"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
11/28/2013 at 11:22 • Filed to: Morning Shift, Automotive News, Cadillac Elmiraj, Mercedes Benz Gran Turismo, Pontiac Aztek, Mercury Cougar, Saab Production, Martha Hunt
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"No, I don't thank you for the fish at all" (notindetroit)
11/28/2013 at 11:22 • Filed to: Morning Shift, Automotive News, Cadillac Elmiraj, Mercedes Benz Gran Turismo, Pontiac Aztek, Mercury Cougar, Saab Production, Martha Hunt | 2
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This is the Morning Shift, Thanksgiving OppoLock-style. You know the drill.
First Gear: Happy Thanksgiving from GM, here's an unbelievable early Christmas present
Everybody loves amazing concept cars, right? Everybody wants to see them in production, right? Well, the results !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . But hopefully Cadillac can do better, and as !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! reports the Elmiraj (or something very close to it) can happen, in both coupe and sedan form ala the current CTS (and future ATS) lineup:
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"That's the car Cadillac needs," Reuss told !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! . "You make a statement with a coupe. You don't make a statement with a sedan."
2nd Gear: This is what the production version of Mercedes' Gran Turismo Concept looks like...somewhere underneath all that....
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! are pretty good at being on top of the disguised prototype world, and they've snapped these spy shots of the production version of the amazing !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! concept. Though the GT concept has received a lot of love-it hate-it comments for its styling (especially its huge snoz), the production version already appears to be greatly toned down !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
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3rd Gear: I promise, no Aztek hate in this one
!!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! isn't just a marketplace for classic metal, it's also an automotive news source in its own right. This article's been rerun a bit but it never tires to read about what may very well be the greatest car to wear the Mercury badge.
4th Gear: Saab's Back, Baby!
OppoLock's very own !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! says Saab will actually come back soon. Very soon. Like, literally next week soon. Go check it out. Like, soon.
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5th Gear: and no for something completely different....
And now here's some !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! because she was interviewed during the Macy's Parade and because why not?
Reverse: Automobile drivers begin new careers as non-athletes
Thanksgiving Day, when it arrived, found me again in Chicago with the car...
A heavy snow had fallen during the night and we experienced hard going as we drove out to Jackson Park from our quarters on Sixteenth Street.
Of nearly a hundred entries, only six cars lined up for the start. Of these six, two were electric vehicles entered by Morris and Salom of Philadelphia, and Sturgis of Chicago. Of the four gasoline-engined vehicles, H. Mueller & Go. of Decatur, Illinois, R. H. Macy & Co. of New York, and The De la Vergne Refrigerating Machine Co. of New York, each came to the start with an imported German Benz. The Duryea Motor Wagon Company's entry was the only American-made gasoline car to start.
Neutral: What car concept debuting within the 2013 calendar year do you NOT want to see in production? Because it's too easy and cliche to talk about what should be made.
twinturbobmw
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
11/28/2013 at 11:24 |
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I don't want to see the new Mustang. I'm worried what happened to it.
JR1
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
11/28/2013 at 11:26 |
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Neutral- A car that shouldn't make it into production that we saw in concept form is that god awful lexus suv creature from the swamp thing. Everyone shield your eyes
carcrasher88
> No, I don't thank you for the fish at all
11/28/2013 at 11:32 |
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Neutral: What car concept debuting within the 2013 calendar year do you NOT want to see in production?
Ford Ka Concept. The first two Ka models were rather fun looking, plus the current one is based on Fiat 500 underpinnings. This thing is just plain bland.
Now, if Ford could build an ST version with a generous weight reduction and some decent horsepower for it's size, it might change my mind.