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sucks. can we please keep this Korean trash off our shores. wait, they are building Korean trash here now.

we are a society and nation that is ALL ABOUT conveinience.

thanks, I wish the CTS had AWD also. That one annoying incident can sometimes be frustrating. I would have a GTO in a heartbeat if I had enough coin to have another car to drive in the winter.

So wasn't it annoying when your CTS got stuck last year? Having AWD would have helped some from avoiding it happening or helped get it UNstuck. My angle here is most casual car buyers really don't ever want the CHANCE of that annoyance happening.

but exactly that is why the mass market wants FWD, was for the exact reasons you stated. Or Ferdi. Cars are tools, people make car payments to get space and transportation. Those needs outweigh in most cases the need for rear drive handling. FWD is more convenient and safer within most people's skills and limits. I do think GM needs more RWD cars, but only if AWD is offered on those models as well. That's the only way for GM to cover their backsides in case a model ends up not selling because its RWD only. Remember, RWD adds many more components into the cost of manufacturing the car and that alone adds another component that keeps RWD from going en masse. By the way, the chrysler 300 and magnum sales are trending down and the Impala sold a whopping number of cars last year, next year will be even more. The 300 is not a huge sales success for the long term. It is popular due to the hemi name and its penis extender styling.

my next door neighbor across the street from me, who works for Dodge (not entirely sure in what capacity but its for Dodge, not a dealer), was commenting to me the other day about how it was a big mistake for Dodge to only offer the charger with RWD and also about the under porduction of AWD Magnums. And he flat out stated how poor the RWD Magnum and Charger are in snow, do not believe any of the hype about them being any good with the electronic systems. He said the trac control and stuff hardly does much to help. He knows all the Dodge product well and has first hand knowledge with all of it. Considering how most folks can only afford one car payment (or two if its a family) they want a car they can get around in, and something that won't get stuck, even ONCE (as compared to the aforementioned trans am). FWD vs RWD lessens your chance of foul weather foibles GREATLY. And THAT is why FWD will still be more suitable for mass volume cars. The automaker can make em and sell em in any state. Nowhere in the US will sales tank because the cars won't get around. Plus, FWD is more space efficient and cheaper. The need for folks to get around easier and safer for their hard earned money far outweighs the need for a machine to do 'smoky burnouts'. The trend is also to go from FWD and step up to AWD for even more traction. The RWD only market is destined to be for vehicles with smaller sales volumes and sporting or luxury focus. Manufacturers can't bet the farm on cars that half the states don't want, or can only drive 9 months out of the year, and they don't want expensive inventory rotting on lots all winter if they don't unload them by December.

where is the delete message option?

if you buy say, 4 dining room chairs that won't fit in the low height trunk, the fold flat front is a godsend.

perhaps there will be some good aftermarket center stack face panels available to get rid of that bland cover.

ok, now that front end IS progress. no more killer guppies loose! that and the interior tweaks do help. still those hideous SWOOSHES though!

i would like a supercharged sedan option. a supercharged 2.4 with 240hp would be nice in a 6 speed malibu.

the futuristic look of it will make the hybrid version compare well to the prius. i like the sedan side view. the interior is busy (nods to Josh). still very 'rice, 2050'

yup that is the point. I still am aghast at how GM gets ripped so badly for interiors but Chrylser's interiors lately are horribly cheap miserable trash! this thing is pathetic!

yup. cheesy knockoffs is all they can do. this car's proportions are seriously messed up and that front end is horrific.

I liked it the old way, with all the other brands grouped together.

http://www.gearsandcheers.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=37 if its ok, i'd rather not retype what I posted on the interim site. The anniversary is in about 10 days or so, so I will get a more comprehensive laundry list typed up soon.