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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    I believe that beginning of January is when the builds start. I wouldn't expect to see them in dealership any earlier than march or april..
  2. Drew Dowdell
    Happy Birthday Siegen
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Again...?
  4. Drew Dowdell
    It would be a neat place to do a story on.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    I think a better term would be "merging platforms" as components of each will carry forward into the new. The Lambda and Epsilon merger is interesting because of Chi. As GM got closer and closer to running out of money ahead of the BK, the Chi platform was canceled. What was Chi? It was the sedan version of Lambda originally intended to sit under the Lucerne and DTS. Instead, GM took Epsilon and stretched it out as much as they could to fill as many roles as possible.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    I wonder if they couldn't make money on it. It might have been too much truck for Joe-the-Plumber to buy new and he didn't need the full Hemi anyway.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    I would ask them if they can expand on what improvements and upgrades they've made to the bike worth so much more than the KBB value.
  8. Drew Dowdell
    That would be a great way to hand the entire Euro market to VW, BMW, and Mercedes.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    +1 Albert likes the Encore a lot as well. It will likely supplement the CR-V eventually. Since the CR-V is paid off, we are just putting a "car payment" into savings for now and will buy the Encore as an additional car and then I can use the CR-V to beat up on.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Yes.. The CX-5's suspension and steering is what you expect of Mazda; Sporty and fun. Mazda's have rarely, if ever, been about being the fastest in a straight line. They've never much concerned themselves with 0-60 times. The Miata is considered one of the most sporty and fun cars you can get, yet in 0-60, even a Buick Lacrosse V6 is about a full second faster. I'm not sure the CX-5's relatively slow getup and go is an issue.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Just think guys... some MBA with a minor in marketing just got paid $100k or more to come up with that. We're all really in the wrong business.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Does it Zoom Zoom? I would expect this to have some of the sportiest steering in the segment
  13. Drew Dowdell
    GM could sell 10,000 of them a year here at full MSRP and additional dealer markup. It wouldn't make Camino happy moneywise, but if you're already throwing a bunch of PPVs on a boat, there is no harm sending over some Utes too. Advertising needs would be minimal because of pent up, 20 years worth of demand.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Lordstown is way below capacity as a percentage of floor space though they've tapped the upper capacity of the line that is currently installed there. Moving the Cruze somewhere else was always an option for that reason. GM needs to find some additional production to put there eventually.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    That is.... Unlikely. Edit: Let me amend my post. It is entirely possible that those will be the first vehicles to get the 1.6t and the Cruze gets it later. But the 1.4t will be replaced soon. It is an Iron block engine of older design with its first generation going back to 1996. They don't currently have a direct injection version of the Family-0 in production, but they've fiddled with the design enough that it is possible. Keep in mind that the 1.6T is rumoured to have close to 200hp and lots of low end torque, so this would be a range topping engine in the Cruze rather than an Eco replacement. The 1.6T is just part of a family of engines that are coming out, so expect other displacements, including one that just happen to also be 1.4 litres, to be possible. Edit 2: The 1.6T makes 221 ft-lb at 1700rpm. If they made it a 2.0T, that would be in VW diesel territory for torque.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I was hoping for more of a visual update on this one, but the engine changes sound good.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Is the diesel even available?
  18. Drew Dowdell
    I came back to look at this again... that interior still looks about as close as you can get to an Audi without buying the real thing.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    So glad they aren't going to change the name AGAIN
  20. Drew Dowdell
    MPG is actually expected to go up as the new 1.6T will be gaining direct injection and possibly another cog in the auto.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    It is an unusually packaged car. The Atlantic is much more conventional, though you may still not for as it has an interior just slightly larger than a 3-series.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    For my area, I can get $0.0707/kwh for "100% clean energy" which is blended wind and hydro. With the employee discount I get through work, I can get "dirty energy" for $0.0679/kwh Yeah, cuz hydro is dirt cheap. You willing to pay 2-4x as much as you do for a large percentage of solar? Solar isn't an option for me here. I'll have to look up rates in NJ.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    So far, so good.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    There is a different engine coming to replace the 1.4... a new 1.6T
  25. Drew Dowdell
    I'm not at all claiming that that Passat is a sporty handler. It's a big comfy family car. With leatherette, demure conservative interior, and the diesel under the hood, it actually reminds me of the big Benz diesels of old... but with actual pickup and no black smoke.
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