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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    That was never the Vibe's purpose. It was meant to be an outdoorsy small crossover kinda along the lines of a Subaru Impreza Outback. Excitement can be more than just speed and handling. Keep in mind some of the other products at Pontiac at the time, the Aztek (for all its warts, was actually a surprisingly good off-roader for being a chopped up mini-van, and offered a tent option, and had one of the best AWD systems offered at the time), and the cladded Montana, which also offered AWD. Pontiac was attempting to offer two forms off excitement in those days.... on-road performance or off-road adventure. As a strategy, I could see it working. It was in the execution where they failed.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Seeing them in person, the platform sharing with the Q7 becomes very obvious. then my mind wanders....
  3. Drew Dowdell
    See these are the dumb comparisons that C&G exists to combat. The G90 base price is $24,000 more than the base price of the Continental. The CT6 is $10k more than the Continental and the CT6 product mix is heavily skewed towards the mid to high trims (they're intentionally not building many of the 2.0T RWD models) pushing its real-world base price even higher. The models you should have chosen were CTS, G80, and A6. Compared to those, the Continental is quite competitive. Telsa does running upgrades on their models over time. I don't see a need for a full Model-S replacement, but they could do a refresh on it... give it a new interior that sort of thing.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Vibe was the tail end of a decade and a half long venture where GM got to learn Toyota manufacturing processes. The value of that can be seen in the rest of the GM lineup today. The Astra would never had made it as a Vibe... 1: it was too small 2: it was too underpowered (even by Vibe standards) 3: No AWD.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    If someone else is paying the maintenance, the 7-series, but I'd still look longingly at the Town Car. If I have to pay the maintenance, the Town Car.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    No. I think he's upset at the perceived difference in market value of the two companies. Also, GM no longer receives the level of aid it once got and even if all EV credits for Bolt, Volt, and CT6 PEV expired tomorrow, GM would be a continue to be a going concern. Can we say the same for Tesla which is already losing money with those credits?
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Eh.... The RWD ones maybe. The FWD are too close to Camry for comfort.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Lincoln had been below its class with the MKS for years... I'd say even going back to the first FWD generation of Continental.... after the last RWD Continental, Lincoln gave up on competing on interiors. Today's Continental I'd put on par or higher than other vehicles in its price class. As an experiment, I just priced out a CT6 Platinum. Checking every box got me to $91k... That is a lot of car, features, and options compared to an S-Class that start just around that same price. And you don't get any of the fancy options in the S-class at that price that the Cadillac has.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    One of the original reasons I pushed C&G from just being a forum and into a review site was after I read two articles on C&D. One where they knocked a Buick Lucerne for its slalom capabilities compared to a BMW..... and another where the Aveo's 0-60 time was being criticized... and at the time it was the least expensive car on the market. We review cars specifically to avoid dumb comparisons like those.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Black label is mostly some nicer trim pieces, more interesting color combinations, and a wheel package. It's like a Designo trim at MB.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    You mean you think a $100k car is competitive with a $30k ATS? And somehow you are knocking Cadillac for that? Compared to other $50 - $70k vehicles, I think the Continental is very strong. I don't want to be like @smk4565 who tries to compare every freaking vehicle to a $150lk S56 SMG Designo Edition and expect vehicles 1/3 of the price to match it.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Ah okay. I thought you were looking for as close to a Jetta TDI replacement as possible.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    He's like 20 minutes from the house where I grew up. I know the drive well.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Off topic, I know... but posting for @balthazar. At the party was the Cyclone... and these two:
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I'll be test driving a Cruze Diesel Manual on May 18th.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Were we closer, I would love to be able to build an online database of that here on C&G.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    I have that second one framed and hanging up
  18. Drew Dowdell
    That last sentence is where you went off the rails. Tesla interiors still feel very kit-car and much of the switchgear is Chrysler based. The $100k Model S 100 has the same switchgear as a Chrysler 200
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I think @balthazar would especially appreciate this. I took these at the NY Auto Show at a party thrown by Cadillac.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    One of the best commercials imho.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    We live in a world where educated people refuse to vaccinate their kids because Jenny McCarthy says she read somewhere that it might be bad for them.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    They are tweeners. They start about $2k more than a CR-V, but have more space... or $4k less than a Pilot and have less space.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, that's what I'm describing from my 2004. The more recent automatics don't seem to hold that shift like this particular one does.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Not bad... but getting optioned up will probably push it into the mid-30s with a Denali starting around $37k for a FWD model
  25. Drew Dowdell
    The Hemi + 8-speed is probably one of the most underrated powertrain combos out there.
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