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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Our CR-V has it. The big GM SUVs have it too Ironically, the EcoSport debuted before the Trax, just not in the US. It was a Euro only model. The new XC90 and XC60 do not
  2. Drew Dowdell
    GM has two luxury brands in China... GM still outsells Mercedes there. I'm talking about the economies of scale of the 3.6 V6, CUE (most of the underlying programming is identical to Mylink and IntelliLink), transmissions and stuff. That GM 8-speed and 9-speed are going into everything. A lot of the innards that drivers never see are shared with 3 other crossovers with more to come.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    You're the one who insists that RWD sells crossovers.... Well why aren't the RWD crossovers selling? None of the Germans can outsell the Cadillac with a single model. The RX is more than double any German on the list. The RX nearly outsell the X5, GLE, and Q5 combined if you're comparing size. It does outsell the GLC, Q3, and X3 combined if you're comparing price. Conclusion: Either way you slice it, your assertion about RWD and crossovers is flat wrong and has been for more than a decade. I wouldn't make any bets on profitability. Benz and Volvo may make a couple >$100k sales, but that is not going to make up for the vast economies of scale that the Lexus and Cadillac have.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Well yeah. Circular justification. I can't pull all this trailer without a Super Duty. I paid $70k for a truck, I'm going to get a trailer to match.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Trailers are balanced differently in Europe so smaller cars can get away with it. Here in the US, trailers a larger percentage of weight onto the hitch, that's why cars run out of rating so quickly here.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I think it will stay. They never removed the "no towing" restriction on the Encore, though the Euro one is approved for about 1000 lbs.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    You're right, I had forgotten about that.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Move it to Lordstown. It's already way under capacity, and it is already a Delta 3 plant. Having both Lordstown and GM CAMI both building Delta vehicles for North America and with Lordstown only having one model, it was a footprint that never seemed to make much sense.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I read into JDN's words more than the press release. The press release is a finely crafted and edited version releasing only what they want you to know. JDN has a habit of letting slip more than he should have. I'm personal friends with one of the Cadillac PR team, and every time JDN starts posting stuff, I send him a text (Your boss is tweeting/posting/chatting again....) He's had to field questions from journalists when JDN reveals more than he should. The 4.0T V8 was one such example.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Not necessarily. Audi A5, BMW 430i, Mercedes-Benz C300 coupe, Infiniti Q60, Cadillac ATS coupe, Jaguar F-Type (I know it's a 2 seater, but still) all have 2.0Ts for the bulk of their lineup.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I've really wondered why they haven't used that platform for more vehicles. Could get a high end 2-seater thunderbird (with real power this time), and at least one mid-size Lincoln sedan out of it, Probably a Mark 9 coupe as a Lincoln halo car too.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Check your owner's manual. If you have a rear backup camera, I think the door is able to automatically sense impending doom and stop before it hits your garage roof.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Exactly... but until 2005, Lincoln only had one FWD vehicle, the Continental. The Continental has been front drive since '88 and platform shared with the mass-market large/midsize Ford since 1970.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    About which vehicle? The Honda or the Ford? If it's the Honda.... my overall opinion of it hasn't changed, but I have to admit it got me from Pittsburgh to Florida and back with zero issues. I do like the swing out door and wish more Crossovers offered them. The killer app would be a GM wagon style two piece hatch that could swing out or turn into a tailgate. I'd love to see that concept on a modern crossover.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Unfortunately, I have to side with @ocnblu here (only the result is unfortunate). That 3rd party tow-bar is for accessory mounts only... i.e. bike racks, cargo carriers, etc. Official GM rating is - "The vehicle is neither designed nor intended to tow a trailer." Source: Chevrolet Bolt EV Owners Manual - Page 246 (PDF warning)
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Even Volvo is within spitting distance of some of the German competitors... XC60 - 2,218 - This is the old out of production one, just 700 units away from the X3, they did sell 303 of the just arriving new XC60 which means they are just 397 units away from BMW in the segment... *gasp* and they're front wheel drive! *clutches pearls* The interior of the new XC60 is so fantastic that BMW needs to be worried here. XC90 - 2,869 - Only 210 units away from beating the BMW X5 and within targeting distance of the GLE, less than 1,000 units delta.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Fixed that for you. Cadillac XT5 - 7,236 BMW X3 - 2,918 BMW X5 - 3,079 Audi Q3 - 1,861 Audi Q5 - 4,767 Mercedes - GLC - 4,498 Mercedes - GLE - 3,750 Lexus RX - 10,391 Acura RDX - 4,679 Acura MDX - 4,532 (I'm actually curious about this one, the MDX and XT5 have flipped for 2nd place a few months recently) Infiniti QX60 - 3,697 (the FWD one) Infiniti QX70 - 454 (the RWD one) TL:DR - It takes 2 BMW models (3 if you count the X4) to still not beat a single Cadillac model in sales. It takes two Benz models to beat Cadillac and not beat Lexus or Acura. If you were Mary Barra, the choice is beyond obvious. Crossover buyers don't care about RWD/FWD... because they order them AWD. And Cindy McMansion isn't concerned about Nurburgring like handling while she is driving around to the various open houses she has this weekend.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    One of the few things I like about our '04 CR-V is the more convenient swing out tailgate.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    We already know the XTS is a dead horse, so why do you continue to beat it?
  20. Drew Dowdell
    indeed, that was great!
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Alpha platform is going into its second generation.... so no.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Tesla used Lotus bodies to start.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Do they produce anything beyond really nice Photoshop work?
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The ATS replacement. I still think JDN is being cagey with words when he says that the number of sedans will be reduced. Yes, the XTS obviously will go, but I think the "sedans" part should be examined. The ATS and CTS aren't going to be combined into a single car, there will be vehicles in both slots... they just might not be sedans. Think new Regal Sportback, Kia Stinger, Tesla Model S as examples.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    EPA cycle needs to be more in tune with real world driving.
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