Robert Hall

Not necessarily cheap, but ugly...what's up with the wierd texturing on the top and front of the dash, for example?

I think that is the 5dr version of the Yaris...sure looks like the 3dr Yaris sold in the US but with two extra doors...

Natural response in some people..they fear the unknown.

Agreed...Chevy needs to be above average..

The article says it's a Mitsu Outlander variant..

Hmmm..didn't Cadillac do a Platinum edition Escalade?>

Kewl.

Not surprising...the Korean cars (which the Aveo is) usually come up short against the Japanese entries in any comparison.

I got over 6 years out of my Dell Inspiron 7500..got it Jan '00, and used it at 3 different companies when I was a contractor. It still works fine, running Win 2k and Linux. It's just too heavy to carry around and I'm finding more software that doesn't work with Win 2k and the 256k of RAM and small hard drive are limiting..(this computer actually cost me $0, but I've referred to it as the $9500 laptop (there's a story behind that). I hope my new MacBookPro lasts me as long..

I'm not sure how it is now, but a few years ago (around 2000) the Latitudes were the cheap business machines, and the Inspirons were the high-end business machines (for programmers, for instance). My Inspiron 7500 is much more rugged (the case, etc) than the Latitudes I've used since then.. It just seems Dells in general have gone down in quality over the last 5 years or so..

Agreed...I bought a couple Dell desktops back in the '90s from their website, but my more recent computer purchases have been in person...bought my MacBook at the local Apple store..I like having a local brick-and-mortar place I can take it should it need service..

My company buys Dell Latitudes..we have had a lot of problems with them over the last 4 years..I've been through 2 myself--video card failure, fan failure, DVD drive failure, power supply problem, etc.. I think Dell quality has slipped a lot in recent years.. My personal 6yr old Dell Inspiron 7500 still works great--running Win 2k and Linux dual boot. But it's a very heavy old brick. Still fast enough for my needs, but... so I recently made the jump to a Mac..bought a MacBookPro last weekend as an early Xmas present for myself..so far so good..it will be perfect for personal home use and work when I go back to being an independent contractor (next year)...the best quality about the Mac for me is the Unix inside aspect of OS X.

Technology is no cure for stupidity. Reckless drivers will always be that way.

Can't GM just hire an assassin to take this senile old fool out?

Maybe compact turbos...like BMW is doing with the 335i..

Yeah, I think even a BMW-driving, SUV loving city critter like myself-(I generally don't like trucks) would enjoy this...

Working in the software business, I routinely deal with time pressure and crunches..I usually do pretty well, but I often suffer from insomnia (can't stop thinking about problems when I go home) when in a crunch, and I tend to write buggier code when I'm under a time crunch..hard to avoid in this biz.. i'm in one right now...slept very poorly last night, even though I'm on Lunesta now... I hate overtime, try and avoid it, but I've had a few 45-50 hr weeks lately..

I wonder if they will sell the Camaro in China?

Me too..I didn't like them at first, being a fan of the previous generation 7-, 5-, and 3-series, but the styling of the 5- and 3- have really grown on me.. esp. the 5-. The 7-series and Z4 decklid treatments still don't appeal to me, though.

Regardless of which is better technically, a midsize FWD model with an OHV V6 and 4spd auto is going to be viewed as subpar by most potential car buyers in 2006.... look at the specs of the competition..it's not 1996. GM can't afford to keep building average or below average cars..they need to build best of class cars...you can't do that with outdated powertrains..

Hopefully the new Malibu will have the 3.6 and a 6-speed standard for V6 models...leave the old stuff behind.

This reminds of me of comments I heard at the local auto show last Spring...I was looking at the GTO and a woman asked her male friend 'What's a Pontiac?'...he said 'Some kind of Dodge, I think..'...talk about being out of touch...

I'm looking forward to seeing these in person..so far, judging by the pics of seen here, my favorite styling wise is the Enclave, followed by the Arcadia, and the Outlook...

For some reason, Durangos (1st or 2nd gen) remind me of a big, goofy dog..like a golden retriever or something.

Station wagons are cool, IMHO...I esp. like the old '60s-80s land yacht ones with the fake wood trim on the sides... For modern wagons that I like, the Merc E63 AMG wagon is pretty much the coolest, though the Magnum SRT-8 is pretty cool (but less practical).