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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    3 pedals in that one! It's basically a luxury Supra! I don't even like Lexus all that much and I'd be tempted.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    It's not all the time, but I do use my CUV cargo areas enough (in the CR-V at least) to warrant having at least one out of our two cars be a crossover. The Encore less so, but it has come in handy in a pinch. That said, I can haul an impressive number of bags of mulch in the Toronado with the spare tire removed. It has automatic leveling suspension too, so I'm not dragging my tailpipe in that like I did when I loaded up the Honda. But they don't make trunks like that anymore.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    That is a very good point. I may throw up another article on it.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not German, I'm of English ancestry. I do speak just a little german. I have close friends in Germany and try to visit there at least once a year. I almost moved there a few years back because I really like the culture there. Edit: Bash away at VW over this. I think this is the entirety of Piech's ego blowing up the company.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Wirtshafts - Economy woche - Week
  6. Drew Dowdell
    The JGC has the 8-speed auto. That said, my limited drive in the Colorado Duramax 4x4 showed that it is indeed capable of over 30mpg highway. I think it is another case of the EPA MPG test not being kind to diesels. Pretty much every diesel available that isn't in a heavy duty truck soundly beats its EPA highway estimate.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    There is no new anymore.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Note to car companies.... don't count your Chinese sales before they're hatched.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Subaru tried to get into the crossover game in 2006 with the B9 Tribeca, but odd styling, poor fuel economy for a crossover, and an ill-fated partnership with Saab via GM to build a 9-6x version for them doomed the Tribeca to obscurity. By 2013, Subaru was selling just 120 Tribecas per month on average, and in 2014 Subaru finally pulled the plug. Now, Subaru is announcing it is getting back into the larger crossover game with a new 3-row crossover, larger than the Tribeca, due out in 2018. The as yet unnamed vehicle will be built at Subaru's plant in Lafayette, Indiana. As for what it may look like, we can get some hints on the styling direction Subaru might take via the Subaru Viziv Concept shown at the Tokyo Auto Show last month. While the Viziv is smaller than the coming production Crossover, expect some of the styling elements to carry forward. Source and Photo: Subaru Media View full article
  10. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "US Built 3-Row Subaru Crossover Coming in 2018"
    Subaru tried to get into the crossover game in 2006 with the B9 Tribeca, but odd styling, poor fuel economy for a crossover, and an ill-fated partnership with Saab via GM to build a 9-6x version for them doomed the Tribeca to obscurity. By 2013, Subaru was selling just 120 Tribecas per month on average, and in 2014 Subaru finally pulled the plug. Now, Subaru is announcing it is getting back into the larger crossover game with a new 3-row crossover, larger than the Tribeca, due out in 2018. The as yet unnamed vehicle will be built at Subaru's plant in Lafayette, Indiana. As for what it may look like, we can get some hints on the styling direction Subaru might take via the Subaru Viziv Concept shown at the Tokyo Auto Show last month. While the Viziv is smaller than the coming production Crossover, expect some of the styling elements to carry forward. Source and Photo: Subaru Media
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Current Impreza sedan profile for comparison
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Subaru sent out a teaser picture of the Subaru Impreza Sedan concept due to be shown at the LA Auto Show next week. The Impreza Concept shows a far more rakish silhouette in the rear with more elegant wheel arches than the current Impreza sedan. From the B-pillar forward, expect the concept to be identical to the Impreza 5-Door Concept shown at the Tokyo Motor Show last month. Subaru will show the Impreza Sedan Concept at 2:35 PST on November 18th. Stay Tuned to CheersandGears.com for coverage of the LA Auto Show, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept Gallery: Source and Photos: Subaru Media View full article
  13. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "LA Auto Show Preview: Subaru Impreza Sedan Concept"
    Subaru sent out a teaser picture of the Subaru Impreza Sedan concept due to be shown at the LA Auto Show next week. The Impreza Concept shows a far more rakish silhouette in the rear with more elegant wheel arches than the current Impreza sedan. From the B-pillar forward, expect the concept to be identical to the Impreza 5-Door Concept shown at the Tokyo Motor Show last month. Subaru will show the Impreza Sedan Concept at 2:35 PST on November 18th. Stay Tuned to CheersandGears.com for coverage of the LA Auto Show, and follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Subaru Impreza 5-Door Concept Gallery: Source and Photos: Subaru Media
  14. Drew Dowdell
    It should be under warranty, why not get the hatch looked at?
  15. Drew Dowdell
    I like how they are getting a more formal upright looking roof line while still keeping an aerodynamic shape
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Here is what pisses me off about Tesla. Tesla is the equivalent of the computer makers back in the day. Bolt together a bunch of parts developed by others and market them. By that in this case here, yes Tesla is investing heavily in the electric propulsion, but they are basically buying / stealing all the other technological development of the rest of the car from vendors and all the R&D done by the big automakers for decades. As an example, it's not like Tesla has to develop an airbag on their own. Or a brake disc. Or a wiper motor. Or a power steering system. Just buy whatever from Bosch, etc. They haven't done the work, so i don't want them to claim the prize. I'd love for GM to be the game changer in electrics but as previously mentioned the wiser and more practical solution is all the automakers getting together to standardize bits and pieces. uh... all manufacturers do that. Why do you think the Takata recall is such a big deal and why nearly all steering wheels have the same basic spoke shape? When the Toyota accelerator scandal broke out, it cascaded throughout the industry. And what Sergio is suggesting is even more of it. And really, does a manufacturer need to design a new wiper motor every time they redesign a car? Just take one off the shelf, fabricate a mounting bracket, and bolt it down. Why waste resources on reinventing a whole bunch of perfectly good wheels?
  17. Drew Dowdell
    weak
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I have a really hard time with that interior 1) In a Lexus and 2) for $52k It looks like an economy car interior with select pieces wrapped in leatherette.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    quite true.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Cadillac currently makes XTSes in coach builder prep form that have the full GM warranty post-conversion ... I'm guessing they'll stop doing that.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Well the RX is the top seller in the segment... but search me as to why. Long and short of it is they all swim in the same pool in this segment. No one is rally crossing their GLE or XT5 or RX... and the handling of even the old SRX was well beyond the needs of the segment. Every XT5 sale is a sale the Germans and Japanese didn't get. If someone buys an XT5, you can't say that Lexus lost a sale but Mercedes didn't..... BOTH of them lose a sale when an SRX or XT5 is sold. Cadillac is "going after" both.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    You can see them from the front via the blanked out grille rather than the horizontal slats (regular gasser or TDI) or the egg crate (GLI)
  23. Drew Dowdell
    The VW service experience at dealerships is notoriously bad. Getting disgruntled VW customers to come into the service center more often may only worsen the image crisis.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Johan has said they are getting out of that business.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    XTS is dead after 2019. XT5 weighs 400lbs more than CT6. Even if the XT5 shaves a full second off of the SRX 0-60 time (7.1 seconds), the 4-cylinder CT6 will still be half a second faster to 60 than the V6 XT5. Stop being a cylinder count snob and be a performance snob.
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