You made me go to the basement and dig up the 3.5 disc with this pic.
This is quite the thread, as most of the cars I have owned have been mentioned here for good or bad.
Had an '81 Regal with 3.8L. Nice looking, horrible engine.
Then came '85 Celebrity Eurosport. Again, nice car, reliable, kind sporty but still economical with the 2.8L. Worked well as college car.
Then '88 Cutlass International probably my second favorite W-car I have owned. Great car despite first MY fears. Everything done right, and loved the little touches.
Then '94 Cutlass Supreme (3.4 DOHC), if '88 was good, '94 should be better, right? Not necessarily. Having owned them back to back I could see every cost reduction that was done between '88 and '94 and didnt like many of them. Still a distinctive car on the road and I kind of miss this car for the looks alone.
Then there was a Bonneville SSEi, not really part of this discussion, but maybe my favorite car of all.
Then '04 GP GTP - yes the SC3800 was beautiful powertrain. The interior left some to be desired.
And now of course the '06 GP GXP. Gotta love a V8, and interior improvements help this car over the '04.
Throw in a '69 442 to the mix and I have had some fun in my GM cars.
Now, that said, I too couldnt stomach the FWD move when it happened. But you know, in snow its great. And you can have some fun in FWD if you spend enough time getting to know how the car handles. Since I have been driving a W-car since 1991, with the excpetion of the SSEi years, I have gotten to know them pretty well, and I think I can hustle these cars around pretty good at this point. Especially now with FE4 on the GXP. You just learn to adjust to the way the car reacts.