Chevrolet Orlando Concept Revealed ahead of Paris Show

[American_Muscle]

Originally Posted by PontiacBixler

Do people REALLY NEED third row seating in their SUV/CUVs?

Even back in the early 90's, those with a Dodge Caravan hardly ever used the back seat except for the "cool kids" to sit that far back.

I would actually rather have a little bit more space behind my second row of seats for storage than have a third row back there.

ditto

[packardlust]

Originally Posted by Chaz_23

Nice interior. Except that it needs a real center console not those cheesy armrest sticking out of the seats.
But worst of all is the placement of the shifter. I know that that's becoming pupular on x-unders, but damn, it looks terrible, is impractical, and just plain dumb.

My Vue has that style of Cheesy armrest. I gotta tell you, I really like this style of the foldaway armrest for comfort, practicality, and ease of use. They can easily be moved out of the way and they are in the right position because they do move with the seat.

[Greg Burr]

Originally Posted by paul8488

At the Paris auto show, to reveal this vehicle, they should drive it out of a huge flower... I can even hear the announcer...

"Watch Orlando bloom"...

At the Folsom Street Fair in San Francisco, to reveal this vehicle I can hear the announcer say " Here is the new Orlando, in leather".

[t-rex]

Originally Posted by WishIhadatruck

Yes some people NEED the 3rd row.

We have 3 kids and we consume the entire first 5 seats in the car with just our family. Sometimes we really need (or want) to take one of our kids friends with us or perhaps their cousins or Grandma. I'd love a smaller more fuel efficient way to do this.

People keep calling this a CUV but to me it looks like a minivan without the sliding doors and flender flares. It has a lower flat loading floor and minimal ground clearance like a minivan would have (although that is hard to tell from the pictures). If it is a version of the Zafira then I'd love to have one, those vehicles are great.

You're in the same predicament I'm in. Three kids (twins, 7, and a 15mo). We refuse to drive a minivan on principle and neither my wife nor I care for SUV/Crossovers, but we love wagons.

Currently the only thing in the Orlando's class are the cramped Mazda5 and the cheapo Kia Rondo. My wife's sister in Australia has a Holden Zafira and we fell in love with it the first time we borrowed it. We've been waiting and waiting and waiting for something like the Zafira to arrive. We've test-driven a dozen crossovers and bottom line was we didn't like any of them. Neither my wife nor I like high seating or the jacked-up feel of a crossover. I'm waaaay too spoiled to my BMW. We recently started to seriously consider the Mercedes R-class LWB (the SWB only seats 5) but it's a pain to park — an important consideration in this parking-starved city. And while we can afford one, we're both tightwards who aren't wild about blowing 50 grand on a family car that'll get nicked by bikes and the interior sprayed with baby snot, but we want something nicer than a Kia.

With the Orlando, we could put the twins out back (though that makes me a tad uneasy on the safety issue), our littlest one and his endless paraphernalia in the middle row, and us up front, with room for an additional passenger. We've been scrunching into a BMW 3 and Honda Accord for years and desperately need elbow room. We could comfortably fit into a Mazda5, but it'd become a tighter squeeze as the kids got bigger and would be completely useless if we have another child.

I only wish this wasn't two years away.

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by t-rex

GM with its name screw ups again. "Cruze" is great for America, but awful for other markets, while "Orlando" could likely appeal to overseas customers but sound fonky to Americans.

"Orlando" means "Disney" which is of course a uniquely American thang and might promote a positive image for the model in export markets.

Nevertheless, I think it's sharp-looking and has enough "Groove" styling cues to satisfy me. This, the similarly-styled Gamma crossover, the Cruze, the next Aveo and the Beat will give GM a very strong core lineup for global markets.

I'm glad to see GM finally be taking not just small cars, but cars in general, seriously again. We may have to wait a few years but GM might actually righting its capsizing ship...

Hell, sell it in the US as the Uplander and I'd like that better.

[Koasterking]

Good car
Bad name

[kenman923]

Let me guess. Europe will get this before we do.

[jbartley]

...they won't call it orlando..it's just the concept name. chill peoples.

[jcgable]

I think we are also looking at the interior of the cobalt with a plastic/metallic bar dividing it in two...

[GMfan1111]

I like it but it would be nice if the U.S got this first instead of Europe which seems to get everything before us 90% of the time

[Butz]

Originally Posted by Skank Boy

Yay! another CUV!

To me it looks more of an extended-hatchback-wagon of some sort.

[mgescuro]

Greaaaaaaaat..... GM is no longer an SUV company.... they're a CUV company!!


Very nice interior....
BUT... that interior has now appeared in the Cruze, the Astra, and now the Orlando.

How many more GM?? How many more!!!

[AndrewGS]

Why do Chevrolet need a Gamma, Delta, Theta and Lambda CUV? Why replace the successful retro HHR with another me-too machine? Why not leave Opel some room?

[mgescuro]

Originally Posted by AndrewGS

Why do Chevrolet need a Gamma, Delta, Theta and Lambda CUV? Why replace the successful retro HHR with another me-too machine? Why not leave Opel some room?

THey don't.
This is GM. Blanket the field with reconstituted cars and beaucoup overlap.

Opel is supposed to move more upmarket.
But the more and more I see this strategy unfold, the more I'm seeing it turn into another VW debacle, when they decided to move VW upmarket and suddenly everything bunched up.
It cost VW significant sales from disgruntled customers.

I hope this doesn't happen with GM.

I fail to see the need for so many CUV's. So many brands. So many CUV's.

[ARCANGEL]

guys this is gonna be the replacement for HHR so its not adding another CUV to the lineup. Also the interior is nowhere near the same as the cruze etc etc...