G. David Felt

Auto looks dated like Drew stated, 90 era concept station wagon to me. EXCITEMENT for a versatile platform but otherwise need to update the looks.

Oil Well

If customers are willing to bank roll it, then why not. Be interesting to see what a half million dollar SUV would be.

Right now the images at The Truth About Cars looks like a station wagon on steroids more than an SUV.

Interesting article. Toyota has a great reputation for safe and reliable cars. I myself drive a Toyota Hybird so I would be excited for something new like this!

Safe and Reliable????

You have seen their ton of recalls the last 5 years surpassing GM or any other company?

They make a competitive auto, boring and conservative but they wanted GM's crown of being the biggest and right now, the quality of their auto's leaves a lot to be considered.

Far better options out there than Toyota.

This is needed for a mid level convertible and will sell well for the first 3-5 years and then tapper off once the convertible demand is met.

Adam is a no brainer as that is also needed in a mid luxury level that people want especially if they offer an awd version of it.

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It is time for Toyota to set a standard for the TRD division of true sports/performance models.

I think every auto company should have a performance division to give select models a sports/performance version.

Example is CTS, CTS Sport, CTS V.

I am happy to see they are doing something, this will be good for competition.

G. David Felt
Staff Writer Alternative Energy - CheersandGears.com

Car Wars 2013-2016

CarWars2013-2016.PDF

The automotive Product pipeline for the US Market. While this report came out last year, there is some interesting assumptions / analysis made by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch. This report starts off with the basic background and thesis along with industry trends and then dives into company analysis, expected market share shifts, implications for suppliers to dealers and the all mighty conclusion.

What was interesting to note is the expected decline in market share by Korean manufactures while Japan stays pretty much the same and US grows. They do see that product activity while having slowed due to the depression we are just now pulling out of is showing signs that imply an 18.5% rate of replacement each year.

Ford and GM are expected to have the highest rate of product refresh out of all auto companies. What I felt was missing is the AGE component of buyers versus leasors. I think this really tells allot about a company when you know the average age for a product segment. This is clearly missing from this report.

Over all very interesting to review. I wonder what others will think?

ONLY 11 USB ports? Are they USB 1.0, 2.0 or 3.0?

At least they now realize how important charging of personal electronics are. Now to get laptop vendors to realize that they need to support plugging in a laptop via a USB port for running/charging.

Interesting observation in what Hyper has stated is that more woman were driving the GMC last generation and men the Chevy based on a poll done here in my state as to what gender of people drive full size suv's by the auto association. I wonder if this will flip to men moving to GMC and Woman back to Chevy?

Dwight it was some of the product, but with quality where it is now, auto companies do not need alternative Product lines to win customers. Build quality products that strike a passion in the public and you will have sales. I do not think Toyota needs this product line for making money. They pretty much have everything covered by Toyota or Lexus. Just kill it off and focus the R&D dollars on the two main product lines.

I see this release as being equal to the last one. So many myself included loved the Chevy look but hated the too female look on the Yukon. Now they have gone two Female on the Chevy and finally gave what should have been on the Yukon, a butch, male tough look. Very Terrain but full size and done excellent in my opinion.

The rear spoiler hides the rear wiper. It pulls up inside when not in use.

That would explain the chunkyness I'm seeing. Did you get any direct rear shots of the Tahoe? Any of this wiper assembly?

Where was the Yukon revealed? Was it at a media event like the Tahoe/Suburban?

Very true what they say about personal opinion as I do not see a Chunkyness in the rear at all. I see a normal wind deflector that as Drew says covers the rear window wiper but also I would assume pushes air down over the glass like 3rd party add on's have done for years to help keep the glass clearer.

I agree with you Drew, iTunes interface is Junk. Syncing my Android phone with my music is easy and clean and I put it where I want it not where it is dictated by an over bearing monster.

I doubt it. Samsung likes to throw a buttload of complicated and useless stuff on the phone in some cases to claim its got more stuff.

Plus, Samsung phones look and feel cheap.

More folks switch from Androids to Apple than vice versa.

Lots of folks complain about buggy Android phones.

Plus, Apple phones have much better interdevice behavior in the biosphere. They all work together really nice. I can't wait to get my new iPhone and use the airplay to apple tv feature. Part of the new a7 chip benefit will be the display to apple tv or other TV so you can game on the phone and see it on tv.

itunes still rules the roost and with my itunes match, i dont need to put the songs on the phone anymore. I can stream my whole library off the cloud.

A little larger screen would be nice, but i still want to get the phone in my pocket. Is that a phone in your pocket or are you just glad to see me? The galaxy note, great as a tablet, it's a phablet. How stupid would someone look holding a huge ass galaxy note up to their ear?

LOL - You really have been drinking the APPLE KOOLAID. The proof is in the sales that Android / Samsung make better and sell more phones.

Personal opinion on the look and feel as the Apple has always felt like they cut corners compared to Samsung phones but again a personal feeling compared to you feeling the opposite.

In regards to the whole ITunes thing, their approach is to make things simple but they went to far to make them none usable to many people myself included as I find their interface to be non intuitive and iTunes to me just sucks. Much easier for how I use my Samsung phone.

The Phablet is not for everyone but for those of us that are big, 6'6"tall with big hands, the Samsung is small and perfect. I hate how small phones are and that the touch screens are usless when typing as I hit multiple keys. Apple iPhones are the worst as typing on them is just garbage but again I am probably twice your size at 6'6" tall 300lgs. 15% body fat. I love the bigger phones that meet my needs. Something Apple does not do.

Chevy interior is nice, but the nose on the Chevy's is just ugly to me. I do not like the headlights and the over all nose is just a turn off.

GMC is the winner this time. Elegant, Butch, Manly, the over all style goes with the product line. Have a Terrain vibe that I just dig.

Last evolution Chevy won hands down, but this time the Girly Yukon is gone and in it's place is a mans man SUV.

GMC seems to have given this a Semi truck type look that is just awesome!

Be it Denali or lower level this is a hands down winner.

One concern I do have is that the interior on both looks like the center console has gotten fatter cutting into leg room and comfort. The seats from the photo's look narrow. I really hope not but they do.

I just replaced my 6 year old DELL. Wish I could have gotten another one, but DELL lost out on SPEC and PRICE to Lenovo. I now have a nice shiny W530 with i7 vPro and 16gb ram. Dual 27" monitors on the docking station. Dual SSD drives. runs fast and is just solid. Very happy with it.

I agree that DELL or Lenovo you cannot go wrong.

LOL, Apple Iphone 5S still has not caught up to the Samsung S4. Android is just eating Apples lunch. Love it.

AWESOME!!!!

I wonder if our story and images on the awesome little monster played any part. I hope so as what Drew had done was very cool indeed.

Sounds Like Toyota's Version of Pontiac/Saturn.

Just kill it off and move on. It was a failure.

That green monstrosity looks just like a Ford Connect. Ignorant question, but does it come from the same factory?

To me it sounds like they are too late to the party. So many others have already started production, I just do not see that big of a commercial market for everyone.

Awesome write up. Very enjoyable reading.

I have to say that I like that this car does not have that freakin big ugly black smiling mouth, yet the over all style is bland and to me very uninspiring.

The interior is just terrible with the bland dash, Pimple on the center of the steering wheel and then the white type seats that will show all the dirt in the world. Just a terrible job.

What is up with everyone thinking the world wants 4 door Coupe style sedans? No headroom and clearly not much room period for big people like me. I suspect this will fit me like my sisters Mazda 6 which means I will not be comfortable in it and could not go on road trips. Looks like they used 5'8" as the average size to build the car for again.

One thing noticed is that the fit and finish based on the pictures does look good. I did not find anything out of alignment or to big or small of a gap. Really consistent.

Saw a brand new 500L on the highway, just came from the dealership. Actually not bad looking considering that I hate the ugly little two door. The 4 door 500L actually look good and usable and not like Shrek squished the top of the car or that a light wind would blow it over.

The best looking of the 500 family yet.

Bad News, Your Uncle says for you to inherit your share of his Potato Empire valued as 37 million you must move to Detroit and work for a few years at one of the auto companies.

Farmer

Very cool pictures, Thanks for posting.