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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Pontiac
  2. Drew Dowdell
    I think they feel they just don't have the brand to put such cars in.... while I'd buy one as a Buick, I don't think most others targeted by cars like this would.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Why not... it already weighs 4,000 lbs.... can we hear 5,000?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    Jeep is going through some consolidations right now.... it's a little of both.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    They didn't "improve" the 5.3... it shares nothing with the prior engine except displacement and bell housing bolt pattern. It is a new engine with the same displacement.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    The Cherokee is the replacement for the Patriot in real world as far as size. The Renegade is the replacement for the Compass.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    I thought I detected a new air of smug superiority in your posts....
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Another way to think of Skyactive is to think back to the Northstar. When the Cadillac Northstar first came out, it was marketed as the "Cadillac Northstar System". It wasn't simply an engine... it was a series of technologies that worked together to make the car better. At its base, the Northstar was just a DOHC V8 which was fairly advanced for its day and provided great performance. The Northstar System included features like limp home mode where the engine could shut down half the cylinders after a loss of coolant. It also included things like traction control, anti-lock brakes, and adaptive suspension... all of these components were considered part of the Northstar system. Skyactive Technology is the same as saying Northstar System.... Skyactive is a collection of things, including higher efficiency engines, lighter weight materials and so on that make up the whole "system". Inside that system you can choose a Skyactive-G (gasoline engine using Atkinson cycle for efficiency, sacrifices power density in favor of fuel efficiency) or a Skyactive-D (diesel engine with very low compression for a diesel yet is also very clean running without exhaust treatment). It also includes low friction automatic and manual transmissions to increase fuel efficiency.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    I know.. I know...
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Have you taken it to get it looked at yet? I admit that I can hear the ticking, but it's fairly soft
  11. Drew Dowdell
    There may be a market for a $110k A6 sized Bentley... it will be a small market, but it's there.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    I still can't make up my mind.... Avalanche (pre-owned) or Grand Cherokee (new, leased)
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Heck, VW does that with the Jetta.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Was not a freak out, it was just plain broken. They have so many problems with their diesel in the asian rim and Europe that their Sky Active Diesel technology just does not work. They should just buy a quality diesel motor from Isuzu and move forward rather than trying this smoke and mirrors of a so called sky active technology that does nothing and really does not tell anyone anything in the marketing. Just fluff. Skyactive is just a branding term. There is pretty much no technical similarity between a Skyactive gasoline engine and a SkyActive diesel engine. Just because you don't understand what makes a Skyactive gasoline engine more efficient doesn't mean the technology doesn't exist.. it's not even a new technology concept... just a new marketing term. There is nothing special about the Skyactive diesel engine except for the standard fuel efficiency gains one gets by switching to diesel. To put it another way... GM's 2.0T Ecotech has more similarity to Ford's 2.0T Ecoboost than it does to the GM 5.3 Ecotech, yet the Ecotechs share a branding name.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Happy B-Day
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    Wonder if they'll insist on pricing that is $7k more than the competition in the name of exclusivity.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I will be interesting, soon the only manufacturers of what we think of as the "traditional" work van will be GM and .... Nissan. But no.. the Sprinters have severe rust problems compared to the domestic 2. I don't know how the Pro-Masters will hold up rust wise, but they do provide a compelling case against the Sprinter, GMs and Nissan because they have a substantially lower load floor and they have powertrain options that the others don't have (both gas V6 or diesel power) and the V6 has much more power than the old 4.3 in the GMs.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The Cignet was a Scion iQ Brougham.... there was nothing at all Aston-Marton about it. The Bentley equivalent would be tarting up a VW Up! with expensive leather and a Bentley grille and charging a 100% price premium for it.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    But they'd have to build it here... and with the current state of VW's labor relations, might have a interesting time doing so.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Gives me plenty of time to save a down payment....
  22. Drew Dowdell
    In this class, if I didn't mind the spartan interior, I'd go for a TDI Passat. If I wanted a more luxury ride and the size, I'd aim for the Impala.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Have you actually seen Sprinters in our area? They rust like an '80s Toyota...
  24. Drew Dowdell
    link didn't work for me
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I've been working on a big merger and flying all over the country lately. I'll be done in April, but I'm still around.
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