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Old 02-06-2008, 12:03 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Re: Rumors & Rumblings: The future of RWD, small cars, compact SUVs-and Pontiac?-at G

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Originally Posted by Yarddawg1987 View Post
Why not buy a G8???? its RWD, and its a hellofalot better lookin than the current impala.
I'm not loving the whole Holden-with-an-Arrowhead look.

Are those hood scoops even functional? Regardless, that would have to go, and that'd be a $1000 touch I'm sure for a flush hood.

Black-only interior? Don't think so.

Bucket seats only? Don't think so.

Ride options of harsh and harsher? Don't think so.

See where I'm going with this?

No complaints on the powertrain front, of course.

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The RWD Impala has to happen just as a Canadian G8. Otherwise they would have gone thru all the trouble in Oshawa just to produce the Camaro? Alternatively, if GM gets dumb, in the way that only GM can, since the Camaro will not sell hundreds of thousands of units, they'll cancel it after a couple of years, leaving NA without RWD again.
Agreed, despite the exchange rate and intransigence of the CAW, none of the tooling upgrades indicate production limits of approx. 50,000 a year.
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