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balthazar, What's so difficult to understand? It's a pre-production model that may or may not be flawed in regards to quality. It happens. You're wasting your time by continuing to argue. The fact is, I've sat in both. If you think the STS would get my hard-earned money based on interior quality, your out of your mind. I'm sure you've never even sat inside a Lexus let alone a GS, so your constant bashing holds little (if any) relevance at this point. I understand it's much easier to bash everything produced outside of GM. But until you become more objective in your posts regarding other brands, is there really a point in continuing to post in this section?

*cough* Solstice *cough* http://www.cheersandgears.com/public/style_emoticons//AH-HA_wink.gif

They went pretty damn conservative with this. I really wasnt expecting the sides to be identical to the Tahoe. Hopefully we'll get some rear/interior shots tonight.

The score has no correlation with how fast you park the car. :blink:

It's official: the Fusion is a bland, characterless sedan with pointy headlights and clear-lens taillamps. Talk about awkward.

Oldsmoboi, I hate to say it, but your bias toward GM is making your posts less and less relevant with time. Comparing the 3-Series to an Altima is downright ludicruous. I'm aware of how much you love GM and your CTS, but enough truly is enough.

A small person could reside in one of those headlights.

Freestyle rebadge is more like it. If the concept is this mildly differentiated, the production version should be terrible.

Yeah, not so much.

I applaud the effort, but Mr. Law would be better off conducting a bit more research before making such outrageous claims. First of all, hybrids have just begun moving out of the niche they currently occupy. The price premium demanded for hybrid models will lower significantly within the next two years as an onslaught of new hybrid models debut. More competition in the hybrid market coupled with more efficient manufacturing will lower the price premium to a mere $1,000 before decade's end. Regardless, the cash-rewards currently offered to hybrid owners cancels out the price premium anyway. The federal government is offering a $2,000 tax-deduction for those who purchase hybrids in 2005. Companies such as Hyperion in California offer in excess of $5,000 to employees who purchase hybrid cars this year. Aside from pricing, hybrids like the Prius can travel hundreds of miles between fill-ups. Anyone preaching against the financial benefits of hybrids is forgetting the power of instant gratification. That $50 to $100 dropped on gas each week becomes obsolete. This statement is absurd. Gasoline consumption is just one facet of the environmental benefits hybrids provide. Hybrids consume less than half the amount of petrol than the average gasoline-powered car, thus releasing less than half as much climate-changing carbon dioxide. Emissions of smog-forming pollutants, such as nitrogen oxides and hydrocarbons, are 90% lower. Hybrids aren't going anywhere. In fact, the hybrid market is projected to grow to the size of today's minivan market by 2010. Price premiums are already decreasing, and will become nearly non-existent fast. Any entirely new technology would take time to adjust and catch on in the market. Hybrids already have, and anyone convinced otherwise truly is foolish to say the least.

4. I own an IS300 and am addicted to sports sedans. :)

I wasn't aware Mitsubishi is designing Nissans now.

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Site doesn't work for me. All I get is the same slide show about Buick quality that was there before. All the models are gone and there are no links to click. Basically a dead end. <_<

:lol: Anyway, I'd say this is the beginning of the end for Isuzu. Is anyone surprised? Isuzu was the emptiest and most lifeless display at NYIAS aside from Buick. Even the staff working the floor had given up.

CNN.com: Rita Could Equal $5 Gas

It's not, but since the car in question is a Lexus, Members here feel obligated to make foolish, half-witted comments. The latest idiotic remark was right on cue.

So you've seen the real thing? :)

mr. nice, That's a photoshop rendering that our own CWW entered into the latest design competition. The base picture was in fact an '06 Impala, rather than an Infiniti M45.

Check out that front-end. Spy Shots: '07 Pontiac Solstice Turbo

I'm done with the speculation. Every "insider" here has a conflicting report as to when (or even if) we'll see a production Camaro. Some don't even agree on whether a concept will show up this year in the fist place. For that matter, others don't even know what it'll be called. The bottom line is that we don't know how, when, or even if. I'm tired of everyone convincing themselves otherwise. In GM's current state, no Camaro will be here for years and I'm sure we're all well aware of that. Speculate all you want, but no one's information makes sense any more. Show us a Camaro, or end it. Enough is enough.

With the limited information we have at this point, I'm gonna say next-generation Saturn Ion. The portion of the grille that's visible looks Saturn-esque (the new Saturn, that is), and the headlights look to have some Opel influence as well. The lower front-fascia looks to echo the upper-grille and is pretty aggressive overall. We can rule out Pontiac, Cadillac, and Saab based on grille-design and the overall design themes used. The vehicle pictured is no truck, so HUMMER and GMC are gone as well, leaving us with Chevrolet, Buick, and of course, Saturn. My guess is the latter.

Wait, these are considered premium in China? I wasn't aware the Chinese auto industry is so far behind.

Excellent review as expected. CarTV Video: Pontiac Solstice

Yeah you guys are right...offering NAV on the Civic was definitely a mistake on Honda's part. It surely would've been "good enough" without it, right? <_<