New GM's have dreadful styling. I liked the G8's styling so much I almost bought an 09 GXP instead of our Challenger. A new Firebird would have been better looking than the new Camaro, they always were better looking in the past too.
A Lot Has Changed in 20 Years
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So here's my whole deal about the naming situation, or rather bringing old names back. Lets take the Dodge Dart for example(kind of a personal favorite of mine). When the Dart came out in 2013, people HATED the fact that Chrysler had brought back an old name. They say things like "the old Dart was sooo much better, a real muscle car." But I think those people were romanticizing the original Dart too much. The Dart was just a car, it didn't look great, but it didn't look bad either(I really dig the looks of the new Dart), yes it had some higher powered V8's available, but it was not a special car. It was just a car, and it was great at just being a car. As is the new Dart, not fast, not incredibly slow, not fantastic looking but It's pretty damn good for a modern compact. It lives up to the Dart name perfectly, in my opinion. Same goes for the Impala. It's still a classy, stylish full-size that wears a Chevy badge. Sure, it's got FWD and a V6 only now, but the car and the namesake follows the times. Back in the 70's, it was a massive, V8, RWD, full sized car that looked better, was more comfortable, and was priced higher than a Malibu. Those attributes were sort of the unwritten law of the land for American cars at the time. In the modern era, people want FWD, people want fuel economy but they want V6 power, they want traction, stability, ABS, etc, because that's what's driving the design and manufacture of modern cars. That and extremely restrictive laws on safety and designs. The car's designers are doing their best, and I'd say doing a damn fine job of making cars that bear an old name and carry an old soul, while surviving in the modern market.
I am a sucker for Buicks. Always have been, probably always will be.
I just had to scrap my grandfather's 1994 LeSabre that he's been driving for 23 years. It hurt me a little to do it, but the subframe rusted out of the body and the rest of the car wasn't far behind.
I had to find him a replacement, and naturally I began looking for something similar (but newer) to his LeSabre that he loved. 2005 was the last year for Park Avenue and LeSabre, and sales weren't strong for those models that year, so those models were hard to come by, but I didn't eliminate them from my search.
The next models that replaced those two cars were the Lucerne and the LaCrosse. Lucernes were hard to find in clean shape, but LaCrosses' were plentiful.
I ended up finding him a 2006 Buick LaCrosse CX. It had low miles, two owners, and the 3800 motor that was in his LeSabre, this time a Series III instead of a Series I. Anyway, he loves the car. He said it rides like his old LeSabre, and is quieter and more powerful. It's built in Ontario, unlike his LeSabre that was made in Flint, which in the mind of an 84 year old man is a bit of a compromise, but it's better than being made in Japan or Mexico in his mind.
It's a beautiful looking car. Lots of cheesy wood grain inside, dark cherry paint color, classic waterfall grille. Definitely an old person's car. I'm trying to find some ventiports from a Park Avenue to install on it.
Anyway, I guess my point is, while the names aren't the same, the cars aren't all that different. They are definitely still unmistakably Buicks.
Personally I think the new LaCrosses are gorgeous, but they'd be better if they were called Roadmasters. And they are built in the US.
I just had to scrap my grandfather's 1994 LeSabre that he's been driving for 23 years. It hurt me a little to do it, but the subframe rusted out of the body and the rest of the car wasn't far behind.
I had to find him a replacement, and naturally I began looking for something similar (but newer) to his LeSabre that he loved. 2005 was the last year for Park Avenue and LeSabre, and sales weren't strong for those models that year, so those models were hard to come by, but I didn't eliminate them from my search.
The next models that replaced those two cars were the Lucerne and the LaCrosse. Lucernes were hard to find in clean shape, but LaCrosses' were plentiful.
I ended up finding him a 2006 Buick LaCrosse CX. It had low miles, two owners, and the 3800 motor that was in his LeSabre, this time a Series III instead of a Series I. Anyway, he loves the car. He said it rides like his old LeSabre, and is quieter and more powerful. It's built in Ontario, unlike his LeSabre that was made in Flint, which in the mind of an 84 year old man is a bit of a compromise, but it's better than being made in Japan or Mexico in his mind.
It's a beautiful looking car. Lots of cheesy wood grain inside, dark cherry paint color, classic waterfall grille. Definitely an old person's car. I'm trying to find some ventiports from a Park Avenue to install on it.
Anyway, I guess my point is, while the names aren't the same, the cars aren't all that different. They are definitely still unmistakably Buicks.
Personally I think the new LaCrosses are gorgeous, but they'd be better if they were called Roadmasters. And they are built in the US.
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