Robert Hall

Apples to oranges..Expeditions, Tahoes, Suburbans and other obese SUVs generally aren't used by farmers in the US but families in suburbia.. they are the modern equivalent of the big family station wagons of the past. As long as we have cheap gas, a nation of obese people will continue buying obese vehicles...

The 25 between Colorado Springs and Denver...driven it frequently over the last 9 years..once a week for a while and daily for a while...maybe only once a month in recent years... The 70 between Denver and Dillon and Frisco (up in the mountains)..probably driven it at least once every 4-6 weeks over the last 4 1/2 years.. I used to be very familiar with the route from Ann Arbor, Michigan down to Toledo, across the Ohio Turnpike to Akron, then I-77 down to Newcomerstown..about 250 miles that I drove once a month or so for 3 years when I was in grad school in Michigan...

Not going to happen...companies have to work within the regulations.

Yes, but in the real world, people do...

Why? Consumers don't exclude them....

Because Chevrolet sedans in the US are FWD rental models..

I like the wheels and brakes, I could do without the body kit..

Totally tasteless...about as nasty looking as the Halloween Harley-Davidson edition Ford Super Duty from a couple years ago (orange and black).

I like... bold moves, decidedly not retro again..a Jag answer to the CLS?

Ah, he meant to say 'sedan' and not car... hatchbacks are cars too, certainly more practical in a compact than a sedan with a tiny trunk...

That list is incomplete...lots of other new for '07 crossovers and SUVs... Acura RDX BMW X5 Cadillac Escalade Chevy Avalanche Chevy Tahoe Chevy Suburban Chrysler Aspen GMC Acadia GMC Yukon Jeep Compass Jeep Patriot Lincoln MKX Mazda CX-9 Merc GL Toyota FJ Cruiser others?

??? It's a five door hatchback like the Mazda3 or Focus...it's definitely a car..

1966-1970 Datsun 1600 Sports...basically, Datsun's answer to MG and Triumph...neat car. Datsun 1600 Sports

Yes, pretty much Captain Obvious material..

Because of the blizzard here in Denver a few days ago, my Xmas plans have been totally fouled up..so my g/f and I are hanging out here in town for the holiday...off work until the 2nd, going to rest and play around with my home computers next week...

Ahhh...love the styling of that '70 Cutlass SX.

I like the look of the 5dr hatch...I had a rental one a couple of years ago from Avis in Italy..diesel, drove quite nicely. Clean, crisp styling, and the 5dr hatch is practical. I've seen a few here in the US (in San Diego and Phoenix)--Chevy Vectras from Mexico..

Yes, LA would have made more sense... the audience of potential buyers for such a car is there also...

I predict sometime in the next 9 months, if the '08s go on sale in Sept '07 or so...

Yeah, and Toyota is advertising it on their website as a 2007...looks like no MT TOTY award for Toyota, heh-heh..

I like the front end change...looks less truckish than the current model, IMHO.

That purple '69 Firebird is sweet..haven't found it yet in that color. I have the blue one. I found the '06 Camaro concept at Target recently..it's very nicely done.

Since the Malibu has been redone for '08, I'm sure it won't get redesigned until well after '10, maybe '12?

The '08 Super Duty is just a refresh of a '99 design. though..and painfully ugly up front.

I like the big, bold grille..that is one thing that Mercedes is missing these days..their grilles aren't big enough, IMHO...the big in-your-face grille was one of things I loved about the classic W126 SELs of the '80s and early '90s.