The most common complaint I used to get when pitching OnStar to potential suck...er, customers was that Big Brother would be in their car and know their every move.

Honda could put out an Accord that was indistinguishable from a Toyota Camry and it would still make the 10Best list.

The Saturn Ion.

@grzydj: I would argue that the Honda CR-Z was equally overshadowed by the original Insight. After all, the CR-Z has about as much in common with that as it does the CRX.

I like the sounds of this. For the past few years all Lincoln has done was to take an existing Ford product, make a few tweaks here and there, add some leather and a nav system (or whatever that MyFordTouchSync thing is), jack up the price by $5-10K, and call it a Lincoln MK[insert cool-sounding letter here]. The…

@Kikzilla: I dunno...the 2.2 Ecotec in my Saturn Vue has been rock solid through many a road trip. A coworker of mine has an '03 Cavalier (IIRC, the first year the Cav came with the Ecotec) with 230k+ on it that has shown no signs of stopping either.

@LTDScott: Yet, for what it's worth, I saw a new Regal being driven yesterday by—who else—a blue-haired retiree. Go figure.

Bruce Almighty and a nice little spliff at the drive-in...good times.

@Lotucris: While they're at it, lose the slushbox too.

@RyGuy: I would have to agree with you. I had a 1997 SL1 and also hooned the shit out of it...didn't burn more than a half pint of oil per 3k miles, and still returned 30 mpg or better every time.

@LuckyChuck: Either way, they tended to eat head gaskets for breakfast.

Any four-banger Vue. Bonus points if it's got a slushbox.

@Brumski07: That's not me tailgating...that's me trying to catch a contact buzz.

And GM still didn't learn...