Yes, you are. The ever-just-around-the-corner that’s been GM’s future for the past quarter-century, where the renaissance product that’s so far ahead of the competition will finally emerge.

Of course, this ignores that time doesn’t stand still for GM’s competition, either (you think BMW will leave the 3-Series to rot?!) and that all this masturbatory material doesn’t change the fact that the Aveo, for example, still represents what GM thinks of the mass market.

I can’t believe people still fall for this kind of thing. Remember the HyWire, Sequel and Sixteen? GM was giving it’s fans something to wank over back then, when the Cobalt, Aveo and such were what was really on-deck and we were still subject to the Cavalier.

Like I have said before, and also in my report of the Geneva Motor Show, there is absolutely NO POINT in showing make-believe electric cars that are still 3 or 4 years away from reality. It makes people think, “right, I will wait for one of those beauts then” rather than buying current models and keeping the industry alive.

I am sure people stopped buying when Obama announced C4C 3 months before it happened, and I am sure this also has the same effect, but for longer !!

For a few Concepts that were built i look mostly to chrysler:
Viper
Prowler
Crossfire
and…
2002 Thunderbird
New GT40
05 Mustang

Point Is: Never mattered. The Viper and Mustang were the only Concepts that went on to be everything they could be.

Concept cars give engineers false hope. No one fawns over The Chevy Beat/Trax… No matter how much Mike Bay wants them to.

Oh and on another concept turned ugly :

Why is the Volt’s cowl so high?

No, Really. my 92 Accord wagon with a bigger engine has a cowl that lays low. The volt has nearly three inches of highth difference between the base of the windshield and the bottom of the door glass.

I hate high cowl cars. The Fox platform cars were one of the worst, but most anything FWD from Detroit suffers the HORRIBLE-HIGH-COWL.

can i get an AMEN?

Im tryin to eat a perfectly sloppy meal.. and I need to make a intelligent comment..
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Whats always bothered me…
The concepts that GM puts out.. dont look nearly as good as the stuff on the market.. unlike the Old Old Chrysler. Shit, I remember walking into walls and door posts just staring at the 300M that was on the road. I used to love that car.

Now.. its a Deals on Wheels spokesperson.

I just have no faith in GM anymore. And im sick and tired of being told”.. “its coming. I swear its coming.”

This and the 230 campaign are cheap, clever, and effective–three things you wouldn’t normally expect from GM.

Meanwhile, the hacks over at the other tax suck continue to wallow in…what? More stories about hammering former ‘partners’ out of their property?

Go GM.

Twotone

The strength of a car maker is inversely proportional to the difference between its concepts and production models.

The strength of a nation is inversely proportional to the difference between its published law and how things are actually done.

This falls into the “Who cares?” category at this point.

People don’t buy concepts; they buy what is on the showroom floor.