Today’s “losing streak” is incredibly minor compared to the 40% drop that car sales took in 2009.

Imagine my surprise.

Drop payroll taxes to compensate for the rise in automation taxes, and you give less incentive to offshore jobs. Not more.

When the marketers say so. “Sport Brake” is a made-up term for a Jag wagon, much like “Sportback” was for a Mitsubishi Lancer wagon and Buick Regal liftback sedan.

I used to be an active member of a particular GM-related car forum before its leadership changed and it devolved into an enraged safe space for Tea Partiers and Trump supporters. Every 50+ year-old armchair CEO’s answer to GM’s problems was “GM needs more coupes... you know, for kids!” (I tried to insert a Hudsucker…

Well, short-sighted government leaders couldn’t figure out how to tax automation like they tax payrolls

How do you do that if you don’t have an employment base that’s skilled in those areas? What you’re talking about takes DECADES and tons of investment that Flint was being starved of.

Today’s cars can take massive small-overlap impacts at 40mph and the doors remain operable. The Model X has no excuse.

Right. I think AMC/Renault eventually had the idea to replace the AMC-based Eagles with Renault-based Eagles. But that never came to pass, either.

It was a Buick V8. And yeah, Rover imported about 800 detuned 3500s to the US in 1980, but had a hell of a time selling them. Seems like they chose an Energy Crisis-driven recession to relaunch their V8 powered luxury car in the middle of.

I know! Can you believe they put 14 more whole horsepower in the GXP than in the top trim Verano?! Rascals!

I know! The G3 and G5 are just too wicked for this 34 year-old. :P

I couldn’t agree more. To me, the 1970 model is the perfect mix of 1968-69 cleanliness with 1971-74 aggressiveness. And the 1970 interior was massively improved.

Absolutely. If Renault had been able to throw AMC a bone to keep the Eagle line fresh over its 9 model year-long life, I’m sure that the extremely cheap-to-build Eagle would have made a great return on investment.

Excuse me? WTF did you get that idea? The engine and transmission were barely broken in at 200k miles. The bodies were tough and more corrosion-resistant than just about any other car on the market.

A lot of that is the angle of the photo. Ground level exaggerates the body lean in this photo.

Absolutely. Even GM car interiors today have a much cleaner, more balanced look.

For me, the 1997-99 88 and LSS were the nicest-looking cars of that generation. And I’m saying this as a Buick guy.

Well that would certainly make sense. It’s harder to tell on a rounded surface that the panel doesn’t fit consistently. That’s true. But, oh, the creaks and groans of all that plastic loosening and rubbing together. The humanity!

Fair enough. However, the 1992-99 Bonneville suffers from Pontiac’s previous era of excesses: a zillion buttons for everything. The power seats alone had a 12-button grid placed just ahead of the cup holders. They were an ergonomic nightmare.