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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    In the late 70s, Mercedes was selling the 450SEL 6.9 for over $50,000, when a top end Cadillac or Lincoln was $20,000. I think they were selling a luxury car. No, it was just expensive and costly to repair. Just like the old BMW 3-Series wasn't a luxury car beyond the luxury price... It was no more luxury than a Jetta at the time.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    I dont get how two cars with essentially the same silhouette can be two different things, but I guess that's those wandering goal posts..
  3. Drew Dowdell
    What color interior?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Ebb and flow.... did a lot of driving last week.
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    AWD? That looks like a fairly loaded model
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    Congrats!
  8. Drew Dowdell
    If the 3.6 goes away, I much rather see the Colorado and Canyon go to the 4.3. I don't see an Impala getting a 3.0TT in any trim outside of an SS variant. Twin-turbo V6 engines, as fun as they are, are not going to be the standard mainstream family car engine any time soon. I doubt even the LaCrosse would see it. If we're going to accept the premise that a 4-door fastback is a 4-door coupe, then yes, Oldsmobile did beat Mercedes there by 10 years.
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    Well, Cadillac does need to up their game in Europe. The dealership network there is pathetic. At this point, I don't think it is the cars that are holding them back that much. The lack of suitible dealers and the lack of diesels has more to do with it. Add a 4-cylinder diesel, V6 diesel, to the ATS and sell it out of a real dealership rather than out the back of an Opel store, and I'm sure the ATS would do substantially better there.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    The whole transmission Wow! That's gonna hurt the bottom line...
  11. Drew Dowdell
    That dealer must specialize in large sedans, because I see that dealer logo on a lot of Town Cars, XTSes, and MKTs.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    There is no such thing as a 4-door coupe, thus neither the A7 nor the CLS have it either. The A7 is a 4-door A6 hatchback and the CLS is just a 4-door E-Class Sedan fastback or a 2-Door E-class hardtop coupe. If there is such a thing as a 4-door coupe, then Oldsmobile beat Mercedes to the idea by a decade. Pardon? There is a new advanced version of it right around the corner.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    As far as the webmasters accounts with Google and Bing... that's how you manage how the search engines see you... and the quickest way to get in there. If you don't have it set up already, you'll need to make sure you have the site generate a sitemap.xml.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    No. You can add them to your garage stall for your 2015 Colorado Or we have our own picture sharing app on C&G. You can create your own album in the gallery and upload them there. The pictures just have to be less than 3mb each. If you need help resizing them, let me know.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    That would probably start a trademark dispute.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    The Tahoe and Escalade have very few shared parts. Frame, transmission, some window glass, some wires under the dash, airbag actuators. Not even the rear view mirror is shared anymore. The Escalade uses better (freer rolling) wheel bearings. Oh yeah... and transaction prices on the Escalade are up... way up.... They've jumped $15k - $20k per unit. ..... and Cadillac can't build them fast enough. Back to the CT6, from this short glimpse... Regardless of the hardware, it doesn't look large enough to go up against the S-Class. It looks more CLS sized. Not that it is a bad thing for Cadillac to play in that ballfield, I was just expecting something more S-Class in size.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Wait, they're replacing the entire transmission?? or replacing something else?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I just spent two weeks in the NYC/NJ Metro area with a lot of driving around. I saw lots of current body S-classes. There must be a very successful Benz dealer in the area because every single one has his T&LC logo on the back. He only seems to sell them in black or silver aside from the one beige one I saw on the back of a flatbed.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Analytics tells you more than just how many visitors you have. It tells you what they are reading and where they found you from.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I thought I replied here, I guess I didn't. You need to set up a Google webmasters account and a bing webmasters account. If you don't mind making me an admin, I can get the back end stuff set up. If you want to track your traffic, you'll also need a google analytics account.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    I don't put much stock into CR's reporting. They used to report Hummer fuel economy as a "problem" with the vehicle. uh... duh.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Don't your feet get tired from all the running around you do moving the goal posts? Why would anyone buy a Ford GT with the Ecoboost V6 out of a Raptor? Yet, I bet Ford will sell every one they build at or above list price. If Chevrolet did a mid-engine supercar, I'd expect it to have the Z-06 motor or an even higher tuned variant. I would also expect that if it is similar weight and design to import mid-engine super cars, it will wipe the floor with them as it would have more power. The XLR's issues were not what was under the hood, but even then, moving from the DOHC Northstar to the Corvette V8 would have been a substantial upgrade for the car.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Rolls was using pushrod V8s until like..last week.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Where's the Atlantic? They seem to have as many lives as Saab.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I think its more of an assumption on Automobile Magazine's part considering the Escalade has it. ..... doesn't it have stacked headlamps now?
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