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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Because we haven't raised the gas tax in forever and because electric vehicles (of which I'm sure there are many there) don't pay the usage tax via gas purchases.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Vue -> Sportage or Sorento Outlook -> Probably stayed within GM, probably Traverse or Acadia Torrent -> Terrain G6 -> Optima Aura -> probably Fusion or Mazda 6 Vibe -> Soul... maybe G3 -> Whatever's cheapest this month G5 -> Whatever's cheapest this month Astra -> probably something from VW. Sky/Solstice -> Probably still holding on to it for collector value.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Intrepid?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    yeah, I wasn't quoting any incentives or leasing because they can distort the market. I see Equinox LS AWDs here for around $24k because he have 3 extremely aggressive Honda dealers in the area pushing AWD CR-Vs and Pilots as the biggest technological advancement since landing on the moon.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Good Good question, lets look at the others too. Kia Cheapest AWD is the Sportage at $23,500 Hyundai Cheapest AWD is the Tuscan at $23,750 Honda Cheapest AWD is the CR-V LX AWD at $25,025 VW Tiguan S 4Motion at $26,975 Toyota Matrix S AWD $23,225 (requires "upgrade" to 4-speed automatic) Toyota RAV4 AWD $25,560 Nissan Juke AWD $21,500 (but this is a bit niche, no?) Nissan Rogue AWD $24,700 Jeep Patriot Sport 4x4 $19,290\Compass AWD $21,950 Let's not be holding GM to a different standard as the others now...... with the death of Suzuki, Subaru is effectively the only game in town for AWD under the $20k mark.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Your boss is a member of the South Korea news media?!? They're always getting in my shot!
  7. Drew Dowdell
    So that's a "yes" to the question posed in PM?
  8. Drew Dowdell
    That is mostly for side impact protection... it's less about styling. Soon we'll all just be driving foam coolers around with 360 degree video systems replacing the windows entirely.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Change over for the 3? The 2 fell off a cliff!
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Optima starting to show its age, but overall solid.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    SUV of the year buys you something.... but the rest of the lineup is down.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    The core models (Outlander, Outlander Sport, and Lancer) are selling with good increases. It's not just oxygen, it is firmer footing. If they last long enough to get a half decent mid-size on the market at a reasonable price, they just might make it.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, it shares with the GC. The killing would be because Jeep wants a 3 row and I'm betting the Chrysler/Fiat doesn't see a need for two 3 row SUVs at two different brands. The only way would be for the Jeep 3-row to move quite a bit up market from the Durango.... it could be done.. but it would have to be really premium and sales would likely be low. Edit: Will she be getting a 2014? The upgrades for 2014 are worth holding out for.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    I wonder if the Durango is still on the chopping block.... would be a shame to kill it after all the momentum it is gaining now.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    death clock set back 2 minutes.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah, but still, I'm glad to see 1 in 4 VWs sold is a TDI.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    It would probably kill you to ever praise Cadillac. The ATS is a 1 body-style car right now with one year on the market and no performance line. The 3-series is a 4 body-style car with a performance version and decades on the market. The CTS 10 years ago was an E-Class sized car with a $28,995 starting price. It has now moved in to E-class price territory on its own merits. the fact that Cadillac is fielding mid-size luxury cars that are comparable in price to the 5-series and combined, outsells the 5-series... should say something.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    Glad to see Jaguar doing well. I really hope they bring out a 3-series sized car soon.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    GMPD was disbanded in name only.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    Well now we see where all the German car customers went from the other two German brands this month..
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Wow, what a terrible month for BMW. Everything down except 3-series and X1... Mini down by huge amounts.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The CR-V is one of the oldest and most dated and most behind in the class... how do they still move this many each month. Throw a dart at a board with small mid-size crossovers not including the CR-V and as long as you don't hit a Mitsubishi, you're probably better off in whatever you hit. Even with the Verano's nearly 25% drop this month, they still sold almost twice as many as Acura moved ILXes. overall, a pretty crappy month for Honda.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    The XTS outsold the A6, A7, and A8..... combined. Not bad for an "appliance" The SRX outsold the Q5 and X3 and RDX individually. And since SMK likes to point out the overlap, the CTS + XTS outsold the 5-series by a healthy margin.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Apparently someone noticed the MKZ I wonder if all of the increase in Flexes was to fleets... but glad to see it surviving. Fusion continuing to do very well. Not Camry league yet... but certainly worthy territory. Mustang beat Camaro for the month but Camaro is still ahead for the year.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Lol.. did we have a Maserati sales release last month too?
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