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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Battery. Couldn't get full size luggage in long way. It would have been fine for 2 of us... not for 4.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    I like the Mazda as well. Mazdas with Skyactive tend to do really well on their highway MPG... better than EPA rating.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Truth... When I was in San Francisco in September with my friends from Germany. The only choices at the National Car rental lot were Sonata, Sonata Hybrid, and Altima and a 200C (I didn't go there, I knew it would never work space wise). My friends wanted the Hybrid because they're greenies, but we simply couldn't fit all of our luggage in the trunk. The week prior we had a Chrysler 300 and everything fit fine. We ended up in a standard Sonata and had to sit on the trunk to make things fit. The passenger cabin of the new Sonata feels like any other mid-size except in rear seat leg room, where it feels full size.
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    Aside from the durability concerns, I'd prefer a K900 any day of the week over an LS. If I was just leasing for 24 months, Kia's long term reliability wouldn't be my problem. I do believe Cadillac is shooting for the moon with this one. They have made some great strides on their interiors. The CTS interior is above the 5-series, GS, Q... whatever and A6 fairly easily. I think CUE and some shared interior hardware puts it a bit behind E-class, but not by much.
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    The very first thing I'm going to look at when I get in this car in April is the door handles and the window switches.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Likely much slower to Rev than a conventional engine limiting it to the role of a regenerater
  8. Drew Dowdell
    According to Chris Doane who has seen the camo prototype in person, it's bigger than the S Class.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I was going to say the same thing, but I didn't have anything to back it up. It is just a feeling I have. The CT6 feels like it was once going to be the be all end all for Cadillac, but now I feel like it is going to be step 1 in an all new surge.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    It would certainly be the MPG king for your commute verse the Colorado. Even in AWD form, our Encore typically sees 33mpg - 35mpg highway
  11. Drew Dowdell
    I'm kinda expecting a bigger squarer CTS.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I can say from experience that the AWD in my Encore is fantastic. I'm assuming that they're using the same system in the Trax. The nice thing about the system is that from a dead stop, it starts in a Subaru-like 50/50 front/rear power split.... once you get rolling and the system decides you're not slipping, it dials it back into being a FWD vehicle. It's the exact opposite of our Honda which only will engage the rear wheels once the front starts to slip... and then only sometimes.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    yeah, I think being first to market will really help to. Get lots of momentum before the Renegade, Fit Crosstour, and CX-3 hit the ground. Ford and Hyundai are conspicuously absent in this segment.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    I thought it was going on sale January 2. It's not like they have to turn up production from scratch or anything. Swap out the gauge cluster from KM to MPH, and done.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    THATS where they're from! I knew I had seen those vents before!
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Yes... by more than double. The CR-V has 15s and the Encore has 18s.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    VW reliability is very dependent on their country of origin.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    How about a timely one... the original Acura NSX?
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Well... CEOs...
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Psst. You better let BMW know then... they're selling 3-series starting at $31k and Audi is selling A4s for $34k. Shame BMW is struggling so much
  21. Drew Dowdell
    The base ATS 2.5 is $28k, so $4k below the base price of the CLA. If you read what I said, at the CLA price range, you can get an ATS with more power.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    But doesn't the DOHCS make it more gooder than a Corvette V8 with pushrods?!
  23. Drew Dowdell
    How about the Chrysler Benz merger?
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Cadillac should now restate their quest now that the Germans are going into the general consumer market. Let Buick handle the little FWD premium cars and keep Cadillac out of it. The CLA is now $32k... why would anyone in their right mind buy the pathetic CLA over an equally priced and more powerful ATS now except for badge snobbery? Heck, even a Regal is a much better buy than the CLA or A3.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I like a lot of those BV, but not sure the Rondo counts as fabulous in any way. To clarify, it's not just about a flop of an idea or car, but more of a grand idea.... an attempt to step outside the status quo only to fail to catch on that we are going for.
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