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I see we crossed paths in the FB coachbuilding thread, Robert. ? I’m going to be 100% serious here; I give Tesla 0% chance that this will go into production looking largely like this. It’s the worst design of the last 50 years at least.
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Somewhere, the Aztek and the VW Thing are doing shots together, clapping each other on the back and yelling “FINALLY!”
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oh. my. God. Shades of the 1958 Aurora, it's even in the same color scheme: This has to be a joke, someone please tell me this is a joke. It looks like it was built with cardboard and a few cans of spray paint. Not to mention; Rivian must be feeling par-TIC-ularly pleased with their work after viewing this.
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Basically identical to GLS. 450/500 vs. 463/516. Both 0-60 between 5 & 6 secs.- 31 replies
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• RE the Autoline video; the Charger reference doesn't fit because there was a what - 20 year break in the Charger line? The Charger wasn't "changed"; there WAS no Charger in the general vicinity of the 4-dr Charger. • RE the Mach-E - the more I see of it the more I like it (I do prefer the non-GT nose tho).
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On many models in many years Daimler put a stand-up ornament AND a giant grille emblem on the same car- this looks naked somehow. And because it shares the same 'worn soap' look of the 14 CUVs below it, it also just doesn't look very expensive. I like the 2-tone colors/break, but the overall vehicle comes off as a blinged up mid-range CUV. I'd take a Navigator Black Label instead ~
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The Chevy Trailblazer Thinks You Don't Want a Cruze: Comments
balthazar replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in LA Auto Show
I assume that safety list stuff is standard? I’m in a perilous time period where sooner rather than later, all that crap is going to be on everything. Truck shopping next year! -
If the overall design was more cohesive/fluid, I think it would be a lot better. As it is, the 2-tone makes it too obvious/Lego-esque.
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The body colors look good, and yes- there's a general lack of color in the industry for some reason... but the 2-tone coupled with the design leaves me flat. I am increasingly finding Chevy's designs too jumbled & busy &... assembled. I don't like this Trailblazer.
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^ It was published in an interview with some Porsche mouthpiece / exec; that Porsche would have gone under if they didn't do CUVs. Demand bought them, but they appeared to keep everything else from disappearing.
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Hate the different color roof here.
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2020 Genesis G90 Debuts for America: Comments
balthazar replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in LA Auto Show
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Porsche had to add SUVs because they going insolvent on the sports cars. No one was demanding a Porsche SUV, but thankfully for Porsche, they're taking up the volume slack in a big way.
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pair of very rare '58 Bonneville steel-backed/ leather bucket seats for sale in a Pontiac group, asking $4500.
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Thats fine if you are a multi-billionaire propping up a boutique insolvent car builder ? but major players are not going to be able to sustain that in a contraction market with an increasing number of players. We can joke about it, but at some point theres got to be a correction.
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442 : I have seen where your automotive passions lie, and I have no issues with that, of course. Always; to each, his own. I know I am generally very particular- that's just me. There's no singular automotive segment that I like unilaterally. • 1960 Eldorado Seville coupe, for me? Why, thank you, anonymous wealthy donor, I shall love it like my own child! • 1960 Merc Park Lane coupe, for me? Ummm, may I politely allow another to appreciate this automobile over myself?
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Impossible, they're only 3 inches apart. I assumed the GX will replace the Encore, but that's a curious way to go about it; just enlarge the next Encore. This continual halving of vehicle segments is not sustainable.
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Well, the wording (“try to like all”) just struck me. NOT saying 442 is NOT one, but enthusiasts don’t do that; right/ wrong / illegitimate- they form some sort of themes/biases right off the bat and they usually set like hi-PSI concrete. And like I say; maybe that’s ‘wrong’, but to snapshot my position and keep it topical- I’d have no issue pulling the crusher lever on a Mustang II. Props, Oldshurst442, for branching out. I hope you get me.
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Alternative Fuels & Propulsion RANDOM
balthazar replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electric Vehicles and Alternative Fuels
By vehicle size/type; yes. But by price; the Bolt is about 20% more than the Leaf and is actually priced higher than Model 3. -
KA-POW!
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Mercedes copied GM and debuted an airbag system, but 8 years later (‘73 vs. ‘81).
