Sonett Reborn

That should be 2005; not 2055 for the

Now that's what I call planning ahead! I'll be able to save up and buy one for my 81st birthday.

But probably closer to the truth if GM have their way.

Actually, the General claims to have a new "plan" for product design, introduction and production. Seems the days of designing an all-pleasing, long-run production vehicle are gone (think of the Ford Taurus or the Ford F150 Pickup truck with their multi-decade production runs). Instead of building a car for the ages and mass production, the new thought is to go from design to production within +/- 18 months. Then produce a few 10,000 units before moving on to the next "fad". By using global platforms and the global parts-bin, we (the car buying public) should see a whole slew of "new" cars being designed for very limited production runs. Neat enough idea and it should keep designers/engineers busy... though I'm not too sure we'll see any real innovation; more likely a homogenization of ideas.

You are a mere youth Grunff!! This new beauty would be my 98th B'day present!! I don't think I'll be driving anymore by then...

-Fred W

Honda figured out how to do this *20* years ago -- which is partly why they've been kicking GM's ass all along. Nice to see GM's finally getting with the program!

Matt O.