Ron I agree with you that GM really needs some new design engineers badly. Maybe get some fresh college grads in there with some hot new ideas. Hopefully not more rice burners though. I haven't seen one in person yet but Chevy High Performance had a write up about the HHR in their September issue and I think appearance wise it could compete with the PT Cruiser. Perhaps for the person that wants some real get up and go it will fall short, and they may have done something different with the grill, but in all it has a decent appearance. I may check them out and if they are as nice as the article made out I might try to talk the company into getting me one when they replace my Windstar. The wife and daughter will kill me if they do each time we have to move my daughter to and from Purdue University though. The Windstar isn't huge, but compared to our cars with the seats out and stacked to the ceiling it will carry a lot.
Chuck Speake 70 Chevelle Malibu Glen Ellyn, IL -----Original Message----- From: KW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2005 10:21 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Re: Chevelle-list Digest, Vol 25, Issue 73 I have to agree with you Ron. Pontiac had a great idea...I just wish that they weren't stuck on having everything look like a "Grand Am" It seems that GM really needs help in it's design department, I cant think of a nice looking vehicle (Corvette is the exception) that they are currently producing, certainly nothing that makes the style headlines like the Mustang, PT Cruiser, Magnum, 300. It seems that Mopar has all the style, Ford has the retro, and GM is left with the LaCrosse (or is that really just an ugly Taraus?), the HHR's,, The Vue, and the H3. (not even THINKING about the Avalanche....) What the H3ll are they thinking? If it weren't for the trucks and the SUV's they would have gone out of business long ago, and as far as I am concerned, they haven't made any nice looking trucks since 2002! Sorry if I have stepped on any toes, but I remember when GM meant the best looking AND the best performing vehicles. I wish they would go back to leading instead of being content to fall to the wayside. Keith ----- Original Message ----- > Didn't mean offend by my comments, but to me the styling of the current > GTO > is rather bland. GM has a great plateform to build from, they just have > not > hit the right spot with me.
