G. David Felt
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Have to say I love what I see over all, nice big rims, solid body style. I think the compact CUV market has a ton of growth for AWD luxury models. My one dislike is the Military style small windows. I am hearing from more and more people who are so over the small windows and want a bigger green house. I know there is a market for people who like that slim small window, but more people like a bigger green house and if auto makers do not watch it, they will find themselves with product that does not sell as customers are looking for that bigger green house affect.
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Nice write up, seems to be a bland basic people mover for commuting. At least it looks a little better than the older model but the interior is pathetic. You are so right that for this price point, they have gone way to cheap and yet people will buy it blindly due to the Toyota name rather than look at better alternatives. It will sell, but I cannot say it will be a home run hit.
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I think the new Cheerokee is pretty awesome, I was not a fan at the begining, but after seeing it in person and being able to check the auto out, the trail hawk is awesome. http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/82320-2013-seattle-auto-show/#
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Racing seats can be used in any auto, even daily drivers if a person loves a stiff very supportive seat like that. Also a 4 point racing harness is very safe, even safer than traditional seat belts IMHO. As long as a person realizes that racing harnesses do not have the same give and take as traditional OEM seatbelts, I love them for the snug fit they give you.
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FTFY. :smilewide: Mucho Appreciate it. Learn something new everyday!
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Ya, the R/T.. https://autos.aol.com/article/2011-dodge-grand-caravan-rt/ WOW, that is pretty interesting, wonder what type of premium they got for a Man Cave mini van.
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Why not? True, but you just cannot make it a true sports vehicle. It is a people mover after all.
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A blacktop edition for the van??? Why???
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FTFY What the? I so hate acronyms. Makes it so much harder to understand some times.
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Lovely Car! That would be killer as a Buick GS Coupe!
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I bet on the following, the ugly big plastic nose is for Euro spec pedestrian crash standards / ease of repair for auto crashes and probably the only way they can get at the engine for service. Remove the Nose, service the engine and put the nose back on again. Vans have never really had an easy service access except in the 70's when you had the huge hump inside come off so they could do an easy tune up.
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3 strikes and your out, we heard this all before and they continue to rework the same old relaunch plans. Same message different platforms. Eventually they will realize they lost the opportunity and just need to fold it or have it as a niche vehicle. There is no global ability for Alfa. Those days are past I believe. I believe this is talk to just keep certain few exec's or investors pacified to keep them from causing trouble as they need to focus on the lines that can make them money and not invest billions in a line that has a past due date.
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Lets just hope it helps pay down the R&D to get this into more variety of models. I think a Suburban Volt Power Train with a small Diesel generator would do amazing.
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Impatiently waiting,.......... Both are still very ugly IMHO. I agree with Balthazar that there is some cheapness going on with the all plastic nose. But knowing the idiot Socialist Republic of Euro, they probably will say it is people friendly when they get hit by the crazy drivers. Lately it all seems to boil down to what is people crash friendly. I wonder just how friendly it is compared to a nice looking body style.
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WOW It is amazing how stupid lemming reviews actually can sell auto's. I thought the internet was helping people to get informed and choose better auto's. Instead it looks like Lemmings are winning.
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Other than Marketing, I am finding it more and more difficult to justify the TT V6 over a V8.
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I would agree with both Dwight on a next level luxury package but also with Ocnblu on on a GS package for the Encore. Luxury package for both markets would make sense as Dwight states, but for the US, you could also have an Encore AWD GS package. I know many ladies that would eat this up in a CUV package.
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Happy B-Day!
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They could start by building auto's that actually have style not the Buck Tooth Hick look. They could also build performance and High Mileage auto's that are true luxury and can really fit large people. 6'6" tall does not fit into Acura. I know since I have tried many times with my friends who have the MDX and no one can sit behind me since with the chair all the way back there is only a couple inches from the seat back to the back seat and since I cannot sit upright, I have to be partially reclined and so over all the auto might be well built, but for small people.
