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Chevy Nomad


Inspired by the classic Nomad station wagon, this compact sports wagon is also based on GM's new rear-drive Kappa chassis. Kappa was also to have been used for the Vauxhall Lightning roadster - but new European safety regulations have probably killed it off.

Source: Autoexpress

Six Shifter

add AWD, and it's an option to the new Scout (Compass) that Jeep will be introducing in the next year or two.

sdho

I don't like the exterior but interior is not too bad...

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iTrader: (1)

looks smooth

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Story and specs here:

http://www.autonews.com/files/2004NA...nomad/info.doc

chungkopi

like the interior

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iTrader: (1)

i just felt like looking at it again. That is really a hot car.

cusdaddy

I really like it. Interior is really cool

gavriil

More scoop here

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Nomad Heading For Sweden
By Craig Cheetham

The Chevrolet Nomad is looking for a new home. And the concept could be heading to Sweden to become a Saab, according to GM bosses.

The Nomad, which uses the Pontiac Solstice platform, is said to be a very real production possibility. And if it gets the go-ahead Stateside, then a Saab version, based on the 9X concept first seen at the 2001 Frankfurt Motor Show, will follow for Europe.

Although the Nomad is smaller than the 9X, the shape is virtually identical, and it's easy to see how a Saab front end could be grafted on. If so, the four-wheel-drive 300bhp coupé could arrive by the end of 2005. But purists are concerned that Saab's originality - already at stake with recent developments such as the Subaru Impreza-based
9-2X - could be further diluted. It's an argument GM chief Bob Lutz was keen to play down. "Saab needs to expand - and fast," he told us. "The appeal of traditional 'Saab weirdism' is limited, and we must get away from that. The firm has always used other people's engines, so parts sharing isn't exactly an alien concept."

Saab bosses will still have control over styling, and sign off the suspension. But GM chairman Rick Wagoner said: "We need to take fast cuts, not short cuts, to get Saab into new markets and double sales to 250,000 a year."

Source: Auto Express

Six Shifter

YES! This is exactly what I was asking for ... but now with 300bhp it makes it a 2dr alternative to the S60R!

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Not Dead Yet: Nomad needs tweaks, Cowger says; Chevy concept bombed in clinics - - - By RICK KRANZ | Automotive News - - - Source: Autoweek

Gary Cowger isn't giving up on the Chevrolet Nomad concept.

Despite the Nomad's disappointing reviews at consumer clinics, the president of General Motors North America said the automaker will give the concept car another try.

"We'll do some more research, do some more tweaking," Cowger said during an interview at the New York auto show. "We'll try to find out what part (the public) didn't like and what can we do to fix that."

The Nomad's styling is strongly influenced by a six-passenger wagon concept that GM unveiled in 1954. That concept, also called Nomad, was based on the 1954 Corvette.

The Nomad that debuted in January at the Detroit auto show was developed from GM's rear-drive Kappa architecture. Kappa will provide the underpinnings for a family of two- and four-passenger small cars. The 2006 Pontiac Solstice will be the first car engineered from that platform.

Given the Nomad's edgy styling and Kappa's inexpensive architecture, journalists predicted that GM would approve production. But Cowger says consumers were conflicted.

"We fell in love with that thing," Cowger said. "But the clinic data and the response from the auto show was not good on the Nomad at all. Part of the Nomad's problem is: It seems to be too small for a utility. Is it a little wagon? What is it?

Another issue might be the styling, he said. "Maybe it is dated. It is not really retro, and it is not really modern - but the people who love it, love it."

Retro styling is not an issue with the 2006 Chevrolet HHR, Cowger said. The HHR is a tall front-drive wagon that draws strong inspiration from the 1947 Suburban. "I think the HHR tended to clinic very, very well," he said.

The HHR will be developed from GM's Delta platform, which provides the underpinnings for the Saturn Ion and Chevrolet Cobalt. Cowger predicted annual HHR sales of 80,000 to 100,000 units.

The Nomad's future is not certain. "I think the Nomad has a lot of inherent brand equity," Cowger said. "However, it was not the instant hit that we all lathered ourselves into at the (Detroit) show."

charliemike

I don't buy that utility thing ... BMW is selling the shit out of the Mini and that's not exactly something you're gonna use to haul anything significant.

The success of the Nomad is how they place it in the marketplace ...

titan

If Chevy doesn't fuck up the marketing, promotion, and introduction, it could do very well. It's a great use of the kappa platform that is visually completely diffenent from the Curve and Solitce. They need to brings this market.