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I would have liked to see the 1.6T they used in the Cascada in there. 200 hp and 206 lb-ft of torque with an overboost to 221 lb-ft would have moved this along smartly and given it the premium feel it needs to be a Buick.

The only 3 cylinder I would consider is a motorcycle.

You know when you pull a rump roast out of the oven and stick a fork in it?

I will never have a three cylinder anything and sure as hell not one with a supposed premium badge on it. Between that and the CVT, it just ruins an otherwise nice looking little CUV.

Nissan has a 3.0 liter twin turbo they could use. 400 HP and 350 lb-ft of torque from 1600 - 5200 rpm

It would have zero bottom end to mid range, not ideal for a vehicle like this.

considering the coming electric cooper has unimpressive range and BMW has no clue on how to electrify, this doesn’t bode well

Corvette went to a rubber front bumper in ‘73, so with that and the fender gills, I believe its ‘70-‘72.

It wasn't a full charge; they were limited to only an 80% charge (in 2 hrs, 10 mins) because there was a wait for the superchargers at that stop. I'm still seeing Teslas all. the. time. snugged up to chargers in mid-morning. 3 today at 10AM, no one in any of the 3 cars (must been snorking coffee at Panera). Charge at home, people, you bought a $100K car; you should be able to afford the $12 to charge it!

More shrinkage to come... Possibly from the 8 series itself. The 2 door versions may go away.

It would drive me nuts if i was in the market for a Tesla seeing how they change pricing and stuff every other month. You could overpay one month by a very significant amount and the next month your neighbor bought the car for 10k cheaper and gets free Supercharger charges. I want them to succeed but doing things like this would just rub be in the wrong way if I was in the market for one. Like, when do you make a purchase? You and I see all of these constant changes so we would know to probably wait it out some but next thing we know they'll jump the price again.. I'm interested to see how the Model X(along with the other two you mentioned) does up the mountain they pull everything with. they did have a short clip that foreshadowed the run and they mentioned having to use throttle going downhill because it "engine" braked so well.

Can't blame them. Their biggest seller is the CR-V rather than the Accord, followed by all those crossovers that it seems almost everyone wants these days.

Hear Hear, 1,000,000 plus agree with you!

Thank god. Those were the next ugliest things in their lineup only slightly behind the X4 and X6.

These engine choices and numbers are just weak sauce on what is supposed to be a premium level CUV. Congrats Buick, You gave it as much power as the average Kia Soul (which is actually offered with more power if one chooses).

Sad Panda on the 3 banger, not a luxury engine or experience one would want in an auto.

Anything else that is rated for 5000lb can drive 100 miles unloaded, 65 miles loaded, and 30 miles unloaded back to a station without having to turn the AC off.

Because the Duramax is built for towing. Like I said, you could tow almost as much with a Panamera as well.... but you don't buy a Panamera for towing. (I picked the Panamera because it is currently the sedan with the greatest towing capacity)

But what vehicle can't do 100 unloaded miles followed by ~65 miles loaded and be completely out of fuel? They wouldn't have made it the ~65 miles without slowing down and turning off the climate control.

You also don't generally buy a Tesla to regularly tow a horse trailer. I mean you could... but it's a bit of the wrong product for the job. You don't buy a Panamera to tow a horse trailer either and it has almost the same tow rating as the Model X at 4,850 lbs.

Yeah, it is a really long video. I only watched the whole thing through as I was doing cardio at the gym and it was entertaining enough to keep my attention. They chose not to recharge but they also couldn't without going ~30 miles out of the way as that was their closest Supercharger(their starting point for the whole trip). I don't think it would be NECESSARY to top off a diesel for a 200 mile trip though. Any diesel can make ~100 miles unloaded then ~65 loaded and the remaining ~30 back to a charger/station unloaded without worrying about running out of fuel. They did better than the ratings empty but when it had a trailer it consumed 33% of range in 33 miles when going 70mph. They only made it back because they had to drop their speed down to 52mph and turn off the climate controls. I think the solid state batteries will be a complete game changer. Once you can double the epa rating range in the same packaging, it'll be great. It isn't so much that 238 miles of range or 300 miles of range is too little for 99% of my trips, it's that there is so much variance from hot summers to 60 degree temps, then down to zero degree winters. That's my biggest issue at this point. It's common for an EV to lose 30% of range in the winter so that 238 mile range is now only 167..

That was my only issue with the video. They drove nearly 100 miles first before picking up the trailer. You wouldn't do that normally. Otherwise, the video was very informative.

The V8 is old and thirsty but it performs plenty well otherwise, 390hp/394tq w/ a 7spd.

That;’s good to know...we still need pocket rockets!

BMW cannot build an ICE engine? uh, since when? I would argue that brake wear is a much more pressing issue on a typical BMW since engines are the most tested and scrutinized part of any vehicle. As for Mini, I have my doubts that an electric Mini Cooper will actually make the car MORE desirable than it already is here in the States. Europe maybe, but not here.

Nissan should but I doubt they will do just that. As for the Silverado/Sierra twins, they could stand a mid-cycle upgrade of their interiors. As for the face, I partially agree with the Silverado, the Sierra less so. However, truck buyers disagree so both issues need to be addressed sooner rather than later.

Fair points. That just means that better (read: faster charging), more compact batteries will have to meet the packaging requirements of a tractor-trailer. We are not quite there yet.

The base engine sounds pretty anemic, the optional unit should be okay. Booo CVT's.

Yeah, back at Thanksgiving time. The brake lines had all rusted out and so had the front subframe holding the engine in. It was going to cost many thousands to fix, so we just sold it for $1000. My partner's dad had a series of strokes last September and can't drive anymore, so we ended up with his Cruze, with very low mileage for its age, as a second car as soon as the CR-V was gone. We're probably going to put it on the market soon. In other news, I signed the paperwork this afternoon for my rental property to go on the market as well. It's about damn time the agent got around to that.

It's only in the FWD models. The AWD get the 9-speed auto. I assume most of these are sold as AWD.

@dfelt, Esssplain this.. The semi versions are going to be garbage if this is any indication. The future, where epa ratings mean absolutely nothing and you get less range than your computer tells you.

Oh, oh I know...

Then it wouldn't be a golf R....just like driving an electric Mustang would be like having sex with your sister. Or maybe not. Small performance cars are going the way of the Dodo bird. One can buy a decent V8 mustang for that kind of coin.

Summertyme ~

Well, the ads around here are certainly getting... interesting.

Another Buick made in China... Also heard the gist of those GXs will be high end models anyways...