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It’s the Mercedes-Benz of plug-ins.

Electrification takes a lot of R & D dollars, something FCA doesn't seem to have as most of their product is really old. And the fact that t hey are still talking about the hellcat makes me think they aren't looking much to the future.

Rush is really good. RIP Niki Lauda.

Duel is probably one of the most suspenseful because of how little dialog there is, that is a good one. Gone in 60 Seconds is probably my favorite, good story, some comedy and action and a ton of cars. The Cannonball Run (and Speed Zone) series is good for corny, ridiculous car stuff, but the zany cross country race idea is fun.

You might be in a hurry if trying to get away from a terrorist attack.

CAFE can be an issue too as cars and trucks have different standards. Something like a Sonic can have a tiny engine and get good MPG, the Malibu has a 1.5 liter and they can sell Malibu hybrids that get a big number. But performance cars aren't CAFE agreeable unless they have electrification which drives up the price. And GM brass probably figures it is easier to just sell Equinoxes. The Impala outsold the Camaro last year and they are ready to drop the Impala like a sack of dirt, so I wouldn't be surprised at all for the Camaro to suffer the same fate.

10,000 lbs and a 4 cylinder engine? Yeah, pass on that. Mercedes has a V12 in their armored car, or a V8 if you aren't in a hurry.

Ding, ding, ding!!! We have a winner.

Lexus, BMW and Audi are going all in on this oversized grill thing. Won’t be long before the copy cats start doing it. It looks modern, I looks like an Audi. Audi people will like it.

Poison to enthusiasts maybe, but not to shareholders who only care about GM's bottom line and the dividend payout.

Well it makes more financial sense for Chevy to introduce a crossover in between the Equinox and Blazer than to do a new Camaro, because then they can do a GMC clone of it too. Sadly the people just want more crossovers. I think this crossover craze sucks, but the tribe has spoken.

And yet Porsche, Lamborghini, Bentley and AMG have them, and Ferrari is coming. No one buys the Alfa Romeo or Maserati crossovers, but no one buys from those brands anyway. Ford wouldn't do Edge ST and Explorer ST if they didn't think they could sell them.

They should build something like this. They need a halo sports car product to compete with Porsche, Aston Martin, Ferrari, Lamborghini and all those guys. Plus they need to push their EV cars.

The Camaro got too expensive, plus gen 6 doesn’t look as good as gen 5 and you can’t see out of them. People also want crossovers not coupes, so they better get performance crossovers ready.

JLR better hope Fiat stays in business in the USA so there is someone worse than they are.

JD power IQS is very subjective. They are just asking customers if they have a complaint or problem with their vehicle in the first 90 days, not being able to figure out how to pair your phone to blue tooth could be a problem. That survey has nothing to do with overall reliability or cost of ownership. I don’t think JLR will survive on their own. Not enough volume, too expensive to develop electric powertrain and autonomous vehicles. JLR could be gone with one recession without a partner.

I think they will sell a lot of these. I suspect the Hyundai Palisade will sell well also. They both look good, they both are packed with content and both cost less than most of the rivals. The Atlas and Ascent I think are mostly just to appeal to existing VW and Subaru owners that need a 3rd row, they don't really make any breakthroughs. The Hyundai/Kia cousins I think came to conquest sales.

They never let an engine go that long or be underpowered for the time. But it isn't 4.6 liters to get 255 hp. Cadillac should just kill the XT6 now, no way they can compete with the GX460. And the Lincoln Aviator is DOA, that 400+ hp hybrid deal they got going on is no match for the Lexus V8.

The consumer public will not be satisfied until there are 1,000 crossovers available for under $30,000. And 1,000 more for above $30,000.

More than Lincoln? Or Maserati? or Alfa Romeo? Cadillac I think does better than that group, but I don't really shop used Cadillac prices.

They could make a 500 hp V8 standard in the Q70 and the E-class with its 255 hp 4-banger would outsell it. In fact, I think this will be the last Q70 and Infiniti will just kill it, Lexus will kill the GS. They can't compete with the E-class. Cadillac is taking the CTS to have CT5 compete with the C-class. BMW is the only brand up to the challenge, this might as well be a 2 car segment in the USA and the Chinese love the Audi A6, which I admit has a very nice interior, perhaps as good as the E, better than the 5.

An electric motor, carbon fiber body BMW supercar would be a good play. And be a halo for future EV's after the craptastic i3 and i8 bombed.

Old doesn't make it reliable. How is a GX more reliable than an RX350 or ES350? That 4.7 was from the 90s Tundra I think. Even that 4.6 V8 was dated when it launched, it was among the least powerful V8s in the luxury segment in 2009 and 10 years later they are still making it. The G-wagen used 3 V8's (not counting AMG) from 2006 to 2017. That is why it made 302 hp in 2006 and 416 in 2016.And the G-wagen hit an all time sales record in 2016 and beat that record in 2017 and I believe is the #1 selling vehicle over $125,000. When the Lexus GX has rising sales and is #1 selling vehicle over $50,000 then I will give them a pass on crap engines.

Ever since the Passionate Pursuit of Perfection.

Lexus (overall as a brand) makes the most reliable cars compared to any other brand. They are the reliability champion, no one does it better. That has little to do the dated ass engine in the GX, because the LS, LC, NX and RX Hybrid are reliable and they have newer engines. The Avalon, errrr ES350 has a newer engine. And Lexus buyers DO care about fuel economy, as Toyota preaches fuel economy until the cows come home. The GX460 has awful fuel economy, and the fact they haven't really updated GX since like 2003 other than some front facia revisions is embarrassing. I gave Toyota the Finger of Shame for not making the Tundra more competitive, this is another Finger of Shame to Toyota for letting this monstrosity go on sale. And you probably think the GX460 is better than the XT6 because the GX is more reliable and has "V8 power."