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Seen in a supermarket parking lot over the weekend ...

@balthazar Speaking of the devil, I hadn't seen one of these in a long time. These sure were different.

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^ Well... ONE myth busted according to the above chart is that vehicle maintenance is nearly identical, and no where near the '80% less' some claims have made. But we knew that already.

So true, when you have a forum member that constantly crows about the 0 to 60 number being the magic and then the company that is supposed to be the standard bearer fails to deliver on that, it does make one go H'mmmmmmmmmm! ? I agree with you that there are many solid comments on the interior and the serene ride. Was surprised to see that you get a very much pedestrian dash in the EQS 450 compared to the top of the line 580.

@David I will say this. Performance aside, most reviews spoke highly of the luxury component and the interior of the EQS but as a luxury maker, that's the way a Benz should be. It's downfall is less than stellar performance numbers (again, we have heard non-stop crowing about Tesla's 0-60 numbers as the be all, end all so let's see if it's a big deal for a $100K Benz) and looking like a ten year old jellybean from VW.

The Best or Nothing at all seems to be a Failure for Mercedes as the first of the EQS test drives come in and where there are some success in certain areas, there is just as many failures and as pointed out in the review, it would appear that Mercedes is playing massive catch up to other automakers and especially Tesla. For a German company that was supposed to be building a competitor that would beat the Tesla S, I have to say that Mercedes has failed. First drive review: 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS fuses electric-car wizardry with S-Class serenity (greencarreports.com) No FRUNK, In fact there seems to be many areas that Mercedes does not want anyone to get access too, just supposed to drive it and take it to Mercedes when you need work done it would appear. This review makes me wonder if Mercedes will ever be able to catch up to Tesla? ? Do not get me wrong there are reviewers that drink the Koolaid and no matter how far behind Tesla, they still think Mercedes is the best. 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Review: Funky New Luxury (motor1.com) Here are additional reviews that upon looking at them, I have to say, Mercedes S class is a second place uber luxury car that does not totally deliver on being the Best or nothing! It seems to be a half-way also ran. Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Test | Mercedes-Benz Worldwide (mercedes-world.com) 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS First Drive Review: An EV like nothing else - SlashGear 2022 Mercedes-Benz EQS first drive review: Defining a segment - Roadshow (cnet.com) First review Mercedes EQS 450+: Is Mercedes EQS an S-Class electric? (mercedesblog.com) Mercedes EQS first drive: S-Class luxury in an EV (msn.com) Mercedes EQS first drive: S-Class luxury in an EV | Engadget

An interesting study released by the "International Council on Clean Transportation" A couple of clear Myth Busters, the world is adding renewable energy replacing coal the dirtiest of power generation, but even with that taken into account BEVs still are far cleaner in all global markets than ICE. The other observation is that the current versus paris accord shows that an acceleration in renewable energy development is needed if the global markets are to reach their commitment to the Paris Agreement. End result is that it still does not change the fact that electric auto's emit fewer emissions than ICE helping in the battle of global climate change. Quote: In addition to its global scope, the study is methodologically comprehensive in considering all relevant powertrain types, including plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs), and an array of fuel types including biofuels, electrofuels, hydrogen, and electricity. The life-cycle GHG emissions of cars registered in 2021 are compared with those of cars expected to be registered in 2030. In addition, this study is distinct from earlier LCA literature in four key aspects: It considers the lifetime average carbon intensity of the fuel and electricity mixes, including biofuels and biogas. Based on stated policies, it accounts for changes in the carbon intensity during the useful lifetime of the vehicles. It considers the fuel and electricity consumption in average real-world usage instead of solely relying on official test values. This is especially important for assessing the GHG emissions of PHEVs. It uses recent data on industrial-scale battery production and considers regional battery supply chains. This results in significantly lower battery production emissions than in earlier studies. It incorporates the near-term global warming potential of methane leakage emissions of natural gas and natural gas-derived hydrogen pathways. Different from other GHGs, methane contributes several times more to global warming in the first 20 years after emission than is reflected by the 100-year global warming potential. Results show that even for cars registered today, battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have by far the lowest life-cycle GHG emissions. As illustrated in the figure below, emissions over the lifetime of average medium-size BEVs registered today are already lower than comparable gasoline cars by 66%–69% in Europe, 60%–68% in the United States, 37%–45% in China, and 19%–34% in India. Additionally, as the electricity mix continues to decarbonize, the life-cycle emissions gap between BEVs and gasoline vehicles increases substantially when considering medium-size cars projected to be registered in 2030. A global comparison of the life-cycle greenhouse gas emissions of combustion engine and electric passenger cars | International Council on Clean Transportation (theicct.org) Download link for the paper: https://theicct.org/sites/default/files/publications/Global-LCA-passenger-cars-jul2021_0.pdf

Today marks 65 years since the sinking of the "Andrea Doria" after the "Stockholm" plowed into her the night before she was due to arrive at her New York pier. https://www.history.com/news/the-sinking-of-andrea-doria Most of the survivors are probably not around anymore, but some who were children and teens who were rescued from the sinking ship still might be. What a life changing experience. The Swedes sank Italy's first post-war passenger flagship. Remind me not to ever consider buying a Volvo.

I’ll take it!

Correct on the LaSalle proposal for the '76 Seville. There was strong support for the name, but eventually they turned away from it because the initial incarnation ('27-40) was discontinued... and some felt there may have been a negative association with that discontinuance. Read; 'failed'. I love the 'Seville' name. Of course, it was also used earlier on the Eldorado hardtops ('56-60). The '76-79 Seviles are truly an excellent, well-balanced design. But I also like the '80-84s.

@balthazar There was a window of time when Cadillac was thinking of naming what was released as the Seville as the Cadillac LaSalle. Spanish versus French. A historic city in Spain versus an important financial street in Chicago. I wonder how the naming plan for the car changed. Mostly, I liked everything about the Seville as initially released. I felt the roofline could have been a little less boxy - it become more so with a padded vinyl roof and how they trimmed it out around the rear back lite - and that the rear lamp treatment was a little less boring compared to the much better handling of the front grille. I believe there was either an entry-level version (or a credit option) for plaid cloth seats! I was pleased that they dialed in the mechanics in terms of the powertrain and the chassis. And that's why you are likely to see '70s Sevilles around instead of '80s Sevilles. They blew it later on with the Seville on numerous levels ... with what was nicknamed the "bustle back" model, with some engines that were embarrassing flops, etc. ... That Cadillac successfully reinvented itself borders on miraculous.

Correct. It was pitched to Cadillac (thusly badged LaSalle), but Cadillac didn't have the production capacity (only 1 plant). It was then opened up to the other divisions, but Buick was the only one who agreed not to alter the design. Buick also had recently seen a fairly drastic fall in sales, from #3 in '56 to #10 in '60. They really wanted it.

Sitting at the edge of a Wal-Mart lot was this Shelby GT500. I like the black with stripe delete color scheme over the usual day glo cartoon colors these seem to come in.