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we were at the parents in grand forks on sat. stayed most of the afternoon. where was the wedding? my folks live in the columbia park towers by the mall. my dad and i went to the GM dealer and he was checking out the CTS until he found it out it was RWD. He likes the new STS as well and that can be had with AWD if you can find one that way. Now that's getting older he wants the sportier looking caddies. I grabbed an Acadia brochure.

thank you. its time for unions to adjust or die. before they bring down millions of others. ok, here's what else bush needs to go, sorry that's just the way it is. the upper class folk need to knocked down about 5 or 6 notches. even the upper upper middle class folks need to brought down. especially those whose job is just to sit in meetings and read email all day ubt still collect a measly 150k or something. we need to rid our business practices of excessive administration and marketing costs. there are too many management, marketing, and fluff people in American business. too often today marketing is used as a de facto substitute for developing products and services that someone actually can use want or benefit from. our business leaders are groomed to only perform to results, not to actually know care or understand the products they make and sell and push. 2/3 of the stuff you buy in the US is complete junk, fueled by our culture of overconsumption. that is also what fuels our trade deficit. We buy the same junk over and over because it is half ass made but need to buy it over and over again because it either breaks or it didn't serve our needs the first time. health care etc. needs to get fixed and the car companies cannot do it alone but do need to take responsibility for part of the mess they created. BTW why does a plasma HDTV cost less than my simple CPAP? that alone shows why health care is so hosed up. and really, in addition to the union getting decimated, our car companies will need an overhaul. get rid of all the lifers and those who have no clue otherwise. move their offices to places other detroit so they have a clue what AMERICA wants, not just Michigan. start putting decent interiors and powertrains in your cars and get a serious clue about craftsmanship and design. and overhaul the entire dealer network and shopping experience. sell direct from the factory, screw the bloddsucking megadealers.....and closed circuit.........tell big oil to fCK off and develop transportation that runs on multiple fuels. its time we take responsibility for our future and grab our chances by the balls because there may not be any left. if i took over gm or ford i would walk in there and tell them what needs to happen. anyone who was not on board with real change would be told to get the hell out. I don't think anyone has had the balls to do that yet, except for maybe Alan Mullaly, and he still doesn't have much support or time. I think its high time for a showdown with the union. I actually think Ford may be best set up to do battle with them. Ford's big volume models that are actually increasing in sales are more and more not being made in the US. It would be nice if DCX took the first battle...if they lose out its no big deal because chrysler is German anyways. what would GM or ford lose in an extended battle with the unions? Not much I figure, and they might be able to totally change their business to the favor of the rest of the citizens in this country, quicker than they can if they are constantly being nickled and dimed by the union mantra. Lastly, our uptight neighbors and friends need to start considering buying more US cars. We all know many our our friends only buy based upon heresay, or selfish misguided reasons and often do not even look at one US car when they shop. That is irresponsible IMHO.

sure, if you can actually fit inside.

thank you. someone gets it. and real sliding doors operated via keyfob are the one thing to keep a woman happy for a lifetime.

oh cmon, the new altima is far better than the new camry. WTF? the camry doesn't even have a sporting model. clearly this just shows MT is not an enthusiast mag. they are clearly pandering to the masses and to the money.

motor trend's journalistic credentials and professionalism have gone in the $h!ter in the last 12-18 months and as a result, MT is nothing more than a 'California Lifestyle' mag now. Buickman has more journalistic integrity these days as far as I can tell. The last MT i read had 3 bad typos and untruths that I found in 10 minutes after taking it out of the mailbox. They don't even proof their stuff. How unprofessional is that?

HB, buddy. i cruised through your homeland this weekend! but i didn't see you on the roads!

bmw has priced the 3 series out of the market so now they need to bring in something else to start at that 30-35k price point. and sell to high school chicks.

compass=ugly. patriot=acceptable

UM DUH YES but they still are not minivans. and that's the part YOU DON'T GET. so the 350z is a sports car right? its got two seats and a rwd chassis so it should be equal to the corvette, right?

gm ought to be in this segment for no other reason than to steal chrysler sales. minivans are one segment where some folks still buy domestic only and since dcx is vulnerable, a true decent effort could easily sell 100k a year. and make money. ON TOP OF all the lambda suv sales.

some folks want true minivans, not compromised designs based off SUV's...so first off, minivans ARE needed. two-an SUV with slding doors is not a minivan. the acadia is a wonderful package.....I picked up a brochure for one this weekend. At the same time, the acadia has 30 less cubic feet of cargo space than a minivan, and lacks sliding doors. Chevy could move 100k true minivans on this platform, but are throwing in the towel on that. In the meantime, sienna and odyssey keep selling more and more. Chrysler is vulnerable because the new DCX vans coming soon already look suspect.

yeah, that is missing too. footbrakes are for geriatrics.

the aura's interior is somewhat ok. this will have the same or lesser plastic specs. having seen the altimas new interior and how tight it is, its better than the aura. the malibu will not have a better interior than the aura by virtue of gm pecking order. stop getting your panties wet everyone. you've already seen this interior on a saturn lot. even the aura already shares seats w/ the g6.

ugly brick yikes

minivans provide brand entry for many buyers.....i.e. new moms buying a toyota or kia for the first time and then later stepping into other products. GM is so fcked sometimes. it really makes you think they are just a bunch of good ole boy dumbasses that never set foot outside the great lakes area.

yes. why give the whole market to dodge and the asians? this tells me GM is losing their way.

did someone delete my post? o cmon, that year bonneville had no rear room. everyone knows that.

thanks, I'm not the only one who noticed that Aura seats, shifter, center stack. GM corporate steering wheel. I doubt the plastic specs are better than the Aura, but maybe better than the G6, so that means underwhelming. Half the door panel stuff is Aura too. armrest inserts, swtiches, door handle, even the cutline is similar. Probably too narrow, just like the Aura and G6. sorry, the new Altima looks far better to me, interiors wise. so average interior, pushrods, 4 speed automatics, i guess this new malibu will DOMINATE the world.

or cast iron block pushrod v6's originating 40 years ago..........and barely cracking 200hp......

altima, faster, nicer interior, handles better, more room than the bonne, sorry had to put that out there. its an easy call over the bonneville. neither is a styling peach, but niether is offensive. the GXP bonne is very nice, i guess in that iteration wins out in styling. to top it off, the altima is much cheaper than that bonne with sim equipment ever stickered and it doesn't have a (gasp) BENCH SEAT! the altima spanks the G6 so badly its not even funny. its brutally sad. at least until the G6 GTP with 3.6 shows up. the altima makes the mazda6 S look like complete dogmeat.

I am only comparing the rear fender flaring and tailights here by the way, trapped inside the altima's tailights, 3 slices of bent american cheese, a maglite flashlight, and part of a campbell's soup label.

looking through the window at an actual car on the lot, it looks wonderful in person. my only pause about this car is the already dated nissan styling and the fact that the rear flairs up and is lighted like a Y2k ssei. it looks like a pulled taffy rear end just like those heavy ass rear bonnevilles did, although the altima tapers more. it just doesn't have the ribbed for her pleasure side cladding. i.e. batmobile.

truth is this car is 20 times more desirable than the camry and accord. this car is gonna kill the accord in the under 44 demographic. KILL the accord.

think they even crash tested it?