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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Interesting, hopefully with young blood will come passion for pushing the design of the auto's from their ultra conservative bland look to something that inspires.
  2. G. David Felt
    At the rate the group is going, they will totally miss the window for 6 digit EV auto's. I doubt they can get a production site, up and running and have product out in mid 2016. At best we will see this in 2017 or later.
  3. G. David Felt
    Agree, you want to see generic boring lighting just look at the blah Pullman line of over priced metal from MB.
  4. G. David Felt
    Agree, leave the FWD appliance to Acura and others. Stay AWD only.
  5. G. David Felt
    Interesting, Have to say the commercial hit the nail on the head as I am totally intrigued with seeing more of the car. What is the engine? What does the interior look like, want to see more of the body for details. Over all I want more!
  6. G. David Felt
    Close to 10,000 lbs with armor, a V12 is needed. A V8 in this car would be like a 2.0T in an Escalade ESV Platinum. WRONG! It is a little small 6 liter V12, The GM 6.2L V8 would do a better job than this engine with better gas mileage. Again you are hung up on the badge and not the real facts. That V8 could not produce the NVH standards needed buy a car like this. They Maybach cars don't use Mercedes most powerful engine for a reason, they need smoothness and quietness. The Mercedes-AMG V12 makes 811 lb-ft of torque, but the computer limits it to 738 lb-ft to protect the transmission and reduce wheel spin. Totally and completely disagree with you. GM's 6.2 L V8 is silky smooth and you clearly have never driven one. Also when did we start talking about the AMG, stick to the facts of the story above, this is about their normal Twin Turbo V12 which is heavier than GM's V8's. The 6.2 L Vi puts out 420hp 450lb-ft of torque and I am sure can easily move this beast of a car. Yet if you feel it needs the power of the TT V12 then I know just as smooth and superior would be the Supercharged Z06 Engine with 650HP.
  7. G. David Felt
    Interesting, look far more boxy than the SRX and I do not see how they say it has stacked LED headlamps, you can barely see them.
  8. G. David Felt
    Close to 10,000 lbs with armor, a V12 is needed. A V8 in this car would be like a 2.0T in an Escalade ESV Platinum. WRONG! It is a little small 6 liter V12, The GM 6.2L V8 would do a better job than this engine with better gas mileage. Again you are hung up on the badge and not the real facts.
  9. G. David Felt
    WOW, What an awesome man. I wish we had more with passion like his to push for mid level fun auto's at reasonable prices. He will be missed but not forgotten. Z was one of the early cars I liked growing up from Japan.
  10. G. David Felt
    That works for an auto traditionalist like me. Think it'll fly with a company trying to target the "hip, young" crowd? Actually in the US, Yes I think it would fly with the Hip young crowd. Marketing by GM would have some hip young group using electric instruments with various amps projecting the music and show case the car. Ampera - Your 22nd Century Ride has arrived! Get it at your local Chevy! Make sure to allow interior customization packages so the young crowd can rock their ride.
  11. G. David Felt
    Plus my reading tells me that China companies are trying to push their own connection standards for their own EV auto's so I am sure that is hurting with trying to have a single standard.
  12. G. David Felt
    LOL, Well I had tunnel vision and so only saw Drinks and Monster. LOL $1.25 Cost of per can by the case at Costco.
  13. G. David Felt
    SWEET I so love it without the air dam plastic piece below. This looks way rockin awesome!
  14. G. David Felt
    Awesome, about time they offered some great packages for regular cabs. Sweet looking ride!
  15. G. David Felt
    So If we go with the Chevy VOLT start we could then have the following auto's Chevy BOLT Chevy JOLT or we could go with Chevy Strike Chevy Shock Chevy Voltaic Chevy Juiced Chevy Stirring Chevy Stimulating So many ways to play the electric theme!
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    Energy
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    Pictures!

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  19. G. David Felt
    Awesome car, any performance motor head should love
  20. G. David Felt
    I personally like both names. and would be happy with them both. At the same time, this might just be right to retire VOLT and build a Family of EV Names.
  21. G. David Felt
    WOW, You need to wake up and smell the coffee. Your MB is not any better. Saw your precious C300 and the interior was no better than the ATS or CTS. Worse yet was the CLA AMG I saw today with the cheap looking floating nav and the Copy Cat FORD Style and quality feel of plastic circle vents. MB is not making them any better than the competition. Your now splitting hairs to justify. You used to always compare first off against MB, now you have to throw Audi at it saying it is not equal to them and surly not any where as good as gods MB line. Corvette according to their web site on the 2015 is 0 to 60 in 2.95 seconds so the heavier ATS-V is not beating the Corvette. This is the time verified by Road and Track and Motor Trend. According to each vendors web site. C300 0 to 60 says 6.2 seconds with turbo 4 241hp / 273 lb-ft ATS 0 to 60 says 5.4 seconds with turbo 4 272hp / 295 lb-ft CLA45 AMG - The closet thing I can tell as ATS-V equal is only a turbo 4 putting out 355HP and MB will not state the Torque but they do say only 4.4 seconds to 60 from 0. So how is the ATS-V with 450+ HP and 440+ lb-ft or Torque doing 0 to 60 in 3.8 seconds sad? Just because it has according to you a worse interior than Audi and MB C300 it cannot compete? Check the images above as I think that 2014 interior beats it just fine. If that is not good enough then here is the 2015 for you to compare the 2015 C300 too or at least that is what the MBUSA.com web site says it is.
  22. G. David Felt
    Guess I just do not get the allure of MB. The style outside and inside does nothing for me. I do like the spec of the TT V12 engine. Guess when you are so insecure you need a V12 when a V8 or V6 will do just fine. Heck Corvettes V8 engine does better than this V12 without all the complexity, extra weight and over the top price. But then the Billionaires have to spend money on something.
  23. G. David Felt
    This will either be very nice or a total bomb. I cannot see them building an SUV that is only mid level. just hope it does not look like the concepts.
  24. G. David Felt
    This would be a NO BRAINER! Build a GMC Terrain Police Typhoon with TT-V6 or Chevy Equinox Police SS model with TT- V6
  25. G. David Felt
    Agreed, this is the perfect place to use that Twin Turbo V6 in a new Syclone Pickup Truck. But then also take the Terrain and build a New Typhoon!
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