joe should like this

i know i hope the ute comes over to the ua

Eh...No surprise...GM Has a GoldMine of cars in Australia (Holden) and in China (Buick) and the Middle EAST (Chevy) Europe (Opel) but they don't bring them here or they bring them here so late that the design is already old (GTO) ....To me there dropping the ball with the G8.....but I'm glad they brought them here even for a lil while....down the line I'll be looking for a used G8 GXP if nothing else comes up...

Joe

someone on another board mentione this and I think it makes a good point. When GM was going through bankrupcy court, they had to present how GM was going to be profitable. by shifting all of GM's line up into different brands, that doesn't show how you can make money. they had to show actual cuts. With GM bringing the Caprice over to chevy (basically a G8 but Larger) they can at least say this is a different car for different group of people. Unfortunately Holdens plant is reaching a capacity issue, so i think it's good that they are bringing it over as a fleet car. And you know there is a market for it with the Crown Vic going away. I have no doubt that we will see the Commadore or Caprice for civilians when they are scheduled to be redesigned in 2012 i believe.... and possibly be built along with the Camaro, if they are committed to the Zeta architechual

you missed the important part

The Super Epsilon II that will be underpinning the Impala is going to be dimensionally very similar to the upcoming “Premium Epsilon” Cadillac XTS. The XTS will have unique suspension and a high end all-wheel drive system to differentiate the two versions of the platform.

while I'm not a fan of awd on cars, it's better than fwd.  So here's hoping that the Impala has the option for AWD for compete against the Taurs