G. David Felt

Robert, How are your Babies doing?

A Manly Prius at that, Girly Men not allowed! Yes this is sarcasm for those that cannot tell.

Another weak engine that has to rev high to just move due to weak torque. ?

WOW, first time that mug has ever looked OK. Better than the chromed versions.

Same could be said for the fine mechanical bits too!

WOW, That is huge, what type is it?

Got this cadillac marketing flyer in the mail today. Everything is 0% interest or some.serious cash on the hood on every model they sell. Wow, $11,000 off an Escalade.

OK, 30 to 40 years ago the SOHC and DOHC were screaming Sewing machine engines with no go and sucked other than just a somewhat reliable nature in generic crappy compact auto's. They got a perception of reliable as they pushed service intervals out to 100,000 miles versus US OEMs stuck with stupid 30,000 mile intervals into the late 90's and sadly most auto owners are lazy with maintenance as such, US auto's would stop running when you failed to do the 30K tuneups and 3K oil changes. Plus most asian autos were manual everything where US was pushing electric everything. US auto's could survive a long life if people only followed the maintenance manual. Sadly I doubt many on this forum have even read their own current owners manual. Being OCD, I have read everyone of my auto's I own and my 1994 GMC Suburban, the oldest car I own and bought new still out performs most current asian SUV/trucks. Take my GMC Suburban SLE over anything Asian or german that is sold today.

During one of our storms back in 2015 a almost 3,000 unit shipment of BMW and Mini's that arrived in Vancouver BC sat on the dock awaiting transport when this storm hit covering them in heavy sea water mist and rain. As such, the Halifax recall sent all these cars to a salvage yard and now 4 years later they still sit there. New undriven cars. Makes one wonder what kind of deal you can get if you could get them to sell it to you on one of the M series. https://jalopnik.com/nearly-3-000-recalled-brand-new-bmws-and-minis-have-jus-1838295850

2019 Chevrolet Bolt looks to be earning top safety ratings again. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1125119_2019-chevrolet-bolt-ev-shows-strong-in-iihs-crash-tests The 16 available EVs in the market this year and their specs. Pretty cool to compare and contrast them. https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/every-electric-car-ev-range-audi-chevy-tesla/

Seems Porsche has been lapping Tesla on the German racing track especially after their Platinum powertrain auto that broke their record then broke down and had to be lifted onto a flatbed by a crane. https://www.businessinsider.com/tesla-model-s-plaid-towed-nurburgring-porsche-taycan-2019-9

ok, make it 30 to 50, I see that all the time, people getting on a freeway wait to the last few feet before stomping on their eco box and it does not move. Having the ability to see from a mid speed to freeway speed is important to safe merging. IMHO

Very cool commercial, had not seen it before. My question is I would love to know the weight of the Turbo Blackwing V8 to the LT5 Supercharged V8 GM has been building. I honestly See NO Value in the less performance DOHC engines. I suspect they are far heavier and much less efficient, but the stupid marketing people have pushed this High revving crap from Asia and Germany as superior over the outstanding HP / torque push-rods have developed for years. I am excited to see this motor and see if it is as smooth and advanced as they are marketing it. Would love to see the two engines side by side comparison of engine details like you can find here: http://www.gomog.com/allmorgan/engineweights.html @balthazar You should my friend enjoy the web site above on all the fine details about engines of yor.

Might not need to be replaced, but it sure could be enhanced with further stats that show the ability of the auto in comparison to others.

That is an AWESOME Station wagon. Love the looks. Another lease or purchase?

I think the days of 0 to 60 are over, if we really wanted to judge an auto's capability, then having a 30 mph to 70 mph is more realistic in showing how well said auto can get up to highway speed and merge in. Why 30 to 70 and not 0 to 60? Easy, as many have pointed out, we are not spending our day constantly stomping on the accelerator to go from a dead stop to highway speed. If anything we could justify a 0 to 30 matters as we do plenty of local driving from a dead stop. Next thing is the merging onto a free way which usually you have to move from around 30 to highway speed quick. As such a the 0 to 60 mph test is out of date.

Interesting read on the Q2 XT4 sales from Cadillac. http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/09/cadillac-xt4-sales-numbers-figures-results-second-quarter-2019-q2/

As some members have stated about EVs, price, price, price. They following Fiat EV concept could do them very well if it came in at the right price for a subcompact auto.

Those shows rock along with CSI, NCIS, Criminal Minds, etc.

Yet where you live and the support and messaging directly relates to the sales and common use of EVs. For me living on the West Coast, specifically Washington state, EVs are a common thing every day and with the Electric super highway that was built from Vancover BC to Baja California, getting around in an EV is very easy. https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1114242_these-six-states-have-the-highest-electric-car-adoption-rates-in-the-country As you can see being one of the top 6 states that does support and have an extensive EV charging infrastructure, you end up with many people buying EVs. Once Rivian is truly producing and Ford / GM has their full size SUV/Trucks out in EV form, I expect sales to really take off over the small cracker jack box EVs we currently have. https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/these-states-are-buying-the-most-green-cars-in-america.html/ This story clearly supports the one above even though they are independant researched articles. https://evadoption.com/ev-market-share/ev-market-share-california/ This puts the current state into perspective since many are visual people.

True my friend but then what do I fit in that is not full size. Awaiting my chance to sit in the Rivian Sept 27th if I can get into the Seattle event.

I get the point your making but Prius did not inspire the bulk of the public and so a tight, ugly little hybrid like their product line was not going to change things fast. Yet with all OEMs bringing out EVs to their standard lineup, I see a change over happening much faster for the EVs than Hybrids, etc. As stated here by you, me, and many others, most buyers do not care what is under the hood. If they have a 300 to 400 mile range, like the interior and the over all price is in their budget, they will buy and change habits to plugging in at home and having a full battery pack every morning.

External is not bad looking but I have to say HELL NO to them getting a pass on this sterile black Blah interior. This is as bad as all the bloody black interior blah dashes GM and Ford is building. Where is the PASSION for the interior, customer comfort and what should be a relaxing ride.

Maybe pulling from storage they have already as I agree with you, truth from them is nothing but a grey lie to the world.