The all new Chevrolet Lumina

[NinjaGnome]

very nice car, id be all over it if i hadnt already purchased a vehicle

 

[vi edit]

So it's a Commodore/soon to be G8 with a Chevy badge?

 

[foghorn67]

Will they have the Celebrity Eurosport edition?

 

[PricklyPete]

They sell the Holden Commodore in the middle east as the Chevy Lumina. It is comign to the US as the Pontiac G8 and will initially have a 362HP V8 with cylinder deactivation...we should see it within the year.

 

[R Nilla]

http://forums.dieselstation.com/index.php?showtopic=20605&st=0

For some reason I think this is nicer looking than the G8. Maybe it's those damn hood scoops...

 

[ForumMaster]

nice car. wonder when and if it will ever be availble here.

 

[SSSnail]

Originally posted by: DarkKnight69

Originally posted by: j00fek

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: j00fek
looks sick, too bad its not a honda

Why should it matter?

american cars dont last

That is funny, GM offers the longest warranty of all the car manufacturers on the market...

<tommy boy> I can put a POS in a box and slap a warranty sticker on it, but all that is just a warranty POS</tommy boy>

But yeah, that car looks great.

 

[fs5]

Originally posted by: PricklyPete
They sell the Holden Commodore in the middle east as the Chevy Lumina. It is comign to the US as the Pontiac G8 and will initially have a 362HP V8 with cylinder deactivation...we should see it within the year.

http://www.pontiac.com/g8/
a good lookin' pontiac imo

 

[DarkKnight69]

Originally posted by: vi_edit
So it's a Commodore/soon to be G8 with a Chevy badge?

Well, Holden is Gm so they are just sending to across to Pontiac.

As for the warranty, it says alot when a company will stand by their products.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Vic
Why do Ford and GM sell all their good cars abroad is what I want to know...

To make more money?

Someone needs to tell them that that particular business model ain't workin' out for them.

Which is why they are No 1 in China, and have strong sales in Europe. It's there NA operations that are having issues, not overseas.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: SSSnail

Originally posted by: DarkKnight69

Originally posted by: j00fek

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: j00fek
looks sick, too bad its not a honda

Why should it matter?

american cars dont last

That is funny, GM offers the longest warranty of all the car manufacturers on the market...

<tommy boy> I can put a POS in a box and slap a warranty sticker on it, but all that is just a warranty POS</tommy boy>

But yeah, that car looks great.

Worked for Hyundai didn't it?

 

[PricklyPete]

Originally posted by: R Nilla
http://forums.dieselstation.com/index.php?showtopic=20605&st=0

For some reason I think this is nicer looking than the G8. Maybe it's those damn hood scoops...

I like the look of the G8 very much...minus the hood scoops. Hopefully they'll offer a scoop-less options since we know they are doing nothing.

 

[Red Dawn]

The front of the SS looks very similar to the COT Impala that Chevy's running this year in NASCAR

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Vic
Why do Ford and GM sell all their good cars abroad is what I want to know...

To make more money?

Someone needs to tell them that that particular business model ain't workin' out for them.

Which is why they are No 1 in China, and have strong sales in Europe. It's there NA operations that are having issues, not overseas.

so why don't they sell those good cars here? it's not that vic wants them to sell crappy cars there, it's that he (and about everyone else who pays attention to ford and gm's overseas cars) wants them to sell the good ones here too.

 

[tfinch2]

Too bad my 98 Lumina LTZ doesn't look like that.

 

[radioouman]

Why bring back the Lumina name?
All I can think of are noisy 3.1 liter V6 engines running around, and dieing on the sides of the road.

 

[theeedude]

This is coming to the US as Pontiag G8. What's the big whoop?
http://jalopnik.com/cars/news/chicago-a...show-pontiac-g8-gt-show-car-234618.php

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: radioouman
Why bring back the Lumina name?
All I can think of are noisy 3.1 liter V6 engines running around, and dieing on the sides of the road.

You fell for my trap.

 

[Ktulu]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Vic

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Originally posted by: Vic
Why do Ford and GM sell all their good cars abroad is what I want to know...

To make more money?

Someone needs to tell them that that particular business model ain't workin' out for them.

Which is why they are No 1 in China, and have strong sales in Europe. It's there NA operations that are having issues, not overseas.

so why don't they sell those good cars here? it's not that vic wants them to sell crappy cars there, it's that he (and about everyone else who pays attention to ford and gm's overseas cars) wants them to sell the good ones here too.

Isn't that what GM is doing? Yet, as long is it doesn't carry an import badge it will never be good enough.

 

[RU482]

Pontiac - Australian cars for the US
Saturn - European cars for the US
Chevy - Entry level US cars
Buick - Mid Level US cars
Cadillac - Upscale US cars

 

[Zenmervolt]

Originally posted by: DarkKnight69
That is funny, GM offers the longest warranty of all the car manufacturers on the market...

Longer than Hyundai's 10 year/100,000 mile warranty? Oh, no, GM's is only 5 year/100,000 miles. See, GM knows that most people will only hit 60,000 miles or fewer in 5 years. This way they get to look like they have a long warranty, but only very rarely have to back it up.

Besides, it's pretty much proven that companies with higher-quality products do not see any benefit from longer warranties because people don't perceive the need for a warranty with those products. Companies that have longer warranties have them because consumers perceive a lack of quality in the product and need the enticement of free repairs to be convinced that buying the product is a good idea.

ZV

 

[secretanchitman]

ill have to admit, thats one good looking american car...

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: redly1
Pontiac - Australian cars for the US
Saturn - European cars for the US
Chevy - Entry level US cars
Buick - Mid Level US cars
Cadillac - Upscale US cars

The Corvette is one heck of an entry level car.

 

[AdamK47]

Originally posted by: secretanchitman
ill have to admit, thats one good looking american car...

Yeah, it's a nice American car. :laugh:

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: Ktulu

Isn't that what GM is doing? Yet, as long is it doesn't carry an import badge it will never be good enough.

one car that got a fugly makeover is not enough. we want the entire line, without fugliness. they're only now starting to do what has been readily apparent to anyone who looked at it over the last 5 or 6 years. just like how nissan took forever to put a 4 banger in the maxima, when everyone knew that would be a huge win for them.


here's to hoping that it doesn't turn out like the american version of top gear did.