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Well, they would need to tool up a new cab, interior, bed, trim, etc..and being a Ram they could sell it cheaper than the Wrangler, wouldn't need the removable roof, etc. Maybe they worry a Ram midsize pickup would cannibalize sales from the Wrangler pickup.
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Surprised they aren't using the i3s for parking enforcement...like how the parking police in NYC use those tuk-tuk 3 wheelers.
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Both have ghastly overwrought styling with lots of odd contours. As far as the white ones with black trim, the use of the front black out is for different purposes--on the truck it's to look cheap, while on the Avalon it's to look scary and threatening.
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Piaf would be interesting. Or to target a younger audience maybe mix in some Daft Punk, Phoenix or M83...or Mylene Farmer (though she is Quebecois).
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Sacre' bleu! Now I'm hungry for crepes, boeuf bourguignon, coq au vin... I have some French restaurants I need to visit in Cleveland's hipster-infested gentrified neighborhoods..
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I could see DS coming as the premium brand, they would need emphasize the Frenchness as an alternative to the usual German and Asian luxury marques.... (DS is marketed as a separate brand from Citroen in Europe). They have some pretty good looking hatchbacks and crossovers.
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Wowza...would have thought the Jetta would have been higher on that list...I bet it was 10-15 years ago. The Golf is about the only one on the list I like..
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Maybe the aftermarket with come up with some chrome or white shark teeth for the grille opening.
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I don't M-B is worried about sales numbers for the G. It's more about exclusivity and rarity than volume. Besides, the GLS sold 32k in the US last year..so there is the volume luxury sales.
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It's not a volume model, it's a niche model. The Maybach version of the next gen GLS will serve as the biggest luxo SUV.
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Your 'point' is invalid. It works for M-B..they know what they are doing. It will sell as much as it needs to sell. Your comment about it being 'out of line' with M-B styling, well, I thought you were against brand conformity--i.e. the 'different lengths of sausage' approach the German car makers usually follow with their sedans--you always slag on that. Nothing wrong with having a model or two in the lineup that goes it's own, distinct way...the Wrangler doesn't have much in common styling-wise with other Jeeps, neither does the Corvette--it doesn't share styling with the Silverado or Impala. And both are considered iconic, as is the G. And the price point is irrelevant for such models.
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Reread my previous post, the G wagon's style is part of it's cachet. It wouldn't work if it looked like other luxury SUVs. And it's not their flagship; that's the S class Maybach.
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I think MB knows what they are doing.. sales volume isn't the measure for a luxury product.. exclusivity and uniqueness is... It sells more than enough, and the look is totally unique. And again, what part of 'all new' are you missing? It's not 'already built stamping', but intentionally styled to resemble the previous model...like the Jeep Wrangler was totally redesigned recently, yet keeps a strong resemblance to past versions. And besides, they have more 'modern' mainstream luxury SUVs for the volume..the GLE and GLS, and a Maybach version of the GLS is coming supposedly...
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Well, the G has been totally redesigned for the 2019 model year, as is the subject of this thread. It should do well with it's retro styling...
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Unless you blow up the pic they kind of blend in. Two thin silver levers against all the black.
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Would be interesting to see them do one Denali style--chrome that black mesh grille.
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Or they are just glowing C-clamps.
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These are the clearest photos I've seen yet of the new front. Lots of confusion in the design. So the clampy shaped areas at the ends of the grille bar are the DRLS?
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As far as I can tell, the 'GLG' is speculative fiction at this point...googling it turns up photos and a You Tube clip from Auto Bild and CarScoop and a couple other magazines with mention of 'renderings'....i.e. photoshop. Supposedly the next gen GLS coming soon will have a longer wheelbase Maybach version, though.
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Here's the other non-blacked out grille...not sure if it's 'better' but at least 'different'. The look will probably be ruined by a center mounted license plate (needs an offset plate, IMO).
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That red concept looks like someones Photoshop effort of a Grand Cherokee with a Merc style front end and a few other tweaks...the side contours look very GCish...
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You got a new Escalade? Cool. I thought you had a 2004 or so. The new G-Class is all new from what I've read, not 'old product'.
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Always liked the LSCs....there is a silver blue one parked in a driveway down the street, hasn't moved in at least a year.
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It looks like a kids ride-on toy...just cartoonish plastic nonsense...
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They are there, right below the screen in the center stack slab.
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