GM Inside News Forum - Reader Car Reviews http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums Drive a New Car Recently? Post your thoughts Here! en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:41 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/v2/misc/rss.jpg GM Inside News Forum - Reader Car Reviews http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums A week in the 2010 Subaru Outback http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/week-2010-subaru-outback-86268/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:43:22 GMT


I'm driving this 4-cylinder automatic Outback for a week. Are there any questions about it I should look to answer?

More photos and info on the test car here:
http://www.examiner.com/x-1017-DC-Ca...-introduction# ]]> Reader Car Reviews bradyholt http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/week-2010-subaru-outback-86268/ Review: GMC Terrain SLT-1 V6 http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/review-gmc-terrain-slt-1-v6-86172/ Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:31:03 GMT Image: http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID1017/slideshows/1%202010%20gmc%20terrain%201.jpg ---Quote--- Advertising for the new 2010 GMC Terrain has been focused on one number: 32 – this compact car-based SUV’s EPA highway miles-per-gallon fuel economy rating, when equipped with the standard 4-cylinder engine and front-wheel-drive. It’s easy to see why General Motors is boasting about this number. The 32-mpg rating on the Terrain and the fundamentally identical Chevrolet Equinox beats that of many compact economy cars and trumps any other SUV cheaper than a hybrid Lexus RX. And unlike the 37-mpg Chevrolet Cobalt GM is also advertising, this front-drive four-cylinder version of the Equinox and Terrain is actually widely available. When the Equinox went on sale earlier this year, a test drive revealed that this 2.4-liter 182-horsepower 4-cylinder engine offered acceptable acceleration and excellent refinement. However, there are other versions of these SUVs beyond that 4-cylinder front-wheel-drive Equinox... ---End Quote--- Continued at link: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1017-DC-Car-Examiner~y2009m11d15-Review-2010-GMC-Terrain- .

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Advertising for the new 2010 GMC Terrain has been focused on one number: 32 – this compact car-based SUV’s EPA highway miles-per-gallon fuel economy rating, when equipped with the standard 4-cylinder engine and front-wheel-drive.

It’s easy to see why General Motors is boasting about this number. The 32-mpg rating on the Terrain and the fundamentally identical Chevrolet Equinox beats that of many compact economy cars and trumps any other SUV cheaper than a hybrid Lexus RX. And unlike the 37-mpg Chevrolet Cobalt GM is also advertising, this front-drive four-cylinder version of the Equinox and Terrain is actually widely available.

When the Equinox went on sale earlier this year, a test drive revealed that this 2.4-liter 182-horsepower 4-cylinder engine offered acceptable acceleration and excellent refinement. However, there are other versions of these SUVs beyond that 4-cylinder front-wheel-drive Equinox...
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. ]]> Reader Car Reviews bradyholt http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/review-gmc-terrain-slt-1-v6-86172/ Review: 2010 Volkswagen Golf http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/review-2010-volkswagen-golf-85659/ Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:33:50 GMT Image: http://image3.examiner.com/images/blog/EXID1017/images/1_2010_volkswagen_golf.jpg ---Quote--- Volkswagen has always pitched its least expensive cars as a quality cut above the competition, with a higher level of refinement and solidity than the average econobox, and the company’s new 2010 Golf lives up to that standard in most ways. Featuring mostly evolutionary updates to its styling and interior compared to its Rabbit predecessor, the Golf retains the outgoing car’s fine balance of ride and handling and improves much further on an already high-quality interior. But this compact hatchback retains Volkswagen’s much-criticized 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine, which continues to be noisier and less fuel-efficient than in many economy cars – knocking it a bit short of “the perfect city car” this Golf’s window sticker calls it... ---End Quote--- Continued at link: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1017-DC-Car-Examiner~y2009m11d1-Review-2010-Volkswagen-Golf

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Volkswagen has always pitched its least expensive cars as a quality cut above the competition, with a higher level of refinement and solidity than the average econobox, and the company’s new 2010 Golf lives up to that standard in most ways.

Featuring mostly evolutionary updates to its styling and interior compared to its Rabbit predecessor, the Golf retains the outgoing car’s fine balance of ride and handling and improves much further on an already high-quality interior.

But this compact hatchback retains Volkswagen’s much-criticized 2.5-liter five-cylinder engine, which continues to be noisier and less fuel-efficient than in many economy cars – knocking it a bit short of “the perfect city car” this Golf’s window sticker calls it...
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http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-1...olkswagen-Golf ]]> Reader Car Reviews bradyholt http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/review-2010-volkswagen-golf-85659/ Borrowing a 1976 Eldorado convertible tomorrow http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/borrowing-1976-eldorado-convertible-tomorrow-85332/ Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:22:50 GMT A family friend is lending me his 1976 Eldorado tomorrow. Besides the obvious, anything in particular anyone would like me to find out about it? EDIT: full review and photo gallery posted: http://www.examiner.com/x-1017-DC-Car-Examiner~y2009m10d26-Review-1976-Cadillac-Eldorado-convertible A family friend is lending me his 1976 Eldorado tomorrow. Besides the obvious, anything in particular anyone would like me to find out about it?

EDIT: full review and photo gallery posted: http://www.examiner.com/x-1017-DC-Ca...do-convertible ]]> Reader Car Reviews bradyholt http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f44/borrowing-1976-eldorado-convertible-tomorrow-85332/