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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    You're one to talk Mr. New-Car-Every-Two-Years....
  2. Drew Dowdell
    just the electric version.. not all 500s
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Why not? The battery placement makes balance interesting and if they put big enough magnets in it, the low end torque would be astonishing.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    #firstworldproblems
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Oh look, a mid-size Buick Crossover to fit between Encore and Enclave...
  6. Drew Dowdell
    No image with that. Cadillac wants the V-Sport image to be like the M-Sport image over at BMW... only with real performance enhancements. The ATS-V is gonna be that powerful? No.. I was just wishing.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    All of this debate over the name is moot if Cadillac executes these cars properly. If they are among the best performers on the block, look as good as what the recent , Cadillac could name it "Lutzmobile" and people will still buy them while the haters gonna hate. Now.. about that ELR V-Sport with the electric motor lifted from the Amtrak ACS-64 City Sprinter.... 4,300hp maximum output per motor (The ACS-64 has 2)....
  8. Drew Dowdell
    I disagree. I think there is room for a 420hp model between the standard 3.6 and the 556hp ATS-V.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Happy Birthday bud!
  10. Drew Dowdell
    From today's cruise.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    ... as a joke? What is stylish about a Pruis... they're not even all that affordable.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Probably not built for sideways installation.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    This picture of a new Jaguar F-Type in downtown Pittsburgh cost me $350. You're welcome. Right after I snapped the picture, I dropped the phone and cracked the screen. A few days later I went to a car cruise and saw these monsters. The Continental was really stunning in person.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Why is there the assumption that Cadillac hasn't learned Chevy's lesson too? BMW puts out an X5-M which justifiably gets the M badge, why can't a Cadillac SRX wear a V-Sport badge and rock 410HP under the hood. We already know that engine would physically fit, it is dimensionally the same as the 2.8T the SRX started with. The V-Sport badge is only a problem if it doesn't mean anything the same way the SS in Malibu SS didn't mean much. As long as Cadillac keeps the V-Sport brand true to it's recent origins, it will be fine. BTW, if you want to relay any messages regarding Cadillac's branding of V-Sport to Cadillac, a member of their PR team is sleeping in my guest bedroom right now and I can let him know your thoughts when he wakes up.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Oldsmobile and the Cutlass is different too. There they overused a name to the point where it had no meaning. It would be like if Chevrolet offered the Chevy Cruze, the Chevy Cruze Spark, the Chevy Cruze Sonic, the Chevy Cruze Suburban... but with little reason for the naming convention. V-Sport, so far, offers substantial performance enhancements over a non-V-Sport model, thus giving a distinction to the name. In essence, this is Cadillac's version of Chevy's SS suffix... but so far, not bastardized. And who cares what non-GM fans think? Let them them sit in their M-Sports and AMG appearance packages and watch as twin blade tail lights fade off into the darkness in the distance ahead.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Well I think SRT is different. There you will still get all the performance of SRT but with watered down feature content. V-Sport is mid-range performance (though a 420hp V6 really isn't mid-range in the industry) with additional bells and whistles. In the XTS, I think V-Sport is only on Platinum models.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Is this an Intellilink car? I could try the USB thing with the Encore
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I just can't... the... looks...
  19. Drew Dowdell
    The Liberty was never all that and the ride was teeeerible.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    from the "duh" files....
  21. Drew Dowdell
    ... I can't see why you wouldn't want to build the Atlantic... it is where the money is to be made for these cars.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    The Taurus' interior is compromised in the same way the Malibu's is.... all that car with such relatively small feeling interior room. The Passat feels much larger and airy in a car that feels smaller on the outside than the Taurus.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    But the V-Sport isn't just a trim... it gives real performance advantage though not the max level. It also allows for performance versions of models that will never get a V-Series line like SRX, XTS, and Escalade. I bet an SRX V-Sport would be a real hoot to drive and give Cadillac a leg up on the X3 which doesn't have an M package.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    can you pick up one of those automotive stethascopes from Harbor Freight? that might help to isolate the noise.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Welcome. C&G's home is not that far from you... I hail from Pittsburgh.
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