balthazar

Spotwelds = unibody Bolts = BOF

You said 'we don't know what it's going to look like', but like I said; we do. Same thing at audi/BMW- the german lockstep triplets. And Cadillac has already done the 'every model looks the same' when they hung the same front clip on multiple models decades ago. - - - - - The pics above don't dispute the CLA/S-Coupe fraternal twin-ship, tho. NEVER should have put the bottom feeder CLA nose on a $90+K car too, cheapens the shit out of it. A deal-breaker.

Mercedes shares the noses of their cars from the CLA to the S-class; of course we know what it'll look like - a imperceptible tweak of every other mercedes. It's not like MB ever builds any of their concept designs...

You mean the 272 HP turbocharged motor in the REAR wheel drive ATS? Or the available 335 HP 6? I think Cadillac is good- let's see what the CT4 brings.

Ah, sorry; talkin' @ dfelt. Looking at the market daily or weekly (or even monthly) can be misleading. Sure; one wants to catch a linear trend early, but day trading is not for the weak of stomach or wallet and quick jogs are momentary. Long term is better for investments and a better indicator of economic health. I'm not saying everything is iron-clad, and I'm aware of some downturn indicators, but to my observations- I don't see a crazy drop in 2019. We already saw the market go down to 21,xxx- a significant drop from 26K, but that's but one indicator.

• Oil supplies were expected to be down, but today the report was inventories rose by 2.8 million barrels last week. The 25% increase in crude this year ($45 > $60) is after a 45% collapse since Oct '18 ($76-$42). • dave- you were adamant that the Dow 30 at 21,5xx was evidence of an imminent recession, but it since rebounded to 25,6xx. Seems like a it was a false flag.

For Blu ~

It's not ICE that's uncompetitive tho.

If LMC has ignored the price factor, their entire forward projection may be invalidated (guesswork as it is).

... and cars.

'60 BelviDearGodThoseFins ~

The increased number of bearings are necessary due to increased crankshaft length/ torsional stresses. V6 doesn't have room for more than 4, but doesn't need more either. I'm not sure an empirical study has been made studying your claim, would be interesting. Probably too many factors to isolate one cause (oiling, engine speed, start/stop cycles, etc). BTW- there have been 4 main bearing I6s in the past, wonder how they stack up to a V6 for longevity (4 = 4).

Well.... that's certainly unusual.

As the '19 Ram is rated to tow up to 35,000 lbs, it'll be really interesting to see what Tesla (eventually) puts out.

Heard a fascinating commercial on the radio today, about how the (93-yr old) Mercedes-Benz company "invented" the "work van" over "100 years ago". ? ? ? Daimler keeps using that word 'invented', but I don't think it means what they think it means. The Freightliner / Dodge / Mercedes sprinter triplets used to own the US Euro van segment, now they're a niche player, having conceded huge swathes of the segment to Ford and others. This Ford work van is 118 years old by 2019 :

SIXTEEN YEARS AGO???? MAN, are you camera shy.

BMW car sales have been dropping for what- 2 years now? Surprised they keep throwing more slightly-different sized versions at the wall when their numbers have come down so far and they're in trouble financially.

'04 DuraMax, just clicked 189K miles tonight. Change it about every 6000, tho at the moment it's overdue. Shell Rotella T / Wix filter. I always change the oil myself. I do not do any of the other vehicles here at the Ranch; I draw the line if I have to jack it up to do so.

8.0L is out of production, yes? But I agree. - - - - -

Final numbers from my bother's Pontiac-spec engined '68 Firebird : 1,119 HP @ 7900 RPM. At 6900 RPM, it made 1,079 HP & 810 TRQ. This is out of 541 CI. And people claim pushrod V8s don't like to rev. It should be good for 7.9-8.1 secs in the quarter. Or about 2.5 secs quicker than the quickest modified Tesla Model S P100 D in Ludicrious Mode. ;) - - - - -