I know this may be getting old. I don't really care.

@Spiegel, Cynic.: Go to a Nascar race. Any Nascar race. I promise you will find plenty of rednecks that drive everything from Fords to BMW's.

@SpikeJnZ - Shomer Shabbos: Preesh. I was tossing around the, "has this gotten old yet?" and realized I didn't care and that it fit perfectly.

The municipalities must be running out of money. Using an Excursion and an Erector Set to assemble a SWAT mobile must be a sign of the times.

Do. Want.

@Roberto G.: I am, good call! You get the prize of the day! You get a proud face :-|.

This is my surprised face :-|. This is my happy face :-|. You see the difference, right?

They will do something with it. They then will water it down, dilute, and bastardize it to the Scion brand to make it "cool" and fit in thus killing it and the storied name.

It may be a plug in hybrid after all, however, it is still a different kind of plug in. For example, the plug in hybrid Vue would have had a traditional ICE and transmission setup as well as a battery. Correct me if I am wrong on this. If that is the case then the ICE in the Volt truly does only drive the electric…

My father had the family truckster for many years until my mother bought a Dodge Intrepid in 1996. The car my father had was a 1990 police interceptor Crown Vic he purchased brand new from the factory.

It already looks like a more muscular, better designed, cleaner version of the TC so this should be interesting.

@pauljones: As always, you are right there with the logical thinking. This is what I have been trying to put into words all day and you did it. I commend you and thank you.

@Incoherent_ramblings_of_a_madm...: Not for nothing but have you seen or driven the new Cruze? Not trying to sway you or anything but I found it to be an enjoyable, quiet, competent ride. Also as much as I thought the 1.4 L turbo would be slow it is surprisingly quick. Just saying.

@Bueller: Haha. Thankfully for the rest of us the G5 is out of production. Sadly there are a large number of crap econoboxes out there to pull from.

I know it's been said before, however, thank you! My grammar and spelling isn't always great but it always seems to irk me when I must be forced to read bad grammar or spelling. Especially to, too, and two. So from the depths of my very being, thank you for being a grammar nazi.

This isn't even the lesser platform prostitution, it's bold faced badge engineering. What's next a Maserati Duoporte? Pontiac G5 underpinnings? Maserati face?

@Ash78 gonna git you, sucka: Don't appologize. Its still funny and really somewhat appropriate.

1988 Lincoln TownCar. Don't laugh because that car was hell on wheels. Or was that me? Hmm. Tripple white and fully loaded. I fried the transmission. Should have fixed it.

Mr. Hyde, Dr. Jeckyll would like to know why you have to ask? Undeniably, yes.