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Upcoming: #carchat 34; October 28 @ 8PM EST

From Banovsky, Featured Contributor
Posted on October 28, 2009

Filed under GM, General Motors, Future, Mustang, Ford, Ford, Discussion, Social Media, carchat, Cadillac, Twitter, Bob Lutz, Original

This week: Jalopnik's Bob Lutz duel, do fuel economy figures matter, GM sales are up, and picking cars for Mad Max.

If you'd like to participate, check out the #carchat How-To. Anyone can join us at 8 PM EST October 28, but you'll need a Twitter account to ask questions.

However, if you'd like to follow things live, go here at 8 PM EST.

And if you'd like to suggest topics and questions for the discussion, please leave a comment below, tag articles on Delicious.com with "carchat," or email me at michael [at] banovsky.com.

Topics:

• Discussion: Jalopnik challenges Bob Lutz to a duel…tomorrow!
• Discussion: Do fuel economy figures matter that much?
• Discussion: GM sales are up…
• Discussion: Mad Max is back…What should he drive?

So click through and read a few links, and see some photos related to the discussion.

Quote of the week:

"It wins automatically if the competitors won't show up!" — Bob Lutz, on news that Jaguar wouldn't be providing an XF-R to race against the Cadillac CTS-V, via jalopnik.com

Photo of the week:

Discussion: The Jalopnik / Bob Lutz challenge

Required reading:

• "Jaguar pusses out of Jalopnik vs GM race" from jalopnik.com
• "CTS-V challenge is a farce" from derekkreindler.com
• "Tag: #gmvsjalopnik" from jalopnik.com
• "GM's Lutz to hit racetrack" from clickondetroit.com

Discussion: Do fuel economy figures matter that much?

Required reading:

• "2010 Volkswagen Golf TDI fuel economy: Sometimes things just don't add up" from banovsky.com
• "Fuel economy ratings a sham" from ottawacitizen.com
• "US automakers welcome proposed fuel economy standards" from reuters.com

Discussion: GM sales are up… (Thanks, @missmotormouth)

Required reading:

• "GM analyst sees first sales gain in 21 months" from msnbc.com
• "GM seen posting sales gain" from associated press
• "GM: China sales set new record" from autonet.ca

Discussion: Mad Max is back…What should he drive?

Required reading:

• "Mad Max emerges from Thunderdome on Fury Road" from autoblog.com
• "Mad Max: Fury Road confirmed" from firstshowing.net
• "Mad Max wiki" from wikipedia.org

How to follow a discussion on Twitter

Three easy steps:

• Sign up for Twitter
• Load up #carchat in a new tab in your web browser.
• Contribute to the discussion on Tweet Grid, or, on your Twitter homepage, use the box (and 140 characters) to say something pertinent to the discussion. Reply directly to someone by putting an "@" in front of their Twitter name. Be sure to add "#carchat" to whatever you say during the discussion, so that others following along can read what you've written — or questions you may have asked.

Or, just have this window open and watch this widget…be warned, though, it won't update in realtime.

Banovsky is a featured contributor for vLane.