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Old 10-08-2008, 08:51 AM   #113 (permalink)
paul8488
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Re: Chevrolet Orlando Concept Revealed ahead of Paris Show

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Originally Posted by LeSabre View Post
Not necessarily. Even w/the designers getting some of the power back to help GM gain more sales from the exterior looks of their cars/etc, doesn't mean that the beancounters aren't cutting corners elsewhere. Using virtually the same interior of one model(w/in the same brand or not) in another is not a good idea. The interior becomes a corporate interior, just like corporate radios being put in all models across all brands.
I agree in the sense that I don't want to see the exact same interior in the Aveo, Cobalt, Cruze, HHR, Malibu, Equinox, Impala, etc... but the Orlando is pretty much a Cruze wagon, so I don't see it as being so bad.

In the same vein, if ever Pontiac gets a unique G5 with an interior different than that in the Cobalt, I would be okay if the Vibe shared the G5 interior, since in spirit the Vibe is a G5 wagon.
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