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Old Jan 15, 2007 | 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Eric Bryant
IMO, the nose looks much better in person that it does in photos (I think that GM's own photos made the nose look way out of proportion).

It's a nice-looking car, and I can't wait to see a production version (GM fessed-up that the interior of the show car was a "hand-painted" pre-production version, but in my experience in the industry, actual production parts often look much better than prototypes).
Eric,
what color did the interior in the unveiling car actually look in person? In the photos on Autoblog, the reddish part of the two tone dash looks like a pinkish or tangerine red. It looked very strange to me.

I'm glad they are offering the sweet two tone interior, and I'm glad there are several color schemes from which to choose, but that one would NOT be my choice, based on the way it looked in pics...

Old Jan 15, 2007 | 04:48 PM
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FWIW I reckon a thin chrome bar (in place of the bold line) would have added some upmarket appeal to 08 Malibu - similar to the Aura and Acura... but it's easy to judge from where I sit.
Old Jan 15, 2007 | 07:55 PM
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Originally Posted by 96_Camaro_B4C
Eric,
what color did the interior in the unveiling car actually look in person? In the photos on Autoblog, the reddish part of the two tone dash looks like a pinkish or tangerine red. It looked very strange to me.
It was indeed an odd orangish-brown color. I kinda liked it for the few minutes that I was exposed, but I'm not sure that it's a color that I'd want to live with for several years.

Bravo, though, to GM for offering something other than plain ol' tan or light grey. Home interior colors have gotten somewhat wilder in the past several years, and I could see car interiors going in a similar direction.
Old Jan 15, 2007 | 08:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Gunny Highway
It looks too much like the Corolla. Not a bad design, but much like the Camaro, the Soltice and the HHR, it's arriving 2nd to the party. I swear, it's like they don't have anybody doing any kind of future development at GM. I think they have a whole department somewhere, where they look at what the competitors came out with and figure out how to steal the basic design and slap a GM badge on it.
Ah, no. :blah:

I'll give you the HHR, but what other car do the Camaro or Solstice or Sky look like?

Did you see the Chevrolet Volt concept?

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