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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Top of the car range can be Escala to go with the top of the SUV range Escalade.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    If the product is good enough, they will come. But it isn't happening anyway.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Honestly, I have no issue with them keeping the platform as long as they improve on the interior materials a bit. The car itself is super solid and isn't in dire need of a change.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    GM routinely licenses out its technology. They had camera mirrors, though not full-time real-time streaming, as far back as 2010. That is how the 2nd gen Equinox got a rearview camera if one didn't select NAV. The image popped up in the mirror. Cars are not new... you must still drive a Curved Dash because if electric cars haven't changed in 100 years, neither have gasoline powered cars.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Their whole economy is cooling fast.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    There are Chevy dealers that get special treatment based on the number of Corvettes they sell... or the number of Silverados they sell. A Corvette sub-brand "boutique"* inside of certain dealers would work. That's how Genesis launched. *I hate that word in regards to buying cars.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    There is a company out there building "new" old Mustangs. The body shells are available. The rest is just EV parts put in the shell. Aside from company funding, I see no technical reason this car couldn't be built.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    It's not anywhere near that simple since much student debt is privately held. The real threat is corporate debt. 9 trillion of it. Companies that are cash-flowing today could become black holes of bankruptcy in just a few months time. The US auto manufacturers, for once, are ahead of the game. FCA paid off most of its debt, GM is going through their major restructuring to lower costs. Ford is doing the same. If/when a global recession hits in the near term, the auto manufacturers do not want to need to be bailed out again.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Corvette can be a sub-brand inside Chevy.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Multiple lines of Corvette was there as a concept from the beginning. It was nearly its own brand of cars inside the Chevy brand.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    That was heated washer fluid. It was in the DTS and Lucern as an option. It was faulty and got recalled to be deactivated.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Eh, even then, by the 90s if it was on a Cadillac it was on one model only. I seem to remember a big stink being made about the final STS that it brought back the autotronic eye.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Probably.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Then what is the motive for now rather than then ?
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Reciprocal trade.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    When the Ford Ranger returns to the US market in a few weeks, the EPA window sticker will be a primary strong selling point. The EPA estimates for the Ranger have been announced and it beats any other gasoline powered pickup on the market. The two-wheel drive Ranger will have a 21mpg city / 26 highway / 23 combined rating. That combined rating ties the combined rating of the diesel-powered Chevy Colorado. The 4wd model gets a 20 city / 24 highway / 22 combined rating of which the city and combined rating are the highest in the class. The Ranger starts around $25,395 and offers only one engine, a 2.3 liter 4-cylinder, that will tow and haul more than the V6 offerings from Nissan, Toyota, and Ford. The U.S. mid-size truck market is heating up with Ranger as just the newest entry in the mix. The 2020 Jeep Gladiator will be arriving next year but has not yet been rated by the EPA. View full article
  17. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Ford Ranger Gets Top Marks for Fuel Economy"
    When the Ford Ranger returns to the US market in a few weeks, the EPA window sticker will be a primary strong selling point. The EPA estimates for the Ranger have been announced and it beats any other gasoline powered pickup on the market. The two-wheel drive Ranger will have a 21mpg city / 26 highway / 23 combined rating. That combined rating ties the combined rating of the diesel-powered Chevy Colorado. The 4wd model gets a 20 city / 24 highway / 22 combined rating of which the city and combined rating are the highest in the class. The Ranger starts around $25,395 and offers only one engine, a 2.3 liter 4-cylinder, that will tow and haul more than the V6 offerings from Nissan, Toyota, and Ford. The U.S. mid-size truck market is heating up with Ranger as just the newest entry in the mix. The 2020 Jeep Gladiator will be arriving next year but has not yet been rated by the EPA.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Driving a crossover is more like the shape we're forced to sit in at our desks all day.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The current Jetta is probably one of the best in the segment, though it has rather humble looks. Hopefully, they make the GLI more interesting.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I think in EV vehicles, which wheels drive matters less because the weight balance of the car is so different. FWD was "better in snow" because you had all the weight of the engine on the front tires to help with adhesion. In a pure EV that isn't based off an IC car, the weight can be wherever they want it to be.. front, back, middle... doesn't matter. Put the motor and a stack of batteries in the rear of an EV and it'll go in snow just as well as any FWD.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    They do that now in their AWD crossovers...
  22. Drew Dowdell
    I think there is further to go simply because I think a recession is on the way. Just look at the list of vehicles on the chopping block: Sonic, Cruze, Impala, Fiesta, Focus, Fusion, Taurus, 300, Charger, Lacrosse, CT6, Volt Camry seeing a reduction in production. Accord down, Civic down..... It is seismic.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Nautilus stars at about $40k. The Aviator seems to be very well equipped at even the base levels, so $50k sounds about right for a starting price though I won't be surprised if it is higher to even $59k. That would be slightly higher than the $49k the MKT starts at.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    In fairness, no one shows up to buy Audi A8s or BMW 7-series or Lexus LSes either.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    The old SUV game was real SUVs. I don't count the Kicks and Soul as anything but tall hatchbacks.
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