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This is a gorgeous car. And other than the mirrors I don't see what is unrealistic about it either. Maybe no bumper..? but there aren't really bumpers on cars at all anymore are there? I am sure there bumpers are still behind the sheetmetal, plenty of cars like that. This could reall be a flagship of sorts and would certainly bring attention to Cadillac. Making this beauty a sedan would be blasphemy anyway. Isn't caddy working on a new TT V8? Perfect home right there.
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I need to, they just raised the pay here......... for new people. I have been here 6 years and only making $.60 more an hour than a new person now.......
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I'll keep my chin high, seriously been thinking about trying to get m realtors license.
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There is, but I don't think it will appear until the next en Ram/LX replacements. okay, I thought I had heard the next Grand Cherokee. Very possible. There just isn't much info out there, other than it is coming.
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Ha, i will never be there, live in one of the poorest places in the country lol.
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One thing that irks me about G. They show a beauty of a concept and it never sees the light of day, or if i does i is a mere shadow of the beauiful concep it is based on. Anoher they should build:
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I hate doing reports, i need a more exciting job......
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I would easily take this:
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There is, but I don't think it will appear until the next en Ram/LX replacements.
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I like it. I think the details make i the best looking 7 in a long time.
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Sorry. You lost me when you said the 300 sold on the basis of fleets and the wimpy V6 engine.Same old wings. Yup yup yup Actually, he's right. At release, Chrysler was selling base base base model 300s with a 2.7 liter V6 and cheap wheels. They had a ridiculously low base price (lower than the Magnum, about $22k, I recall) because there was no Charger at the time and Chrysler was trying to sell a single the sedan to cover the now dead Intrepid, Concord, 300M, and LHS (dead for 2.5 years at that point). Sales did well if you consider the 300 to have replaced the Concord and 300M, but they weren't great if you considered the lost sales from Intrepid. A good many of those 2.7 powered 300s ended up in the rental fleets or got snapped up by gangstas on a budget. yup. In fact Chrysler still fills rental lots like no other American manufacturer. And although there was a fair share of V8 300C's sold that was mostly unique in the American family sedan landscape, and that surely bolstered sales further....it was hardly the main reason for the sales gains. Regardless, that was then, and now manufacturing, technology and the like have given us much better AWD systems, V8 power in a V6, etc. Actually chrysler's rental sales are WAY down, in fact they have the lowest fleet percentage of the 3 with ford as the highest. And nice try at pushing ecoboost in that last part, A TWIN TURBO GAS SUCKING V6 with the same power as a v8. Technology has given us turbocharged V8s that make those turbocharged V6 look like they are going in reverse and sometimes with even less displacement........... Anyways, if i remember right, originally it seems like at least 50% of 300s were hemi C models.
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Um, no...... GM's small/mid SUV achiecture is nearly as old as that under the Compass and PAtriot and the Renegade/Cherokee underpinnings are far superior. They are selling 20k 200s a month now, outselling the Malibu, combined LX sales are roughly the same. Patriot and Compass combine for 15-16k a month. The can't build enough edodiesels or hellcats, The Ram division outside of the 1500 is growing every month. The minivans are still some of he topsellers, current low sells because of no product notwithstanding because of the plant switchover. You are also incorrect on engines and transmissions, The Hemis and Pentastar are reliable and powerful world class enines and the ZF8 speed is one of the best autos out there period. Honestly, FCA would gain as little from GM as GM would from FCA. Both of their 4 cylinders sucked (especially noticeable after driving a 15 Malibu and 14 200 back to back.
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1) Jeeps Off Road: I still present Hummer. I present the system in the Encore. I present the system in the Trailblazer abroad 2) SRT Performance pages??? The only thing that the SRT performance pages has that the GM interface doesn't is the Red and Black key. 3) I have TFT guages in my Stingray. They are in Cadillac and in the 2016 Camaro. They are said to be going thru-out after 2016 MY 4) The UI systems are debatable. I thing that UConnect is simple but not better by any means. 5) Chrysler's Multi-Displacement is not better than GM DOD/AFM. That being sais. . we are debating BENEFITS not present at GM already. I could debate that GM had the first auto-starter, but how is that relevant? 6) In regards to the Unibody. That is debatable.. and again.. not hard for GM to yank from its vastness 7) Minivan??? U don;t wanna kno my thoughts on minivans. Find Vexner and ask him. Frankly GM has minivans already here.. they just lack the sliding door and sissiness of it all. They are called Enclave, Acadia, and Traverse Again.. where are the technologies that are beneficial in a MERGER for GM? That's... exactly what happened. Numbers rounded for simplicity: They got $50 billion of TARP money $40 billion was converted to equity that the government owned. The remaining $10 billion was considered a loan that GM would have to pay back. About $7 billion of that $10 billion balance was held in escrow to be used only if GM really needed it. GM paid back a couple billion from their earnings. GM decided they didn't need the rest of the loan, so returned the remaining TARP money back to the government, thus paying off the loan part of the TARP. Exactly. I would have done the same thing. $10Billion made interest. Pay it back.. and keep the interest. Good business I was just stating products that FCA developed FIRST. I am not saying either is better or worse, and i have not seen anything like performance pages in a GM product (talking the 0-60, 1/4 timers, G meters, etc, etc. i guess they could have been in the last CTS-V or later Corvettes, but CHrysler has had them loner. And I said the merger was a bad idea, never argued that, just your total bashing of an automaker you don't like. Quit trying to push this into another argument........
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That's... exactly what happened. Numbers rounded for simplicity: They got $50 billion of TARP money $40 billion was converted to equity that the government owned. The remaining $10 billion was considered a loan that GM would have to pay back. About $7 billion of that $10 billion balance was held in escrow to be used only if GM really needed it. GM paid back a couple billion from their earnings. GM decided they didn't need the rest of the loan, so returned the remaining TARP money back to the government, thus paying off the loan part of the TARP. Maybe it is just confusion, but from what I read in a few articles last night was that what wsas in Escrow was part of wha was given to GM and not part of the loan.
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Casa, I never said anthing about GM............... And whether GM has it or not isn't m point. Tough, here we o: Jeep's of-road tech, especially that found in the Cherokee and Renegade that takes them from you average CUV wallflower to actual off-road machines. I read a Umor hat GMC is getting a version o the Trax/Encore, wouldn't it be nice if they had this tech to differentiate them? SRT performance pages. I think the 16 Camaro may be getting something like this, but they have had it for nearly a decade. TFT guage clusters: If i am not mistaken, these were in the Dart a bit before GM even had them in a Cadillac. Uconnect: Chevy's Mylink is FINALL close, but the basic Chrysle UConnect blows CUE away Chrysler was successfully using DOD tech before GM (sorry, the old 4/6/8 350 doesn't count as it was a disaster) The GC/Durango RWD based unibody platform. Would rather see this in GMC than a version of what Chevy/buick offers. A successful minivan just a few things that come to mind.
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MT is still a mess lol. Anyways, ultimate goal, what would prefer to happen? Not talking mergers, but overall. IMHO, someone needs to get the core chrysler brands, their sales keep rising and they have good product. the remaining Fiat brands are just holding everything back. Thoughts?
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Ram News: Ram Announces Pricing For The 1500 Rebel and Laramie Limited Models
Stew replied to William Maley's topic in Ram
One thing I wosh the would do is make the 6.4, at least in HD truck form, available in at least these types of editions. -
that is what i am saying, no merger needed, just tech exchange. I think marchione may have outlived his usefulness at this point and it is time to retire (as much as Goshn from Nissan). You have to admit though, FCA, at least in the chrysler divisions, has some nice tech.
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Casa, let's try this, I am willing to start again and forget the previous battle royale, the only thing I ask is that when you state your opinions, particularly about FCA, use some tact and not just utter insults, I mean you are saying you are wanting to turn over a new leaf here, right?
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What are U referring to? My post above was more relative to the almost stalker-ish attitude of Sergio regarding GM marry him. U failed.. again.. to address what was written. Everything I wrote can be reconciled and seen from the view points of countless analysts, insiders, and business folk. I ask U... What does GM stand to benefit from a MERGER with FCA other that the things I pointed out?? And Wouldn't it be cheaper simply to add those things to the existing portfolio via itself? Corvette could be expanded and given its own brand.. WITH a next tier level of luxury due to its brand heritage both on and off the track. GM also has Cadillac which it could, like Mercedes, simply offer a "super-car" based off their own engineering. (That one I this is actually coming. ) GMC. This is one of the most profitable makes on the planet. It takes almost zero engineering to make.. and on top of that people don't mind seeming paying the premium over the donor brand. It is actually more premium than Jeep, and on the upper echelon (Denali) some what competitive with Land Rover (I did say "some what.") To top it off.. Hummer was competitive with Land Rover, and GM still holds the rights to the brand. They have the engineering. The H3 was a capable, if not more so in off-roading than the Wrangler. The H4 was on its way and ready to go before the slashing of brands. Brand perception due to the ostentatious of HUMMER aside.. the engineering to have a Jeep competitor, with little investment dollars exists within GMC/Hummer. They wouldn't even have to market it as Hummer by itself. They could simply call it GMC and tag it the GMC "H2" Hummer, like the do the GMC "Yukon" Denali. I think it would be a horrible merger and IF that is what he is thinking, it is a bad idea. now, a tech exchange could make total sense. Working together on future tech makes sense, but they overlap WAY too much to make good merger partners. I also can't really understand what EITHER weould gain. they both have popular models. FCA needs no help with large cars or SUVs. Maybe FCA could benefit from access to the Alpha platform for an interim pony (but please FCA keep the Challenger the large GT car it is!) while GM could benefit from Jeeps line, especially the platform under the Grand cherokee/Durango. they both have decent eninges in V6 and V8 ranges, but BOTH need work on their 4 cylinders. Reall, there isn't much to make such a merger make sense.
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A bit hypocritical of you stew. You have done far worse regarding Ford. Far, far worse. Nope, I actually stick o the facts, not speculation. And my opinion, not speculation. Casa is spewing a lot of speculation when there really is nothing to back it up and he isn't remotely respectful. And I give Ford and GM props, when deserved, as i do FCA. SAeriously, Casa is the only guy I know so obsessed with GM he gets banned from GM sites, wait, what???? And I think it is totally hilarious that you 2 are taking each other's side, at least i haven't badmouthed you in PMs.......
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That whole post is a load of BS and you know it Casa. Again, just making things up and downing an automaker you do not like. Funny you have completely ignored the fact they are putting the energy into getting new powertrains up and running, sucks when your theory is full of holes idoesn't it?
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Alot of people in this area have pretty bad taste in appearance modifications. First the ruined Bullitt and now a Ram Black Express I really like has RAM in huge letters across the tailgate and HMI across the hood in white, REALLY? The point of the black express is that it is a blackout package as much as the point of the Bullitt was basic good looks (no spoiler, no doglights, and should not be festooned with chrome Bullitt from autozone on each side of the freaking hoodscoop!
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I am just not reading your posts so you might as well quit quoting me, maybe you should take your meds?
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I agree, i meant trying to respect him asking us to cool off Off-topic: local used car lot has a Black express 4x4 hemi that is really tempting me.
