What pisses me off is most the nice Holden and Ford vehicles down under are rear wheel drive with available manual trannies while here we get all the wrong wheel drive crap with slushboxes..

I've never understood how Aussieland got so many badass sedans and cars, and the same companies here offered sh!t, wtf??!?! That'd be like Lambo or Ferrari making awesome cars for the U.S. and bloated boring crap elsewhere including in Italy. And Aussie cars had way way nicer interiors before the big 3 got their act together here, again that makes no sense.

New Fusion looks so good, stick the Eco boost 6 in it, manual trans, awd (since it's fwd) etc and make a great sports sedan from the big 3. But no, they'd rather have their auto only fat pig whale 4400lb Taurus "Sho", not even worthy of the Sho name. You can get the same exact car from Lincoln.

I think that might be the new rear wheel drive Impala...look...6 tail lights!!

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What is this crap? 5 fires my ass, prove that! There is absolutely no fire problem. I work at GM as I've mentioned around here, and you are very misinformed by people who have a political problem with the car, and don't know the first thing about cars. 2 wrecked ones (in crash testing by the gov't) that were not properly discharged after being totaled started on fire 2 weeks after the wreck. What happens when you crash a traditional car and let gas leak everywhere? How many gas car fires are there every year, cuz they NEVER burn huh?

Yes, the most technologically advanced car on the road costs more than a mass produced compact, big surprise. A lambo costs more than a Nissan Versa, is the buyer of that dumb?

LOL Taxpayer Bailout Money and the 700 Million they threw at that framacation !

http://hotair.com/archives/2011/12/0...omment-page-1/


LOL at least it did not catch on fire :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_h5AO...ature=youtu.be



That $20,000.00 , 400 pound ,One gallon fuel tank caused this ;








NO Problem you and Family sleep good with that thing in your Garage , as Government motors is right on it !!! I would like to see the internal E-Mails on this






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There have been many Fords that have caught on fire, with no government assistance. Without government assistance, Ford would have sold practically no hybrids thus far.

Just for some balance

For the record, I think the Volt is just way too far ahead of the infrastructure required for it. The price is obviously a high point for mass acceptance.

I can say this about the 3.6 V6, bought a 05 STS 3 years ago, cannot believe the performance, plus 28mpg on the highway ! unreal for such a large car with all the amenities..

I say this respectfully, but you are so god damn blinded by your hate of the left that you can't differentiate reality from what some right wing blow hard may have said. Your points are not about the car, we ALL know how you feel about Obama and that somehow feel GM is his, despite Bush starting the bailout. Did you even read what you linked?

Here, let me put the salient points straight from your article backing up "5 fires" or that it's a hazard somehow:
"The first incident of a battery fire in tests came in June, three weeks after a crash test — and sparked three nearby fires as well. A second test in November produced another fire, at which point the results were made public."

That is 2 fires, neither to the public, and both LONG after a crash test! The "nearby fires" were not Volts just blowing up, they were other things near the 1 fire.

Exactly as I said, weeks after a CRASH test 2 cars had a fire. Their batteries were not discharged as they should have been. Just like leaving a leaking gas tank around would cause a problem.

The next "helpful" link is to a very old clip of a prototype Volt, nothing to do with production. A car meant to be on display at a carshow doesn't fly up a hill? Yeah, you showed us what a pile a production Volt (with the highest customer satisfaction in the industry) is.

Please either stick to boat design, or at least ranting on politics, but your attempts to talk cars, which is nothing more than politics to you just isn't working.

He trashed Romney for many months, so he has to rant on someone.