Drew Dowdell

Toyota doesn't lay people off because Toyota uses contractors for a large portion of their workforce. It doesn't count as laying off when you get the call "Don't come in tomorrow" and you're a contractor.

Typical GM bashing.....30mpg in an equinox.... but DI didn't do much. ya think? You mean like back in 1989 with the DOHC 3.4, or the DOHC 3.5 from Olds, or the Quad-4, or the 3.6HF? And everyone DOES NOT have DOHC across the board. There is still a bunch of SOHC engines out there. Inadequate like say... the 166hp/161ft/lbs@4200rpm that the CRV uses to motivate 3500lbs around town? Say what you will about the base V6 in the current 'Nox but 210 ft/lbs at 3800 RPM is a big advantage over what the CRV offers. Even with the 'Nox going to this new 4-cylinder, it will still have more power than the CRV.

You can cure yourself

You just knew this would have to be posted

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I must have found the lone excellent GM dealer. Bairel Cadillac in Wexford PA was always good to me. I'd place a phone call, they'd bring down a loaner Cadillac the next morning, pick up my car at my office and return it washed and vacuumed that afternoon. There was never a fight to get stuff done.

I'm saying that the existing dealers own and operate such franchises. Sales lots require substantial amount of real estate, but a Goodwrench service station wouldn't take up that amount of space. It's a way for GM to cut down on the number of dealers while still allowing for warranty service coverage nation wide.

send me the link

sell them all to leno, at least he can take care of them right.

Good, now calculate how much in "bailouts" the imports have gotten via their home government's socialized medicine.

A sample size of one proves nothing. I like the idea of the Magnum, but wouldn't buy one because 1) it's a Dodge. 2) Interior that would make a Pontiac blush. 3) minimal additional utility. As far as the Ute is concerned, no it won't be the next F-150, but times have very much changed. Gas prices are still big in the minds of people. The Ute has a chance.

I just can't see the Regal being priced to 45k with the Lacross and Lucerne still above it. I don't understand the idea that a SWB Epsilon should compete with a G-body. Taurus, Maxima, or Avalon.

Pittsburgh-Living.com is the company I own. C&G uses it's old server. The account name with our host is still under Pittsburgh-living.com

if they use virtual private hosting, I'm all ears.

We're having problems with our host. We were migrated from one server to another server on the same host to relieve some congestion problems. I whole new set of problems cropped up. We're looking into it.

So BMW is playing catch up with Hyundai!

Well $h!! Now what will BMW do?

I wonder if it would be profitable for GM to open <someday, when they're semi-solvent> service stations via the franchisers around town. Have a few huge mega-dealers to sell the vehicles and then a ring of GM service stations with full warranty/OEM support.

sounds like you should have gotten snipped.

Regarding that first Nissan interior. At least the G6's airvents are all the same shape.

Two different wheelbases. The Regal is the smaller of the two. I don't understand why you (and Croc) want the Regal to compete with or think it will compete with the likes of the Avalon, Taurus, Lucerne, ES330, Genesis?!?, and TL. The Regal is Saab 9-3 sized and has a 4-cylinder as a base engine. Somehow, it's supposed to compete with some of the largest sedans on the market including those with optional V8s? Have some perspective please. Edit: Does the TSX compete with Lucerne and Taurus and Genesis? Does the S40?

Regal base engine

The failure of GM or Ford would likely take out all of the big three and severely damage everyone else.