Blake Noble

My, my are we ignorant! I don't even know where to begin with you, you are really that bad. I'll touch on some key points and let someone else step in to further and/or correct what I post, if they wish to. The W-Body Buick LaCrosse and post-2004MY Pontiac Grand Prix do not share any common sheetmetal, with a possible exception being the roof panel as all W-Body cars shared a common roof line, design wise. The 2008 Malibu is Epsilon I and the LaCrosse replacement is Epsilon II. They are on totally different platforms. Even so, none of the Epsilon I cars share a single piece of common sheetmetal (I want to say the roof panel may be shared, but I'm not 100 percent willing to commit to saying that), nor do the upcoming Epsilon II cars. However, there is some commonality between the Epsilon I Aura and Malibu in regards to the interior (lower door panels, door handles are shared, to name some pieces from the top of my head) and in regards to some very minor exterior details (side turn signals and door handles). But, other than that, they have nothing in common design-wise. The Invicta name has been used previously on past Buick models, circa late 1950s and 1960s. No, it hasn't been around 30 plus years, but it is a name steeped in Buick's heritage and has little to no negative baggage. And who said a Malibu-scale advertising effort was necessarily a bad thing, anyway? Next time, learn a few facts before you spew feckless drivel around.

Quoted for truth.

I don't hate it ... but ... just ... no. This (as well as the last generation model) just fail to impress me.

Well, if this is in fact a factory option study, I think it and a set of nice alloys will pretty much be the only boxes I check late this year on the order sheet.

Judge the following for yourself. (Hope my posting of Chris's spy shot is not a problem. If it is, any mod can contact me via PM and I will correct this post.)

Alright ... just so long as you don't try and take my or anyone else's hand afterward!

Hmmm ... I'm really wanting to say the idea of the 1er goes back to 1998, but I'm not totally sure. I'll have to dig around in my personal Car & Driver archives here shortly to seek the answer.

I suppose Opel's efforts in the field of automotive prototype camo have actually paid off then. Good for them! :AH-HA_wink:

Well, consider this: the Volt really is an electric car (it's internal-combustion engine is only there as a generator, and it doesn't directly power the car) ... but it has to have an ICE to back up it's electric motors, to recharge the lithium-ion batteries. So, you wouldn't be wrong in assuming that a electric-powered motor has a quite long way to go to before it can achieve the range of a gasoline-powered motor and will more or less need it's aid to be a viable alternative until there is a major breakthrough in electric motor technology. The ICE will still be around for quite a while. :AH-HA_wink:

I don't know an exact date, but I do know the rumors of a sub-3er BMW, in vein of the old 2002, date back pretty far, to at least the late 1990s/early 2000s, if that gives you any idea of how long the company was playing around with the idea.

I'd say it's a safe bet to say it'll be coming Stateside. :AH-HA_wink:

I'm going to get a close friend to suggest "Vision" for me. :AH-HA_wink:

Your post has been corrected. Good day!

You'd probably be much better off trying that "direct combustion" engine (?) someone posted a few months back.

There are no backseats in the Solstice Targa.

Seems like BS. I'm sorry, but they want me to pay how much again for a bloody Ball jar with a bed spring in it? You could make all of that junk they give you in the kit for less than ten dollars.

A silver '09 Vibe was at Adams GMC-Pontiac-Buick. It's not bad ... for a Toyota.

My hair is "dirty," as some would say, but you couldn't tell that given that your "spy photo" was taken with a digital camera costing under fifteen dollars. :AH-HA_wink:

Like myself? :AH-HA_wink:

Uh-oh! Do you see what I see? There's a house right next to Don Job's with your name on it. Don't worry, though. I hear from the other locals his squealing days are coming to an end. :AH-HA_wink:

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Well, if your mind decides to waffle, PCS, that's where your "product evaluation" write-off comes in, right? j/k

Better want to start moving now, then. Last I heard, they're going to build one right down the street from that nice gated community of yours up in DE. :AH-HA_wink: Then again, whats to say PA won't get one of their own as well?

See? I knew he'd been out of state, PCS.

He's already driving one per his "product evaluation" excuse. So there's a little irony to whet your appetite. Ah, when the F5 is finally overtaken by the Beretta as per the original plans back from the '80s, Sixty-8 will take care of that for me out of his insanity. (The b-pillar was only the start.) j/k Oh, c'mon. Let's hear what you really want to say. :AH-HA_wink: