View Single Post
Old Sep 19, 2006 | 04:41 PM
  #3  
RLSH700's Avatar
RLSH700
Super Moderator
 
Joined: Jan 2006
Posts: 4,057
Likes: 0
From:
Default RE: How to fix the Big Three.

Precisely. If the traditional American way was still working then I would suggest we do it that way. Now that I have more time I will add my second step plan to appeal to those who prefer the traditional american car.

DCX:

Plymouth is resurrected and will have the cheapest interior for the sake of cost reduction. The Cuda is brought back and offers the 3.8L as the base engine (it can't be worse than the slant six was in terms of performance, so it will be acceptable). It would get the 4.7L H.O. as an option and the 5.7L WITHOUT MDS for the AAR model.

The Fury is created on the LX platform. The base engine is the 3.3L with the cheapest transmission and reliable they can match up to it, then the 4.7L L.O. (Low Output) is the next level), and a detuned 5.7L HEMI WITHOUT MDS is the top level. This gets nothing better than a 4-speed auto. The Breeze is brought back. The base engine is the 2.0L and the only optional engine is the 3.3L.

It would receive the compact car and have bland interior. It would offer all the engines the Dodge got minus the SRT-4 model. It would offer a 5-speed manual and only 4-speeds.

GM:

Chevrolet division:

Chevrolet division quits the silly marketing plan of trying to compete against the Japanese and makes cheap cars again. The Impala name is dropped and the W-body car is renamed what it really is "The Lumina." The engine offerings in the Lumina are changed from the 3.5L, 3.9L, and 5.3L to the 3800L series III, and a lower output supercharged version.

The Impala is reincarnated back into its true form as a true full-sized RWD car. The base engine is the 3800 series III to compete against the budget versions of the DCX LX platform cars. The next level gets the 4.8L from the trucks and the SS gets a NON-DOD, NON-VVT 5.3L.

The Malibu loses the 3.9L SS model.

The Camaro gets the 3800 series III for the base level, the normal 5.3L for the Z28, and a detuned version (the output of the Autralian 6.0L 362hp & 391 ft-lbs) of the 6.0L in the SS. The Camaro only gets 5-speed manuals and 4-speed automatics.

The Corvette goes back to having a 4-speed.

The interior on all the cars are cheapened for cost cutting purposes.

The Pontiac division:

Pontiac division takes their gloves off and goes straight for performance. I already listed about the G5 and Solstice.

The G6 adds a 6-speed manual option for all engine levels. The 3.6L is dropped in favor of the supercharged 3800 series III. The GXP model receives a larger engine bay that is filled with a 5.3L DOD like the one out of the current Grand Prix.

The Grand Prix as I said gets the concept based on the Australian Holden Commodore; however, it remains a larger mid-sized car but not a full-sized car per sey. It offers a supercharged 3800 series III with a 6-speed manual or auto as the base level. The GT model gets the 5.3L DOD with the 6-speed auto or manual. The GTP model gets the detuned 6.0L with same transmission choices. The GXP model gets a full output 7.0L LS7. Available in coupe again as well.

The Bonneville is reintroduced on the same platform as the RWD Impala. It receives the 5.3L DOD with a simple 4-speed as the base engine. The GT model gets the detuned 6.0L with a 4-speed auto. The GXP model gets a supercharged 5.3L with a 6-speed auto or 6-speed manual.

Buick division:

Buick quits the stupid French naming crap and goes back to its heritage. The LaCrosse is renamed back to the Regal and no other changes are made from what I wrote earilier.

Buick makes an aggresively styled full-sized (Buick sized) RWD car called the Roadmaster. The base engine is the 5.3L with DOD with VVT, the next level offers a detuned 6.2L V8, and the top level offers the full output 7.0L. They all offer 6-speed autos.

The unnamed smaller model would be named the Century. The Skylark would be brought back as a Buick version of the Saturn Sky
__________________
"To Debate and Moderate" since 2006

College Graduate:
B.S. in Marketing
A.A. in nothing

The first 426 Dual Quad member.
The first to 2000 posts

Reply