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Rumorpile: GM May Sell Distribution Rights of Holden
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Heritage Marques
I am surprised that GM has not shuttered Holden at all. GM is largely selling in Australia what is made here. Holden no longer has a unique selling point, so there is no point in having Holden survive.- 14 replies
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VW News: No Volkswagen Plug-In Hybrids Are Coming to the U.S.
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
VW should sell those PHEVs here in the USA right now. There is still some demand for them (maybe not a million, but a few thousand).- 10 replies
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Can you turn off AWD? That will probably raise your MPG a couple of points.
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Dear GM: We need an Equinox BEV stat. Bolt is still too small.
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A Brief Note from Your Friendly Staff Writer
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in The Lounge
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2016 Cadillac CT6 Luxury 3.6 AWD (Used vehicle review)
riviera74 replied to regfootball's topic in Reader Reviews
They say AIM HIGH. With a few tweaks and a stronger top-line trim engine, this CT6 sounds almost perfect. Yes the XT4 and XT5 and (forthcoming) XT6 are required to maximize sales, but there is no reason we cannot have nice Cadillac sedans as well as crossovers. -
Lexus News: Lexus Plans on Building Out their F Performance Sub-brand
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Lexus
A real F sport would be based on a RWD platform, but Lexus is too scared of losing sales. So we will end up with a pseudo-fast F sport instead, just like right now. -
THIS is why GM needs Cadillac to take on Tesla.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac's Book Returns from the Dead
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Mobility as a service is what Uber and Lyft are selling. Automakers will NOT have a selling point that is better than those apps.- 11 replies
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Dodge News: Next-Generation Dodge Challenger To Embrace Electrification
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Dodge
Electrics failed because gas was and is cheap and batteries were either too weak to do the job or too expensive to justify sales. Once the batteries are actually superior to gas and charging is as fast as filling up, sales should rise significantly. Give them at least 10-15 years for that to happen.- 71 replies
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GMC News: GMC Considers Whether It Should Do An Electrified Sierra
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in GMC Trucks
Good. Let the market decide if EV pickups are worth it. Gotta love the competition.- 26 replies
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Or automakers could do what BMW has done for decades: I6 and then add a turbo.
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Yeah, especially since the FJ Cruiser has NOT been on sale for about five years now.
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Then why doesn't Subaru bring all of its best products here?
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Cadillac News: Cadillac CT6: I'm Not Dead Yet (For U.S.)
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
Base models generally are NOT a good buy to begin with. . . . . regardless of make and model. Especially on a luxury marque.- 95 replies
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apple Forbes states this is the End of Apple!
riviera74 replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electronics and Technology
Same here. No need to mix Win 10 and Office 365 with an iPhone 8 Plus (at least not for me).- 13 replies
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Is Subaru planning to radically upgrade this model, or are they standing pat?
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VWAG will never go under because it is part-owned by Lower Saxony, Germany. (Imagine if Michigan owned a large part of GM or Ford). If Germany was that cutthroat, then Daimler or (more likely) BMW would be forced to walk the plank.
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Cadillac News: Cadillac CT6: I'm Not Dead Yet (For U.S.)
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Cadillac
SAAB and Luxury are mutually exclusive, then and now and forever more.- 95 replies
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apple Forbes states this is the End of Apple!
riviera74 replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electronics and Technology
I hear you on most of those complaints. They were more valid on previous versions of Windows (like Windows 8 or XP or ME). Personally, I find that Win 10 works really well on my desktop AND my notebook. YMMV.- 13 replies
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apple Forbes states this is the End of Apple!
riviera74 replied to G. David Felt's topic in Electronics and Technology
Apple's real problem is that they are pricing themselves out of the market when everyone else is offering models under $500. I read an article where Apple had sold leftover stock of the iPhone SE for $249 brand new and they sold out within three days. At a time where smartphones are ubiquitous and more people are getting their smartphone repaired rather than replaced, Apple chose a poor time to have a new phone START at $750 and up. When I replaced my iPhone back in June, I picked up the 8 Plus rather than the iPhone X because the 8+ still has a few features that the X did not have. . . . and I saved some serious cash doing just that. If the XR started at $500 and they kept making the SE at $250, Apple would not be in so much sales trouble. Then again, Apple seems to expects all the services that come with an iPhone to buoy them in case iPhone sales really fall off a cliff.- 13 replies
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Dodge News: Next-Generation Dodge Challenger To Embrace Electrification
riviera74 replied to William Maley's topic in Dodge
So no new platform for the Charger/300/Challenger triplets. That is so Sergio: undercut ChryCo products and coddle FIAT products at ChryCo expense. Apparently the new guy may not want ChryCo to succeed either.- 71 replies
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