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    Putting aside the very real issue that this is a segment MB has zero need to enter, sounds like they don't even have a firm grasp on the concept.
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    The to-date elusive 1951 Wildcat I, car #3 :
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    I would love to have or build a lil road-going spaceship like this (Panhard Dyna) :
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    I don't see SUV buyers having any real reason to look to Jag for SUVs. It's like the question no one's asking, never mind being a decade plus late. Hell, no one's asking for Jaguar sedans….
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    Might move 50 units/mnth, depends on the lease deals.
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    • Chassis has nothing to do with top speed. • Multiple Escalades have already been built that go 0-60 solidly in 4 sec and have been tested over 130 MPH. A souped up version only needs to hit 150, IMO, not 190. • Doesn't have to outperform anything, but a V-Sport E would be pretty cool and highly sought after anyway. At least it looks a lot more expensive & modern than the Bentley does (in pics).
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    Escalade @ .36 is pretty amazing. G-wagon is .54.
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    Dubai seems very likely to be a nod toward globalization; you'd expect Cadillac to debut in NYC or Detroit and this flies in the face of that. Purposefully.
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    Build quality was poor, but beside that- who wants to stick with a so-called luxury car that not only nickel&dimes you to death, but doesn't have any actual luxury??
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    I work out of a '04 2500HD Silverado crew cab, so I will just list some mods I would like to make it better • An open-able rear window, bigger than the common 12-incher… something usefully sized, like 24". You couldn't (still can't?) get a slider on a crew cab. • Some sort of 'work bench' surface for the tailgate: T-slots in order to clamp things down, a large V groove for round items, etc. I work off my tailgate all the time. • Suicide crew cab doors. Wow would I love this for access purposes. • Bed side gate, like the Cheyanne concept had (that one had a very nice interior, too). • Lower bedside storage boxes.
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    ^ Well, except for the 15 or so year period where mercedes was cranking out some really poorly built junk. Only know one guy who has a 20+ yr old Benz- it's an 87 s-class. It's getting pretty rusty and the interior is junk (was when new tho). I find his '60 Eldorado Biarritz FAR more appealing.
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    Interesting chart a few posts above. With all the hyperbole about 'OMG- turn everything into a CUV!!', it shows the body style breakdown is pretty much flat over the last 5 years; CUVs up 5%, big whoop. Here I was sitting, wondering if all the outcry over Cadillac only having 1 CUV and mercedes having 23 was really a Major Problem, and the way I'm reading it, it isn't. In hindsight, I would advocate the XT5 and an XT3 (as long as it's notably larger than the Buick Encore), plus the Escalade, and call it 'done'. Absolutely zero need for an 'XT1'.
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    Welcome to 1954.
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    ^ But you just used it in a sentence. - - - - - 1956 Motor Trend test of a mercedes 300-SL gullwing: "...it's time of 4.2 secs to go from a (true) 30 MPH (indicated: 34) to a true 50 (indicated: 56) in 2nd gear is just slightly faster than a '56 Oldsmobile, It's best time from 0-60 (indicated: 67) of 8.5 secs was but 0.7 secs quicker than a Studebaker Golden Hawk with Ultramatic trans." Top speed officially timed @ Bonneville was 134.73. Same issue has a brief report on the first-year, 320-HP DeSoto Adventurer, which did 30-50 in 3.9 secs. The 'A's top speed was recored as 139 on sand and 144 on paved road.
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    Ad in back of Road & Track, August '65 ~ Shows pic of VW van with smoke billowing out of the rear wheel well and the front tires 3-4 inches in the air. Superimposed over it is the word VOLKSVAIR. Text: "Ridiculous? Of course, but your Volkswagon, Ghia or Porsche can have 200% or more increase in dependable power by adapting a Corvair engine to it." You know you're not in Kansas anymore when a Corvair engine speeds up your Porsche.
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    360-degree camera, self-park, HUD: all done already. "Technology" that recognizes street signs (doesn't the windshield do that?) and only an 8" screen? Is this the 'Bentley of SUVs' or not??
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    Bentley DESPERATELY needs a new design team. The outside is a combination of the anonymous/pedestrian, yet the front end stretching & pulling of the sedan's nose over the structure of an SUV just doesn't work. Bottom line : It doesn't look expensive. Inside suffers from the same issues- slightly dated, slightly pedestrian = nothing special. I really believe Bentley 'didn't need to go there' on this one.
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    At least one guy here is REALLY going to like your garage. Welcome.
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    '58 Ford F-100 fenderside, flat black, a bit crusty/bumpy, rollin'. Circa 1940 Rolls Royce on a trailer, burgandy w/ black fenders. Surprisingly plain & devoid of detailing.
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    Well, YOU mean Dodge Charger Daytona, the model. I meant the '63 Pontiac LeMans Super Duty car that raced at Daytona (among other race courses). This car, #50, was a real monster : Lapping Ferrari's…
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