Drew Dowdell

Differentiation is good.

So, Corvette needs to go after the Fool market?

Corvette needs to go after anyone who has the cash.

taking its sweet time...

A V6 Corvette would only damage the brand - it wouldn't be a Corvette.

Didn't the Corvette start off as a 6-cylinder?

Aren't you the one always talking about more variety?

Aren't you the one always talking about the high price of cars these days?

Wouldn't a new lower cost Turbo-V6 base model Corvette be a way to bring in a younger set of buyers?

Not gonna happen.

Sweet! I hope you upload some pics!

Why not? People buy V6 GTRs and flat-6 Porsches all the time.

The only thing he might miss is the ability to put the spurs into it at highway speeds. The Passat is a big comfy package. If they ever make a larger TDI engine for it, that would really address my only complaint. They could put the Audi 3.0 TDI in, but I suspect Audi wouldn't like that. So make a 2.8 TDI version to use in the Veedubs.

?? I don't find the 1.4T to be noisy at all.

yes. and I'll be on hand for it.

What we know so far.

Releases:

Corvette

Sierra/Silverado

BMW X4

Infiniti G

Lexus IS

Cadillac ELR

Lincoln MKC

Toyota Furia Concept

Honda Fit-based crossover

Staggered body style release, just like every other lux make out there and the CTS before it.

4-cylinder Mustang is coming. The Tib and FR-S are both 4 cylinder. 3 series is 4 cylinder.

The 2.5 doesn't have the grunt at 1600 rpm that the 1.6 does. Muscle car buyers won't be opting for either 4-cylinder, so it doesn't matter to them which 4-cylinder it has.

no updates?

Well, park both of them in my garage and I'll let them fight it out amongst themselves.

the 1.6T has the grunt where the 2.5 doesn't.

He has all the tool he can handle at home.

... and Cadillac will be right there with a competitor possibly before BMW enters the market.

The silliness of this holiday. Why should I have to guess what Albert wants?

again with the pre-judging?

If you're looking for a nice big family sedan that is efficient, Passat TDI all the way. It feels sorta like an older S-class inside.

I foresee a growing problem. To wit:

I have a set of rims up for sale on CL. Guy e-mails me from some sort of 'smart' phone in the morning, says he'll take them if he can pick them up today. A few hours later, he e-mails again and asks 'can I pick them up today or not?' A few hours later and it's 'if I don't hear from you I'll have to move on'.

Problem for this 2012-typical 2-sec attention span guy is, I dont get e-mails on my phone and I didn't get home from work until 7PM and didn't read his many messages until 7:15PM. You'd think his 'smart' phone would tell him that.

These folks are going to have to realize that not everything is as instantaneous as they want things to be.

It is a frequent thing to put the hours you can respond in the ad. Simply put "Can only reply to emails after 7pm" in your ad.

has a plant been designated?

The swastika one is dumb...

And here is why...