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Henderson Willing to Take GM into Bankruptcy to Meet Obama Mandate I hope Fritz has a better taste for cars than he does neckties.

GM Dissolves High Performance Vehicle Operations I live in Detroit. My grandfather moved to this country many years ago to work as a tool and die maker for one of the big three. Three of my uncles have all worked for more than 25 years each of these companies. My father worked on the assembly line putting bumpers on cars to help pay for his college tuition. My friends and their families all have similar stories. So many people on this site and others like it, get angry because a car comes out that doesn?t reflect their taste for design, engineering, innovation, etc... Within the past several months and years people like you and me have been getting upset because these poor decisions have been catching up with the automakers in the form of sales and that means layoffs, job losses and family?s being hurt. I love cars. They are a passion for me. I can honestly say that my life has been impacted and surrounded by them much more than most people. I think that automobiles are the ultimate expression of the collaboration between Art, Science and Human innovation in the most practical of senses. That being said, seeing car companies make decision like getting rid of the V-series hurts. A lot! Sure, the first few V-Series cars weren?t as great as their European rivals. It doesn?t take a lot to figure out that the XLR-V wasn?t a project many people at GM were truly passionate about. But? THEY FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT!!!! This most recent CTS is amazing. I was ecstatic to hear what great things people all over the world like Jeremy Clarkson (who usually hates all things American) had to say about it. The fact that it is a true competitor to the M5 and AMG cars brought tears of joy to my eyes. I was pride stricken to think that a Detroit car company was making this global competitor. AND NOW THEIR GOING TO KILL IT!!!!!! The management at GM are not thinking properly. Electric cars are fast! And environmentally friendly. Why not come out with a line of high performance electric cars? Why kill something that you have worked so hard at, so long for and invested so much capital into? It just doesn?t make any sense to me.

Ferrari California Revealed I love Ferrari. In my opinion, they are the finest sports car maker in the world. No other car company to date has produced a line of sports cars that has held so true to the essence of why enthusiasts have such a fervent love for automobiles. Far too many car companies today produce cars with a blatant lack of this ???essence??? or passion in their cars or ???products??? design, engineering and production. Ferrari has remained unparallel; by creating sports cars that are truly pieces of engineering and mechanical art that ooze with passion and the obstinate pursuit of why the affinity for driving exists whilst not being ostentatious. That being said, I don???t like the California. This car strikes me as one that was not created primarily out of passion, rather necessity. It is apparent from certain design elements on the California that its existence did not emanate from the mind of a brilliant Italian engineering savant whilst making love to his girlfriend or racing around Lake Como, but more likely from a group of bald gentleman sitting around a board table trying to crunch numbers and figure out how their market capitalization can increase. For example, the air intake on the hood looks like something you would see on a Ford Mustang, which is obviously a design element trying to masquerade as a functional piece of equipment, possibly trying to distract from other shortcomings in the overall design. Next is the IS-F exhaust. It is a great disappointment to see both Ferrari and Pininfarina, the most famous design studios in the world, taking cues from Toyota, which judging by the way a Toyota looks, might not even have a design studio at all. I could go on for days about the California???s stagnant looking wheels, bumble-bee-butt proportioned boot or front fascia and headlights that would look more suitable on a Little Tikes Cozy Coup??. But, as I stated in the first sentence ???I love Ferrari??? and would rather focus my attention on the other magnificent automobiles that they have made, make and will create; while praying at night that there was not a coup d?????tat in Maranello and the bankers have taken over.

Porsche Panamera Spied with Open Doors and Boot This ladies and gentleman, is the Pontiac Aztec of Germany. I wonder if that nifty hatchback can also turn into a camping tent?