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June 22, 2010 3:06 p.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork

as the "Reasonably priced car..."
Anyway, I promised more info about this Sunday’s brand new show, and more info you’re going to get. Starting with some sad news: the Chevrolet Lacetti Reasonably Priced Car has been retired. I know, I know, no one liked it as much as the Liana and frankly it wasn’t very good. But its retirement still got us thinking about what happens to faithful old cars when their useful life is over. As a result of this wistful reflection, we decided that we had to give the old Lacetti a proper send-off. A sort of Viking burial, if you will.
http://transmission.blogs.topgear.com/2010/06/22/tg-15-preview-2/

Will a piano fall on it?
June 22, 2010 3:23 p.m. Strizzo SuperDork

well, for starters, a viking burial is floating the body out to sea on a wooden raft, then firing a flaming arrow onto it to set it on fire. so one would think it would be more spectacular than just dropping a piano on it... but who knows, we're in a recession, so maybe their budget got cut.
June 22, 2010 3:28 p.m. slantvaliant HalfDork

It would make a great Lemons car ... and what would be a more suitable fate than the People's Curse?
June 22, 2010 4:37 p.m. Appleseed SuperDork

Rocket car.
June 22, 2010 5:09 p.m. z31maniac Dork

Strizzo wrote:

well, for starters, a viking burial is floating the body out to sea on a wooden raft, then firing a flaming arrow onto it to set it on fire. so one would think it would be more spectacular than just dropping a piano on it... but who knows, we're in a recession, so maybe their budget got cut.

Would all the enviro wacko's let them get away with it?
June 22, 2010 5:43 p.m. FInksta_G

Real question...what's the new car? I'm betting a Chevy Cruze. I think the Lacetti is being dumped because Chevy wants some Cruze exposure.
June 22, 2010 5:48 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork

Strizzo wrote:

well, for starters, a viking burial is floating the body out to sea on a wooden raft, then firing a flaming arrow onto it to set it on fire. so one would think it would be more spectacular than just dropping a piano on it... but who knows, we're in a recession, so maybe their budget got cut.

Maybe they could drop a flaming piano on it.
June 22, 2010 6:08 p.m. Marty! Dork

stuart in mn wrote:

Strizzo wrote:

well, for starters, a viking burial is floating the body out to sea on a wooden raft, then firing a flaming arrow onto it to set it on fire. so one would think it would be more spectacular than just dropping a piano on it... but who knows, we're in a recession, so maybe their budget got cut.

Maybe they could drop a flaming Morris Marina on it.

Even Better
June 22, 2010 6:12 p.m. Hoop SuperDork

Maybe they will replace it with a Morris Marina!
June 22, 2010 8:04 p.m. carguy123 SuperDork

Hoop wrote:

Maybe they will replace it with a Morris Marina!

Now that I'd love to see
June 23, 2010 3:23 a.m. BobOfTheFuture Reader

Fiesta! that'd be cool...

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