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Re: well, what I mean Posted by George M [Email] (more from George M) on Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:23:14

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Agreed. GM can't afford to be unique or creative right now. It's a shame & it's because they lost the creative touch that they can't afford it now.

Think back to all the Jelly Bean cars of the '80s. everyone was doing aerodynamic, but didn't understand it enough to be creative & flex it.

Now with the new European pedestrian safety standards, pretty much all cars sold in Europe will likely have a very similar shape to the front end until they learn how to meet the reg's & massage the shape. I'd bet the Saturn (Ion?) & new 9-5 nose both meet the new regulations. It's just another adolesence period of car design. Keep in mind when cars were really good looking there were mainly just 3 car companies in this country (to speak of), no MPG concerns, minimal gov't regulations to deal with, IE: design was easier then!

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WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, DavidFL, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 17:41:45
- Hmmmm, AdamB , Fri, 23 Dec 2005 13:11:22
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, Kirk, Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:49:44
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, Stan, Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:38:35
  - One more thing..., Stan, Thu, 22 Dec 2005 15:59:29
- GM is hopeless..., Alex, Wed, 21 Dec 2005 19:12:00
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, saabnewbe, Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:48:35
- George M is right on..., John T, Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:22:45
- BUY an '05 9-5 while you can n/m, CM, Wed, 21 Dec 2005 05:19:46
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, seemack, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 23:19:54
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, George M, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:51:02
- Take a look around, Johnson , Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:48:02
  - Re: Take a look around, jnb, Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:07:17
  - Re: Take a look around, George M, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 21:59:52
    - well, what I mean, Johnson , Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:14:49
      - Re: well, what I mean, George M, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 22:23:14 <-- Viewing This Message
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, Rafe, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:50:38
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, Dean, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 20:32:19
- Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, Johnny Aero, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:33:00
  - Re: WHY DID THEY RUIN OUR FAVORITE CAR?!? :(, steve, Tue, 20 Dec 2005 18:51:27
    - COME ON!!! HOW CAN YOU COMPARE THE 9.5 TO THE SATURN?!?, brewman_13, Thu, 22 Dec 2005 05:54:19
      - Re: COMPARE THE 9.5 TO THE SATURN, anthony94114, Thu, 22 Dec 2005 16:58:32
      - Take a look at the..., Johnson , Thu, 22 Dec 2005 09:33:10

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