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Lexus should name it SH-IT. Pontiac Aztec is beautiful compared to this.

LOL. Choices are indeed problems to whine at.

Thanks Gentlemen. Unfortunately, I drove the BMW all day long.

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William, good job. You are improving as a reporter. Now time for you to go and get some seat time in a race setting to start pushing these vehicles to the limit as you test them..

Welcome from sun-don't-shine state. I wish you happy posting.

1: DIGITAL DEATH MANAGER "Life-logging" will be a way of life, affecting how we record and remember what we do. Young sees a role for someone who can take the mass of life-logged material, and make stories out of it. That could be useful during our lives (for personal-brand purposes) but also in death. "Today, it happens only with important people. Andy Warhol has a foundation, and so on. We're imagining this is going to ladder down to other people who want to shape what their legacy means," Young says. 2: UN-SCHOOLING COUNSELOR The concept of education as a four-year box-ticking exercise will be over. The future will be more diverse. People will plug in a year of education here and there, a month now and again, and un-schooling counselors will guide them the whole way. "We're seeing the evolution of the traditional counselor to someone who can hack your life together so it's unique," he says. 3: ARMCHAIR EXPLORER Machines will be connected, producing tons of data about their performance and surroundings. Communications technology that has been expensive in the past (like satellites) will be widely accessible. This will create opportunities for "armchair explorers" who will travel the world, checking on systems, buildings, and hard-to-reach places. We'll need people to break through the fog, and give us a clear picture. 4: 3-D PRINTING HANDYMAN Today when your handyman fixes something, he usually has to order a spare part from China. One day, he might print it right in your yard. Say you need to replace the pipe under your sink. Why wait for the whole thing to come in from out of the country, when it can be done there and then? We already have 3-D printed shower heads, after all. 5: MICROBIAL BALANCER From the gut to your mouth, the microbial world is a big focus of current research. Young sees a job for a "microbial balancer" who can keep you aligned with your bacteria: "They will understand how to read your genome, your gut, and your mouth bacteria and get you better balanced at a house, school, or individual level. They're the equivalent of the Feng Shui person who sets up your apartment." 6: CORPORATE DISORGANIZER Big companies want to be more like startups, seeing innovation as vital to future profits. Young says they'll want "corporate disorganizers" who can introduce a little "organized chaos." Young says: "The disruptor will be tapping into the new systems of the collaborative economy, creating greater fragmentation and a more distributed ecosystem." 7: DIGITAL DETOX SPECIALIST The digital "overload" will become even more overwhelming. That will open the way for people who can help lead less data-centric lives, or at least find a better balance. In some cases, they will even organize digital rehabs. It's going to get that bad (actually, it already is). 8: THE URBAN SHEPHERD With cities getting greener, we'll need "urban shepherds" to look after the new infrastructure. "You need someone who is going to take care of the urban beehives, who's going to make sure your composting is set up correctly, and who is going to know how to curate all the vertical gardens," Young says.

You should see some of the response on our facebook pages. People waaaay outside of Buick's traditional demographic seem to love it and a few even said they want one. Post some of them here, I am curious. I would not mind owning one if it had a manual and a little more power - 220 or so or diesel. Given I go to many places, though not super-offroad, that need AWD. Right now Lumina does the job (contractors call it my truck) . But a little ground clearance and some offroad prowess, it would be like the little Suzukis in the past. GM should get credit here.

Congrats. I think this vehicle segment is waiting for explosion. It makes a perfect car for what Albert's requirements are.

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You know the answer to your question, why ask?

Bring Tata here, problem solved.

Welcome, boy you don't drive fast at ~17 km/h. (I think you meant km/l)

Happy Birthday

Interesting! What a Beaut. Just when I thought concept of the word concept had diminished to thinly-veiled production car, this thing comes out.

Subaru - Stay small survive so-long. The brand has a catchet and a loyal base. Look at BMW and how its base is on the verge of a revolt.

Yes the market is there. Buick is showing it where Mini and VW (up to a certain extent) failed to. Despite the Encore costing more than Juke, it sold the same volume as the cheap competitor. All the trishield needs is a more powerful engine and a diesel and it will keep the force going. I do not think Cadillac needs a bone in this, let it be the standard of the world, instead of diluting the brand like the Germans are for sake of volume. It will be ironic that the Germans will fight Buick at lower end and Caddillac at higher end. GM should look at the big picture here.

HB, Professor.

Comparing Chevy to MB, to justify existence of GLA, priceless.

Mercedes using the reverse Hyundai in strategy! Talk about who is impersonating whom.

The swooping windshield gives it a look of a dustbuster brethren rather than a Civic wagon.

Welcome from another member from FL.

Steering wheel is no worse than one in the $100,000 S-Class. In someways it pays homage to the first gen FWD Impala.

LOL same here, I just looked at the comments. This is the best comment to me: as safe and sensible as a motorcycle with an umbrella.

I always thought so. But you did not like it, when we discussed about it in Detroit. You said it was not a cohesive design. Growing on you?