Designing Green: GM's Future Bare Necessities Car

[deedundone]

the fact is, there are a lot of different cr buyers. Some want Efficiency, Some want Drive-ability. Id buy a Volt and A Cadillac XTS if I could lol. I want something with efficiency, but I also ant to turn around and, well, show off lol..... Either way, Im more about luxury in any case, then Speed. I think Gm is just now having a rebirth in nearly every brand. Keep it up.

[badgerbuddy]

WHAT A FAG CAR!. bring back the big guns.... WE WANT BIG BLOCKS

[Rinaldster92]

The small car i would by is the Grey one, the white looks too kiddish for me. The Grey one has a strong muscular stance and has some American styling. The White one has somewhat of European design language.

[skewbe]

The only new car I ever bought or wanted to buy was a metro.

[enomarekim]

Just think, technically this is propaganda and corporatism. What will come of this?, the world may never know.

[colderbeer]

These kinds of cars could be HUGE hits if they're priced under 10K. And to go with that, they'll need to be fun to drive, efficient, safe, stylish, and have a nice ad campaign to get the word out.

[GeorgeO5CARHarrison]

Give me a Z28!

[sspope]

Tata Nano fighter

[mssw]

I hate ugly hatchback designs make them into coupé's instead.

[gvi341984]

Looks like a Fiat 500, Peugeot 208,Alfa Mito all roll up into one

[layahma]

Great concept. Although It could have been a 30 second video, they repeatedly say the same thing over and over again.. I guess they are not really good at the bare necessity thing yet.

[MyNewUserName47]

damn those cars are ugly, they need to stop smoking crack.

as far as simple, better guess again. i want to know just how many computers do one of those things have. anti lock brakes, i don't need them.

anti-theft systems, not needed and i will never buy a car that has a factory anti-theft system.

screw green. screw man made global warming. 30~40 years ago those same people were screaming we were headed into an ice age. damn crack smoking idiots

search in yahoo for 31000 scientist petition

[asmodia255]

Took you long enough GM!

[samuel423]

what a crock of shit. does bare necessities mean no air condition or bluetooth?? stuff like that. if it does... i don't want it. why is gm taking a step back in going "green." i don't know about everyone else but i'd like a green car that would not sacrifice any comforts or conveniences. Something like a hybrid ford fiesta. with every technology out there.

[jsha]

How about cars for regular sized people? I don"t see me fitting into either of those without some discomfort. I'm not going to compromise on that..

[winkabob]

Harley Earl and Bill Mitchell where have you gone?

[Steny]

So sick of the phrase "Go Green". No, I will not go green.

[BlacKGraFFiX]

Honestly, as good as it is to be "GREEN" and efficient I am kind of getting tired of hearing it over and over and over... Im already beginning to see this as a played out ploy to change the auto industry. Not saying change is bad, but with everyone doin the same thing it gets old really fast. Im just looking for vehicles with good designs now (that means you GM), since everything underneath is basically the same all around.

[LypheusX]

My 66' Ford Mustang is going strong, over 234k miles on her ... take your time seconded. Btw, let me know how that accord turns out in another 30 yrs.

[ManFromSaturn]

Considering my wheels are being driven at a rate that would put the odometer just shy of the reset (1 million) in 30 years, that's not looking likely.

These are HARD miles, too; last month I took it to the top of a rutted out gravel trail going up a steep grade (got one posted on youtube.) Meanwhile, my girl with a Cherokee (nominally a truck that was designed to go up mountains like the one the Accord crushed) has seen the inside of the shop 2x since we've been to the top of the mountain.

[LypheusX]

Being that my Mustang spent most of its life on west coast BC and now in the rockies of Alberta, I doubt your Accord knows the meaning of "hard miles" by comparison lol.

My friends Camry just had its motor replaced on warranty however, so perhaps its all a matter of perspective.

In my personal experience, the imports of my friends and family tend to hold up poorly compared to domestics, but perhaps your experience is different.

It's rather subjective I guess.

[ManFromSaturn]

As you've averaged 5k a year and mine 15, unless you've been driving on the top of glaciers, I doubt your pony knows the meaning of "hard miles."

Again, my import FWD made it to the top of the mountain. My girls younger 4WD Cherokee did not, and has cost her $2,500 in repairs since mid-June.

Sorry about your friends Camry, but my anecdotes demonstrate to me that I've taken all 3 Japanese cars I've owned over 200k. Do you know any N.American driver of a post '74 model sedan that has taken

[ManFromSaturn]

*one* over 200k?

Oh, and all three of these rice burners got mpg > 30, you can thank me for not putting an additional strain on your Albertan tap water.

As my country is bailing out 2 of the Detroit3 and is doing the cash for clunkers thing (curiously, my car does not qualify, certainly tells me something) I'm a little disgruntled at how this industry has been managed.

Post-hoc bail-out rationalizations like this promo are an insult to our intelligence.

Utter Greenwash.

[LypheusX]

You need to understand the environment my Mustang drives in before making too many assumptions. While up in Prince George we had -42C weather (always started and ran) and in Nanaimo you get some real hills an back roads (i.e. dont fall asleep or you fall off a mountain/cliff and have fun over those log bridges).

I'll put my Mustangs up against anything on the road, the Ford 289 and straight 6's last forever from my experience.

My 2009 V6 pony gets 32mpg right now, 3 hrs commute daily on her.

[philbitu]

Environmentally-friendly and bare necessities car, oh God, WE DON´T NEED BIG DONKEY WHEELS!!!

[ManFromSaturn]

What jeffseelig said.

Incidentally, after a decade of selling Hummers and other mis-engineered, poorly planned monstrosities, with a business that somehow managed to garnish our W-2s for generations; what does one call the 'promise' of a well designed auto.

I'd lump this in the Volt, pure Greenwash.

Will GM (or any N.American maker) come out with a car that will at least par with it's international competitors?

You've got plenty of time, my '96 Accord only has 200,000 miles on it.

[tigremarinomx]

Once it receives the GM treatment for production it will weigh 2000 lbs. more with 45% more parts (that will eventually break) and made in Korea by Daewoo using Malaysian plastic-injected parts.

[jeffseelig]

I already own this. It's called a 1978 Honda Accord. Mechanically simple, very few parts, light weight, easy to work on, very economical. Cars like this are the only way to go.

[GMLSX]

It is the same across all car manufactures. At least when you talk about the past.

[bajabusta]

all cars in that class were lighter back then. This is a new age, of heavy vehicles.

[Tressym]

every time they say "less parts" take a drink. you won't make it to the end.

OR

every time the "lead designer" girl ends a sentence like she is asking a question take a drink.

[honestrunescaper]

I would seriously consider one of these vehicles.