balthazar

Wonder how people are doing at forgetting Toyota of post 2007 ??

Can you get the light-up Bowtie in the US? Doesn't matter how many regular cabs they would sell- the work is done & the truck is rolling off an assembly line. Sell it here (in the semior style -like above- and in long bed).

• Rear on the above coupe gives me a strong mid-range, Solara-esque vibe. It's got a bland generic look to it. • The 'grab handles' on the MB console look like roller coaster grab handles. Kinda comical- as if the occupants should prepare for .60 lateral G capability. And I disagree they are 'luxury trappings'- for that to be the case the non-functional had better be eye-candy, which these are not only NOT, they're obtrusive. Hopefully they get eliminated or reduced in the upcoming mid-cycle redo. • Yes; only single digit percentages of these lux SUVs ever go offroad.

Read elsewhere where a claimed BMW owner was severely disappointed the CT5 didn't look like the Escala. Here's a quickie comparison :

Sorry, I don't see it. I know what you're seeing, I don't think it was at all intentional. - - - - -

You think a 335 HP, 10-spd, 3660 lbs car is going to do 0-60 in 7.5 sec??? Do you believe the BMW 330i sedan stifles showroom traffic/sales of the M3 sedan?

As a concept, I like it. I didn't care for the rear 3/4 view, but the profile swayed the needle the other way. Reminds me of the Sunfire concept from the front 3/4 ~

It's an embarrassment. Oh, and there is another old German military contract vehicle is looks a LOT like it;

I wasn't aware the Z was still in production- I haven't seen any press/advertising it seems like in years.

^ I don't think that last statement is accurate, but 'truly wealthy' would need definition. I have a number of clients I would put into that basket, and tho there is no 'automatic' vehicle class choice tethered to wealth, my observation is that it skews heavily toward 'luxury brands' (mostly BMW tho).

Fleetwood Body Division of Cadillac, Fleetwood Pennsylvania ~

Because it's the W-Body Impala of Germany. Worse than that- it's older than dirt. Just imagine tho if the recent so-called 'redesign" of the g-wagon HAD been the ener-g concept, as shown; as the flagship it would have a pretty substantial trickle-down effect instead of being a left field Frankenstein of 1970s parts that you can't tell if it's a 1980 or a 2020.

You are correct (and wow does that seem lame) :

^ I certainly get that sentiment, but if I recall the specs correctly, the '86 Mustang 2.3 (my wife had an '87) was 88 HP, the return of the '82 5.0 V8 GT had 225 HP, and the 2019 2.3T has 330! 330 is 3.9 times what your '86 had, and just remind yourself how often you open the hood on your vehicles.

But the e-class starts @ $53K - no one is cross shopping that with a car that starts at $33K!

A blinged-up production vehicle isn't a true concept. And this is still a "concept"- we all know how hard daimler pulled back with the new g-class after showing the ener-g concept.

to SOME people.

Daimler, doing it again; cookie-cuttin' design. Can't tell the bottom end from the top end:

Can't tell you how many times my attitude towards another person has changed dramatically once I bent down to peer at what watch brand they were wearing.

TLX & CLA have the exact same starting MSRP - your standard metric for deciding what competes with what. And being that's the case, the sales scenario where more buyers are choosing the TLX over the CLA is pretty damning.

^ FWD death snout. - - - - - I was in Baltimore '87-89, this was there the first year, then got torn down. I remember it had a 'walk-up' window where you could order/get your food as opposed to going inside. Why, I'm not sure.

Road salt hadn't been invented yet in 1951. ;) - - - - -

MB only sold 22K CLAs in 2018 competing against the TLX, so the TLX is obviously the better car. I mean; if you're looking for a FWD premium small sedan, why go with a copy?