GM joins Ford in jettisoning the minivan market

That may be your opinion but when I owned my formed fleet business numerous departments particularly city departments, bought the Chevy and Dodge FWD cars because they were available for a few thousands less than the Interceptor and got better fuel mileage Service experience soon shows the maintenance and repair cost vis a v the Interceder far outweigh the lower purchase price and when they bought more cars they returned to the Ford. Ford 'owns' the police car business, by at least eight to one at well over

mike

That may be but Ford still sells more F150s in about a month or so than Toyota sells Tundras in a year ;)

mike

On Tue, 19 Dec 2006 20:23:13 +0000, John Horner got out the hammer and chisel and etched in the wall:

Yeah, I work in a building next to two Sheriff stations. We share the same parking lots. I see a ton of Crown Vics outside and no Impalas. Since the Feds moved in there are a few black Suburbans, too.

Only one Avalanche though. And I get to drive it home. :P

On Wed, 20 Dec 2006 13:46:40 -0500, Mike Hunter got out the hammer and chisel and etched in the wall:

What "may be your opinion?" Please don't top post.

I'll try to remember next time officer ;)

mike

The 3.5L Chrysler 300 has 250HP and according to Car and Driver the 0-60 time is 7.3 seconds and that's with the lousy 4 speed. The 07 3.5L has the

I have rented the 300 and it handles well and is really comfortable. No rattles and light years ahead of GM products. The bad areas are front/rear visibility.

You forgot to mention that it is incredibly ugly too.

That is your opinion. It has won the 10 best award for 3 years in a row. Car and Driver usually hates domestic cars but not with this car. The only car that GM makes that is RWD and has the performance of the Hemi is the Cadillac STS V8 but it costs 50% more.

Still coming in from the back seat on volume sold eh! We all know volume sold has little to do with quality, it's all about lower initial cost for most buyers.

The understatement of the day.

After struggling with the lack of visibility of a rental Magnum, when I returned to my LH it was like being in a green house. Visibility returned! Night time vision through the Magnum's heavily tinted rear window was non existent. I needed outside help from my wife to park at night.

No question the 300C has power and accelerates, but don't pass that gas station.

Ford discontinuing another product that is selling well in a market they control! Oh well, Toyota will probably fill the need again.

I guess that explains why then Camry is the number one selling car in the US. ;)

mike

What car does? ;)

mike

You're admitting it!

I have a cool book about Mopar police packages over the years. The car I liked the most that they show is a 60's era Dart wagon with a 170 slant 6 one barrel for patrol duties. The police slant six added beefier bearings. At the other end of the mopar police package performance spectrum was the 440ci 4 barrel cars for highway patrol/interceptor duties. And every engine in between was also used -- 225 slant 6, 318ci,

You mean I'm agreeing with you that Camrys number one position has little to do with quality? ')

mike

We all know volume sold has little to do with quality,

I guess that explains why then Camry is the number one selling car in the

Same as Windows is the #1 OS :)

That may be your opinion, Mike. I know what we use here, and its mostly Impala's.