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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    They sell short wheelbase diesels with plastic seats
  2. Drew Dowdell
    That's because Serg is trying to cut his way to success.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    It's starting to become an industry wide phenomenon though.... Ford, Toyota, Honda, have all pulled back on platform investments right now. It's just most obvious at FCA because theirs are the oldest. GM is in good shape for now because they have a batch of new platforms fresh from the oven and they were already in dire need of consolidation... but everyone else seems to keep rehashing old platforms. Nissan? What new platforms have they got? Honda has the new Civic, but most of the rest of their stuff is just variants of existing platforms. Ford's newest is Mustang and Transit, though F-150 is relatively recent.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    The S-Class taxis are what's keeping the lights on at Benz. That's where they get the volume to do the low volume luxury stuff that you wet yourself over. Cadillac on the other hand has to use bespoke platforms and gets raked over the coals by the likes of people like you if they ever share that platform, engine tech, or transmissions with any of their lesser brand cousins. You whine all the time that the Escalade shares a power window motor with a mere Tahoe, yet ignore the cases when Benz pumps out taxis and garbage trucks. You'll also ignore all of the improvements the Escalade gets over the Tahoe, some of which can't even be seen, but are there nonetheless. If GM had given Chevy the Omega platform for a new Impala and the Impala was released 30 seconds before CT6, you'd complain about it and call the Cadillac a "rebadged Chevy". If that new Impala had a 9C1 package and was also being offered to the taxi market, you'd run around saying how terrible GM was for doing pushing "inferior" platforms onto Cadillac. It's just the Benz shill double standard you have.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Shoot first (pics), ask questions later. That'll buff right out.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Would you be able to show the gear ratios for those since you found the information already? I'm curious if there is more than one overdrive gear in the 10-speed.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    until the engines sludge up
  8. Drew Dowdell
    It's amazing what Benz can do when so much of the volume comes from taxis.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, lots still have a 6speed. Even the new Acadia has a 6 speed standard.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    There are distinctly American alternatives to a V12.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Up next for the 10-speed, Escalade. There is the possibility that the 10-speed Escalade is here before the 10-speed Navigator is.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    What I really want to see is the Omega chassis used on the next CTS(5?). There would be more meat in that market. It could end up 600lbs lighter than an E-Class.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    2016 Sales Figure Archive created and appropriate topics moved there. All Sales Figure Archives moved into a sub-folder for easier viewing of current posts.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    They don't need much help with that.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I think the point was that FCA is already paying CAFE fines and that the Demon only pulls down FCA's CAFE average further... though not by much because it is such a miniscule number of cars.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I'll stick up for the 200. As a car, it is perfectly fine. It was marketed poorly by Chrysler. It should have never been a $22k base CamCord competitor. It should have taken on a more premium niche role like a Regal with a 2.0T as the base motor. In V6 C or S trims, they are a very nice place to be. This goes back to the giant mistake that Serg is making... trying to have both Dodge and Chrysler as "family" brands while Alfa and Maserati take on the premium role. Dodge needed a full lineup of small / medium / large sedans and Chrysler needs to be the premium brand that straddles Buick and Lincoln like it once was.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Jaguar XJ12 + SBC
  18. Drew Dowdell
    No, they don't all self park. It's an option on cars already $10k higher in price than the Cadillac. On the S class, it's part of a $4,500 option package. What you're trying to do is discount the fact that the CT6 Platinum is more manageable to drive.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Optional - Minimum price, $100k. The CT6 does have self-park and can do it perpendicularly. The 2010 MKS had self-park, so ease off that high horse there mister.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Given the average age demographic of the 7-series and S-class buyer, the handling aspect of the CT6 may be a benefit in an often overlooked category. The ability to park these larger cars is a common concern of that age group and 4-wheel steering makes parking the CT6 a breeze. You can maneuver the CT6 around the Piggly Wiggly parking lot as if it were a CTS while still having your fullsize comfort. Turning radii: CT6 - 18.5 Feet (only with 4-wheel steering) 20 feet without. 7-series - 21 feet S-Class - 20 feet A8 - 20.85 feet
  21. Drew Dowdell
    You pointed out the heritage angle. I was just pointing that out and where the V in V-series originally came from.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    V goes back to the V used as part of the Cadillac logo on and off for many years
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I wonder how much of the software is FCA's and how much of it is VM Motori. I realize that FCA is ultimately the one responsible for the vehicles sold, but they didn't develop this engine.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    I didn't know the 2017 UConnect got those. I knew it was coming, I just didn't know it had arrived
  25. Drew Dowdell
    And to be clear, it really isn't a division... Nor is Genesis. Genesis cars are still VINed as Hyundai.
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