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    Well, in all fairness, that is a massive drop in sales. I understand why as Drew has explained it before but it is still a massive drop off.
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    Ram? 200? 300? Cherokee? Pro Master? ( FCA is headquartered in London UK ) Oh c'mon. He isn't being that picky about the exact location of headquarters or where the assembly line is located.
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    I'll give it to Trump though, He is the first politician that I actually believe he means what he says. I feel like he is actually saying what he feels and thinks. Whether that is right or wrong is a completely different story and something not for discussion here but other than him I've felt that 100% of career politicians are liars and thieves one way or another. I just wish they would do it because they wanted to better the country as opposed to the power and money.
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    Hmmmm I hope I don't upset some but let's go with foreign or domestic.
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    Yeah my buddy more or less wanted the turbo noises that Come with aftermarket intakes. It really is a blast of a wagon. Him and I also don't like regular HHRs at all but the SS is a completely different animal. The different front facia also transforms the look quite a bit as well. I definitely didn't realize it was a 2/3 ratio of auto to manual. I guess I just assumed because I hadn't seen many for sale and they happened to be 5spds.
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    Didn't directly replace...I'll take that as-in it is a toy/sunday funday car. I know you love your 335i's. I think you found a killer deal on a used 335i(Ps. until you do get another one, this will probably be my first guess everytime..lol)
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    The motor does not. Fiat is using their turbo charged 1.4L as opposed to Mazdas 2.0L, making it a valid concern as to it's reliability. This guy has a very good point. The heart and soul is coming from the Fiat side..
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    Completely agree, Drew. They just look sooooo old at this point. Especially when you have the Renegade, Cherokee, and Grand Cherokee all on the same lot.
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    I love the looks of it but I don't like the "Fiat" name behind it. Everything about this is awesome. I love the looks of it, I love the white, red, and black. I love the spoiler and wheels. I love it's not more power. I just with it wasn't a convertible only.. but I understand the low sales probably don't allow them to justify the cost of making a coupe along side of it(same with the Miata).
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    lol look at bong trying his damnedest to backhand Ford. Bong: (pretend it's a rental, v6 ,convertible mustang)
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    ^ Yeah my buddy with his 5spd HHR SS said he easily gets around 30 on the interstate and he doesn't exactly have a light foot. He just has an intake on his, no clue the brand or anything though. I didn't realize yours was an auto either. I guess I just assumed it was a stick. Those are even more rare, right?
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    The rear end has a little too much going on. And when I say a little, I mean a lot too much going on. But other than that it isn't bad looking.
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    I usually do in anything that isn't a 3.6 V6 SUV. I do really well in their Turbo-4s. I haven't driven a 2.5 recently enough to remember. The 3.6 in sedans gets me just EPA. The Chryslers with a Pentastar I will beat EPA easily. I have two HV V6 a 3.6 Bu and a 3.0 Terrain. The Terrain hits the GM EPA number or does one better. The BU even driven hard in winter gets 23 city and summer 25. Highway I can get 30-32. The HHR 2.0 Turbo gets 25 and 32 even with the tune and driven hard. The EPA numbers were something like 18 and 24. I never came close to that. My 3800SC cars all hit the numbers spot on. GM has done a lot with their tuning with the cam, gearing and transmissions. How they ever got the 4 in the Nox and Terrain to run as well as it did is proof. It is way under powered for what the mass was but it still drove well. One thing to keep in mind is the Lambda models are about as old as you can get at GM anymore and the mass is really a problem. GM just in the last 5 years has come a long way. The new BU, Camaro and new CT6 show just what they can do. For this kind of weight loss sit takes a lot of detailed engineering and GM has finally had the money to do this. To be honest the 300 pound loss in the Malibu is on the scale of like adding 100 HP to the engine as it is that big of a deal. It will be interesting to see how long it takes the others like Ford to try to match that. They went Aluminum in the trucks and really just got caught up with Chevy. The HHR SS 5spd is rated 21/29. The auto is 19/28... FYI...lol
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    Yeah I usually give it a glance but I don't care as much about the euros and asian makes and their specific models like I do the US brands. I check the overall sales in the one big thread for most everything else. I do like to check on the Tacoma though. I wish I could justify buying one but there is really no good reason for me to own one.. Edit: The only reason I clicked this time was I saw Casa posted in a Toyota thread and I wanted to see what he had to say about them lol. I love his hatred for everything non-US.
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    I dig it, especially in the dark grey and blue. The only thing I'm not too crazy about is how it will look like a Z06 to most and even us from a driving distance. I don't like the foolery with that but other than that, great car. Well, without all of the extra goodies that will jack the price up, I think it will be competitive performance-wise to the 1LE. I mean before you add additional downforce and carbon brakes it loses huge advantages of braking late and being able to hold more speed EVERYWHERE with additional downforce. Not to say it would ever lose on a track to a 1LE but that it would be fairly close w/o the aero and carbon brake package.
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    lol thanks for the heads-up.
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    The negative result is because of the big reduction in rental numbers. "As a result of lower rental deliveries, GM expects its fleet mix in 2016 to be about 20 percent of total sales, compared with a historical range of 22 to 24 percent. In 2015, GM reduced rental deliveries by about 50,000 units compared to 2014. In the first two months of 2016, rental deliveries are down about 30,000 units, compared to a year ago." I don't think it matter what the reason behind the negative is, less vehicles were sold, period. Right? How can the claim of "fastest growing full-line brand" when your overall sales are down from last year's? It's honestly confusing to me. If somebody can make it make sense in my head for me I would appreciate that! While it's not clear in the release, I'm sure they are referring to retail sales in their growth. It would have been nice if they cleared it up when showing a negative overall.. At least for the shareholders. I know if I had shares and saw this release I would just be confused..and want to know 'what's up?' Not like it is a bad thing, It just doesn't make sense.
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    The negative result is because of the big reduction in rental numbers. "As a result of lower rental deliveries, GM expects its fleet mix in 2016 to be about 20 percent of total sales, compared with a historical range of 22 to 24 percent. In 2015, GM reduced rental deliveries by about 50,000 units compared to 2014. In the first two months of 2016, rental deliveries are down about 30,000 units, compared to a year ago." I don't think it matter what the reason behind the negative is, less vehicles were sold, period. Right? How can the claim of "fastest growing full-line brand" when your overall sales are down from last year's? It's honestly confusing to me. If somebody can make it make sense in my head for me I would appreciate that!
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    Tiguan and e-Golf are the two lone bright aspects.. Then again I think those are the only two cars in their US lineup that don't have the diesel option. Oh, I guess the GTI also, as they list it separate for some reason. I'm so curious as to what their fix will be for the diesels and when they will make another proposal.
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    Wow, my condolences to both families here... Rough couple of days.
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    Keep up the progress. 'Merica.
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    Wow, the new Malibu appears to have taken off very well! Seeing it slightly more often and the previous Malibu often enough, the new one looks pretty dang good in comparison. I didn't like it initially but it's growing on me. The brand growth thing kind of confuses me when I see a negative from this year to last year for the Chevrolet name.
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    Are you sure you're not looking at figures for a 2WD/4WD though? Fueleconomy.gov shows the 2WD version dropped 1mpg highway and the 4WD version dropped 1mpg city and highway from 2015 to 2016 2015 2WD: 16/23 2016 2WD: 16/22 2015 4WD: 16/22 2016 4WD: 15/21
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    It is fairly new. It isn't innovative, but I still don't like it. It waters all of the names down. F Sport, M Sport, VSport, and now this AMG thing. Is this ffering more performance than the previous C450 of last year? Or did they just rename it?
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