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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    It'll be a lease vehicle I'm betting. I still don't understand its placement against the Acadia. I know it is a bit smaller than Acadia, but it doesn't seem to drive any different.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    I came away pretty unimpressed with the Stinger when I drove it. There are a bunch of new and used alternatives that would suit me better even if they didn't have the straight line performance of the V6 Turbo Stinger.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    What I don't get is this statement: They're already designing and building these for Europe. The money is already spent. If they're going to be built anyway, why not sell them to as wide an audience as possible?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Yes. With that base 4-cylinder and no AWD in that model, it should be $4k cheaper if only to close the gap down to Equinox.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    You can't just compare MSRPs... the two simply aren't going to be cross shopped. If we're comparing MSRP, then the Avalon is a competitor too. The Explorer may outsell the Blazer... but the Traverse and Acadia will too, so it doesn't really matter. No, the Edge is the direct competition to the Blazer, they both start at $29,995, but the Edge has the upper hand on power train and standard features right out of the gate.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Not even the same class. It's the Edge that will trample all over it. On interior, I give the edge to the Blazer, but everything else goes to the Edge. The Blazer is too small. It feels like the old Equinox size inside.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    No, SMK has it right. This new 3.0 will share components and machining with the 2.0 that JLR already produces. Their 4-cylinder isn't known for any unusual issues that I've heard of.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    The problem started back in the late 70s / early 80s when every single division decided they had to be a full line auto retailer and that meant that (at GM anyway) they needed every vehicle from a J-Body up to a full B-Body plus a few extras in between. Ford did the same thing... Mercury got a cohort to every Ford car except Festiva (Tracer/Lynx, Topaz, Sable, Marquis, Zephyr, Grand Marquis, Cougar, Capri (Fox body)). Chrysler just made everything a K-Car or M-Body for all their brands. And it's all being repeated today with crossovers. Aside: I went to the Pittsburgh Auto Show today with friends. As much as I don't really care for the interior of the Regal Tour X, the exterior of that car is very striking in todays world. It looks very European. It'll be a sad day when that one goes too.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Eh... 16 years in this house. Maybe it's time to move anyway.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Or... like airbags and structural rigidity.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    So... I need to buy a new house. My driveway is so sharp that a CT6 will high center at the top. No. It was a Toyota Matrix that GM fitted Pontiac badges on.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    That '14 Regal GS weighs more than my '81 Oldsmobile!
  13. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Ford Mustang to get Second Turbo-4 Engine Option in 2020"
    The folks over at Hagerty found something interesting on the NHTSA website the other day, a VIN decoder ring that shows a second 2.3 liter 4-cylinder turbo with a horsepower rating of TBD. Ford dropped the V6 in the base Mustang after 2018 deciding the Turbo-4 was enough, but crosstown rival Chevy kept their V6 going alongside their 275 horsepower 2.0T. While Ford's 2.3T beats the Chevy Turbo in power, it comes up short against Chevy's V6. With this finding, it looks like Ford is going try to rectify the deficit. Given that a similar 2.3T is good for 350 hp in the Focus RS, Ford should be able to easily surpass the 335 horsepower the Camaro V6 produces. A statement from a Ford representative declined to give details but said that we would have exciting news about Mustang in Spring 2019.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The folks over at Hagerty found something interesting on the NHTSA website the other day, a VIN decoder ring that shows a second 2.3 liter 4-cylinder turbo with a horsepower rating of TBD. Ford dropped the V6 in the base Mustang after 2018 deciding the Turbo-4 was enough, but crosstown rival Chevy kept their V6 going alongside their 275 horsepower 2.0T. While Ford's 2.3T beats the Chevy Turbo in power, it comes up short against Chevy's V6. With this finding, it looks like Ford is going try to rectify the deficit. Given that a similar 2.3T is good for 350 hp in the Focus RS, Ford should be able to easily surpass the 335 horsepower the Camaro V6 produces. A statement from a Ford representative declined to give details but said that we would have exciting news about Mustang in Spring 2019. View full article
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Buick's compact convertible, the Buick Cascada, won't be returning for 2020. Buick has informed dealers that final orders for the car need to be in by the end of the month as production of the car is scheduled to end in the summer. The Cascada is produced by GM's former Opel division, now owned by PSA, in Poland. The Cascada was Buick's first convertible since the the Buick Reatta. Approximately 17,000 have been sold since the car went on sale in 2016. The discontinuation of the Cascada, along with the pending departure of the LaCrosse, mark Buick's slow creep towards being an all-crossover brand. View full article
  16. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Buick Cascada Dead After 2019"
    Buick's compact convertible, the Buick Cascada, won't be returning for 2020. Buick has informed dealers that final orders for the car need to be in by the end of the month as production of the car is scheduled to end in the summer. The Cascada is produced by GM's former Opel division, now owned by PSA, in Poland. The Cascada was Buick's first convertible since the the Buick Reatta. Approximately 17,000 have been sold since the car went on sale in 2016. The discontinuation of the Cascada, along with the pending departure of the LaCrosse, mark Buick's slow creep towards being an all-crossover brand.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Prices are going up by crazy numbers all around for gasoline cars, but the price of electric or electrified cars is staying fairly flat. Base price for a Blazer is $30k for FWD. Only way to get AWD is move to the V6 model and get dinged for $35k... for a vehicle that has no more room than the previous generation Equinox... and remarkably similar engine choices. Compact sedans getting canceled in favor of crossovers that go for $6k to $10k more on the same platform. Transposing a Sonic into a Trax doesn't cost GM $6,000, but that is how much more it will cost you and very soon you won't have a choice if you're buying new. Fiesta / Ecosport. Dart / Cherokee. Same formula. The price of the Suburban has gone up $1k a year over the last 10 years. V6 engines will soon be extinct in mid-size cars moving to cheaper 4-cylinder turbos. The manufacturers took that savings and still raised prices on the Turbo cars. Mercedes will sell you a base model stripped out 4-cylinder hatchback for just $33k. The Honda Insight is $2k cheaper than the Civic Si. The Lease only Honda Clarity is $199 a month $1700 down. A base Accord is $249 a month $2100 down. Lincoln offers the MKZ as a Turbo-4 or Hybrid-4 either way, same price. Toyota offers the Avalon or Avalon Hybrid with just a $1k price spread.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I find that hard to believe given the number of posts you've made on the subject.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    And that is going to be the case for EVs soon too... except the fill up schedule is different. PA is installing EV chargers at the state parks (the tab is being paid for by VW), so you can go hiking or whatever while your car nurses on the EV grid. Here in Pittsburgh, even if one doesn't have a charger at home, there are charging stations all over including in parking garages downtown. I have a friend with a Volt out in Columbus OH who lives in an apartment and doesn't have charging there, but he has charging available at work. So he charges while he's at work and rarely ever uses gasoline in in Volt. He only ever fills up with gas every 3 months. He could probably get by with a Bolt, but he got the Volt for cheap. EV charging is just a changing of mindset.... I know that will be difficult for certain people.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    They'll do it by raising the price of petroleum vehicles towards parity. They've already started.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    I'm with @balthazar on this one. It's a fine powertrain, but outside of that I'm not all that interested.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    How many engines are in it??!
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Subarus are a "safe" choice for people who don't care about cars. They're a Japanese Volvo.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    yeah, not really close.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Well if they can't make any money selling cars in Europe.. maybe they can sell bikes.
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