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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    True but that is also I think due to a superior battery pack and powertrain. That is why the A3 eTron is not doing well, other superior plug-in hybrids.
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    True not much demand for not a true EV auto. The A3 eTron is like a VOLT but much worse battery pack range and gas mileage. I will be honest that they should have just waited to make a better product. Pure EV mode is only 30 miles and with the gas generator you get 580 miles total of range. It is also a 4 door hatchback which Americans are really not a fan of. As such the low sales numbers. The CUV eTron being a pure EV auto should be different.
  3. G. David Felt
    Here is Toyota's info on the Century product line from the begining: http://www.toyota-global.com/company/history_of_toyota/75years/vehicle_lineage/car/id60010388/index.html Here is the actual Japanese Toyota website for the car and I have to say that I would easily put this up against the S-class from Mercedes-benz. https://toyota.jp/century/?padid=ag341_tjptop_topmv_century_car The craftsmanship is amazing and I bet it would outlast at a much lower cost of ownership than compared to the S-class. Love it in this wine color 7 different interior color combos that are standard without going custom. Even quality cloth is available.
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    H2 were Plastic city, but they could handle off road amazingly well and had a ton of room inside. If M-B ever wanted to really play in the full size SUV space, then stop wasting money on the excessive off road that 99.99999% of people never use and build a proper body on frame 3 row full size SUV that can hall 8 people comfortably on road trips and still handle the basic offroad stuff. It is almost as if M-B is afraid to even try and take on GM in the Escalade space. Guess this goes with the same whatever reason they will not attempt to take on GM or Ford with full size Pickups.
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    ??? Nope Wrong, Never will want an S-class or anything MB makes. They have nothing to compete with the Escalade and before you say it, the G-Wagon even the new finally updated one is still no match to an Escalade! I would take a Hummer H2 over the G-Wagon!
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    @Drew Dowdell You nailed it, that quiet lazy boy comfort in a luxury cruiser was it 40 yrs ago and now everyone implies they want the ultimate driving machine. I for one love the ultimate driving machine but also love the quiet comfort and I believe you can have both. No reason to not have a auto that can handle when thrown about but also blocks out the exterior world. The Buick Envision does this very well. In fact the more I think about it, the Cadillac XT5 was noisier than my sisters Envision. I want my next auto to handle like my SS but be vault like quiet from the outside world. I wish Cadillac would use the Buick quiet tech on their lineup of auto's plus extra sound deadening material.
  7. G. David Felt
    That just means you have to lift your ass up rather than sliding in. So True, I remember all the cadillac and Delta 98 interiors my family and relatives had and they were awesome. Suburbans had nice cloth interiors too for the GMC side of the house but nothing like that above.
  8. G. David Felt
    This totally makes sense as Diesel is a dead duck for most of the first world countries now in regards to perception by folks after the German mess of emission cheating. JLR is right to make this change ASAP.
  9. G. David Felt
    Cloth is instant warm on a cold morning day and warm on a blistering hot Phoenix Arizona day. I myself love leather but also can understand the comfort of cloth. My 1994 GMC Suburban has cloth seats and it is nice to sit on when you are either freezing or frying outside. But I do dig my Escalade Leather chilled seats.
  10. G. David Felt
    Not me, Like to play sports, but find watching them boring. If you are a Soccer fan or Football fan for our European members, I wish you all the best for your team to win.
  11. G. David Felt
    I think as complexity increases on Hybrid and traditional ICE powertrain trucks, we will see more and more overlap as the updates, conversion of existing assembly plant to the new model will slow things down and increase building time on top of the change by suppliers to these newer electrified parts.
  12. G. David Felt
    So totally agree with this statement, UP VOTE it +1000! Leatherette should not ever be in Cadillacs and only in low end Buicks and all things Chevy.
  13. G. David Felt
    If so, then you found the only redeeming point of Socialism. Consistent math for all.
  14. G. David Felt
    ? When will America just drop the stupid Standard measurement and join the rest of the world on superior Metric.
  15. G. David Felt
    It does seem weird to see the Luxury is the bottom level, then premium luxury and the top level is Sport and yet with sport you have Leather seats like Premium luxury and you get Leatherette trim which makes no sense to me. I would think Sport would be bottom, then luxury and top would be Premium luxury. I like the CUV, but am a bit confused by the packaging of the trim levels.
  16. G. David Felt
    Maybe it is not in American Standard but in German metric. could be looking at a difference then.
  17. G. David Felt
    This is one very sweet F100 pickup. Love it! http://www.thedrive.com/video/21753/classic-car-studios-1953-ford-f100-restomod-driven-the-fancy-muscle-truck-grandpa-never-had Check out this sexy Green pickup truck brought back to a awesome modern spin.
  18. G. David Felt
    Bosch newest Powertrain member - eAxle https://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/en/products-and-services/passenger-cars-and-light-commercial-vehicles/powertrain-systems/electric-drive/eaxle/ Bosch has introduced their newest powertrain system available in performance from 50 to 300 kW power output or for the Americans, that is equal to 40 to 402 HP. Bosch full details of their electric drive components can be found here: https://www.bosch-mobility-solutions.com/en/products-and-services/passenger-cars-and-light-commercial-vehicles/powertrain-systems/electric-drive/ Bosch makes the following components available today: eAxle - The main powertrain for any auto. iBooster - Vacuum-independent, electromechanical brake booster for improved performance on EV auto's. Vehicle Control Unit - This is a PDC or the powertrain domain controller as the central E?E architecture element for all powertrain topologies. ESP hev - Regenerative braking system for hybrid and electric vehicles. Pedal-travel sensor - sensor series for electronic brake pedals Bosch also makes a wide variety of power electronics and separate motor-generators for other applications. The EV powertrain of the future is coming fast and options are going to be great.
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    Elaphe - Newest In-Wheel EV motors with Torque Vectoring Elaphe Website This Slovenian company has clearly stepped up to compete against Protean, the only other in-wheel EV motor company to date. Both have manufacturing in China and are aggressively going after OEM, but where they go divergent paths is that Elaphe is also feeling that their product can and should be used in older auto's where people want to replace the ICE powertrain with something new and better. Elaphe makes 7 different motors for a wide variety of applications, from cars to trucks / suvs, commercial trucks and marine applications. These motors go from 29 kW or 39 HP with 400 Nm or 295 ft-lbs of torque to 110 kW or 147 HP with 1500 Nm or 1,106 ft-lbs of Torque per motor. Using their designated SUV motor would give you in AWD mode 588 HP with 4,424 lb-ft of torque. Diesel torque with supercar performance in an amazing package. They even offer a in-wheel solution for motorcycles that is 20kW or 27 HP with 225 Nm or 166 ft-lbs of torque, giving a motorcycle 54 HP with 332 lb-ft of torque. Here is the founders own words on why they are building a superior motor system.
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    Bummer for the delay, but no big deal, it will still come out and this fall we should see a nice bump in EV auto options. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Wish Cadillac would get their act together. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  21. G. David Felt
    Do you even need to ask?
  22. G. David Felt
    I just hope the XT4 is quiet when riding inside. I feel that cadillac has given up the quietness of the luxury area. Buick Envision is quieter than the XT5 I recently just had.
  23. G. David Felt
    At least it is still a Sedan.
  24. G. David Felt
    Very cool tech including the 2 second reconfigurable wheel to track and back.
  25. G. David Felt
    It was your evil Twin that posted it then. I agree that the pricing is very enticing for the XT4 lease.
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