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Just when you thought it could never get worse! The new Sunfire and Cavalier! (Pics)

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Old 08-30-2002, 06:43 AM
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I shouldn't make fun of them, they make one hell of a FWD winter driver for the price.

5 yr old with 90,000 to 120,000 miles for $1,500 T0 $2,000.

Oh who in the hell am I kiddin' they suck.
Old 08-30-2002, 10:30 AM
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What a waste of bandwidth!!! Does Chris Bangle -BMW Design guru (to put it slightly) work for GM too? I am going to question all bad taste design that way from now on...

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Old 08-30-2002, 11:22 AM
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Originally posted by airgate
Old 08-30-2002, 01:06 PM
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Originally posted by Triple-H

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The worst part of that UGLY ass contraption is that it's going to flood rental car fleets and we're going to have to see those monstosities running all over the place.

A big ol' for these "re-styles"
Old 08-30-2002, 03:12 PM
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Hideous. And GM wonders where its market share is going. Their brand-centric, committee-think culture couldn't build a nice car if their collective lives depended on it. So much for the "new" GM under Robert Lutz - I hope these designs were signed off before he rolled into town, as I'd like to think he would have nixed 'em. Otherwise, there truly is no hope. GM needs to kill half its divisions and focus on PRODUCT - dump the brand engineering. Otherwise, this type of crap is destined to result.

Even worse, these things are going to flood rental car fleets and those of us who travel a lot on business will get stuck driving them. Avis and National - thanks, but no thanks. You can keep your "quality GM vehicles." I'll try my luck with Hertz - at least the Ford offerings aren't an outright embarassment. (Heck, Hertz rented me a Protege5 at LAX a few weeks ago - it was almost fun!)

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I like the cavalier, looks good imo.
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cavlier front looks like new tiburon (headlights at least) and sunfire butt looks like mercury sable... and that's not exactly good company
Old 09-01-2002, 11:15 PM
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Originally posted by Triple-H

i think the headlights make it look cross eyed

sorry, i'm an eye doctor...i notice these kinds of things all the time! lol
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Originally posted by airgate

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Now, the Sunfire. . .







Wow Pontiac sure knows how to make them ugly. I can imagine 10 redneck stylist sitting around a table that was once a door arguing whether or not to use 3 spoke wheels. Thems was popular in the 80's.

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I guess when you graduate in the lower third of your design class, you don't get to work for Honda, Toyota, Nissan or even Chrysler...


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