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  1. riviera74
    Lack of engineers, huh? Sounds like what GM's problem when Congress was discussing emissions standards back in the 1970s. GM said: hire more lobbyists; whereas Honda said: hire more engineers. Maybe VW needs to toss a few executives overboard and hire another 30 engineers to solve this problem.
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    While I would like to see CAFE replaced by appropriate taxes, California emissions should be left alone. For nearly 50 years, CA has had a massive smog problem that regulations have had some effect of reducing. (Just ask anyone from Los Angeles what it was like to breathe the local air in 1960 or 1970 compared to today.) CA standards may seem too high for some, but both China and the EU are also marching towards stricter emissions standards AND a push for more electric vehicles to replace the ICE vehicles currently on the road. Automakers will comply with global emissions standards whether the current administration likes it or not because it is good for business, not just good for the environment. This new proposal by the current EPA will probably get stuffed by federal courts and rendered inoperative within three years. Short of repealing CAFE outright, there will be no movement on emissions as of this time.
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    Tesla is overrated. We need more competitors, not fewer, in this space in the auto market.
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    China does not value intellectual property at all. Never have; never will. Enforcement of IP protection is either too arbitrary or nonexistent. If it wasn't for (the at one time) cheap labor and the CCP's inane foreign direct investment rules, then almost no one would ever consider building any goods more complex than a smartphone/tablet/PC in the Middle Kingdom.
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    Camry or Accord. A LOT of baby boomers still hate GM after 30-40 years.
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    How well is the LaCrosse Avenir selling compared to the rest of the LaCrosse?
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    One thing Buick should do with the Regal: the Avenir should be the Denali (i.e. fully loaded) for the Regal, while the GS should be the spiritual successor to the GNX. Both trim levels should be priced about the same.
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    Chinese made Rolex watches would obviously be cheap knock offs (as if China would actually enforce intellectual property on a consistent basis). I do wish that Buick would build the Envisions and Encores here in the USA. I would actually buy an Envision. I may have to consider a Terrain Denali or go straight to a Cadillac XT5 instead. Yes I know that without China, Buick would be lying besides Oldsmobile in the automotive cemetery. You cannot argue a 5:1 sales ratio for Buick in China's favor. Back to the Audi Q3: A lot of reviews I have seen online put the Audi Q5 as the best luxury crossover in its class, besting the XT5 and the Envision. Does the Q3 do the same, or is that the job of the new one coming next year to the States?
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    Yes, Sergio was effective for FIAT and Alfa Romeo. His successor will have to fix/save Chrysler and Dodge. Thoughts and prayers and condolences to his family for their loss.
  10. riviera74
    NO. Save the Grand National for their sedans. Some added performance perhaps, but not the full GNX treatment.
  11. riviera74
    If only Buick would do that on the Encore and the Envision. . . . . .
  12. riviera74
    Yeah. The 1970s called: they want their personal luxury coupes back.
  13. riviera74
    Wow. Cash flow problems bad enough that Tesla has to request a refund? Tesla may die within five years; I'll take the under.
  14. riviera74
    Having the NAIAS in June means NO MORE ANGRY WINTERS to deal with. That should dramatically increase participation in NAIAS from all comers. But I have to ask: from a weather standpoint, is June as awful as January?
  15. riviera74
    The new CEO has a choice: save Dodge/Chrysler or save FIAT/Alfa Romeo. He MUST choose wisely.
  16. riviera74
    I had no idea Sergio was ill. At the same time, replacing him with Manley should provide some hope for those who are pro-Chrysler and anti-FIAT. FIAT and Alfa Romeo do not even belong in the USA since neither fill a niche that can be filled by somebody else. "You know, I would like my ordinary car (or luxury car) to be made by Italians," said NO ONE (in NA) EVER.
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    I agree with you on retaliation by China and the EU, since they will not stand for this. But does he understand that? I think not.
  18. riviera74
    Sad but true. No one wants to pay for these low-mileage woolly mammoths, especially when it comes to repair bills and $4 gasoline.
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    Both parts are really scary when you think about it. Can't NHTSA just build a proper searchable database to address those issues?
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    If the president thinks that highish tariffs will bring production to the USA on a permanent basis, he has another thing coming. While SOME foreign-made vehicles are assembled here, not all of them will. There is no reason that BMW would ever build their sedans here; same with Mercedes or VW or Audi. Volvo moving some of its production to Sweden does not prevent the president from essentially declaring a trade war against Sweden in particular or Europe more generally. Sorry, no one can bring back the Eisenhower 1950s, even if this president and a lot of midwesterners would like to do just that.
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    Warning to all: tariff wars tend to lead to shooting wars. As for PSA, what can they offer that cannot be filled by the Japanese or the Koreans or the Germans?
  22. riviera74
    Actually, it is good that the MDX and the Pilot are getting the same upgrades. These will be more valuable to the Pilot given the lower MSRP.
  23. riviera74
    Given this administration's policies on trade, it is a wise idea to build these new vehicles in TN as opposed to Germany.
  24. riviera74
    Maybe that should be the next one: a Bolt version of the City Express.
  25. riviera74
    Why should any automaker turn over such information to ANY government?! China should never ask for such info and neither should the US government. China should not require that all intellectual property be turned over to state-owned enterprises either. Since China's entire plan and policy is to monopolize technologies that are used worldwide any way they can, the answer is at best total trade isolation of China ---- if not an actual shooting war. Unfortunately, for many reasons, we may end up having one.
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