BrewSwillis

Finally.....a use for the Xa!! B)

Just the upcoming Caliber/Compass/Patriot, and the upcoming Sebring/Avenger, are based on a shared Mitsubishi Lancer platform. I believe the Sebring/Avenger is on a stretched version of the Lancer shared platform. Mitsubishi, rebadges the Dakota to sell as the Raider, and there is the shared design of the 4 cyl world engines (along with Hyundai)......and that's pretty much it. I don't expect to see much else in the future.

Yeah, there are some more (preproduction) interior photos......not too different looking:

The new CiviD doesn't have an electronic throttle??? I thought every new (modern) car would have an electronic throttle?

That picture is the "StarTech" tuner version of the original European wagon version of the 300. Here's the "regular" 300C Touring:

So Toyota has a stake in them for like 5 seconds, and they are already dumping 700 (out of 14,000) employees? Good thing (for the US employees) that it's only in Japan......for now.

More ammo for the Blue Man Group.........oops, I mean Bluewater Network! :lol:

I wonder if that's what the honda mechanic who had to change all 4 struts on a brand new vehicle was muttering... [post="39902"][/post] :lol:

They gotta leave something for a refresh? :lol:

Can someone post the picture, or a working link to one? Thanks!

Barely. And it's because of the UAW.....which the rest of the democrats in the US do not support. I live in Toledo now.....in the Red swing state(which also has a large UAW population). I know it's not PC to stereotype and generalize, but is really a coincidence that the "blue" states are the ones buying the foreign cars??

Where do people work in California? Do they manufacture anything? I'm just having a hard time figuring out what everyone in this country is going to do when we no longer manufacure anything in the US......well except fot the Japanese 3's cars at $9.00/hour after the UAW folds. I do believe that people in California think they are better than everybody else, as with most of the people in all the other BLUE states(except the others states might not be as superficial). I know that the Midwest is becoming more and more alone in prefering American vehicles, and that's why I said you and I were in different "automobile universes". Blue state people seem to really be worried about image, and fitting in....therefore if you neighbor drives an import, and a magazine tells you to buy an import.....well then, you better get an import, or people will wonder what's wrong with you. You know who mostly drives imports in the Midwest? Foriegners, and people who are strong democrats. The foreign engineers at every place I've worked at seem to prefer Imports, and so do the people who hate Bush. The funny part is, is that democrats should be supporting the UAW, but mostly Blue states are buying Japanese cars. Democrats must be smarter though, just ask them. As long as Chrysler survives, I'll still be happy. I'll probably be working for an automotive supplier who only supplys the Japanese 3 (probably at a reduced wage [no Big 3 for competition]), but if I can drive my Chrysler (DaimlerHondaChrysler?), I'll be happy. So, back to the Ridgeline. I see them coming off of trains everyday in Toledo, and have not seen one on the road here yet.

Yeah, I think the SS is pretty damn hott......but Mule 13 LS was talking about the Trailblazer redesign(2002) gaining cargo room vs the 2005 GC losing cargo room.....and I said the GC looked better though. It would be hard for me to pick between the TBlazer SS and the GC SRT-8, as far as looks go!

I'll give you the old GC, but the Trailblazer?? It was never all that atractive:

I was talking about the only other stuff America has left to sell. Boats, Harleys, music and movies.....HEALTHCARE......Sirius and XM radio, Diret TV, stocks, expensive retstaruants....you know, stuff people living at the poverty level can't afford. Delphi plans on going from $20-something an hour to $9.00/hour. You don't think further moves like this are going to affect the nation's economy? Well, at least we won't have to pay an extra $1200 per car from the UAW anymore. That will make up for it. :AH-HA_wink:

That's what the Commander is for. The GC sacrificed some cargo room for style. Which looks better.....the new GC or a Trailblazer? Which works better off-road?

I'm not embarrassed in the least bit. What I do think is childish, is to join a forum just to tell an owners fan club that people are making fun of your car, so go join their fan club about GM to defend yourselves.....and in the process keep adding to all the anti GM postings (on a GM fan board) about why you drive a Honda now. So you are O.C.? Orange County, California? You live in a completely different automotive universe than I do in Detroit/Toledo. In this area of the country we have a different view of Japanese cars. Maybe Japanese vehicles are better?, but they sure don't seem that much better, that we have to put so many Americans out of work buying them. It will catch up to the rest of the country when the Big 3 shed large amounts of their well paid workforce. They are the people that are spending money buying all of the non-automotive American industry's crap.

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Sweet, you guys post on here! I was thinking about getting a subscription after reading your article comparing the Charger R/T, GTO, and Mustang GT. Good work with that one!

Even though they look similar....the HHR does look more like a retro little truck, and the PT more like a "hot rod" style wagon.

Well, his opinion collecting could have been done just as effectively, if not more effetively, without first linking to a thread on our site that about 50-60% made fun of the Ridgeline. I don't like Japanese cars......but I don't join Japanese car forums and ask the people there what they think of GM......and then post the link on here. Hey, it's your call though.

Here we go. :rolleyes: Thanks Evok! No offense to our newest member J4F.

O.K., seriously........What with the recent whoring of CheersandGears out to all of the Japanese message boards??? I'm starting to get sick of this. You post on a Ridgeline Owners Board, with a link to this board, that shows alot of people making fun of this pseudo-truck.....and then you expect to get some kind of candid answers from people who spent $35K on a vehicle, that won't be swayed and angered by what we wrote here? It's just like the Polish Kris post where he basically said....."Hey (insert Japanese car brand here) owners, look what these guys are saying about you." It's BS! :angry2:

There's an objective source! :rolleyes: "I never should have spent $35K on a pseudo-truck. I could have had a real truck and actually used it like one" Oh, sorry....that's not a direct quote.....I just made it up!

RAV 0.5 ???? :lol: