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riviera74

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  1. riviera74
    If your v6 larks torque, you built your engine wrong. If your 4cyl lacks torque, you built a Honda engine. A Jeep turbo 4 is silly when they can use the Pentastar v6 and add some more torque. How do you haul and tow and climb rocks with a turbocharged 4cyl?
  2. riviera74
    Isn't it strange that all car marques under the VW flag are competing against each other for sales rather than retain their respective unique selling points? Did the respective car marques NOT LEARN from the foibles of GM Ford and (nowadays) FCA?!
  3. riviera74
    That may well be true, but it is sad when Italian sports car companies insist of frittering away their unique selling points just to make a fast buck.
  4. riviera74
    They should radically simplify the corporate structure, just to save $$$$. The only problem is is that VW Group is partially owned by the German Lander (or state) of Lower Saxony. Simplifying the corporate ownership structure will probably require privatization first, then a buyout under one owner.
  5. riviera74
    Sorry, but who wants a Ferrari SUV or Crossover again?
  6. riviera74
    Voice commands while driving may well be the future, but voice commands need to be perfected first. Also, what if you have your radio/streaming music on and you need Nav again?
  7. riviera74
    Looks a lot like what a larger first-generation Scion xB would have become. I guess taking on the size of a Ford Flex and making it a Toyota sounded like a great idea to them. Perhaps it will sell here once brought here.
  8. riviera74
    A turbo 4 over their V6 is silly, if not stupid. If it is about CAFE, then it is the V8s that FCA offer that need to go on a diet. In order for a 4cyl Wrangler to work, Jeep needs to dump several hundred pounds off that vehicle. Otherwise, keep the Pentastar.
  9. riviera74
    That new Toyota Century looks a lot like a Rolls-Royce. Too bad neither Lexus nor Cadillac have the guts to build one like this here.
  10. riviera74
    What GM needs is an electric version of that platform so that it can sell real EV cars and crossovers for real $$$$. Fuel cells might be good in theory, but may well be impractical.
  11. riviera74
    It is true that citizens of Japan and Europe are far more patriotic (or nationalistic) in the auto purchases than Americans ever were, even as far back as the 1970s. Before 1970, foreign-made cars were less than ten percent of all US car sales. Now it is at least 50% or more. I honestly wonder why (a lot of) Baby Boomers especially decided that buying American was suddenly a bad idea. Virtually nowhere else does buying foreign-made anything sound better than here in the good old USA. I wonder why. As for Jeep's success in Japan, that news is welcome. I suspect everything listed AND a true unique selling point are why Jeep is so successful in the Far East.
  12. riviera74
    Does GM NOT have an semi-idle plant they can use right now to build the Equinox in the USA? They should just switch that plant over to Equinox production and then tell CAMI and its entitled labor force to go pound sand because they are fired.
  13. riviera74
    The day EV car sales will explode will be when one of two things happens: we see oil prices top $100 a barrel for more than a month OR EV prices are actually cheaper than their ICE counterparts. If both happens at the same time, the switch to EV will be swift and thorough. I would like to see OPEC (and their ill-gotten near-monopoly power) go the way of Studebaker since they have only caused problems for all of us since 1973..... and maybe take down the private oil majors down with them. But that day may well be a long time coming though.
  14. riviera74
    Not all the news is good. Buick down 20%; Dodge and Chrysler down at least 16% each; FIAT down 24%. Buick slid despite having THREE crossovers; Chevrolet is up 17% with how many crossovers....? Some things are weird these days.
  15. riviera74
    Just like there is no demand for coupes, there is no demand for hatchbacks. The 1980s are truly over. (More expensive) Crossovers for everyone!
  16. riviera74
    VW is owned by Lower Saxony, a German Lander (similar to that of a province or a US state). VW will not be allowed to die. Daimler or BMW are far more likely to disappear since those two automakers are not owned by a state government.
  17. riviera74
    It's still a pickup truck, not a BMW 7 series. Chances are that Cadillac and (perhaps) Lincoln will do well here, given the parentage of both.
  18. riviera74
    I suspect that GM will build whatever form of electric vehicle that will sell. The platforms are more important since they can theoretically switch from sedan to crossover to minivan with just a body switch at relatively low cost.
  19. riviera74
    Maybe they don't have a plan. Who really knows?
  20. riviera74
    Are you suggesting that GM move all Equinox and Terrain production to Mexico and simply shutter this assembly plant?
  21. riviera74
    WTF happened to Cadillac and especially Buick sales? Chevy and GMC sales were the only things that allowed GM to avoid the sales slump affecting Ford and devouring FCA. Ironically Alfa Romeo and Maserati were up by large percentages (from a low base) while Dodge and RAM were down slightly and FIAT, Jeep and especially Chrysler were pummeled.
  22. riviera74
    GMC is doing fine with the crossovers out now. A subcompact crossover is a good idea as long as it does not take away from Buick Encore sales. As for a real BOF SUV, do you really want GMC to become Jeep?
  23. riviera74
    Cadillac needs the XT7 and XT3 (think Encore and Enclave sized) STAT!
  24. riviera74
    I do not see RAM having a post-FCA future. Jeep will almost certainly survive and possibly even thrive without all the corporate baggage.
  25. riviera74
    I hope not! This idea still sucks.
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