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Well my brother and I were talking the other day about the crisis of Detroit Automakers. He is not at all a car freak, to him cars are utility but should be beautifil. He asked me a question. "So what if a car company dies?" He said like every other businesses or life in general a company is born and if it is not strong and fit to survive on its own it will be on its path to death. GM is showing some recovery at least an effort. But DC and Ford look like their efforts are muted. Rather than taking it over and taking their mess, why not just let it go if they are not capable of fighting themselves?

Is this based on a new platform or DCX is using the new SLK platform? They shouldn't be considering how light this car is compared to the SLK.

I want them to sponsor a couple of Crap-ries in NASCAR. :AH-HA_wink:

Not bad. But they need a complete overhaul soon. 9-3 sales are not doing well.

NO OPTION IS OFF THE TABLE (Including a play-mate party at Dr. Z's house with a soccer game of the babes following the stripping.)

April Fool Day is another 45 days away.

Yeah, Honestly the photographs do not do justice for the car. You should see it in person. As much as I hated it when it came out, I loved the car when I saw one in dark gray near Orlando Airport.

I will agree I am GM fan. But being an automotive fan in general, I have to say that GM has been impressing me with their innovations lately. While the Japsco Inc. (although I will excuse Honda) are trying not to run off their tried and tested path, GM is innovating and pushing the limits. Like the BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY. HERR! GM

Both technologies are different animals, how can you directly relate both cost cuts and compare them? Hybrid battery is far more in the developmental stage compared to the plug in hybrid. Show me the money!! True. Is it not like trying to blame a new born that he will end up being a gangster so let us kill him now? Uhh! based on your theory isn't Horn-dawg bad mouthing plug-ins too? Son, it has been one month since the Detroit Auto Show is done. Give the technologists and the automakers some time Just like how GM missed the boat for hybrids, the Japs missed the boats for plug-ins. Oh! yes they will be in the race trust me. But they are taking a two prong approach. 1. Beat its competitor for taking the lead. (Red Ocean Strategy) 2. Make covert developments of the technology. (Entrepreneurial Judo Strategy)

The world has become a better place than yesterday.

Which Southern Baptist Church does this choir sing at?

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Andy Kauffman

Guys thank you for your input. I think we can do it. We need more ideas to come by. Thanks Detroit-Diesel for the suggestion. I need to do more research regarding the classes and everything. May be a Chevy Colorado with a Isuzu Diesel may be a good thing. Guys let us brainstorm I think we can do it.

Folks, riding on the recent Hummer’s success in the Dakar Rally, I want to take team GM a step further. I have always felt that our pickups are very capable off-roading machines. Just look at those Southern boys lift their pickups to form a formidable off-roader or how the Midwesterners haul the stuff with their four-wheel drives or how the hillbillies like to have mud on their tires of their trucks. As some of you know P-D Rally is where vehicles with steel balls survive, and I definitely think our pickups have more than steel balls. I want us Cheersandgears.com folks to enter two GMT 900 Chevrolet Silverado 2500 HD Duramax Diesels for the Paris-Dakar Rally of 2008. I know it is going to be a difficult task, but what is the fun when the job is easy to do? I want to prove the following things: 1. To enter the bastion of European and Japanese geeks who make the world think that they have better off roading prowess. 2. To create a brand name for Chevrolet and hence GM. 3. To be the first American diesel who can kick ‘em all (has CAT or others won it?). (You know it is a Diesel craze in racing) 4. Publicity for Cheersandgears.com Now, there are two choices that I am going to give you. 1. Smallchevy you are the craziest f*cktard I have seen because ... 2. Let us do it, here is my suggestion … We will need following things to start with. 1. Two GMT 900s 2500 Chevy Silverado Duramax Crew Cabs with short beds (DUH). 2. Drivers with Endurance Rally skills (which I think we can find them) 3. Bunch of Sponsors (Not many, but may be a few), probably Goodyear (we want their tires), GM of course, if Car and Driver hears it, they may lend us some pie and Csaba Csere and Aaron Robinson to be one team of our drivers, LOL. 4. Good technical/mechanical crew. 5. Good Faith We have about a year to prove our worth. I know that the heavy duties are not out yet, but so is our plan not finalized too. I am still planning to work out details. However, if you really think this is going to work, we better start brainstorming about it now. Please let me know guys what you think about this? If not, at least I made folks on this forum laugh on a Sunday afternoon. smallchevy

I hope that it is lighter than the Ion. Only then can they justify that 5 hp drop.By the way Fly we have another 1.8l. LOL

It is time for Chrysler to Hire some better design people. All the latest offerings are either mediocore or just pathetic. It just seems like with the exception of the Charger, Magnum and 300 all products are pukeworthy.

Domestic Cheese

It is good to know that they have not trickled down the options. I like it. The interior color is not the best. May be it will looks better in black (me thinks)

What are they trying to compete with Ram or something? That 290 hp is approaching the half ton catagory. I will hold the judgement of the looks till I see it in person.

FOG for Christ sake, I wanna see that clown face and the Passion for GM in every post I read. Do not take the extreme. We are all here for better GM. Please do not let the tiny misunderstandings between you and other people stop from our Goal of Getting GM to be the BEST again.

68 How many points are you worth from those pics? Did you get a Million Pointer? Good pics.

DINDONG (or Xiadong whatever the hell it is) MOUSTANG

Yes GM should use this as a PR campaign, and blow it out of proportions like Toy-boy-da

May be that dud stole it for your CD collection and the small change you had in it. Anyways a very good news. Congrats.