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i am not a gm fanatic...I drive all makes and models and including GM..but everyone i have talk to about this car ...have said they would trade in for this...Euro is big right now...I lived in Spain and this what i am use too style wise from opel...but this will be real alternative...this car will give a little of something that the other competors have...horse power for the altima crowd, hopefully euro tunning for the accord crowd...and good style for the fusion fans...any thoughts..just my 2 cents.

General Van winkle knows that this is there 86 Taurus so to speak...I have full faith have that they may have toned down the exterior to give us the noce interior w/ the six speeds...just my thoughts...I think this will save gm even though it only will be 150,000 a yr... they will sell every single one.

mannual tranny comb? does anyone beleive they will make it?

I believe that the car will still have a enough european look to give the camcord buyers a great alternative...I have lived in europe and the opels are middle of the road...so if saturn can fit that role...thats fine...Opel until recently got there act together style and performance wise...translate it to saturn and the $18,000-$32,000 market is covered for eurowannbes

also have to understand folks that even if exterior wise they toned it down, interior wise...maybe lutz focussed his money...better to have a killer interior and proformance of the six speeds then have a killer exterior and a ****************ty interior and 4 speeds...any thoughts?

VW's have world class interiors...half decent powertrains...now that there reputation went to **************** with middle to high end buyers...saturn can steal a page from there play book give..middle of the road european, good road manners and try to get the VW buyer who is pissed off due to lack of realiabilty.