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    It's getting a bit long in the tooth, but I still like the S60/V60 family very much... Had the pleasure of driving a few powertrain combinations in Sweden during my business travels there over the last 2 years, and I have to say it is still a very good automobile.
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    Corvette Grand Sport, NG Cruze (not the one pitured in China), and the Chevrolet Adra?...
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    Because this is GM we're talking about...
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    The ATS doesn't seem to be doing that well...
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    AH-HA posted on that other forum that this is a China-only SWB D2XX... thank God for that! I like the interior, though...
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    Fuel economy tends to take a huge nosedive in such cold weather as well...
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    So... V40; S60/V60; S80; V90? Odd naming scheme there...
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    Finally!!!
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    Combined, i.e. IC + electric engines
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    Interesting idea!
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    This. Would like to add that maybe the Omega sedan should not be named LTS but instead get a 'real' name. Escalade and the Omega woulg get 'real' names, the others would stick to 3-letter names (though I personally might favour a 4 letter naming for the crossovers - ATS-X and CTS-X)
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    This.
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    Congrats to both!
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    I thought free enterprise was about the ability to challenge the established business model, in this case by having a sales channel not going through a franchised dealer. I guess it isn't after all...
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    ???
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    That one doesn't existe anymore If not a Buick (and really... why not?) I'd do it as a Chevrolet. The problem is that the Astra's interior design is the same as the Verano's, so... They could try... but I think they need to work on the sport side of their image a bit more. Start with the Adam first. Still think Buick would be a better plce for the car... Re the Adam, IDK... Adam is more youthful than sporty (except for the new Adam S)... Something a little more outrageous like this Astra to get attention and a couple months later introduce the Astra GTC range as the Buick Astra, maybe?... I'm thinking about the target American market here.... I think about all the Mini-Coopers in Suburban McMansion America... and that could be an excellent Buick Adam market. I admit you could be right. I mean, someone I know in FL exchanged her F-150 for a MINI Cooper, so........... "Suburban McMansion America" can do some weird twists and turns from one car purchase to the next...
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    If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Working on mass and packaging is the way to go IMHO instead of big styling changes. Have to say I'm really partial to the 1970-1973 F-Body designs, though...
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    That one doesn't existe anymore If not a Buick (and really... why not?) I'd do it as a Chevrolet. The problem is that the Astra's interior design is the same as the Verano's, so... They could try... but I think they need to work on the sport side of their image a bit more. Start with the Adam first. Still think Buick would be a better plce for the car... Re the Adam, IDK... Adam is more youthful than sporty (except for the new Adam S)... Something a little more outrageous like this Astra to get attention and a couple months later introduce the Astra GTC range as the Buick Astra, maybe?...
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    That one doesn't existe anymore If not a Buick (and really... why not?) I'd do it as a Chevrolet. The problem is that the Astra's interior design is the same as the Verano's, so...
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    In any case, don't think GM would have the balls to give this car to Buick. GM's not even willing to ship the regular Astra GTCs over to the US!...
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    I read that the plan is the XK being replaced by something more GT in nature with the F-Type covering the sports car part of the sales spectrum...
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    Offering spartan commercial vehicles has not tarnished the Mercedes-Benz nameplate here in Europe, so I really wouldn't expect it to do so in the US. The images of the brand differ a great deal from there to here from what I've seen. MB's image in the US is one of snobbery, to put it in a very politically incorrect way. Over here the image is of a top-of-the-line car maker that also makes other products such as commercial vehicles (which it has for decades, BTW). The fact that the company produces delivery trucks under the Mercedes-Benz name has never stood in the way of the company's other cars being regarded as top-of-the-line.
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