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  1. It looks terrible. Like a Chinese copy of the last E-Class. What's up with the 4 fog lights? I would not pay the kind of money they are wanting for a car that looks like this. I'd rather have the LaCrosse or Taurus. Boith look nicer inside and out.
  2. You can look at it either way. It could look like a detivative of the Insigna's front Or an evolution of the Nassau's front: However it's not a copy and IMHO it looks better than both cars.
  3. They can make the interior production spec, just keep the design and quality nice. As for teh exterior, if they must, take out the LEDs but keep the rest as is. Build this Chrysler and you may yet get yourselves out of trouble. This is a winner.
  4. We were beginning to worry that the 300C was all Ralph Gilles had in him. But if the Chrysler 200C Concept is what Chrysler's styling star can bring to the hitherto dull banquet of Chrysler design, then he should have been placed in charge long ago. It is absolutely gorgeous - check out those wheels - and to our eyes, at least, this is what the straked nonsense known as the Sebring should have been (or at least, what it could have looked like). A range-extended four-passenger sedan, the car is about the size of a BMW 5-Series. A rear-wheel-driver powered by a plug-in hybrid drivetrain that includes a "small gasoline engine" - Chrysler didn't say how small - aided by a lithium-ion batteries and an electric generator putting out 55kW (74 horsepower) of continuous power. The system's combined forces are good for 200 kW (268 hp) of peak power. The car can go 40 miles on electric power alone (a number that sounds rather familiar), and has an estimated range of up to 400 miles. The 200C is not a slowpoke, either, with a predicted 7-second blast to sixty, and a top speed north of 120. Inside, the 200C Concept is crammed with enough tech to guide a starfleet. The interactive dashboard is infinitely changeable, internet enabled (via Chrysler's uConnect), and tied into security cameras and street cameras when you want to see how long the line is out front of the Delta Terminal at Detroit Metro. Even better, you can control everything from the integrated tablet PC in the glovebox or from an iPhone-like controller - even roll down the windows and check on the status of the car. And the technology leaf for the passenger also gets a huge shoutout. You can read all about it in the minutely thorough press releases after the jump, and the live presser video is also available. Also, check out the galleries of high-res photos below. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/11/detroit...ing-should-hav/
  5. Eh, not my cup o tea.
  6. If it's at least in a decent area than that's fine by me. Where I live many the roads were built before cars existed, there's way too much traffic/people for the area, and 5 of the 7 bridges between Lawrence and Lowell are closed. So that leave 2 bridges and the highway to get across the river. I wasn't wasn't even aware they had closed another bridge down, until I found a line of traffic at 9:30 at night near the open one. I detured it to the next bridge to find out it had been closed Longs tory short traffic is something I'm used to, haha. Even in this $h!ty city the cheapest studio apartments go for over $600. Those come with basically 4 walls and a door.
  7. Luxury was probably the wrong word. However from the description and photos it looked very nice, and way more bang for the buck. Although It's 1 bedroom for $524. But still. Lake Shore 3660 South Cox Springfield, MO 65807 So what kind of area is that? Good? Bad?
  8. The only I really notice different is this new front fascia. Which is even uglier.
  9. It doesn't have to be a pocket rocket if it at least handles well. Plus there could always bee more powerful versions. And even if all it did was get awesome fuel economy, I mean, look at it. Of course you don't like it because it doesn't have a BMW badge, but most of the rest of us do. Why do the frugal cars have to look like boring?
  10. In addition to the 2010 Toyota Prius and iQ-based FT-EV, ToMoCo is taking the wraps off the redesigned 2010 Camry at the Detroit Auto Show later today. Due to go on sale this March, the restyled Camry offers the same soul-sucking practicality and Maytag levels of usability as its forbearers, but features a few engineering and design tweaks to bring it into the next decade. On the outside, the 2010 Camry receives a new front bumper with enlarged air intakes, uprated headlamps and a set of restyled taillights. The XLE model includes 16-inch, ten-spoke wheels, while the SE rolls on 17-inch hoops and the base LE makes due with wheel covers. Inside, a new optional stereo with USB port, Bluetooth, satellite radio, single CD and MP3 capability is fitted, and Vehicle Stability Control is now standard on all models. The Camry Hybrid gets a slightly reworked fascia, along with a new gauge cluster and silk protein/synthetic fiber cloth seats that Toyota claims are more gentle on the skin. Under the hood of the base Camry, LE and XLE models is a refreshed, 169-hp 2.5-liter four equipped with VVT-i. The SE model uses the same engine, but comes packing another 21 hp for a total of 179 and can be had with either a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic gearbox. Both the 268-hp, 3.5-liter V6 and the hybrid drivetrains soldier on unchanged. Hit the jump for all the details and check the gallery below to see the tweaks for yourself. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/11/detroit...off-2010-camry/
  11. Down there has much better living prices than elsewhere, especially NE. For example. A 2-bedroom luxury apartment in Springfield we looked up was around $500. Up here that would be closer to $2,000. The very cheapest apartments up here go for no lower than $700 /month.
  12. Incorrect, it looks Italian in overall shape. You want to see what the Japanese make for their fuel efficient luxury cars?
  13. Among the array of various concept and production vehicles at the GM display was the Chevy Orlando Concept that made its world debut in Paris just a few months prior. Based on the same platform as the Cruze, the Orlando offers seven seats in a relatively compact design. At its debut we found the Orlando to be a much more appealing than the HHR and hoped that GM would consider bringing it to the U.S. as a production vehicle. Our wish has been granted, and the Orlando will arrive in dealers as a 2011 model along with the Spark mini-car. Follow the jump for the press release from GM, video from the live unveil, and check out new high-res photos in the gallery below. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/11/detroit...ide-production/
  14. That's because its platform engineering not badge engineering. This is way better than that Lexus Corolla Hybrid.
  15. It really does look like a jacked up Corolla Honda called and wants its grill back.
  16. Still is. I was bored and looked it up. TaB was Coke's fiet version back when they didn't want any other products to have the Coke name. Diet Coke was originally going to be TaB's new formula but they decided to call it Diet Coke instead and left TaB as is. It's changed over the years with new sweeteners. IT doesn't sell that much and has like no advertising, but apparently enough people drink it to justify its continued existence. Gotta love wiki.
  17. You know what? I think this actually works. I know it's FWD, but it's proportions make it look like a Lamborghini's proportions. If they build it and it looks like that it could ve successful. The majority of people on Autoblog seem to love it. I like the evolution of the design language.
  18. Mercedes are getting uglier and uglier.
  19. Agreed, the changes make it look better than the car its based on. I hope they build it.
  20. http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/11/detroit...th-cross-hairs/ In spite of the large Dodge EV branding that was on this car when it first appeared last fall, it was obvious to all that it was simply a Lotus Europa. In spite of Chrysler's seemingly inexorable drive to insolvency in recent months, the engineers and designers in Auburn Hills have continued to try make the best use of the time they have left with a paycheck. The electric sports car now known as the Circuit EV has been the beneficiary of cross-hair nose job that is actually an improvement over the Lotus original. The tail has also been revamped and the plug socket has moved from the passenger side to the driver's side flank. The specs haven't changed so the Circuit is still a bit slower than a Tesla Roadster with a 0-60 time of under 5 seconds. The range is also estimated at 150-200 miles.
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