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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    the 200 is a pretty decent car, it's one of my favorites in the segment. People like Reg don't like it because they are shopping for the most cubic feet of interior room per dollar. If you just need a sedan to get you to work and back with little concern for the back seat passengers, there are definitely worse choices out there. The 200 is also unique in that it is the only V6 with AWD mid-size family car that I can think of outside of a top end Subaru Legacy. I also happen to like the interior better than most of its direct competition.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    That would seal the fate of Alfa too though... the way they pay for that new platform is by sharing it with Dodge and Chrysler to get as much volume out of it as possible. Basically, that would be Serg throwing the baby out with the bathwater if he killed the Charger. (not that that scenarios is impossible in Serg's world) How many times was the launch of the Giulia pushed back? Alfa won't complete the debut of its new lineup until the middle of the next decade, and that FCA will be scaling back the brand's research and development, manufacturing, and product investments through 2018. " This new product strategy differs from the original Marchionne strategy in a few key ways. First, all of these vehicles were supposed to have been launched between May 2014 and sometime in 2018. Since it's 2016 and we can't even buy a Giulia yet, it's pretty clear that plan isn't going to happen. Instead, the six vehicles that will follow the Giulia and midsize CUV won't start arriving until 2017, with debuts continuing until at least 2020. " http://www.autoblog.com/2016/01/27/alfa-romeo-realigns-product-onslaught-again/ Well that's just Alfa. The Giulia is supposed to be platform sharing with the replacements for the LX cars.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    I see the new blinders from Amazon Prime arrived today! The Theta Premium platform SRX vastly outsold its same priced german rivals.... sometimes it even outsold them combined. The Epsilon chassis sells far far more copies than the Fusion. Globally, Regal/Insignia alone sells about 40% of the volume of Fusion/Mondeo globally. Then add in the Malibu, Impala, XTS, and Lacrosse and the Fusion gets left behind. I have my doubts about this new crossover being Epsilon... if it is, it is Epsilon in name only or a completely new generation of it.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Why does it look old? Because basically it's a Buick Verano convertible. The Verano has been out since model year 2012 (on sale in 2011) and is due to be replaced, though I'm getting hints there is going to be a delay there.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    I think he was just "off". He makes a lot of verbal mistakes in the video..... the drive was a 3 day trip to Key West, he was probably out drinking the night before. As for the controls, It has the same control stack as my Encore, and while yes there are a lot of buttons, it is still very simple to operate.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    That would seal the fate of Alfa too though... the way they pay for that new platform is by sharing it with Dodge and Chrysler to get as much volume out of it as possible. Basically, that would be Serg throwing the baby out with the bathwater if he killed the Charger. (not that that scenarios is impossible in Serg's world)
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Eh... all hat and no cattle. ... and with no mid-gate, no sale.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    There is an Encore sized/type Chrysler crossover coming I believe.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    The Dart I can see... but the 200 has been doing well. Sergio is FCA's biggest enemy... not the designers.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    We have so many A-Bodies running around Pittsburgh, they've never been really remarkable enough for me to consider it a "spot". Lots of Centuries, Cierras, and a few 6000s. It's the Celebrity that seems to be the rarest of the bunch these days.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    There are dozens of gasoline powered car fires every week. Should we start a thread? Aww... but that wouldn't be hilarious. It would be ho-hum. I'm just glad it was not in a house garage. yes, because peoples' cars burning up is hilarious.... I'm sure we all had a good laugh when you crashed your Festiva.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    My rental for the week. It's a nicely loaded Ecoboost, heated/cooled seats, Sync3. I'll probably write this one up.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    There are dozens of gasoline powered car fires every week. Should we start a thread?
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Fun doesn't have to make sense financially.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    "Lincoln has become Mercury" is statement about 3 or 4 decades late. Mercury became Ford in the 70s with a direct assault on Ford's low priced lines. By the time the panther cars came out, there was nothing more than a very slight visual distinctiveness to buying a Mercury. There was nothing you could get at a Mercury dealer that you couldn't also get at a Ford dealer. Beginning in the early 80's the same time, Lincoln descended into building the Ford "Titaniums" of the time and basically filled the spot that Mercury vacated.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Another comparison on the progress the CT6 shows. The CT6 Turbo-4 has more horsepower and lots more torque than the first gen CTS 3.6. It has three more gears, and it is 14 inches longer. It weighs 180 lbs more.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    The GXP Torrant has the 3.6 DOHC rather than the 3.4 Pushrod.... it was made specifically to appease SMK. and there was briefly a matching Equinox sport, nay? I remember getting Pontiac mailers pushing the Torrent GXP, well it had the red dash lighting, that would have been the deciding factor! Yup.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    The best balanced V8s are of a 90 degree design. The best balanced V6es are of a 60 degree or 15 degree design. Depending on the bore of the engine, it is likely that only shared part might be the piston. The 3.6 has a displacement of 0.6 liters per cylinder and this 4.2 will have a displacement of 0.525 liters per cylinder. So at best, it could use the same piston in a shorter stroke. Nothing else internal is likely to be shared.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Remember, think globally. Some of the CUVs/SUVs that will sell great here will sell terrible in Europe and China. Some of the CUVs/SUVs that sell great in China and Europe won't sell that great here. Cadillac needs a full portfolio to cover all of those bases. I thought that's what Buick was for. Cadillac is going there too. Cadillac sells at a much higher price point in other countries, particularly China. Buick actually has models priced below the Verano in China that we don't get.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Does it make financial sense? Probably not... but what vehicle customization does? I still think it would be cool to have an Thoronado
  21. Drew Dowdell
    The GXP Torrant has the 3.6 DOHC rather than the 3.4 Pushrod.... it was made specifically to appease SMK. RWD as well? sure, if you disconnect the front CV joints.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The GXP Torrant has the 3.6 DOHC rather than the 3.4 Pushrod.... it was made specifically to appease SMK.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    This sounds like it is a model turbo V8 and such an engine does have a place in the line-up in base trim. That doesn't mean it can't be tuned up higher from there. Based on the Hp/L Cadillac is getting out of the 3.6, the 4.2 should be in the 540 range when maxed out. I have a suspicion that the number will be 500... exactly. 500 has been a magical number for Cadillac before.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Remember, think globally. Some of the CUVs/SUVs that will sell great here will sell terrible in Europe and China. Some of the CUVs/SUVs that sell great in China and Europe won't sell that great here. Cadillac needs a full portfolio to cover all of those bases.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    The Cruze diesel is just the foot in the door for GM doing a wider spread of diesels here. Johan has already said that Cadillac would be getting a number of diesels. The Whisper diesel is used in the Opel Mokka which means it could easily be used in the Buick Encore (It just needs the EPA certification, they're built in the same plant).
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