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the sky rocks and you all know it.
That Buick is about the ugliest car I have ever seen. Truly disgusting.
Its bland AND tacky at the same time!
and what the hell is a CUV?
Plus point for the Solstice is it has a lot more torque. Means you can go a gear up in corners and still have good pull.
Agreed, that Buick is ugly as all hell.
Funny considering all of our Enclaves have been sitting for atleast 2-3 months.
Maybe Connecticut just does'nt like them.
The only thing that bugs me about the current gen MX5 is the amount of body-roll. It really is horrible. Other then that, it handles excellently. A friend of mine had one and installed a MazdaSpeed sport suspension to try and solve the problem, but he said the car still wasn't as flat in the corners as a base Solstice. That's the main reason why I want a Solstice over the Mazda. It's hard to push these cars to their limits without breaking the law, but at least with the Solstice you can go around corners and the car will stay nice and flat. And I like the spartan interior of the Solstice. Makes me think the people who designed and built the car had higher priorities then making the interior look pretty. Bare light-weight plain old plastic is perfectly acceptable in a bare bones sports car, if you ask me. Look at the latest cars from Lotus. What little interior they do have isn't anything worth writing home about.
Regardless of this, the MX-5 weighs 350 lbs less than the Solstice.
After working on Formula SAE I can tell you that the worst part of the design is when we realize we have no budget and have to start skimping on stuff. Then the car sucks. I think GM finally realized accountants don't design good chassis, they need to put some money in to see a return. The interiors on the Kappa's aren't too bad either. I think it's fine for what it is. Though better material could've been used in the armrests and door handles; I think that alone would improve it quite a bit. It sounds like I'm the only one on here who likes the Solstice, heh whatever, more for me . Those Enclaves do look a little better in person, but I never thought they would sell very well, good for GM I guess?TomCat said:It says a lot that GM could come out with an all new car like the Solstice, which was more of a concept car for the streets, and have it be so competitive against the much revered MX5 on the racetrack.
Do you work for a GM dealer? We are looking at Enclave's and its way cheaper to buy one in the US and import one. Any of them CXL AWD with Cocoa Metallic exterior paint?
Yeah, I don't know why people get so bent over interiors. It's like they care more about appearance and bragging rights, then the actual driving experience.
"Fewest days on a dealer lot" does not mean high sales, guys.
I might add that the Sky/Solstice has more power to make up for the weight. Interestingly enough it also has better fuel economy and uses cheaper gas according to the specs posted earlier by Ilpav.
"Fewest days on a dealer lot" does not mean high sales, guys.
Yeah, I work for a Buick Dealership. If you are looking for one, I can PM you the info for my dealership.
The numbers are in l/100km, so higher number = more fuel consumption.