Drew Dowdell
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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From the album: Buick Envision (China)
© General Motors
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Wasn't that Sprint a Toyota Tercel? Or was it an Isuzu?
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Pretty much anytime you get above 45mph
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Lower to the ground most certainly does effect mpg. There is less wind resistance both above and below the car. It's one of the reasons the Tesla has a height adjustable suspension
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I'm assuming you mean not counting me...
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It's also what Hyundai and Kia did to convince customers to buy their cars.... and it seems to be working out pretty well. Almost every sale is a conquest sale for Tesla.
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Oh, no it is definitely coming to the states. and I bet China will eat it up too.
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It wasn't a judgement call as to which is better... but I think that if the Viper is going to get more power, it needs to be more successful at putting it on the pavement in a way that doesn't include a high probability of killing the driver.
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The Corvette can be a relaxed friend you just go out for a calm cruise with on a cool fall day or take to the track for some hard-core racing and winning. The Viper needs constant, elevated attention by the driver just to keep things from going bad. This is my impression from driving the stingray and viper back to back.
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These other automakers underestimate the S-class, other than maybe BMW who is looking at carbon fiber to cut 600-700 lbs off the 7-series and to do a 600 hp M7, I think at least they realize they need to step it up, but the others might as well die on the vine. Talk about fixing the wrong problem. The problem is NOT the weight nor the lack of an M7. The problem is the extremely dated looking interior in spite of the up to date tech. 1998: 2014:
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But Mercedes isn't selling S-class taxis in the US, and it clobbers the competition in sales here. Maybe fleet/government/taxi sales help in Europe, but the S-class beats anything else by over 2-1 margin. And in China, Audi is the fleet/government brand of choice, and the S-class outsells the A8 there. Even if 50% of the S-class sales were fleet, they are still outselling anyone else on retail. Bottom line is the S-class is a profit machine for Daimler, it generates more total profit than any other car line, only the Big 3 pickups create more total profit and they need to sell 500-600,000 a year to do that. These other automakers underestimate the S-class, other than maybe BMW who is looking at carbon fiber to cut 600-700 lbs off the 7-series and to do a 600 hp M7, I think at least they realize they need to step it up, but the others might as well die on the vine. It doesn't matter where the taxis are sold as long as they are sold somewhere and bring in the dough to keep the lights on in the factory. If we take away S-Class fleet sales, does the S-class number get cut in half? by 2/3s? Most of the S-Class sales in the world are not full zoot retail US MSRP. So stop comparing the inflated US MSRP and combining it with inflated worldwide taxi sales....
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The last thing the viper needs is more power... Maybe a chassis that can put the power on the ground in a non-psychotic way would be a good start...
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