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Drew Dowdell

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    Almost every day.
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    I see a good 50% of Sergio's whining as personal greed. In the event of a merger, he stands to make a tidy sum of money. Jeep is growing like crazy and they're going to sell the snot out of the Renegade in China. I wouldn't be surprised if they actually run into capacity constraints on that car. Ram will always be 3rd of the D3 trucks, but they can take a bigger chunk from the other D2 than they did before. As long as they keep the interior and look up to date, the hardware under the hood will be competitive enough for a good 4 years. I really have no fear from the Tundra and Titan. There is the new Mini-van coming for Chrysler as well as a new Wrangler. I disagree that the LX cars need to be replaced just yet. FCA may be "just floating" right now, but I don't see them sinking unless the Greek thing gets really bad.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    The iM will have Toyota's reliability reputation. I am glad for a Corolla hatchback in the US. Is that worth a $4k price increase?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    There's a new Nexus 5 coming though
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Sorry for your loss. I know it well.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    The spread is so minor as to be almost irrelevant.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    You are absolutely clueless about the auto industry............. You've gotta be able to back up statements like that around here. FCA is on shaky ground, though I don't see quite the doom that hyper does.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    One really wonders how "Ferrari" it really is though. I have similar suspicions about the V6 in the Ghibli. I suspect it is a Pentastar with the cylinder bore reduced, slightly different heads, and turbo charging.... and then Ferrari did the calibration tuning.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    So has Maz. I think they are trying to keep Maserati more high end. The Ghibli with its $65k starting price is likely to be the cheapest model in their lineup. They seem content to be a small volume ultra premium brand. They even bring Italian spokeswomen/supermodels to the "local yokal hyuck hyuck"** auto journalist drive events and position themselves away from the other FCA cars to drive home their elite status. Alfa can play in cheaper waters.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    It really depends on how they position themselves price wise. If the new Giulia roughly matches the 3-series in price, and they bring a 5-series competitor out, I think they have a chance. Alfa has three distinct advantages over Cadillac in this segment. Roughly zero people in the target segment have seen one before so there is the "Brand New! Gotta Have!" factor there, there is no brand baggage in the US, and it is "Euro" which means "More Gooder!" to the general populace.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Actually the Ghibli is doing rather well for a brand that essentially didn't exist in the US 3 years ago playing in a segment with relatively low volumes. Edit: Looking it up, they sell somewhere around 750 Ghiblis a month. Like I said, not too bad for the segment it plays in. A little more than double the sales of the 6-series with only a $5k discount over the BMW.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    So the Scion iM will be the same base price as a Sonic LTZ 6-speed manual or a nicely equipped LT automatic? Good luck with that.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    I wasn't particularly impressed with the NHV in the NX.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    ... it looks just the same...
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Indeed. Never own a german luxury car unless the manufacturer is picking up the repair tab. It needed a new transfer case at 25,000 miles??!
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Unfortunately, that is a software limitation that I have no control over. That said, there is no harm in the "edited" note in the post, we don't think less of you for it.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    They make a special ...erm... stool.. for that.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Fiat
  19. Drew Dowdell
    It's selling so well that discounts are few. No need to replace it yet.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Definately a sports car interior rather than a luxury car interior. I still like it though.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    If they do AWD in the upcoming Verano, it will use the torque vectoring HALDEX system from the Regal and Lacrosse, which is one of the best (FWD-based) systems in the world. The Trax and Encore, as far as I know, use a traditional system albeit with good programming. I would be fine with either one as long as it gets me out of the driveway in the snow, and I know for a fact that the Encore's system can.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The AWD in the Trax and Encore is actually one of the best out there. When you are stopped, you are in true 4x4 mode. Once you get going and the car decides everything is kosher in the traction department, it switches the AWD to FWD. If they did AWD in the Cruze (and hopefully the Verano), that is the system I would want them to use.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    I am in such a fog this week.... complete auto pilot.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    We will only buy AWD now because it has proven to be a big deal to us with our driveway which is very steep. We can get away without plowing since both of our cars are AWD. If we moved, that requirement could change. Personally, I would like my partner to have a Volt or Cadillac ELR that someone else took the depreciation hit on.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Well because I have the Envoy XUV in there, I was thinking I could swap out the Vue Red-Line for a 2004 Ion Red-Line 5-speed manual and save a couple bucks while gaining some speed.
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