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EvilTriumph57 · 10-03-2008, 09:05 AM

1st, While I am a fan of RWD, I have to agree with some of you on this board that this probably isn't the best way GM could have spent the money....It does, however, give me an excellent excuse to buy one: I already paid for it, I might as well own it.

2nd, How big is Alpha supposed to be? 3-Series sized? I thought Zeta was a flexible platform that could do Extra Large ( Extended wheel base Commodore, Caprice), Large ( Commodore, G8) and Medium ( Camaro). I thought then that Alpha was going to be flexible as well, and cover the small-medium segmets (Alpha medium=smaller than Zeta medium). However, In this article they talk about alpha being the new chassis for the CTS ( BMW 5-series sized, on the large side of medium) and the Impala ( Historically, Impalas were pretty big and were ussually either the largest car in Chevy's line up or 2nd largest after the Caprice). Will the new CTS and/or Impala be smaller? I hope so, the Zeta is a good platform for the larger cars, I want a compliment to it, not a replacement for it. BMW 1 to 3 Series sized, then Zeta will take care of 5 to 7 series sized.

10-03-2008, 09:05 AM	#45 (permalink)
EvilTriumph57 Walking Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 8	Re: $25 Billion Auto Bailout may mean some RWD projects will move forward at GM 1st, While I am a fan of RWD, I have to agree with some of you on this board that this probably isn't the best way GM could have spent the money....It does, however, give me an excellent excuse to buy one: I already paid for it, I might as well own it. 2nd, How big is Alpha supposed to be? 3-Series sized? I thought Zeta was a flexible platform that could do Extra Large ( Extended wheel base Commodore, Caprice), Large ( Commodore, G8) and Medium ( Camaro). I thought then that Alpha was going to be flexible as well, and cover the small-medium segmets (Alpha medium=smaller than Zeta medium). However, In this article they talk about alpha being the new chassis for the CTS ( BMW 5-series sized, on the large side of medium) and the Impala ( Historically, Impalas were pretty big and were ussually either the largest car in Chevy's line up or 2nd largest after the Caprice). Will the new CTS and/or Impala be smaller? I hope so, the Zeta is a good platform for the larger cars, I want a compliment to it, not a replacement for it. BMW 1 to 3 Series sized, then Zeta will take care of 5 to 7 series sized.