GM needs to fire their design team

I just saw the new designed 2006 Impala SS, what a joke. It looks like a Honda Prelude mixed with a newer Chevy Malibu. What the hell has happened over at GM since 1996! The fact that they even continue to use the name Impala SS on little pussy ass cars like they are building is an embarrasment.

At least Dodge is smart and is using the tough image of its past to make tough looking newer cars with balls under the hood with the Hemis

okay first of all those so called hemis are a complete fucking scam, wow small blocks with a unique set of heads giving NO advantage over any other fucking motor, its pathetic how people buy things because 'yeah its got a hemi'

Impala SS is a nice car on the other hand, i wouldnt mind owning one of them

Im sure you woudnt, you probably love the Chevy Cobalt too...cause they are about the same

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Originally posted by Stone-Cold

Im sure you woudnt, you probably love the Chevy Cobalt too...cause they are about the same

Wicked funny. Yeah I'd say a 2L is "about the same" as a 5.3L. Out of your mind my friend.

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Im sure you woudnt, you probably love the Chevy Cobalt too...cause they are about the same

Wicked funny. Yeah I'd say a 2L is "about the same" as a 5.3L. Out of your mind my friend.
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took the words out of my mouth...

They look the same..my point of this thread was the DESIGN the most that bothers me...blah

I got some insider info on this:

The big three have been pushing their design teams to make prettier and prettier vehicles that have lots of new flashy gizmos so that they can get higher retail prices. What for you might ask? Well General Motor's bond went from 'A' status down to 'junk bond' status about a year ago. Then couldn't get normal capital, so they are pushing all these fancy looking models and "employee pricing" SUVs and pick-ups to get some hard money.

All this new money is to push the R&D department to get vehicle power plants (engines) to duplicate or exceed what the internal combustion already provides, and to either get more miles out of gasoline or dump it all together for an alt feul (maybe a battery mix like on the hybrids).

The only American car company that actually did intelligent redesigns as far as the look and feel goes is Chrysler. The 300, PT, and the new jeep configurations (the rubicon, and the jeep wrangler w/ extended body) were all projects that had sat on drawing board, back-burners until a new VP got there (I can't remember his name) and forced those designs into production; the sales of which did fairly well.

But yea, I agree. Alot of the new models are trying really hard to look like the luxury class sedans. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that they have corporate espionage people over in europe playing Jack Ryan on auto designers.

I love Chevy. I always have. I always will. But the HHR? Come on, guys, what the hell are you thinking? Tell you what, destroy all the HHR that has ever come off the assembly line, never speak of them again, and I'll just pretend it never happened. kgr8thxbbq

chryslers getting their designs based off mercedez, i mean take a look at the old the 300s and the new ones...they look like some sort of rolls or bentley

I just bought a 2006 Pontiac G6 Coupe GTP and I LOVE it!!! I have purchased many new cars and this one is by far my fave!! I have never received so many compliments from complete strangers in my life. The power, design and many extras are incredible!!

the new pontiacs are definitely hawt

delphi has gone broke...can GM be far behind?

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Originally posted by Ivan-the-SoSo

delphi has gone broke...can GM be far behind?

before you post, do u think of the dumbest possible things to type?

my buddies 98 neon r/t dusted his dads hemi ram. flat out from 0-80. talk about a dodge fluke

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my buddies 98 neon r/t dusted his dads hemi ram. flat out from 0-80. talk about a dodge fluke

yea i highly doubt that bud, ur comparing a 120hp car to a 350hp truck....i can easily take most 4 bangers with my ram

isn't the new impala a rebadged autralian holden????

The HHR is selling like Hot Cakes..projected to sell 100K

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isn't the new impala a rebadged autralian holden????

no its on the older platform, but has a new skin and a 303 HP V8 in it. Its actually getting great reviews and class leading remarks

ionly Holden rebadge is the GTO