leveraging the existing service. make the screen standard with the on star assistance a small fee based deal. give it away for free for a bit and make sales off new added on star features that correspond with the screens. add entertainment and travel services and internet to on star. then it becomes a profit center.

have you driven any of the saturns? aura-fun to drive. very good car. vue- test drive any vue and then drive a rice model like a forester etc. you won't buy the competition. outlook- along with the acadia was GM's first crossover and is among the best family haulers. more useful than the cargo space challenged cx-9 (could never use it for a family trip) or overpriced mdx astra-quite peppy with a manual actually and class leading handling. if you tested one you'd find out it feels upscale. sky- affordable 260hp roadster? yeah chevy has that right now. there was incompleteness to which saturn has developed each vehicle, but honestly that occurs with all manufacturers and models. even though saturn appears fairly dead now, had the marketing been correct and a few details been done better on each of these vehicles, saturn would probably be thriving. one thing the auto collapse may do is force GM to throw all the resources at chevy (it's least esteemed brand, go figure, lets throw our rebuilding efforts at the brand the public thinks is the biggest loser, the biggest hole to unbury from). and hopefully it focuses buick and pontiac. funny though did pontiac need focus as much as 8-9 year ago when they were still pushing half a million units?

the school year needs to be changed. get rid of the summer vacay. schools should be set up in quarters and there is no reason why we shouldn't utilize the summer in some way for education as well.

matt dillon's score record with hollywood ladies (at least on film) is among the best. he's still up there fairly high on the totem pole.

a legit question. you are a casual car fan with money to burn and want to buy detroit iron. CTS or MKs? The CTS is more stimulating, but honestly, a case can be made that many of the masses might sway towards an MKs because it is more vanilla.

you know, i like that comparison a lot. i think an aurora owner would find the MKs to be a nice follow up.