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  1. smk4565
    Really good month all around. Business booming over at Mercedes, Infiniti is really tanking, that brand has almost nothing desirable, I wonder how many of their sales are Q50 rental fleet cars.
  2. smk4565
    The battle is on now, Porsche build quality is top notch, Tesla not so much. The multiple touch screens is cool, this interior is way better than a Tesla. Mercedes EQ S debut next week so then there will be 3 and more will follow. Will be interesting to see how Tesla responds to the competition.
  3. smk4565
    The CT6-V was delayed for emissions reasons too and it just has to pass American standards which aren’t as tough as Europe’s. The Mercedes W125 did 267 mph back in 1938, so I bet over 80 years later they can find another 33 mph in a prototype vehicle if they wanted to.
  4. smk4565
    Well Toyota doesn't own FCA, at least not yet. Maybe in the next recession if FCA stock gets cheap they'll buy it out.
  5. smk4565
    Well it makes sense to sell cars in a place with 1.2 billion people, even if it isn't a wealthy nation.
  6. smk4565
    Only 808 hp, not much of a hyper car. They should come back when they get 1,000 hp.
  7. smk4565
    I bet the SUV is coming next. And they'll probably tout a record for fastest SUV.
  8. smk4565
    Fiat is done in the USA, small cars don't do well here, and Fiat doesn't build good small cars either. They are probably tied to the 124 Spider for a number of years in the deal with Mazda. They could always pull the Fiat brand out of the USA and put a Dodge grille or emblem on a 500X or the Spider. I think FCA overall has too many brands and too many models.
  9. smk4565
    I am not praising it but the GLB looks good and even in 35 trim will be faster than the competition even more so in 45 trim. I have also said in the past that under $50k you can get away with front drive and in small cars you can also. No one does rear drive in this segment, even in the segment above only half of them use rear drive. XTS was full size and over $50k, that doesn’t work with front drive.
  10. smk4565
    XT6 will be dead on arrival. I see XT5 sales hitting a slump and that isn't that old a product so it will be a while before GM replaces it. The Lexus RX is the only SUV they have that sells, the rest a sales dogs because they are either a glorified RAV4, 4Runner or Tundra, and they aren't getting it done.
  11. smk4565
    Even Lincoln is seeing the need for a 500 hp Aviator, even though they aren't aiming to be a performance vehicle. But we can all watch the Germans and Tesla see rise in SUV sales while Cadillac and Acura die on the vine with their range topper 305 hp V6 3-row crossovers.
  12. smk4565
    I would bet money that if GM made a Corvette SUV that was rear drive/awd, 495 hp and same price as the C8, it would outsell the C8 by a wide margin. Performance SUV is a hot growing segment.
  13. smk4565
    Hot crossover is already upon us. AMG, M, Audi SQ, Alfa Stelvio, Jeep GC Trackhawk, Porsche has 2 SUV, Lamborghini has one, Ferrari and Aston Martin will have one next year, Tesla will have a 2nd. There are probably 20 crossovers on sale now with what was deemed sports car performance just a few years ago.
  14. smk4565
    The XTS was never a very competitive car to begin with, and compare it to an E-Class or 5-series or a full size luxury car. XTS was front drive in a rear drive segment, which is why it is dead and the Continental will be dead. The GLB is competing with the NX, XT4, X1, XC40, etc. There is no performance benchmark in that segment and no one has rear drive. Really is it what the hot hatch segment is going to turn into as most of the hot hatches aside from the Golf are dead and those fwd/awd hot hatch crowd will probably trade into compact “hot” crossover.
  15. smk4565
    Longitudinal mount is better. I think over 300 hp in front drive is pointless but this is all wheel drive with a 50-50 split. For a compact crossover this is great performance. For better performance there is the V8 GLC.
  16. smk4565
    My first thought was it looks like a Cadillac interior. My second thought was being on the Alfa Romeo platform it will have horrible reliability because Jeeps aren’t reliable to begin with then put it on the platform of the least reliable car on sale today.
  17. smk4565
    This might be the fastest transverse mount SUV out there aside from the AMG 45’s which would be the fastest for sure. There is a GLB 45 coming with 416 hp. Audi SQ3 would be up there.
  18. smk4565
    Compact SUV is replacing sports sedans and coupes in the market. 3-series sales are half what they used to be because of the X3. Camaro and Mustang are down, Camaro won’t even be here in 5 years because people will buy SUVs instead.
  19. smk4565
    Except an MKC 2.3 Ecoboost does 0-60 in 6.5 seconds and a GLB 35 does it in 5.1. This GLB is faster than an Ecoboost Mustang or V6 Camaro, and it is compact crossover. This is the slowest AMG product and it is still pretty quick. Plus it looks good, plus it is in the biggest growth segment, plus I suspect this will start around $45k, they'll sell lots.
  20. smk4565
    We are debating 3rd row seats and cargo room of a 182 inch long vehicle. The people buying this aren’t buying it for 3rd row, that 3rd row is there for the 3 times a year they need to carry a couple extra people and they can stick the kids back there. If seating for 7 adults and cargo capacity is most important for $40k they are probably buying a minivan. I think 300 hp is the sweet spot for this size SUV, 221 seems boring and 400 is probably pointless in a subcompact SUV. They will sell a lot of these.
  21. smk4565
    I am excited for this and the other stuff that Audi and Mercedes bring. Tesla will get a challenge and that competition will be good for them all to push each other. Polestar won't last 5 years against stuff like this. Do you want a Polestar that looks like a Volvo S60 or a freaking 700 hp Porsche for equal money. Easy decision.
  22. smk4565
    Well an EV sedan could sell as proven by the Model 3.
  23. smk4565
    The Bolt is also smaller than a Trax. If the Bolt were Equinox sized it would sell better.
  24. smk4565
    Mercedes has an electric hatchback coming also, that is probably still bigger than a Bolt. But I am not sure small hatchback is what the market wants when the Tesla Model 3 outsells the Bolt by a wide margin.
  25. smk4565
    When we have autonomous vehicles with no steering wheel or pedals, people won't care about ride/handling or any of that. All they will care about is space, in which a box gives the most space and comfort. This is a commercial van now, but this application could be in wide use in 10 years.
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