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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:12 PM
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This is why GM was capsized by the FailBoat...







...for not importing this as a Chevy.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Statesman
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:15 PM
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I think it's kinda ugly IMO.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:17 PM
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by SuperTrooper169
I think it's kinda ugly IMO.
Originally Posted by Crazy Acura
Not a fan.
+2. I was thinking the same thing.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:21 PM
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Better looking than pretty much everything else in Chevy's current sedan stable imo. Especially the interior relative to the G8.

Oh well, different strokes for different folks.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:25 PM
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It's alright, but kind of boring looking.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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It's RWD and would sell to the older crowd and business people.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:29 PM
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It's alright, nothing too special..
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:39 PM
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 05:57 PM
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:18 PM
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What's up with that S-Class grille?
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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its fking ugly
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:30 PM
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It's alright, but kind of boring looking.
True, but still respectable compared to what they have in the current fleet. The climate control buttons look kind of Audi like, although it's a little difficult to see since the shift knob is blocking most of it.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:32 PM
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looks cheap. the back tails look like the old malibu and the shrome strip reminds me of saturn
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:33 PM
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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Looks straight out of the mid 90's.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 06:45 PM
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at shrome
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:13 PM
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looks like a 300c with an sclass fascia. No thanks.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:25 PM
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The rear of that already resembles the 6G Malibu. Honestly, I don't think that the sedans currently residing in Chevrolet showrooms are overly terrible. IMHO, Chevys of 10 years ago were far worse.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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It's a Malibu with a Kia grill.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by dallison
looks cheap. the back tails look like the old malibu and the shrome strip reminds me of saturn
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exactly what i was thinking, front isn't too bad tho, looks like a poor man's mercedes
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 08:25 PM
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Hyundai Genesis = Better Looking Than This

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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Yeah, I thought it was a hyundai at first.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 11:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Steven Bell
It's a Malibu with a Kia grill.
It's a Holden (Pontiac G8) with a GM/Daewoo Grill with a much better interior.

Tough crowd.

Hey, I'm not saying its the sexiest thing on wheels. But this should have been a Chevy Caprice and could have been one a couple of years ago to satisfy the RWD platform appetite.

But I suppose all of you prefer the advanced styling of the TL over this. Come to think of it, the bucktooth is growing on me too.
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Old Jan 7, 2010 | 11:38 PM
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mercedes front with a chargers back

can u dig it?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 01:20 AM
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I believe these are coming the the US either later this year or 2011 as the new Chevy Caprice Police Cars.

Only to be sold to PD's around the country.

I'll see if i can find the article.

EDIT: Read here: http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2009/10...olice-car.html

And

http://www.chevycapriceppv.com/


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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 06:48 AM
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its a G8 for the chinese market.
the police cars i belive are the Commodore chassis, no?
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 08:35 AM
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 08:40 AM
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That car looks like it came off the FailBoat.
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 09:44 AM
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that looks like it's the failboat its self
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 10:06 AM
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the only car it looks better than is the impala and the cobalt but thats on its way out anyways. I wish we got this in chevy form to replace the impala but the daewoo version is not doing it for me
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Old Jan 8, 2010 | 10:12 AM
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looks like a tricked out impala
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