A Horse With No Name

...What Honda really needs is a coupe that is smaller than the current Civic perhaps... Chris

What will they think of next? Chris

Trluely wise... Chris

Ditto on the Regal thing. Also ditto on holding out for what you really want. If you could push your current car another year ( a huge IF, I know) $4000 in payments you don't make could knock $80-100 a month off that nu Bu. Also, you could look for another older car with the 3800 and pay cash. I paid 3 grand for a pristine, pristine 94 Concorde about five years ago. Drove it like I stole it for 80,000 miles and when it died I sold it for $300. A clean used car with 80k or so shouldn't be that hard to find, right? You might be able to pay for a clean used 3800 powered car by putting it on your credit card and paying your credit card off quickly, which is how I bought that Chrysler. I know Paypal on Ebay takes Credit, and not everyone on Evilbay is out to screw you. Personally I just hate being in debt and having car payments. But I'm probably going to have them for awhile now, as you will also. The Regal is damned fine car in its own right, though. If you go that way, negotiate like hell because the economy is down and nobody seems to be selling cars. Chris

...and ditto on cool European cars like Alfas and such. I am on an rant, but I really want to see the GM majic on a small, cool car... Not just a "tuner" car either. Whatever Gm builds should cross demographic and age lines like the original Mustang. The sad thing is I know that they are capable of building this car. Chris

I agree with Carbiz adn drew...which is why I sold my 71 Chevelle and my 55 Chevy. Climate change could terminate the human race's tenure on the planet if we're not careful. I don't look down on anyone for owning a big v-8 powered car, and have been tempted seriously by the new Mustang and upcoming Camaro. However, my next purchase will probably be a Cooper S. Although to be fair a decent used C-5 vette would probably return similar fuel economy and be available at a similar cost...and be much more environmentally friendly than my two oldies... But this gets away from the point I would LOVE to own a GM small car that had the same majic as the Cooper S, Mazda 3, Mazdaspped 3, FIT, Civic SI, Volvo C-30, VW GTI, etc. The Sky, Astra, and Cobalt SS are a damaned good, damned good start but we need more good small cars in the pipeline from the general NOW. ..and having had friends killed in Iraq I say hell yes to the ethanol thing. What the hell is the point in buying an American car and then sending $1500 per vehicle overseas every year to fuel it? Just my two cents. Chris

I feel the same way... Chris

Actually I don't like the looks of it at all... Chris

Volt would be huge for GM... Chris

Ditto on the disrespect from a dealer thing. Once I was looking at a car for my wife, in an upscale part of town. I was wearing blue jeans and a clean work shirt. A salesman comes over and says.."What the hell are you doing here, and what the hell do you want?" Told him that I was looking to buy a car but it obviously wasn't going to be from his dealership. Some car dealership people are jerks... Chris

OUCH! The wagon thing sounds like just the ticket, but get to a doctor quickly... Chris

With gas going to $4.00 plus per gallon in the next few years, you'll be glad you kept the Cavalier...

Exactly. Besides, the Charger needs more rear seat headroom. FWIW, I also agree on the v-6=dog sentiment. What you need my friend is a HEMI... Chris

Be nice if it was someone other than the Detroit Free Press saying this...not that they can't be trusted...just that they are usually pro-domestic. Be glad when I see this kind of thing in other, less friendly sources. Still nice to see none the less. Chris

Nice choice for your mom... Chris

Thanks for posting this...I'm going to show it to my soon to be driving teenaged son and daughter... Chris

..perhaps CARBIZ you didn't like the HHR because of your height. IIRC you are 6'2 and I am 5'11. I find everything falls into place nicely in the HHR. Chris

Someone clue me in on why the interior of the HHR is so bad. On the nicer models I find it really nice, and my wife finds the interior materials to be very similar in quality to the Cobalt SS (another car we would like to own in addition to the MINI). For its price point the HHR is a damned fine automobile, I think. Most of the owners I talk to seem to be very happy with them. Chris

Wow, I like small cars but not that small. It would be interesting to see what a Cobalt, MINI, or a Volvo C-30 would do in a crash like that. Chris

Ditto... Chris

Actually they are two very different vehicles aimed at two very different markets. But as Carbiz pointed out, GM can't do everything at once. They have to bide their time and use their limited funds/talents to update one platform at a time... The HHR is probably 15-18k out the door with rebates, incentives, and discounts, wheras your average MINI is prob. 25k out the door. 10k per vehicle will add a lot in a small vehicle. I love the Mini and want to own one, but the HHR is on my "short list" of cars I'd look at also... Chris

Aveo needs an update for sure, with the price of gas and CAFE GM needs to build a sexy small car (Minifighter anyone?) Malibu is just plain HOT. Chris

Actually found out the hard way, Safari is 5 on 5, which is different than the S-10... Chris

Preach it, Brother. Chris

Oh, yeah, and if your going to have a Mazda in the sig make it a Miata or your Millinia.... Chris