G. David Felt
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I have to disagree with you. This will prove to be Porsche Boon Doggle and an executives failure costing someone their job. This is a big waste of resources for them but since they are flush with cash I guess they can afford to waste money. Waste of resources? Yes, I pretty much think you are right, but tell me you don't want to see the 918 Spyder. I'm sure that a lot of people wanted to see this car without a rooftop and, as you said, Porsche can afford losing some money just to meke its clients/fans happy. You are new around here so I give you some thoughts. I am 6'6" tall, I do not fit into anything they make and honestly would rather have a Cadillac V edition of the Escalade more than a small tiny 2 door coffin of a car that Porsche makes. They have some interesting design language but I will never be a customer of their over priced over rated products. 6'6" tall? In this case I think a Marauder is definitely more suitable for you. How was I supposed to know that? Very True, It is why all I have is full size SUV's, Escalade ESV Platinum, Hummer H2, Suburban SLE, Durango, Trailblazer SS AWD which is my version of a Porsche. Course Durango and Trailblazer are mid size but very comfy.
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Last thing I would want out of a Van is to be car like! Van like SUV's are popular for their High Seating position and ability to haul stuff. As such they need to be more stout than cars. If you want a car ride with more capacity, go to the CUV product line as most CUV's can out haul a car and yet have the car position.
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Totally agree with everyone on that lovely lady!
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Bummer, they need to fix this soon or really face an ugly backlash.
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Hopefully it will be more reliable than the Junk Fiat has sold for the last 40 years and during their first attempt in the US. So far, Fiat is striking out with their product lines and quality. I would say shelve this project and put the money into the Transmissions of the Chrysler products to build a reliable item first. Build quality on what they have then build pie in the sky dream cars. I am not happy with the amount of problems coming out of new Jeep, Chrysler, Dodge, Ram products and the dismal quality out of the Fiat line right now. They are hurting themselves long term with the garbage they currently sell.
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Totally agree with the base line of thinking here. Super-cars are not super any longer from the main auto makers. They are all very over priced bland junk. Take a look at what some of the smaller guys have done to Corvettes and now you are talking. Even the Challenger is more amazing to me than the super-cars from Porsche, Ferrari, Lambo, etc.
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SMK you will not get any disagreement from many of us here who do not like the CT naming system and wish they had gone back to their heritage names as a superior way to catalog their auto class. Escalade is a perfect example of how it has a brand name and Cadillac will be stupid in the future if they kill this name plate to go with the stupid CUV names.
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You have a right to believe this, but my own brother in-law bought MB Sprinters for his Appliance repair business based on the thought they would be better quality than what he got from Frod and GM Vans. He found them to be the most un-reliable vans he has ever owned. After many transmission failures, plastic interior pieces that break and items as simple as the radio and hvac stopped working. Once the warranty ran out, he has been trading them in and going back to Ford and GM for service vans. On top of this for Washington state we do get allot of rain but we do not use road salt during the winter and most auto's here do not rust like the east coast and yet the Sprinters had early rust all over. His experience here is not alone. Many companies here are not happy with the poor quality of the sprinters and they are no longer even purchased by the local cities as the dependability is poor. This is why myself and others have stated MB should have done their commercial line and lower cost line as another label. This WILL HURT MB brand in the US as a Luxury Auto Maker. This is very different here than in Europe where the whoring out of S-Class and E-Class auto's as Taxis is accepted as normal practice. You do not find luxury like that here in the taxi fleets or even the bulk of the private car fleet. I give MB 5 to 7 years before this comes back to haunt them with hurting sales.
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While not a car, I feel these were under appreciated for what they were. Syclone and Typhoon from GMC
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The mercedes-Benze just built a new store and moved from their old place last year to the new one in summer of 2014 and now this year it still looks this way with tons of Sprinter Vans out front and the cars up on the roof parking lot. Bing View and was the same on Goodle Map too. Google Street View, Not impressive for all the Low end sheet metal, but I will say I wish my cadillac dealership had a building like this.
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We'll the credit for the box delete is a bit disappointing but I can see this being the new delivery and service truck for the industry. Imagen your Oklahoma steaks being delivered to your door in this with a freezer back on it. Or the appliance repair man showing up with a service box on the back full of spare parts. I can also if it was 4x4 liek Zl-1 stated see camper conversions for single or couples. This would be a big hit. GM is probably playing it a bit too safe since they only have assumptions on the up take of these.
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WOW That is such an amazing update to the old 200. Have not seen them around here yet in Seattle but it is pretty and I do like the interior, the best I have seen from Chrysler.
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Funny you mention that now that Line X offers color matched spray on bed liners. http://www.linex.com/pages/2010/bedliners/products/xtra.php I love it now that they match the truck and blend in. I have loved the Line X in my Dakota and swear by it. My Dad has the rubber mat in his Colorado and still does not want to haul stuff in it. Mine looks like new even with the truck being a 98 Dakota.
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Is the Corvette a bad sports car because Chevy makes the lowly Sonic with a 138 hp engine? The S-class is still the best car in the world, regardless of what Mercedes does with their commercial line. This van might sell fairly well too, and they already produce it, so it wasn't like it cost them R&D dollars. You can call it the commercial line all you want, the media see's it as a Mercedes-Benze consumer Minivan. People will do the same to MB as they have done to all other companies. Over time they no longer see the Luxury only line of product, but now they see a modge podge of low cost product that looks cheap, breaks and is no longer associated with the 1% crowd. Does not matter if the S-Class is the best selling top line product now and that is has plenty of breaks due to bleeding edge technology. A billionaire is not going to want to see a low income or middle class person driving a MB badged auto. The whole point of what plenty of people are saying is that MB is diluting their status here in America and soon, MB will be no different than Lincoln, Acura, Buick or even Cadillac and in many cases will be worse due to the low end product line. MB would have done better to bring in the low end products, commercial, etc as another label here to protect their luxury line and status. This will be their downfall and undoing. Same with BMW.
