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PICS - Chevrolet's new RETRO vehicle - The 2006 HHR
"ElectroPig" > wrote in message ... [Snip] > > Looks like they got some PT Cruiser envy, but didn't have any money to > > do the operation--so they took an existing small SUV and rounded the > > corners. > > > > Pretty ugly, actually. > > That's what I was thinking...butt ugly, probably horrendously expensive > (given the 70k+ truck they based the front end on) and it's OBVIOUSLY a pale > imitation of the PT Cruiser. It's not the PT Cruiser so much as the return of the traditional fender. In style and fashion what's old eventually becomes new again. Chrysler started the fender craze with their full size trucks long before the PT came along, and the classic Jeep never went away. Chevy's SSR truck follows this as does the Mazda RX-8 and to some extent the new Beetle. There won't be a wholesale return to fenders across all cars, but a few models (like the Jeep) may hang around indefinitely. > Too bad...Chrysler beat out GM's design team with the Prowler (which they > promptly killed), Not much of a loss if Chrysler couldn't keep it alive? >Ford beat GM's Designers with the rebirth of a REAL > Mustang at JUST the right moment to catch the ceasing of production of the > Camaro in it's entirety...looks to me as though GM's either going to hell in > a handcart, or they're simply getting ready to go tits-up. The Camaro was canned, from what I understand, because they'd engineered it out of competition. The price inched up to compete with the Corvette and no one bought them any more. The new Mustang has cut a lot of corners (solid rear axle, parts bin components) to keep the price down. GM blew it big time on the bland import "GTO" while Chrysler hit sales home runs with the Magnum and new 300. The new Pontiac G6 might as well be called AccordLite. > GM can't seem to get anything right these days, can they?! I'm not one to defend GM and was horrified by a rental Cavalier just 6 months ago. It's hard to describe how many ways it reeks. It was weak competition to Japanese cars in the 1980s, and they are just now killing it! If GM continues on this course they'll keep withering away. -John |
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