Jump to content
News
Reviews
Discussons
Activity
Create New...
Close

Drew Dowdell

Editor-in-Chief
 View Profile  See their activity

  • Posts

    56,024

  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    554

 Content Type 

Everything posted by Drew Dowdell

  1. Drew Dowdell
    and VW's DSG is really good too.
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Grand Marquis de Sade in de side. This one is at a body shop not too far from my house.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Not everyone. Coming to the market with a different rather than identical offering to the Jetta is a good thing.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    There is another flaw in fuel economy and yet another in weight and yet another in interior build quality.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    They re-do the oil change and perform a fuel system cleaning.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I think there is a bit of a faulty cause and effect here....
  7. Drew Dowdell
    Perhaps we should be calling into question the classification of "full size" then because I see what you mean about the Fusion. BTW, interior volume only matters if you are filling the interior with sand. Enterprise tried that trick with me once... trying to pass off the HHR as a "full size car" based on passenger volume. But my point remains, the Passat and the Taurus are within the same size class based on the numbers, along with Avalon and Maxima as well. BTW, two more that screw with this size class are the Altima and Sonata.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    No, the CC is smaller inside and out.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    You think so? I sat in both, and the Taurus still feels more spacious, at least in the driver's seat. That said, the Taurus does have some weird angles inside that intrude in odd places. Also, though it's not here, VW still has the Phaeton in the portfolio as the company full-sizer. I'd say that the Passat is still there as the midsizer, both in starting price and engine offerings. (And yeah, exterior size...) The numbers back it up. The Passat certainly deserves to be compared based up against the Taurus, Maxima, and Avalon for size. (I don't have the new Impala specs yet)
  10. Drew Dowdell
    They did more than just change the logo... they replaced all of the classic nameplates to woo new (i.e. younger) consumers to the brand. that happened after the logo change. When the logo was changed, there was still an 88, Cutlass, Bravada, Silhouette, and Aurora. By the time the Intrigue came about, the writing was already on the wall.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Yeah, if any platform is the W-body these days, it's the Epsilon.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    and all Oldsmobile did was change the logo....
  13. Drew Dowdell
    That looks AWESOME! It's a shame they won't bring it here.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Passat Accord If you're going to leave off the Lacrosse and Cadenza, then the Azera should go too. Passat and Accord don't list the aforementioned as their competitors, so I didn't mention. They're very much still in the midsize market... like the 6-foot-tall kid on the 5th grade basketball team. I left off the LaCrosse because of the Impala, and I left off the Cadenza in favor of the Azera. I will concede your point about the Accord because is is just barely in the class if you don't order it with the sunroof... but the Passat definitely deserves to be included as a full sizer. It feels much roomier inside than a Taurus.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Watch the CTS in 6 weeks for the upper limit of where Alpha can get to in size. Above that there is the Omega platform coming, while that will be Cadillac only at first, it will have to filter to others as well. That's there this car will likely end up.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    Nopers.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    I've been driving a Sonic RS this week, and I've gotta say, it is way funner than it ought to be.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    That's all business right there.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Passat Accord If you're going to leave off the Lacrosse and Cadenza, then the Azera should go too.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    I'm sure they are all off the line performers and then after about 45mph there is nothing left. They were meant for great take off feel around the suburbs for when Mom was trying to pull out of the Winne Dixie in a jiffy.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    tsk tsk.. you know the name of the game for these wagons is measured in lb-ft.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    This is how Ocn finds his dates for Valentine’s day.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    With the shape of the tail lights and grill, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised to see this end up in the EU as well under an Opel badge.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    Given that Buick has been FWD only for over 15 years, it wouldn't fit in there. Buick is moving on up.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    and why not? He'll need an automatic to be able to ever sell them in decent numbers here.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

We have placed cookies on your device to help make this website better. You can adjust your cookie settings, otherwise we'll assume you're okay to continue.

Hey there, we noticed you're using an ad-blocker. We're a small site that is supported by ads or subscriptions. We rely on these to pay for server costs and vehicle reviews.  Please consider whitelisting us in your ad-blocker, or if you really like what you see, you can pick up one of our subscriptions for just $1.75 a month or $15 a year. It may not seem like a lot, but it goes a long way to help support real, honest content, that isn't generated by an AI bot.

See you out there.

Drew
Editor-in-Chief

I've whitelisted
Continue without support

Write what you are looking for and press enter or click the search icon to begin your search