I don't feel too strongly about it either way, which seems to be the trend with the new GM vehicles which sucks IMO.

Better for me to hate it like many people do with the LX cars and it have a strong following then for the world to be indifferent. I'll admit most of the new cars seem to look screwed together a little better if thats possible... and that is important, but like that Benz commerical says, "No one takes pictures with their toaster."

I'll also agree on the interior, I think a lot of refinement could have been done with out it looking so car like, I think the f-150 did this well, but those pictures look real soccer mom to me, and that big fake wood doughnut around the whole thing is ugly too.

 

and we'd want to make the new Tahoe look like a pickup truck for what reason???????????????

 

It's cool you don't take my sarcasm personally, I'd never have posted like that with certain members but I've read your posts lo these many months and am confident you are a good sport about things

As you clearly realize, I'm speaking in a general sense about certain posters and for that matter other forum sites as well. I've all the respect in the world for your insights, just don't expect me to sit by idly when someone says one of my favorite cars has a "dim future". Wouldn't you feel a little strange too, if I said the following:

The Camaro has dim future! These are the reasons!

1. It already got cancelled once! The marque now has a stigma with all reasonable folk!
2. My secret source says Delphi union workers are refusing to build radios for it, in retaliation for the demolition of St. Therese!
3. GM is afraid it will be nit-picked to pieces by ultra-picky nerds on internet discussion forums!
4. There's nothing small and light enough for it to piggy back off of, so it might weigh too much for picky sport import owners! Worse, Holden is having problems and cannot bail out GM from its baffling platform shortage!
5. GM cannot figure out what features Camaro buyers want, due to massive confusion and chaos on the internet!

Anyway, apologies for the hijack... back on the Tahoe.
Like you said, everyone's entitled to their opinion. Mine is, I simply don't care if I'm a Tahoe buyer, if certain teensy sections of a fender or a window frame seem like that of another make. SUV buyers, as I've said before, are not out to "make the ultimate statement" for the neighbors, in buying their vehicle. (Actually there is a small fraction for which this is not true, and those folks tend to get Hummers ). Instead, most SUV buyers have a certain expectation that their new SUV look "fresh", well-proportioned, and in fact, mainstream. The Tahoe does all this, and more, since as I've said before, it makes a connection back to previous Chevy trucks which many owners have a fond connection with. So put down your cardboard tubes, naysayers....

 

What it comes down to is the overall look, which is what those "teensy" sections lend to. It can look fesh, well-proportioned and mainstream, but so can a yugo. That doesn't mean anything when you put it up against the competition.

I'm sure GM won't be stealing any Ford customers with this design. Previous loyal customers, sure. If I was an owner of the 2 previous designs of the tahoe I know I'd be disapointed. This one look like a big blob compared to those.

 

Disagree. The overall look DOMINATES the teensy parts, IMHO.
Disagree. There's nothing fresh, well-proportioned, or even mainstream about a Yugo. It's clear (to some at least) that Chevy designers burnt the midnight oil making the new Tahoe fresh, well-proportioned, and quirk-free though.
Wait a second here. It looks like a Ford, but it won't steal Ford customers? Huh?

 

How can you not have an overall look without smaller parts of the vehicle?

Sarcasm with the yugo remark. A yugo fanatic can look at a redesigned yugo and say "wow, thats fresh, well-proportioned, and mainstream". and we all know how good yugo's look. Replace yugo with taurus or some other bland vehicle, same idea.

If that's what GM was going for, good for them. I'd rather them have a design so people say "wow, that looks great". Not "wow, that looks mainstream."

A ford customer is going to stick to a ford vehicle when the competition has something that looks similar. I think everyone knows it takes alot to rip a loyal customer from their roots and get them into something else. I know more than a few people who switched from GM to Ford or Dodge when the new F-150 and Ram were released. Those bold redesigns are what took them away from GM as customers.

 

once again, you're talking about pickups........the Tahoe is not a pickup.

It's a Sport Ute.

In fact, the Tahoe looks nothing like the new Silverado that will be unveiled in a year.

Have you actually seen one of the new Tahoes in person? If not, don't you think it's appropriate to wait until you do to make a proclamation?

 

Can you say the same thing for the upcoming Avalanche?

Rumor is that the 07 Av will share the front end of the Tahoe... can you confirm? Or will Avalanche have a unqiue style, or maybe share the Silverado styling?

 

I hated the HHR's pictures before release, and now really like the exterior design in person.

I hated the Impala's pictures before release ( realy hated that car from the pics), and thought everything looked much better in person on the Impala also (well except the bad front end design)

So I am going to hold off on any more negativre comments until I see a Tahoe in person.

Given how f-ed up GM has been in the past several years, I just tend to assume they will keep screwing up. The solstice and HHR help me to give GM some credit. Maybe the Tahoe will be better looking in person. I sure hope so

 

Who? ME????

<evilgrin>

 

My wife and I have a little stash saved up for the new family suv....judging by the looks and HOPEFULLY an "accurate" GM epa I think this suv will be our new car. (cept in black and if they have a Z71) I can't wait till it comes out cuz im really getting tired of our blazer.


Got the "Family Car" stash going for the newer Camaro when it comes out too....I can't wait!

 

Pickups, SUV's, cars, use whatever example you want. When companies have vehicles going head to head, it takes something significant to shift the customers interest towards the competing vehicle, such as a bold redesign, which is the point I was trying to get across.

Take my opinions as someone's who is "outside the box". To me, it looks more now than ever that it belongs in the melting pot design that is becoming this SUV class. Big and bulbous. It doesn't pique my interest. I don't think my mind will change honestly. I won't hate them but i won't do a double take when I see them, they'll get the job done I guess. I actually liked how the previous ones looked similar to the trucks. and I would hope the upcoming trucks look nothing like the new tahoe, god forbid. I've been looking forward to their redesign since the last redesign.

 

I'll again say that I believe most full-size SUV buyers are NOT looking for a radical new shape. Most are focused more on capabilities, on classy, well-proportioned design, and functionality like towing and fuel economy. Which is why I asked the question, what's the big deal if part of a window frame looks like a Ford... in fact I think it may make it MORE likely a Ford owner will buy a new Tahoe, if they can say to themself "hmm... that's not toooo much different for me..."

A counter-example: The new Durango. They tried SOOO hard to make like a PT Cruiser with those nutty front fenders. Looks stupid as can be. Do you really think people are going to jump over from Chevy for that, just because it's "different"?

 

Yeah, GM can't go "wild" with the Tahoe or the Trucks. Why? They are a big part of their profit... When you go with "wild" styling like the 300, HHR, etc... You are taking a big CHANCE. On a vehicle like the HHR where it's kinda overlap trying something new - then if they don't take off no big deal. If they redesigned their Trucks *wild* and for some reason it DIDN'T hit - would spell certain disaster for GM. That's WHY they probably went safe. I like it - Chevy Trucks and SUV's for too long have had that damn Chrome bar across the front and they needed something different.

 

I agree that the durango looks pretty bad. Elsewhere on this board I saw where hemi durangos were selling well. I dont know why.