Robert Hall

That pic looks more like a '72...(parking lights below the bumper, grille center detailing).

The heat and humidity would be a huge turn-off for me as far as Houston. And that it is in Texas. And the threat of hurricanes and flooding... My sister is working there 4 days currently on a contract, and says the weather this summer has been more unpleasant than Phoenix because of the humidity and rain..

Yes, Phoenix surpassed Philadelphia last year to become the 5th largest US city... 1.5 mill and about 3.5 mill in the metro area..they've been growing like crazy for years..my sister has been there off and on for 25 years and has seen a lot of growth and change.

It's too bad they didn't SVT-ise the LS... I saw an LS last year with the '93 Cobra 4.6 DOHC drivetrain, sounded pretty sweet...

I don't get it either..the Northstar is quite competitive..

Probably just numbers generated in a computer simulation...just some one's pipe dream. The long gestation cycle of the Veyron shows how difficult it is to really build a 250+ mph car..

Maybe the '08 Malibu or CTS? Or the production version of the Camaro ?

Article of early info on '07 LA Show (Dec 06). LA Show announcements

I like modern lighting packaging..some are pretty distinctive and unique with projector bulbs, etc.. definitely better than the ugly big square 2-light systems in the late-70s/early-80s or the oh-so-dull rectangular flat plastic flush housings that were over-used in the late 80s early '90s...

True enough...the G35 and 3-series are at the top of my list for affordable coupes (and they are about 1/10th the cost of a decent house around here..) The Tiburon looks pretty nice, though, for a FWD coupe, though a little thick in the middle (high beltline)...looks like it is a reskin of the current model (I think the greenhouse is carryover).

It looks like it's based on the Elise...sounds like a different body and $40k of hardware changes to a $40k car.

Here's a pic..it's a small wagon.

Tiguan, eh? Marakkech would have been good and gone well with Touareg... or how about Fateh, Hezbollah, or Hamas?

It does... the doors and greenhouse look a lot like an E46 generation 3-series.. the overall profile is BMW-ish with the short overhangs, great RWD proportions. It's pretty frustrating to see Holden offering modern, mainstream GM RWD sedans while GM NA (except for Cadillac) keeps offering the same old, same old FWD rental sedans with the weak promise of 'just wait till next year(s)'...

The problem is the Caprice and Statesman are nearly identical...Chevy and Buick need distinctly different styling (you don't want GM to go back to badge-engineering across their car lines, do you?) I like the idea of Pontiac getting the performance-oriented SWB model, and Chevy and Buick need the bigger sedans, but they need totally different styling inside and out(not just grilles and fascias)..

Well, I've read that Chevy was developing a Zeta-based Impala for the US with semi-retro styling based on the '67 Impala.. that I assume will be the US Chevy Zeta..and it's been said the new Holden Statesman will be a Buick for the US...

I love that movie.. first saw it about 25 years ago as a kid... ever since seeing that, I've had a thing for white '70 Challengers... saw it and Duel (with a red '70 Valiant) at about the same time, both classic car chase films.. I've built up a little collection of my favorite car-chase/racing films on DVD.. Vanishing Point, Duel (VHS, haven't seen it offered on DVD), Ronin, Transporter, Bullitt, LeMans, The French Connection, The Seven Ups, To Live and Die in LA, The Driver, Blues Brothers.. I'll have to get Grand Prix..it's now out on DVD.

Nope..from downtown to downtown, it's about 70 miles.. from northern Co Springs to the south Denver suburbs, it's about 50... lots of commuters... (I used to do it, 58 miles each way).

Arizona also has a lot of Mormons also...esp. in the East Valley suburbs of Phoenix... I noticed Colorado Springs ranked #1 in Money's best 'big' cities (over 300k population)...it's a pretty place with a great climate, a lot to do outdoors (I lived there 5 years--moved 50 miles north to Denver when the high-tech job market tanked), but it always felt more like a big small town than a big city to me...and the biggest problem is that it is overrun with evangelical Christians (Focus on the Family is based there) and Republicans. Scary place politically, but I still have a lot of friends there. Money's Best Big Cities

Yes, they missed their target by many years..if they had wanted the Marauder to have a market impact, it should have been out in '95 or '96 at the latest when the Impala SS was still out...

They seem pretty mediocre to me.. smallish interior for the size, outdated BOF construction, cheap interior plastic, etc...

Ok, I suppose I haven't closed the trunk lately on a Camry...I just don't see how you can close ANY trunk or hatch without touching the paint (unless there is a handle) (and I don't mean the Cadillac style electronic pull-down--you still have have to close it most of the way). I know I'm always getting fingerprints on the decklid of my BMW..

I guess GM NA has spent too many years designing FWD sedans for Avis...

I could see the Holden VE SS V as a Pontiac sports sedan...it has proper RWD proportions, a taught, clean shape, without the huge overhangs of Pontiac's FWD sedans and a minimum of bodykit gorp. Add Pontiac badges, a pointed nose with split grill, and you have a Pontiac sports sedan..(hopefully with a name better than "G8)". A car like this would give Pontiac credibility and viability. PONTIAC NEEDS THIS CAR NOW

IMHO, the one aspect that has been a design flaw in the W's forever (and a problem with so many '80s-'90s FWDers) is the huge front overhang and oh-so-short front wheel-to-front door distance..it makes them look oddly proportioned in profile and in a front 3/4 view..