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Originally Posted by storm79
Anyone else quite disappointed in the 2011 North American International Auto Show?
I thought that GM would be unveiling quite a bit of new products. Instead they unveil the Sonic which don't get me wrong is a nice small car. But it's quite boring and something we've already seen before just under a different name. Cadillac should have unveiled the XTS production or an ATS concept or something exciting! Instead they unveil a damn race car. Sorry, but who the f*ck cares about a race car. I will not be driving the race car or purchasing it so why did they make a big deal of it's unveiling. Buick unveiled the Verano which is also a really nice car but I thought they would have unveiled more than that considering how strongly they are trying to change their image. GMC, well the All-Terrain concept is cool, but I feel they should have shown something different not sure what but something.
Overall I'm very disappointed. I thought we'd be seeing an array of new product coming from the General. I for sure thought the 2012 Malibu was gonna be there, the z28 (very disappointed this didn't show), the next application of the Volt technology, and there are other vehicles i figured would show up.
Just figured they would unveil more than 1 car for each of it's brands. Heck, not sure if you can even count the Cadillac race car as a car because it's not even available for public to buy.
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NAIAS isn't the BIGSHOWOMG thing it used to be. Expect that sort of stuff from Chicago or New York..
Z/28 is still a ways off. At the earliest look for New York. FBod even said that the Z/28 was no where near ready for NAIAS '11. It's still well into Mule testing but not near CTF testing.
Besides they have the Vert there, with the Sonic and the Volt I think they have a sound show for us non GM nuts. Look at it that way. Hell they also have the Verano which for what it is would kick the crap out of the Z/28 as a money maker. And in todays age, that's what it's about. The Z/28 is a niche product like the Z06 and ZR1.