Drew Dowdell
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I wonder how much longer Acura can go on with that grille.
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- 2014
- Acura
- Evaluation
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I think it is interesting that they were so closely looking at the Hudson... I didn't think Hudson would be on Cadillac's radar
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I think SMK just posted the most likely scenario.
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Semantically you are not incorrect, that he did not say it. But let us be honest, given Encore is Gamma based, unless Alpha can shrink to that size, I do not see it coming on an Alpha platform. When car manufacturers talk size, they almost always mean interior volume and never exterior size. That's why the SRX competes with the GLK and X3 rather than the M-Class and X5. The Encore has such a small exterior footprint due to very efficient packaging, but that also makes it more upright and stubby. I'm a bit biased, but I think Buick pulled it off.. I do not think Cadillac could. The same volume interior in a car that adhere's to Cadillac's recent "longer, lower, wider" mantra isn't going to fit on a Gama platform vehicle. Encore has a 100.6 inch wheelbase, Cadillac ATS has a 109.3 inch wheelbase. That alone is a switch from FWD to RWD right there. You don't think alpha can go down that small? This has the same wheelbase as the ATS.
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It's included in the purchase of the car.
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I think it does actually.... kinda like a perky chipmunk... lively and ready to dart around bigger, slow moving obstacles like Suburbans and Excursions.
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They deliver to your home. No need to be near a dealer. Even service is done on the back of a trailer. They give you a loaner while your car is trucked away.
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He didn't say it would be encore based, just encore sized. No reason it couldn't be Alpha based and RWD. Interior might still be Encore sized, but it would be longer in the nose to accommodate the longitudinal engine.
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chargers do come in AWD ya know....
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My crawler has deep pockets for that reason.
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I think there is a bit of a mixup because of us referring to the coming mid-size Buick CUV as the Anthem, perhaps a bit prematurely. There is a China Only Buick mid-size crossover being prepared (Think another Vueick) and possibly using that name, but it will be different from what we get here.
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Metwrenches aren't really for super seized stuff anyway, but again, he's working on a low mileage Vette or Acura.
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Maybe we should keep our audience in mind, he's not working on a 40 year old rusty Buick, he's working on a low mileage, recent Corvette.
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Metwrench for sockets. Metric and Imperial in a single socket. Makes for fewer sockets to keep. Good for just starting out.
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Oh I do like that Alfa, BV.
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Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)in the back or front?
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I just dont like the face of them.
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Drew Dowdell replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)The last cars produced with a tape cassette option were the Lexus ES/LS and Toyota Avalon.....
