http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll...705240375/1148

This is certainly a gutsy move.....

 

lol, thats pretty cool. I hope it gets some media attention.

 

Thats a bold move. Definitely a good way of getting a point across.

 

IF the chevy is better then thats DAMN ballsy and I give them props.

I can see a thread later down the road where someone goes in to the chevy dealership and sees the camry there gets better MPG.

 

Its about time. Keep your chin down and throw some haymakers.

 

It is a brave move as Chevy is certainly providing free advertising for Toyota... as if they need it.

As I've said countless times, the product should be good enough to sell itself.

 

This person in the know told me about this a few weeks ago.
This person also noted how buying many a Camry may not hurt Toyota.

 

i would buy the malibu over the camry on interior alone, that thing is awesome

 

It's go time! I like it. Next step, set-up shop across the local Toyota dealer and offer a $25 dollar gas card with every test-drive.

 

Definitely gutsy. I wonder if some dealers will actually let customers test drive both the Camry and the Malibu sitting in the showroom? Probably not, if the Camry is in the actual showroom.

Of course this isn't the first time the domestics have taken direct aim at the imports, just the first time they're bringing one into the showroom. I recall programs where'd you'd get $100 if you test drove a Chevy and still bought a Toyota, which is kinda similar. In advertising the domestics have always compared themselves to the imports. Going back a while I recall Chevy was trying to say how the Corsica was a superior car to Camry and Accord, and we all know how that one turned out. And we wonder why no one believes GM when they say they're on par now

 

Kinda...

 

The lines are similar.

 

I see the resemblance.

 

OK, they both have 4 doors, and they are both red... Different greenhouse, different front end treatment (headlights, character lines, lower air intakes, grills, etc.), hoodlines, hood shape, 3/4 panels, completely different rear ends (which you can't see in those pics), and so on.

They do have a resemblance in the rather tall, slab sided door treatment and doorsill/rocker panel area, but... Unfortunately, they also share the elevated/pregnant nose situation, which seems to be a nod toward pedestrian impact requirements.

But you'll be able to tell them apart.

 

Watch it, my last name is Blow!!



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