A Horse With No Name
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Too bad the diesel will probably not come to the USA.
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I would rather have the Tesla drive train in a newer, modern looking car. Give me a modern GM sport compact with a GM version of that, and a Tesla 3 with the hot rod electric drivetrain, that would be awesome! One problem with the Tesla drive train is that it overheats quickly on a road course though. So give me a vintage Alfa Romeo or something to go vintage racing in, and we are all good. Also, yes on the dated thing. I work at a University and have a daughter in high school, I cannot think of a single millennial that gets excited about these cars.
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I love having owned American, Asian, and European cars. You only live once, you might as well enjoy a few different things!
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I would love one, but I am kind of tired of the Retro Muscle car thing. I still love them, but want something else for my personal car. Not bad choices either one. VW looks good in grey.
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Sad, I would say that there is about a thirty percent chance that VW will eventually take the Volkswagen brand out of the US market and either only sell Audi and Porsche or brink in Skoda or seat to replace VW. We are not anywhere near the end of this. ...and as much as I love my TDI, will be very glad when they keys are back in Volkswagen's hands.
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I do not think you will regret the Mazda, and it should be decent on fuel also. Crosstek manual? Mini is better looking, but I am biased!
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Sad but in many ways rational. They are going exactly the wrong direction. Next big fuel scare, they will be in big trouble.
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I feel your pain...
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And no one in the thread is touching the other issues regarding Teslathat I brought up. Although I do think that they are somewhat supply constrained as to their sales being flat. And once again, go back to my comments about Tesla still learning how to build cars. Tesla has had some reliability issues, many of them simple things someone like Cadillac would have simply gotten correct for a car that was that price.
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They are undoubtedly expensive to maintain. For me personally they just do absolutely nothing for me...at least the modern ones. I really love the vintage ones. Do not tell Oldsmodrew, but I would love to own something like a 78 450 convertible or an older Benz diesel. Guy I know here on the east side of town runs q shop that fixes nothing but vintage Benz. But the modern stuff leaves me cold. The former owner of my Mini Cooper S traded it in at a specialty vehicle dealer here in Columbus on a C63 AMG. Found myself parked next to her quite by accident at a local restaurant. Decided at that point I would rather have the MINI Cooper S. But you have no condemnation from me personally. I am thinking about buying an FRS/BRZ/Toyota 86 to replace the TDI, either new or gently used. That sum of cash would easily buy a gently used ATS, a decision every last other person on this board would probably make.
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Also my remark was about running costs, which are in no way remotely comparable. Nothing whatsoever can touch Lexus for reliability in terms of imported Luxury cars. Mercedes are maintenance and repair pigs, a fight you have lost repeatedly here at C and G. No sane person wants to own a European luxury car out of warranty. The Bolt will have a market. This is the same sort of irrational whining this forum was filled with seven or eight years ago on the Volt, and the Volt is doing fine.
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Your graph actually proves my point quite well. Notice the Kermit the Frog green line for Lexus, which crosses the line for Mercedes in the early 1990's and never looks back. The older LS400 was a car Toyota spent a ton of money developing to beat Benz. Benz cheapened their products in the early 1990s and they have never been the same.
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Not really sure that will have the same appeal with buyers....we will see!
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And price is going to be huge for young professional people with a ton of college debt to pay back and an expensive apartment lease in that city they just moved to for that entry level dream job. This will be the market for electric cars. I work on a college campus. Most of my students do not want ICE, they want electric. They also will not be able to afford a 50 thousand dollar car until well into their career. And this is where GM has an advantage with the Volt. People buy them as affordable used cars and love them, especially young people who cannot afford a pure electric. Volt to Bolt will be an easy transition for them. Or even Prius to Bolt, as they will have grown comfortable with the idea of buying from a very established mainstream carmaker.
