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  1. ccap41
    So the answer was, "no"... I can't wait for my $50,000 car to have 1000 miles of range!
  2. ccap41
    When does that ever transition to the consumer?
  3. ccap41
    The range just isn't there yet.. You need to flip those numbers for my serious interest. " Zero claims a reach of 161 miles in city conditions, but the number nearly halves to 82 miles at a constant 70 mph. At least those ranges, and the digital display's range indicator, are realistic. In Car and Driver's 75-mph highway test, we measured a range of 70 miles."
  4. ccap41
    https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a29107969/2020-zero-srf-drive/ More pictures at: https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g29102809/2020-zero-srf-drive-gallery/
  5. ccap41
    All of their past attempts felt very half-assed, imo. Having a hybrid with an guestimated 39mpg combined and a plug-in with 30 miles of range, those sound much better competitors to the hybrid market compared to their past "efforts". The new one is too soft looking for my but if the baby bronco version also gets ~30 miles of plug-in range, I could see myself seriously considering that down the road. But then again, at that point I'll probably be more apt to be looking at something Explorer Plug-in-sized.
  6. ccap41
    The 2020 Escape is a hybrid and plug-in hybrid.
  7. ccap41
    I love that this stuff is all public now. It gives these POS unions so much less leverage once the public realizes these nearly skinless jobs are paying so well.
  8. ccap41
    Don't forget about the other best seller that has a hybrid, RAV4. It starts less than 28k, too.
  9. ccap41
    That appears to be a "baby Bronco" as you can see the independent rear axles and it also has those FWD proportions.
  10. ccap41
    "That $90,000 includes overtime and fat profit-sharing checks. Last year's GM profit-sharing was about $14,000 per employee. Ford's was $7,600; FCA's was $6,000." "CAR data said that since 2011, UAW-Detroit Three profit-sharing checks averaged about $6,600 per worker at each of the companies. That's equal to about an additional $3.18 an hour. " https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2019/09/13/uaw-contract-talks-deadline-strike-gm-ford-fca/2266631001/ Still, $90,000 before benefits. That's a lot of money for pretty damn unskilled labor.
  11. ccap41
    Mercedes doesn't do anything that GM does other than manufacture automobiles.
  12. ccap41
    Yes, but my suggestion would be a way to smooth over the transition. Plus, what Drew said is a major factor. "GM claims that it is more than generous offering the average hourly employee roughly $90,000 per year, which does not include top-notch benefits." I don't think they NEED more to do quality work. That is VERY good compensation.
  13. ccap41
    The wider center console is the biggest giveaway, that's the C Class. I think that is probably more telling of the A Class as the C Class' interior has been praised by most automotive journalists. Pictures also don't really tell the whole story with an interior. Anybody can make hard plastics look good in pictures. My biggest issue with their interior is with their infotainment control. From what I saw recently in a video it is 100% controlled from the "mouse" and is complete garbage to control. That would be an instant deal breaker and would send me to one of the other 5 vehicles in its respective class.
  14. ccap41
    Yeah, C Class FTW in this segment.
  15. ccap41
    But Mercedes does with the G550 -> G63! In fact, they get $23,000 for an engine upgrade.
  16. ccap41
    Shut them down. Offer them their same job, same pay, same benefits they currently have back to them but all new hires things will be what they want.
  17. ccap41
    tElL iT tO cCaP. hE sTaRtEd iT.
  18. ccap41
    I didn't either.
  19. ccap41
    Oh I have zero faith the interiors on the CT4 and CT5 will even match the C or E Class. Those two are known to be tops in their respective segments.
  20. ccap41
    Well, I think it is well known that the "real" V-Series is yet to show itself. So ti isn't exactly like putting a turbo 4 in place of the SS's V8. If they priced it at 30k, why would anybody consider an A Class? Smaller car, much weaker engine, and it costs almost 3k more?
  21. ccap41
    Everybody look at @surreal1272 He's at it again. No chill from that keyboard. i'M gOoD. sOrRy fOr AnY eScAlAtiOn oN mY pArT.
  22. ccap41
    Your opinion on "cheap ass version auto's" is a starting price of $32,500? Our opinion on "cheap" is vastly different. The average transaction price of "entry level luxury cars" is over 42k. I know we all have varying opinions on things but I don't know anybody who things a $40,000 compact car is considered "cheap". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-car-prices-more-1-110000010.html Isn't it a little larger? If it were to be the same price but offer more room and better engines(save for whatever the "real" V-Series comes out as), how isn't that better than the ATS?
  23. ccap41
    Ahhh it was just the intentional troll comment.
  24. ccap41
    Yeah, it would have to be better than using the mobile site. I'm not a huge fan of that and thus why I only post when on a computer(desktop/laptop).
  25. ccap41
    Jesus, dude.. simmer down. You're over thinking this waaaaay too much. My initial response was to @dfelt anyway. My mental note is you go nuts over the smallest of things.
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