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smk4565

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  1. Not just Tesla, but the F150 Lightning and Silverado EV were going to be $40k, then were like $70k. The Ford Maverick was $19,995 promised and is now about $25k with destination. Car companies like to create buzz at a launch, and promise one thing, then deliver another.
  2. Potential home run if they really do charge $45,000 for it and it gets the $7500 tax credit. Then we are talking $37,500 starting price, that will undercut a well equipped Ford Escape or Toyota Rav4. But not available until 2026? 2 years away so I wont' be surprised if the price is $50k by the time it comes out because all these companies oversell the base MSRP then the price skyrockets.
  3. Dodge CEO said a police version is “on their radar.” So it sounds like they will do another police version, they probably need to poll departments and see how much demand there is and whether they want to do it as EV or ICE. Personally I would think EV so these police departments can save on gas and the Explorer kind of corners the ICE market but the EV police car market isn’t really tapped.
  4. That could be true, they might give up on the Charger Police car and just let Ford have that market.
  5. Bigger battery for a $400 price cut is a nice deal. All these first gen EV's need more battery and lower cost and I also feel like anyone buying a 2023 EV is going to have a really dated cat come 2028 when the battery tech really gets better and the prices drop.
  6. Jaguar is dead, I don't know how the dealers go 1 year with just the I-Pace in production even if they have old stock of ICE cars lingering around a while. And I feel like EV launches are always delayed, so mid-2025 could be fall 2025, and a GT car like the Taycan probably won't sell because no one wants a big Jaguar sedan and it will probably cost twice as much as a Tesla Model S and half half the range and performance. I just think the product planners are Jaguar are clueless and the brand hasn't really been relevant for 10 years. They brand will be gone in 5 years.
  7. I think the front looks a little off, like if you put a red light bar across the front it would look like the back of the car. Kind of looks like a rear bumper on the front of the car. Overall it looks like it would appeal to Charger fans, the interior looks on par with the price point they are going for in a large car. This is a pretty large car though over 206 inches long I think and over 5800 lbs for the EV version. I don't know how much appeal there is for a huge, 3 ton sedan but I guess we will find out. I imagine they'll come out with a turbo 4 version in a year or two for the fleet sale crowd, or a the 4XE powertrain for the police package to help drive some volume.
  8. Rivian is probably the last EV start up that will make it. I doubt Lucid makes it long term unless the Saudi's want to keep wasting money on it. Fisker and anyone else moving forward is too late to the game, and won't be able to scale fast enough to be profitable. To be profitable you either need to be making $250,000 cars or be selling a million cars a year.
  9. It was obvious to everyone except Henrik Fisker that Fisker would go bankrupt. Maybe Nissan, Renault and Fisker can all merge and all go bankrupt together, because I think all of them are in trouble when the Chinese manufacturers hit the European and American markets and undercut everyone in price.
  10. Total waste of time and money to develop this. There is no Hydrogen network and people aren't ever going to buy Hydrogen power cars. The only case a Hydrogen fuel cell may work is on class 8 semi trucks in a fleet operator where the home base could have a hydrogen refueling area or a sea port or shipping port where the trucks only run in that port and you can refuel in the same port. And in either case, Honda isn't Freightliner.
  11. I imagine in 5 years time, all the big hotel chains will have charging, we see Wal-Mart doing it, Target and other big box stores will do it, McDonalds I think is putting chargers in. Plus the Ionna charge network should be up and running by then. I don't think range anxiety is an issue, it is charger anxiety, and soon that will go away. Plus there will be EV's that aren't super expensive and I think the flood gates open for EV sales.
  12. People are leaving sedans because they aren't as practical as SUVs, so some car makers like this Chrysler see the answer to make a less practical, swoop sedan that is going to have even less interest. The Mercedes CLS is dead, and I feel like the BMW 8-series grand coupe and Audi A7 won't be far behind it, they are just behind the curve. And here comes Chrysler, 20 years after the original CLS trying a sweeping roofline coupe, sort of looks like he Mercedes EQXX concept. I doubt they actually build this, and it won't have level 4 self driving tech since the only car with level 3 tech is the S-class (and EQS) and Chrysler is probably a decade behind the S-class. Best to move the Pacifica to rename it Dodge Grand Caravan, close up Chrysler.
  13. I did read that Ford is working on a low cost EV platform. That is what they really need, because you need volume to make EV's work, and you can't get volume with $100,000+ products. What about domestic built SUVs? The BMW X7, Volvo XC90, Toyotas, Mercedes GLS are made in the USA, Stellantis makes SUVs in the USA. But Toyota or Volvo would never put that kind of power in anything, and Mercedes is going to axial flux motors, and ditching the radial motors it seems, so that rules them out.
  14. The upmarket Jeeps aren't selling either. The Dodge Hornet and Alfa Romeo Tonale are on the Compass platform, which neither of them are selling, but I wouldn't be surprised if they keep those around for another 8-10 years.
  15. But most AWD "SUVs" are operating 90-95% FWD and sending maybe 10% of torque to the rear wheels, a lot can't even send more than 50% power to the rear. That AWD Kia Seltos is probably not any better in snow than a FWD Malibu with snow tires. Different story if the AWD system can send 100% power front or rear and has diff lockers and things of that nature. But it is still 4 wheel drive, not 4 wheel stop, and it seems like when it snows, it is the pick up trucks you see sliding off the road more than cars do.
  16. That's actually too much power I think for the rear axle because you'd have to have a front motor would a few hundred horsepower for all wheel drive. I heavy SUV with even 700 hp, let alone 900 will go through a set of tires every 5,000 miles. But everyone wants to win the EV horsepower wars and have 1,000+ hp. Hopefully the horsepower wars end soon and they put their effort into developing lighter weight and lower cost batteries. Ford has an almost 8 month supply of Mach-E's sitting on dealer lots right now. They don't need bigger, more powerful, more expensive EV's, they need cheaper ones.
  17. AWD is over rated, what you or other people need are snow tires. But we hardly get snow here anyway. Agree though on the Trax is just a slightly lifted hatchback, it may become the new Cruze that gets the reputation for just being cheap junk. Probably a Civic or Mazda 3 hatchback is a better play at that price point.
  18. The problem with that is the Ioniq 6 is $15,000 more expensive than a Sonata. Much like the EV6 is $15-20,000 more than the Sportage of the same size. If their plan is to replace all the ICE cars with $40,000+ EV's, good luck with that. And I wouldn't even be surprised if the Bronco Sport gets stale and Ford kills it like Jeep killed the Renegade and Cherokee. They are probably scheming In Dearborn on how to make the Ranger the entry level Ford at a $39,995 starting price.
  19. I think the Soul dies after this generation and the K5 is dead too, that one didn't last long. And the Nissan Versa and Altima die after 2025 model year as do the Ford Escape and Edge. Because all buyers want $50,000, 3 row crossovers according to car manufacturer market research.
  20. I sort of forgot the Kicks was still around. I think the Soul, Versa and Mirage are due to be discontinued in 2024. Also if Tesla really does deliver on a sub $30,000 car that has a point of sale $7500 credit, I think a $22,500 Tesla will sell in ridiculous volume when you look at some of these cars are about that price.
  21. This thing is way dated by now. The Ford strategy to cancel minivans and sedans because they can't compete with the Asians now seems to be transferring to crossovers, as Ecosport and Edge are gone and the Escape is next. Seems like they just want to make Broncos and pickup trucks.
  22. $42k to start, no thanks. The old Traverse/Enclave/Acadia with the 3.6 are known to not be reliable, I don't know if this will be any better. But what I do know is the Highlander and Grand Highlander will be more reliable and either of those or a Telluride or Palisade is a better option than the Chevy/GMC or Ford Explorer for that matter.
  23. Point being that the Compass is a ripoff at anything in the $35-45k range. A loaded up Kia Seltos is about $32k. At $45k we are talking Lexus/Audi compact crossover money.
  24. Yeah that is kind of nuts that you need to make $100k a year to afford a new car.
  25. I think it looks good, and much better than the last one, so credit to the design team. A $5,000 jump is a lot, but starting at $33k and topping out around $50k isn't too bad considering you can spend $35-40k pretty easily on a smaller size class CRV or Ford Escape. They had to get some separation from the Tucson, so if this drives well and is built well, and isn't just good looks, this could be well worth the price. The only downside is it is another example of every car is going up market and getting expensive, at some point they will price so many people out.
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