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    New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?

    ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive

    Ten Gas-Saving Eco-Tips Everyone Should Know, And Ten Exceptions To The Rules For Real People
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    Image of bzr bzr
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    I think they really wanted to go with this:
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    Edited by bzr at 07/10/09 11:18 AM bzr was starred bzr was unstarred
    Image of nollid51 nollid51
    07/10/09

    @bzr: SO is GM going ahead with the plan to run cars on Unicorn poop?
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    07/10/09

    @bzr: Yep, that's what I had in mind.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/10/09

    @bzr: I think that's good, but something like this would be even better:



    GM Logo
    Myspace Glitter Graphics
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/10/09

    @FormerlyPreferredCustomer: That's the Cadillac version.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    I was really hoping for something more like this GM.

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    Image of .357 .357
    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: That is incredibly badass.
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: And for special edition vehicles... you can thank me later GM.
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    Edited by Miscellanea at 07/10/09 9:38 AM Miscellanea was starred Miscellanea was unstarred
    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: I however, will thank you right now!
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    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
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    Image of Motor_Yakuza Motor_Yakuza
    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: Maybe a black GM logo will be nice
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    Image of Miscellanea Miscellanea
    07/10/09

    @Motor_Yakuza: You're right! A black GM logo can work.

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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/10/09

    @Miscellanea's brakes are squealing: Maybe we can videotape her washing the green off of the logo?
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    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    If you're a little Yellow after being Blue for so long, you might wind up looking Green
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/10/09

    @POLAЯ 0.02: Jeez, POLAR, you didn't have to tell everyone about my drug habits!
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/10/09

    @POLAЯ 0.02: Or is this a case where Red and Blue make Green?!?!
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    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/10/09

    @.357: Shhh! Be quiet, I'm watching ^Megan!^
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    Image of .357 .357
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    Even if this happened, consumers wouldn't change their views. Logos don't make a company, after all. The black cloud of Malaise is going to be difficult to remove.
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    Edited by .357 at 07/10/09 9:24 AM .357 was starred .357 was unstarred
    Image of Bertone77 Bertone77
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    Sounds like a pointless exercise. Like putting lipstick on a pig; changing the logo will do nothing to change customer perception of the brand. Get better and more fuel efficient cars out there and you will get the "green" card that you are looking for.

    Oh, on a side note, new GM just said Lutz is Back!
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    Image of MaxSmart32 MaxSmart32
    07/10/09

    @Bertone Zero77: I was driving home last night, and have to admit to myself, while no big GM fan, I remember as a kid playing with those big clunky seatbelts that had that really nice, embossed, blue GM logo in the middle. Anyone else remember that?

    Those kinds of memories you can't shake...I for one am glad they are not changing.
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    Image of tenbeers tenbeers
    07/10/09

    @MaxSmart32: I remember them well. They would cause first degree burns to your hands on a hot summer day. God help you if you were wearing shorts and a tee and the buckle came into contact with your ribs or stomach.
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    Edited by tenbeers at 07/10/09 10:13 AM tenbeers was starred tenbeers was unstarred
    Image of MaxSmart32 MaxSmart32
    07/10/09

    @tenbeers: Actually, the ones I'm thinking of were plastic like the one below. I remember the smaller silver ones too.
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    Image of FormerlyPreferredCustomer FormerlyPreferredCustomer
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    Green--perfect. Also, the new name should have improper use of lower case, to denote how futuristic they are, because in the future no one cares about proper grammar rules. Finally, they should change the "G" to "e," to denote both ecology and electronic.



    So, what does that give us?



    eMotors. eMo, for short. Fritz is going to have a hard time with the haircut, though.
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    Image of Unevolved has three moving parts. Unevolved has three moving parts.
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    It's like an ugly chick putting on more war paint.

    All that makeup's not going to help, sweetie. Maybe you should try losing a few pounds, or getting Congress drunker.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    In reality, it is green with envy that Ford doesn't have to bend over and take it dry from demagogue politicians. Seriously, though, you don't change a 100+ year old logo like that. Plus, it looks stupid.
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    Image of stephdumas stephdumas
    07/10/09

    @engineerd: Not some big changes but the Renault logo evolved over the years http://www.cartuningcentral.com/renault
    and other companies logos http://www.neatorama.com/2008/02/18/evolution-of-car-logos/
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    07/10/09

    @stephdumas: Evolutionary change is acceptable. This is drastic. When you see the blue square, without seeing the lettering, you know it's GM. Change the script, or add the "Company" to the bottom. Don't be so drastic. I'm glad to see this isn't coming to pass.
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    Image of Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage!
    07/10/09

    In reply to New "General Motors Company" Logo May Go Green?
    I just threw up a little.


    A little less appearing to be green and a little more actually being green, OK GM? Stop pandering, it's what got you into this mess...
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    Edited by Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! at 07/10/09 9:10 AM Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! was starred Gearhead_42 - Nibbles ate my garage! was unstarred
    Image of POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION POLAЯ ON PЯOBATION
    07/10/09

    @Gearhead_42: When you threw up, was it... GREEN?
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    07/10/09

    @POLAЯ 0.02: A few too many appletinis will do that to a body...
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    Image of AmishJohn AmishJohn
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    Does Bully Dog sell a kit that lets you inject diesel into the propane?
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    Image of Maymar Maymar
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    Every time I see a propane powered pickup, I wish there was a grille mounted in the back - that would make this an attractive enough proposition to overlook the added cost.
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    Image of Elhigh Elhigh
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    Why would I pay ROUSH for the conversion kit when Joe the Plumber could do the job for considerably less? Those tanks aren't that hard to come by, and LPG version of assorted engines dot the landscape wherever there are warehouses - LPG induction systems can be had. Remapping the ECM? Big whoop - my techie 15-yr-old son could probably do it. I sure as hell wouldn't know what he was doing, but he could do it.


    Propane conversion = great. Bending over so ROUSH can screw me out of 8 large = not so great.

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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    whatever. i dont care about anything you have to say jalopnik. that image won me over
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    12/03/08

    @damnelantra™: although, now that i have red the artcle i must say im quite plesed with it. dirty glove reference and all.


    have the roads in fair daytwa been soiled over with the lovely 50/50-salt/diarrhea 5 day after snow storm goodness yet?


    also, i would not mind a propane auto


    [/scatter though process complete]

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    Image of Graverobber Graverobber
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    Oh, and I almost forgot; cabbage smell!
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    Image of Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet
    12/03/08

    In reply to ROUSH Propane-Powered F-150: First Drive
    You sure that smoke isn't the condensation from a gas tank leak?
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