What r they compensating for?

The Jaguar is a Ford Contour with new metal and the H2 is a Chevy Tahoe with new metal.

Put Navigator's and Escalades in there too; they don't even have new metal, just different badges!

Audi A4 too.

To make things even sillier, the new commercials that have been running for the new "Jag-u-ar" have a snooty proper-English gal (or guy) pronouncing Jaguar with 3 syllables rather than the well-accepted 2 syllables. Apparently, this an attempt to tap into the snob-factor buying mentality part of America. (A friend of mine in England told me that NO ONE in England pronounces it with 3 syllables... He surmises that it's the ad companies here in the US trying to BS us vain snob-wannabees. He's said in the past that all the English snobs like over-priced Volvos and BMWs, and "would never buy that English crap!" That straight from an Englishman's pint-filled mouth...)

BTW, only some of the Escalade submodels are clones. I can't remember which one ('cause Cadillac is stupidly polluting the model name with too many submodels), but ONE of the 4 or 5 submodels is a Cadillac-only chassis and body. All the other submodels are indeed rebadgings of Chevies or GMCs.

If an Audi (VW) is a poser so is Inifiti (Nissan), Lexus (Toyota), Acura (Honda), and on and on.

X-Type and H2 are definitely posers. aka Models which are untrue to the heritage of the Make.

Oh...forgot to say: Add the new GTO to the list! It certainly AINT no equivalent of an old 1969 GTO! Nor even close to replacing Trans Ams (of ANY generation, like a 1976, 1986, or a 1996)! It's body style is the BLANDEST you can possibly imagine -- looks like a Toyota Corolla...(if it weren't for the badge to tell you otherwise...)

This just reinforces the ol' 50's and 60's homily: "ANYONE can hop up a TIN CAN!"

Sales of GTOs are going to crash and burn. Salesmen at a dealer told me yesterday that they've only sold 2 so far...and have another 30 in stock. (And this is in Silicon Valley mind you!)

Maybe this has somethin' to do with it being a crappie Aussie import?!?! YA THINK?!?! As soon as any American buyers find this out, they probably (SHOULD!) run down and buy a Corvette or a Viper...

Sounds like I'm a disgruntled Pontiac fan? You BET! After owning 6 Trans Ams, I'm thoroughly P.O.ed they came up with this...this...this POSER! (You should see the side-by-side photos in the car mags over the past year: it's a complete travesty! This thing's not even good enough for a future Mad Maxx film!)

Dare: What do YOU drive? :-)

C'mon Dare, what do you drive already?! :P

Saw an H2 the other day with the license plate "WRITOFF" . . . What a lame way to throw away so much money.

I'm from England and everyone I know says "Jag-u-a". Posher people might say "Jag-u-ah".

I've only heard the two syllable version from Yanks.