This will establish GMC as the go-to brand for GM trucks, allowing them to advertise and market the brand properly. Chevy can refocus its brand on value, economy and performance.

I think Pontiac needs to go as its entire product line can easily be rebadged as Chevy (imagine an authentic RWD Chevy Impala SS). I know Pontiac has an amazing heritage but that's been diluted to the point where it no longer matters.

I like Buick as a niche product line, a step down in price from Cadillac but different product from Chevy. They need more models and some specialized marketing but it can work. If GM cannot differentiate the product from the other brands, ditch it.

Keep Cadillac going down the road its been on.

Saturn, Saab, Hummer..... see ya!

(for the record, Jalopnik typically works well for me except for the occasional glitch)

All we need are a few cassettes of Whitesnake and Aldo Nova, maybe some Saga, and we're ready to cruise.

Here's a couple music vids to get you in the proper mood.

Headpins -

Aldo Nova, baby! -

Saga, with relative visuals -

I hope tonight of all nights our Graverobber is out robbing graves, or getting his grave robbed, or whatever it is that keeps his hippie hydroponic organic maple syrup commenter brain generating these gems. Perhaps we could take up a collection to buy him some Ketel One and sodium cyanide? He'd prolly like that.

The wheel covers are wrong, the shifter is wrong and I'm not crazy about the DIY Line X bedliner. Being picky? Perhaps, but I take my Malaise era cars seriously because they're serious cars.

I'd pay $15k for the 'chero if it were made from a 1980 Fairmont Turbo

or maybe a NASA Electric Car wagon, as seen in the PCH: [jalopnik.com]

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A complete and utter dick has no need for penis substitutes

If that doesn't describe Jezza, I don't know what does.

Hopefully he hit a F-150 whilst driving a Chrysler Sebring. Would serve him right but glad to hear he's OK.

Same exact thing will happen with TGUS, although it'll be easier as the American TGUK viewership is minuscule. Regardless, Adam and the guys will have to harvest their own viewer base and forget about support from the existing one.

*My current truck is running great and does everything I need.

*I don't really need a new truck, just want one.

*I'm buried up to my eyeballs in debt.

*I'm, uh, between employment opportunities at the moment.

Except for these niggiling details, hell yeah, I'd buy something new! When the Pontiac G8 GXP hits the market, it'll be tough for me to resist.

It's not what Clarkson says that's over the top. It's the reaction it gets from people who spend way too much time on the internet talking about cars they'll never own, like this poor Sebring convertible.

And just for the record, I like this car as long as it's taken for what it is; a comfortable, easy-to-drive, 4-seat convertible with a good sized trunk. I wouldn't buy one but they're decent enough to rent. Clarkson didn't take this car for what it's worth because it's doesn't earn him a paycheck.

Didn't the Pratt & Miller guys win LeMons Detroit? The same Pratt & Miller guys that have won the real LeMans and about a thousand other world sports car races? Beating Ferrari and Aston Martin on a global racing scale is one thing, but beating the average car guy who spent a whopping $500 on race car doesn't quite seem fair.

Now we have professional custom car builders creating a LeMons car from scratch, essentially, all under the impression that its only worth $500. When Maney builds a one-off Bandit Trans Am for a customer, what does he bill his fab guys at, $100 an hour?

I'm waiting for the Hendrick Motorsports guys to enter a car, maybe a Celebrity Eurosport or a Citation X-11, complete with an old V6 they, "found out back behind the shop". I imagine they'll be quite competitive after some time on the 7-post shaker rig and a few trips to the Windshear wind tunnel.

I think the days of the $25,000 custom built race car d.b.a. a $500 junkyard clunker are upon us.

Hey, Porsche, remember one thing: They always follow a Jew with a Gentile and the Gentile wins more money. What is that, a coincidence?

I just watched the flash video on 8664.org and encourage those interested to view it.

My mom had a new '73 Pinto back then, Runabout, 4 speed, slot mags and a hand crank sunroof. It would be a blast to have that car again, but not $20,000 worth of a blast. I mean, if this particular Pinto is so damned perfect, why isn't it at Barrett-Jackson being bought by Ron Pratte?

"Yes, officer, this is my car", as I'm flashing a $100 bill under my license and have a snub nose .38 under my crotch. Never had a problem with the cops.