Drew Dowdell

Before you do that, go into chrome settings and reset everything to default.

Particularly at 5,500rpm.

I know it's not a "real" Packard, but I do like its look.

you can't change the look and feel because this is the only one installed.

I didn't like the early "big grille" ones... but by the time the '64s were out, I like those.

Okay... that's what I was talking about. A 4-door version of the Hawk.

You can duplicate this package here by selecting a 2.0T RWD Luxury with the 19" two-tone wheels, one of the two fancy paint options this package has, and the V-Sport brake package. All ATS's here come with the "sport" suspension... "performance" suspension is the upgrade to Magnetic Ride Control. In the US, this setup would run you $46,965 before incentives. No, the upgraded calipers don't say Brembo on them, but with a 2.0T, how important is that really?

We've been on this version of the forum software for a while, but you may be referring to this "look". I found out after installing it that the menu items were unreachable on tablets and phones if I had them set to open only on hover. I had to add the click requirement to the menu to make it iPad compatible.

the blue is sharp, i really like the rain forest green too but if had the cash and nothing better to do with it id go for the midnight edition 2500 hd I think he was talking about the Colorado btw.

Correct: all 'Hawks' were 2-doors, from '56 thru the GTs of '64. But other Studebakers of the era certainly bore stylistic resemblance to the Hawks, for example; this '56 President : But these are not the same series nor the same body shells. Na, so that looks downright dowdy to me compared to the Hawks. Like "I really wanted a 1956 Ford CustomLine, but couldn't afford the payments..... so I got this...."

So these were only 2-doors then? I'm not sure why I thought there were 4-door models of these. They were attractive cars, I guess I expected them to do much better.

Isn't that where Mercedes is building the R-Class?

Three locking diffs? That's not exactly high tech or ground breaking. I think even the old F-150 from the 80s could have 3. I know the previous generation Avalanche and Suburban 2500s had center locking transfer cases (same as a center locking diff). My 2004 Avalanche had front and rear locking diffs.

None that I've seen

No niche left unfilled

The main thing is that this now has access to the super charger network which I think the car this replaces did not have.

I assume the LAPD will be putting a lot more miles on them than allowed for $199 a month. Gonna be interesting to see how they chase the bag guys with the limited range. I figure they will bring in the petro powered to take over. These aren't going to be for chases.

As far as manufacturers, Ford, GM, FCA, Nissan, BMW, Tesla, Mitsubishi, Mercedes, Honda, Toyota, Hyundai, VW, each have at least one EV in production or starting production in the next 12 months. Mazda has one but doesn't sell it in the US. That leaves.... Jaguar/Land Rover and Subaru as the hold outs?

I assume the LAPD will be putting a lot more miles on them than allowed for $199 a month.

That's just a concept

Balth, perhaps a history lesson on these in another thread. What kept them from saving Studebaker?

Expressed as percentages : 400,000 Tesla Model 3 orders (which no one believes will be filled in 12 months), is 1% of the current U.S. marketshare. Much more likely scenario is that Tesla builds 100K Model 3s in it's first full model year, or 0.025% of the market. Not that I believe Tesla should be gunning for mass volume above all else (IE; quality & reliability), but that's what Tesla has stated. The first full model year the Mustang sold 559,451 units, which was 6.3% of the 8.8 millions units sold that year. Not "on par" at all. - - - - - I realize the EV is getting mad hype, and that every brand is thinking or introducing one. Many many brands have convertibles, too, but they're still only about 1.5% of the market. Does most brands having a convertible equate to 'mass acceptance', or is it legitimately determined via meaningful market penetration instead? Most brands do not have convertibles. A minority do (15 brands do, 19 brands do not, not counting high end like Bentley/Rolls/Lambo), and of those a good half of them are 2-seater roadsters rather than convertible versions of a 4 person coupe, meaning those cars are a niche of a niche. Eventually, most brands will have an EV. That will be an bigger brand adoption rate than convertibles. As far as manufacturers, all manufacturers will have at least one amongst their brands. Brands that have EVs now or announced as coming shortly. Ford, Chevrolet, Tesla, Nissan, Fiat, Hyundai, Audi, BMW, Mercedes, VW. I am of the opinion that the PHEV method of going EV are the next big step though. Plug-In Hybrids that can run in EV mode for 30 - 60 miles will get people used to charging up on the go... at the mall, or at work, and at home. It is this step that will get many of the future chargers installed.... as more PHEVs are sold, full EVs will ride on the coat tails.

There will be about a 12 to 18 hour period where you will have no access. After that, I will open the site back up and you will be able to post. However, for about 3 days after I open the board, posts that were made before the upgrade will not look right. There will be broken links, missing attachments, missing emoticons, things formatted weirdly. The server will go through and rebuild each and every post made so that they look correct and fix those issues, but it will take about 3 days to complete.

No loss of any of our content. Posts stay the same, articles will remain, your upvote/downvotes remain the same, gallery images are all there, signatures will still be there, garage will still be there. One of the reasons I'm working so hard at this is because I want all of our history to remain intact. The look and layout will be updated. I'm probably going to have to go back and tweek the formatting of the articles, but they'll still be there. We'll also have a new logo and slogan. The biggest initial source of headache will be for users who log in with a name other than their display name. In the new system, everyone will log in with their display name.

For me at least, most of my free time in the last week or two has been devoted to getting the site ready for its big upgrade. I'm hoping to have us comfortably into our new software by mid-july, but it's going to take nearly full day of downtime plus another 3 days of post rebuilding by the server before we're finally put back together again. It will be worth it though for us to get off of this outdated software. Every test upgrade I have run takes 8 hours minimum to finish to the point where I can even get into the control panel to start adjusting things. That's what we get for having more than 13 years of posts here.