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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I'm going to have a Palisade in for evaluation in 2 weeks. Should be interesting to see how it stands up.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    The Palisade is specifically supposed to riff on the Escalade I think
  3. Drew Dowdell
    It's not a losing proposition if they were losing money on making those cars. You can't make it up on volume.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Grand total of 2,076 Fiat 500X sold in the first three quarters of this year.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Volkswagen has broken ground on an $800 million expansion of their plant in Chattanooga, TN. The expansion is for additional capacity to build electric vehicles for North America. The body shop will increase by 564,000 square feet and a new 198,000 square foot battery assembly center will be constructed. Overall the expansion will add about 1,000 permanent jobs. Production of a long range vehicle, the ID. Crozz / ID. 4 is expected to begin in the expanded plant in 2022. Chattanooga currently builds the Passat, Atlas, and Atlas Cross Sport. View full article
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    More information about "Volkswagen Expanding Chattanooga"
    Volkswagen has broken ground on an $800 million expansion of their plant in Chattanooga, TN. The expansion is for additional capacity to build electric vehicles for North America. The body shop will increase by 564,000 square feet and a new 198,000 square foot battery assembly center will be constructed. Overall the expansion will add about 1,000 permanent jobs. Production of a long range vehicle, the ID. Crozz / ID. 4 is expected to begin in the expanded plant in 2022. Chattanooga currently builds the Passat, Atlas, and Atlas Cross Sport.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    This sounds more like a review of your Aunt rather than the Outlander Sport....
  8. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Mustang Mach E Is The Name For the New Ford EV"
    Ford has announced the name of their upcoming Mustang inspired electric crossover. It will be called the Mustang Mach E. The official debut happens on November 17th, after which reservations for the car will be opened for customers wishing to make a deposit. Deposits are $500 to hold your place in line and later, customization of the vehicle will open closer to delivery time. We've seen from previews of the Mustang Mach E that it will be a rather swoopy crossover with a coupe like roofline. Current rumors put the estimated range at around 370 miles on the WTLP cycle, but EPA cycle will likely be lower. Ford also recently announced the creation of the FordPass Charging network, a way to take the worry out of range anxiety. We expect we'll hear even more about FordPass Charging Network at the November 17th presentation.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Ford has announced the name of their upcoming Mustang inspired electric crossover. It will be called the Mustang Mach E. The official debut happens on November 17th, after which reservations for the car will be opened for customers wishing to make a deposit. Deposits are $500 to hold your place in line and later, customization of the vehicle will open closer to delivery time. We've seen from previews of the Mustang Mach E that it will be a rather swoopy crossover with a coupe like roofline. Current rumors put the estimated range at around 370 miles on the WTLP cycle, but EPA cycle will likely be lower. Ford also recently announced the creation of the FordPass Charging network, a way to take the worry out of range anxiety. We expect we'll hear even more about FordPass Charging Network at the November 17th presentation. View full article
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Such an overused trim name.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Fiat's future is uncertain in North America as the brand struggles to find sales. Already, the Fiat 500 has been dropped from the lineup in North America, and that was one of the better sellers. The Fiat 500X is more of a crossover hatchback. It shares its platform with the fantastically more popular Jeep Renegade. Still, even in spite of its sales troubles, Fiat is releasing a refresh of the 500X Sport for 2020. The new 500x Sport gets new front and rear fascia designs, a black roof option, dark finished headliner and pillars, new sport seating, an updated version of uConnect with a 7-inch display including navigation, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto. A new exterior color "Rovente Red" is being added. The 500X Sport is powered by a 1.3-liter turbocharged MultiAir III engine. The engine produces 177 horsepower and an impressive 210 lb.-ft of torque while also delivering 30 mpg highway. Fiat points out that this is the only car in the class to have AWD standard and also get 30 mpg highway. The 2020 Fiat 500X Sport starts at $26,895 before destination charges and will be available in the first quarter of 2020. View full article
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    More information about "Fiat 500X Sport Coming to America"
    Fiat's future is uncertain in North America as the brand struggles to find sales. Already, the Fiat 500 has been dropped from the lineup in North America, and that was one of the better sellers. The Fiat 500X is more of a crossover hatchback. It shares its platform with the fantastically more popular Jeep Renegade. Still, even in spite of its sales troubles, Fiat is releasing a refresh of the 500X Sport for 2020. The new 500x Sport gets new front and rear fascia designs, a black roof option, dark finished headliner and pillars, new sport seating, an updated version of uConnect with a 7-inch display including navigation, Apple CarPlay, and Android Auto. A new exterior color "Rovente Red" is being added. The 500X Sport is powered by a 1.3-liter turbocharged MultiAir III engine. The engine produces 177 horsepower and an impressive 210 lb.-ft of torque while also delivering 30 mpg highway. Fiat points out that this is the only car in the class to have AWD standard and also get 30 mpg highway. The 2020 Fiat 500X Sport starts at $26,895 before destination charges and will be available in the first quarter of 2020.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    That's not true, you could get AWD on a Fusion SE... $26,480. You can go on Ford's Build-It site and build one right now. They're still building Fusions for 2020... don't know when that will stop. The ES will probably get eAWD in the hybrid only. Uses a system like the Pruis's AWD. Highly unlikely.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Nope. It's really easy too.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I put my resume up on Indeed and I'm already getting calls. I'm not even sure I'm leaving yet.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    For me it's shellfish. I'm not allergic, but I can't even stand the smell. I'll eat swordfish and that's about it.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    That's probably it. Or the transmission they use for the AWD system isn't rated for the power of the V6.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    10 years ago the AWD choices were mostly Subaru, Audi, the Ford Fusion and the Buick Regal/Lacrosse. All of them are quite capable AWD systems.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Yes
  20. Drew Dowdell
    They use both. The GMCs with the 6.3 liter use it also. The microphones are already there for OnStar. The speakers are already there. In the case of my Encore, Bose is already there. The DSP is build into the stereo. It's not that much extra to hook it all up.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    In the Camry, most are sold as 4-cylinders anyway, so I don't think the V6 will be missed. The Avalon though, I think that's a miss without the V6. Demand in northern climates? Trying to take some more market share from Honda/Hyundai/Kia? It sounds like it was low cost R&D to pull it off. What weak AWD systems would they be? Most are just lifted straight out of crossovers like this one is.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    They aren't going to get the salaries they got from GM though.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    gag.... seafood.....
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I too think that the trunk looks too ... truncated. It needs some more length back there. But yea Ocn, you're right that the cutline does to up into what is meant to look like window.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Buick does have active noise cancellation in some of their vehicles, as does Cadillac, and some GMCs. The difference with this system, from what I understand, is that it is much faster and thus is better at canceling out the noise before it reaches your ears. Not really... it is just some microphones and a sound processor. My Encore has it, just not as advanced as this system sounds. The difference in interior noise, especially from the engine, between an Encore and a Trax is huge.
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