Future Vehicles

Buick Velite heading to production line

According to the wacky Hollywood Extra, GM is going to step up and produce the Buick Velite ( concept pictured to the left ).  Though I’m decidedly not a fan of badge engineering ( the Velite would be built on the same platform as the Saturn Sky and Pontiac Solstice ), I can’t help but think [...]

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Chrysler Imperial is a Go

The Poor Man’s Roll’s Royce Phantom is approved for production (unofficially).  The Chrysler Imperial, which for all intents and purposes, is a blatant Phantom rip-off, got the green line from some drunk executive at Chrysler.  Not only is the Imperial a clone, it’s a clone of a hideous car, which makes it pretty dang ugly [...]

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2009 Honda Accord Diesel

Word on the street ( and by street, I mean Interweb ) is that there will be no Accord Hybrid based on the new bodystyle.  Instead, Honda is going to release a first – a mainstream diesel powered sedan.  Yes, I know that VW has had diesels for years, but they’re not exactly mainstream in [...]

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2009 Chevrolet Traverse

Chevy is going back to the bad place – their unstoppable badge engineering fetish.  The 2007 GMC Acadia is a perfectly  nice vehicle.  It is large, spacious, stylish, and has better road manners than it’s truck based Yukon cousin.  And of course Saturn has it’s own version in the Outlook, and Buick has the Enclave.  [...]

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Toyota FT-HS Gets the Green Light

The Toyota FT-HS concept that drew a lot of praise has the green light from Toyota to go into production. With any luck, Toyota will change the name to something less, well, awful, than FT-HS. Something like, say, Supra. Just a name off the top of my head, you know. The FT-HS is a little [...]

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2008 Jeep Grand Cherokee Preview

Jeep has had the Grand Cherokee in it’s lineup for a decade and a half now, and it’s been pretty much the same vehicle. It was great offroad SUV, but just awful on-road. The road has traditionally been harsh, and there is so much body roll that turns aren’t really possible over 5 or 6 [...]

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2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid First Look

The 2008 Toyota Highlander Hybrid is an updated version of Toyota’s first hybrid SUV, due in September 2007. The preliminary specs include a powerful 270 HP gas engine / electric motor combo, and EPA ratings of 31 MPG city / 27 MPG highway. For some reason, Toyota only allows the Hybrid Highlander to come with [...]

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2009 Nissan Maxima

Years ago, the Nissan Maxima was true to it’s slogan – a Four door sports car. It had a soul in a world of soulless family sedans. It had power and handling that it’s peers could only dream of. Nowadays, the Altima has really taken over as the sporty sedan in the bunch. The Maxima [...]

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