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[edit] Generation Breaks

I'm going to add the generation breaks to make this template match the other GM car templates, unless someone presents a good reason otherwise - ChloedeClercq 03:22, 25 March 2007 (UTC)

Generation breaks make the template look cluttered, and it's hard to see if a break is a different model or not. The only American car templates that are doen this way are the modern Chevrolet and Pontiac templates. It is my understanding that for American cars the standard is to NOT have generation breaks. Jeep might be an exception, with the "xJ" model designations. --Sable232 18:18, 26 March 2007 (UTC)

I personally don't feel that the template looks cluttered, but since you've got more experience here I'll leave that judgement up to you. I just find that it's nice to know when a model was updated, as sometimes it is an entirely new vehicle that just continues the model's name. --ChloedeClercq 13:48, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

Depends on the case. I sort of did that on the older Buick timeline, just for the sake of keeping the fullsize lines in order (moving Electra to the middle slot when it went FWD and the separate Estate in the top slot). If we wanted to break up a MAJOR change (like the LeSabre moving from RWD B-body to FWD H-body, that would be the most I'd support, as long as it doesn't strech years out.

The clutteredness isn't quite as bad here, but there are some that are, such as the one for Chevrolet. When the year range is so small that the name can't fit, it doesn't look right. There's a few that Bull-Doser made that were completely unusable because of breaks every couple of years. --Sable232 15:22, 27 March 2007 (UTC)