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#49 of 55 The two that stand out... by blueguydotcom

Aug 27, 2008 (2:06 pm)

CTS - the press made the original sound like a legit contender. I got my hands on a manual - which the salesman chided saying nobody drives manuals. What a sloppy, heavy, cheap feeling hunk of junk. Seriously, that car couldn't feel any less like the vehicle described by Edmunds, MT, R&T, Autoweek.
 
G35 - 2nd gen. Heavy, bloated, muted steering, coarse engine at the upper rev range. The press made it sound like Infiniti G35 had gone from being 90% BMW to 95% BMW. Nope, it actually regressed. As did the e9x BMWs.
 
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#50 of 55 The CTS by lokki

Aug 27, 2008 (2:40 pm)

Replying to: blueguydotcom (Aug 27, 2008 2:06 pm)
Yeah - I'd forgotten how bitterly I was disapointed with the CTS the first time I saw it. I was at Narita Airport in Tokyo, and they had one on a turntable rotating around to impress everyone. Well, maybe they impressed somebody but it sure wasn't me.
 
Since turntable lifted the car about 3 feet, it made the CTS' fat and heavy buttocks very prominent. When the turntable rotated, the grill was also pretty sad too; it was made out of cheap gray Mattel plastic.
 
Overall, my impression was that someone had taken a nice 1964 de Ville and done a caricature of it. The Chevron toy cars came to mind.
 
Being an American travelling in a foreign country, I was a bit embarrassed for the home team. My thought was... !%$%! - all that money invested and GM has blown it again.

#51 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [graphicguy] by wjtinatl

Aug 29, 2008 (2:01 pm)

Replying to: graphicguy (Aug 27, 2008 1:32 pm)
graphicguy
You are correct sir... Isuzu still makes and sells a very high-quality line of diesel and gas medium duty trucks for the US market. I believe GM also rebrands these vehicles and sells them as Chevy and GMC products. However, Isuzu's consumer business is dead. Announced in January, they are no longer selling the re-badged TrailBlazer and Colorado pick-up. Seems like GM got the better of that deal, high-quality diesel engines and commercial vehicles. Isuzu got two of GM's most underwhelming vehicles that they sell at hefty discounts. Isuzu dealers must have been thrilled. The shame is, Isuzu is well known as a diesel expert, and played a significant role in developing the GM Duramax diesel. Why thay couldn't provide a nice 4 cylinder direct injection turbo diesel for the Malibu and perhaps Lambda crossovers is a mystery. A Malibu with solid performance that could get 40 mpg highway would have made the new Jetta diesel yesterday's news.

#52 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [wjtinatl] by corvette

Aug 29, 2008 (4:33 pm)

Replying to: wjtinatl (Aug 29, 2008 2:01 pm)
If you go to Isuzu's website, it looks like the rebadged Trailblazer and Colorado are eligible for the employee pricing discount, so there must be a few strays hiding somewhere.

#53 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [Mr_Shiftright] by mattandi

Sep 10, 2008 (2:29 pm)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Aug 27, 2008 8:42 am)
Also it was a Toyota, so I just got in it and turned the key for the next couple of years.
 
Well, that's one way to keep the miles off of it.

#54 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [mattandi] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Sep 10, 2008 (4:29 pm)

Replying to: mattandi (Sep 10, 2008 2:29 pm)
Literalist!

#55 of 55 Re: 2 Words... Isuzu Impulse [Mr_Shiftright] by andre1969

Sep 11, 2008 (4:58 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Sep 10, 2008 4:29 pm)
Actually, I know a couple people who killed Toyotas because they DID take that a bit too literally and turning the key was all they did! Well, that and driving it and putting gas in it. Little details like changing the oil or at least checking the oil level, replacing filters as necessary, etc, got overlooked.
 
One of 'em was a mid-90's Corolla that blew up around 30,000 miles when it ran out of oil. The other was an early 90's Tercel that actually tolerated that abuse for about 60,000 before seizing up.

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