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New York 2008: The Ute has landed! Live Reveal of the Pontiac G8 Sport Truck [w/VIDEO] {Autoblog}
Mar 19th 2008 2:13PM GM is staffed with unrelenting idiots. They seriously justified not bringing the excellent sportwagon here on the basis of market interest, but they bring this nasty thing?
Are they hoping to aspire to the Baja's sales numbers? Is that it? They can't seriously think a wagon will be a harder sell than this.
Worse yet, this is a blemish on the entire line. The G8 had the potential to mimick the sophistication of the Euro imports, but this completely discredits it. BMW gives us a wagon. Mercedes gives us a wagon. Cadillac will even give us a damn wagon. I'm not saying these things are to be cross-shopped, but if you imitate, imitate the best. G8 had potential in this respect too. I literally want the G8 less now, knowing there is a hick special that is a direct derivative of it.
GM is amazing in its lack of aptitude. Simply amazing.
I really wanted that wagon. Bitter....
Melbourne 2008: Holden unveils VE Sportwagon and adds SS for flavor {Autoblog}
Feb 29th 2008 9:43AM Lutz's official statement claimed that he pushed for this model, but the beancounters claimed that it wouldn't sell.
Considering that GM produced utter garbage for the past three decades under the auspices of the said beancounting culture, I would do the exact opposite of what those beancounters say. Should work, right?
This is a personal offence. I would have bought the G8 sportwagon. I'm not just talking-- come hell or high water, I would have owned it.
GMC unibody pickup concept to debut in Chicago, not New York {Autoblog}
Jan 25th 2008 1:12PM we don't get the sportwagon, but we get this mullet special?
are you kidding me? why does GM always manage to make a laughing stock of something?
I mean, i saw the sportwagon concept. That thing had some serious dignity and presence. I was very ready to own one.
Screw this.
Two Corvettes set to pace Indy, including E85 Z06 {Autoblog}
Dec 27th 2007 3:16PM i wasn't saying that brazilians maintain a more environmentally sound method of ethanol prioduction-- in fact, taking the burning and such into account, they probably do not.
However, sugar cane does contain significantly more sucrose than the maize used in the US for ethanol. The sucrose, the simple hydrocarbon that carries the vital energy of the crop, is what gives it the energy potential. The process for extracting and distilling cane based ethanol is also less demanding of energy, although cultuivation expenditures certainly apply.
All other factors being held equally, you simply get more energy per ton of crop from cane vs. maize.
the carribean and hawaii (maui, mainly) do not have the capacity to produce enough sugar cane to create our ethanol. These locales also incorporate marine shipping costs, whereas Brazil grows these things on the mainland.
cellulosic ethanol is really the way to go, as far as energy independence in the US, but it will take research dollars to implement. With this tech anything with cellulose will convert to simple sugar to alcohol. This will include grasses and grains that are abundant in the US. it is not clean energy, mind you, but it will lead to energy independence, which is the key here. this will not happen unless subsidies are removed, however.
Two Corvettes set to pace Indy, including E85 Z06 {Autoblog}
Dec 27th 2007 1:13PM i think brazil derived its ethanol from sugar cane, which has a drastically better energy input/output ratio than corn, which is the dominant source of ethanol in the US.
As it stands, the growing, fertilization, cultivation and processing of corn into ethanol reuires much more energy and pollutant by-product than it ultimately produces, making it one of the worst energy sources for our vehicles. this is not even taking into consideratio the fact that ethanol has comprable carbon emission signature to gasoline, and actually produces less mpg than conventional gas.
Ethanol is currently an epic hoax, and is used as political ammunition more than anything.
We do not have the climate to produce sugar cane ethanol, as Brazil does. Granted, we CAN theoretically develop technologies to produce the superbly more energy efficient cellulosic ethanol, but archaic corn farming subsidies make that a much less justifiable research expenditure. Subsidies in place, it simply makes economic sense for American ethanol suppliers to continue cramming the corn-derived E85 garbage down our throats.
It was a brilliant marketing move to label E85 the "green fuel". Likwise, it was an epic deception. Idiots be damned.
First look at facelifted Mercedes SLK {Autoblog}
Dec 20th 2007 11:52AM soooo.....they just gave it a harelip and called it a day?
nice.
i've driven one of these, though-- definitely a fun little thing.
Slinging dirt: Subaru Impreza WRX STI reviews hit the 'net {Autoblog}
Dec 4th 2007 1:10PM the review got amended, as they now tested the american version.
read it carefully. fact remains, it's slower. no skidpad performance improvement, slower 0-60, lower redline, etc.
write all you want about it, but objectively, it became worse. numbers tell a disappointing story here.
Slinging dirt: Subaru Impreza WRX STI reviews hit the 'net {Autoblog}
Dec 4th 2007 12:19PM it was the STI, unfortunately
Slinging dirt: Subaru Impreza WRX STI reviews hit the 'net {Autoblog}
Dec 4th 2007 12:06PM except for the fact that Car and Driver ripped it for being heavier, more isolated, and .3 of a sec slower to 60.
they also were emphatic that the body roll is very pronounced, and thus erodes confidence in this car. for all its trouble, it does the exact same on the skidpad. whoopty doo.
i am outraged that both this and the evo were intentionally compromised (the evo especially-- nearly a second slower to 60? what a joke).
so, in nearly every dynamic respect, it is either the exact same or worse than the outgoing one, not to mention aesthetically challanged as well. as added insult, it is much more expensive.
all it manged to do was get quieter and more comfortable, and i don't recall any of the STI faithful clamoring for any of that.
thanks for the help, subaru. i hope you get punished with low sales, and a deminished brand perception.
More views of the Hennessey Venom GT {Autoblog}
Dec 3rd 2007 10:42AM stop giving press to the hennessey scumbag
