Robert Hall

My folks were married 51 years and were loyal Ford buyers most of the time, with a few Chevies, a Dodge and a Hino in the mix. All were bought new except where noted.. The ones they had before me up through 1969: Dad's first car: '41 Packard (his dad's car) When Mom & Dad got married, a new '49 Ford Fordor '52 Ford 2dr '56 Chevy Bel Air 4dr ht '58 Mercury Monterey 4dr sedan '62 Ford Fairlane wagon '65 Hino Contessa sedan (when they lived overseas) '66 Mustang coupe w/ 289 Hi-Po (was my mom's main car till '69, given to my brother who totalled it in '71) '67 Mercury Cougar (mom still has it) '69 Ford Mustang Mach 1 (mom still has it) After I was born: '68 Mercury Cougar (bought in '74) '68 Mercury Cougar XR-7 (bought in '85) '70 Ford LTD 4dr ht '73 Chevy Corvette 454 '73 Dodge 'Mobile Traveler' 21 ft motor home '76 Chevy Caprice 2dr '77 Chevy Vega '78 Southwind 25ft motor home '79 Lincoln Continental Town Car '79 Dodge Power Wagon 4x4 (bought used in '82, a real POS) '81 Chevy chevette (tow car) '82 Lincoln Town Car '82 Pace Arrow 28ft motor home '84 Ford Escort diesel (tow car, my first car) '85 Ford Mustang GT '86 Winnebago Chieftain 33 ft motor home '86 Lincoln Town Car '88 Ford Bronco II 4x4 (became mine in '94) '90 Lincoln Town Car '90 Ford Mustang LX 5.0 conv (mom still has it) '96 Lincoln Town Car (mom still has it) '96 Ford Explorer mom on her own: '05 Lincoln Navigator

Yeah..the CLS is a beautiful car, but it would have made a great hardtop. The reality, though,with pretty much 100% air conditioning in cars today, is that I think people rarely ever drive with the windows down, so a hardtop (2dr or 4dr) is not a big selling point...

Cool. The '61-67 4dr conv. was the high point for Lincoln, IMHO...they haven't done anything as classy or unique since then.

It's probably more cost effective to outsource it..same with how the work on some convertibles are outsourced to vendors like ASC, Karmann, etc..

Pretty underwhelming...yet another midsize FWD rental car.

75 here... and when it's dry and sunny (75% or more days per year), the traffic usually flows along at 80-85 outside of the metro areas on the interstates. The 2-lane state/US roads are usually 65.

It wouldn't be Super if it didn't have it's own styling treatment... Odd that they are waiting so long to release it, though..

Yes, as far as GM..Ford also had their mid-large RWD coupes through '96...(Thunderbird/Cougar)

The main thing that surprised me was the newspaper website was called 'The Whig'. Wasn't that a political party from the 19th century? That's really old school....

Reading various posts around the board today, I realized that there are a lot of posters on the board that remind me of the Uncle Rico character. He was always dreaming of 1982 and wishing he could go back. I think some people here live in 1965 or 1985 or whatever year they want GM to be in again.

The reality is except for the Solstice, Pontiac for 2007 is an all FWD (with a couple AWDs) brand...I don't see that changing in the next few years...

My point was in '70, Chevy had the Camaro, Chevelle and Monte Carlo coupe. I don't think the market is big enough to support 3 Chevy coupes today.

True enough... the article seemed pretty factual to me.

Which is literally the way Chevy sliced up the coupe market in 1970 (plus the Impala and Caprice coupes).. I couldn't see it working today..the coupe market is much smaller than it was then.

I'd stick with BMW and DC products (Jeep). Maybe a Ford, Infiniti, or Acura.

HF II was long gone by then..and there were Mazda engines in Ford cars years before the Yamaha-engined Taurus SHO.

The dealer has been open 100 years. Article here

They could glom together previous top-of-the-line sedan model names and call it the Buick Electra Park Avenue Ultra Limited.

Interesting..I don't know if I like the fender bulges, but the stacked headlights remind me of the '81-87 models.. typical Chevy grille..the hood reminds me of the '88-98..the taillight shape is reminiscent of the current Dodge Ram. I wonder how/if the HD models will be differentiated. For the regular Silverado, I'm glad they went with a clean, evolutionary front end instead of an obese big-rig look like the Ram or Ford SD.

Decepticons. Criminals in disguise?

That's why I think Sting Ray is better...the '67 427s were some of the fastest Corvettes ever made (and the best looking, IMHO).

That's an ignorant comment..the 'tundra' is a frozen wasteland where only the strong survive.. it's a tough place.

I've noticed the same thing when I'm back visiting family in Eastern Ohio...there are a lot of old car shows in the little towns there..something every weekend it seems from May-Sept..lots of neat (mostly restored, since it's not called the Rust Belt for nothing) vintage cars of all types can be seen...

It's cheaper, not a lot though. I love living in the Denver area, I agree about the water though... but the ocean is only a 2hr flight away. The lack of greenery and variety of fall colors gets old after a while, but the dry climate,abundant sunshine and the mountains close by are great. I've been living for the last 4 years in downtown Denver, but I'm thinking of selling my loft and moving to the suburbs so I can have more space... looking at houses in the $350-450k range (about 3000 sq ft, 3 car garage, full basement). My ideal would be So Cal, but the real estate costs are a big turn off, as is the traffic, and the SF Bay Area would be better as far as jobs in my industry go...

Well, obviously.. it's not 1980.