G. David Felt
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So with all the discussions that we have had about various engines and how the auto companies are pushing to standardize engine families across the world to address the tax's imposed on size, this made me wonder about why GM has never built a complete family of V engines based on the tough durable Corvette Push Rod V8. I admit I do not have the engineering chops to dig into the fine details and invite those here that do to share with us what they think the HP, Torque and Efficiency would be like on a family of Push rod V engines. This would include my desire to know if a V2 could work as a efficient engine for the Subcompact market? My thoughts Base line Corvette DI V8 Push rod Engine with VVT as the Foundation. Engine variations: DI V6 standard DI V6 Turbo DI V6 Twin Turbo DI V4 standard DI V4 Turbo DI V4 Twin Turbo DI V2 standard DI V2 Turbo DI V2 Twin Turbo Thoughts on this engine family? I figure the use of 6, 8 and 10 speed Transmissions as you have to address the marketing needs even if the difference is very small between the gains of an 8 versus 10 speed transmission. So what would the HP and Torque figures be like? -
Very Cool Drew, I stand by my comment that Mazda needs you to do their marketing. Good understanding now of the Skyactive pitch. Thank you,
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But that is where I have to totally Disagree with SMK and most people. Other than the M Series from BMW and the AMG series from MB, I do not think their normal car line REEKS of LUXURY! This goes with SMK's E series, Nice Car but nothing special other than the badge on the hood. The interior is not impressive and does not have a quality build IMHO. The wife always told me I never do seem to get hung up in the marketing message as I feel this way about cloths and other items of so called Luxury. People are so concerned with a name badge that they forget that just because it has built a marketing image one way does not mean it really is that. Sprinter is a perfect example of over priced plastic garbage with Terrible customer service and yet they sell them on the MB lots at outrageous prices.
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Agree with this +1
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Thanks Drew, that is good to know, I am sure I was not the only one confused by the new product and how it replaces the existing product.
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Sweet, love this feedback on real world driving. I too am a Aggressive Defensive driver and have never owned an auto that actually got the MFG posted MPG.
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I have to actually fully disagree with you on your statement. It is NEVER that Simple. You can have the Customer first all along and until you build it and go through a extensive QA process, you can miss simple things and then due to Government regulations have to go back and re-engineer something that can actually make a product a money losing item. Yes, there is plenty of History to support the Bean counters and Lawyers and Executives protecting their HUGE bonuses and paychecks when if they had properly served the customer with a quality item to begin with the mess would not have happened. Yet there are also plenty of times that small items just might be ok to let it go and correct it in the next round of product building. In this case, GM should have started the product but then immediately made changes to the item in question here to address this and changed it out mid way through the first year. In this case the old guard of the old GM failed in their job for what they were paid for out of pure greed.
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I would not short change the Buick buying public. You put the right marketing message behind this and you could have youth clamor for it. To Coin a old Phrase, This is not your Fathers Buick!
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If VW decides to go full size for the truck to sell here, they will have made a huge mistake and I honestly do not expect them to succeed.
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Agree, that did have what looked like cushy bench seats and plenty of capacity for those larger than normal families or just corporate use.
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Mercedez Benz News Rumorpile: An Electric S-Class?
G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in Mercedes-Benz
Really, Electric? I doubt any Rich person who can truly afford the S class cares about the pure electric version. If they do care that much, they have already gone with a Priuse. -
ROFL, The last guy is exactly what the Apple crap is all about, non user friendly crud that does not cut it in the Enterprise world of real work. A toy that rots. The interface is non user friendly, non intuitive, over priced, and they say Microsoft builds garbage! People need to look at the lemmings products Apple makes. Do what we say not what you really want to do. Sorry, Congrats on your new Fruit Computer. Enjoy it, I will stay with the Enterprise world of real hardware / software where one can truly make a difference.
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I believe I found it, Is this what you were talking about? It would imply this is the first SUV that Caddy built. http://www.shorpy.com/node/16766 Weird, I saved to my local computer the actual image, but do not get the option to post the image to this thread. Weird
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That is crazy, talk about a reflective nightmare.
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No road salt in Wa, I guess...IIRC, there were very few of them left on the road in Ohio by the late '80s...typical '70s Japanese vehicles that rusted out very quickly. IIRC new ones were rusting on the lots in Florida..GM had to crush hundreds of them back around '82 when the S10 came out... (but I'll admit I've never liked compact pickups--found must of them to be cheap, noisy and cramped). TRUE, Road Salt is bad for the environment, they use a biodegradable liquid spray for frozen roads and snow. That is one thing to say that I rarely find rusted out auto's here. If they are, they usually came in from a Midwest or East coast state. Makes me think that MB could be in the same position that GM was in the late 90's early 2000's and end up needing to totally reboot the company and jettison lines.
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Heck, VW does that with the Jetta. Jetta is starting this week in washington state, not sure if it is a national pitch or not, but you can get a VW Jetta TDI at any WA Dealership for $249 a month lease with a $1000 Fuel card. Saw this on the offical Washington VW commercial. Pretty sweet deal.
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Was not a freak out, it was just plain broken. They have so many problems with their diesel in the asian rim and Europe that their Sky Active Diesel technology just does not work. They should just buy a quality diesel motor from Isuzu and move forward rather than trying this smoke and mirrors of a so called sky active technology that does nothing and really does not tell anyone anything in the marketing. Just fluff. Skyactive is just a branding term. There is pretty much no technical similarity between a Skyactive gasoline engine and a SkyActive diesel engine. Just because you don't understand what makes a Skyactive gasoline engine more efficient doesn't mean the technology doesn't exist.. it's not even a new technology concept... just a new marketing term. There is nothing special about the Skyactive diesel engine except for the standard fuel efficiency gains one gets by switching to diesel. To put it another way... GM's 2.0T Ecotech has more similarity to Ford's 2.0T Ecoboost than it does to the GM 5.3 Ecotech, yet the Ecotechs share a branding name. Very Cool, Nice Clear and Understandable. Mazda should Hire you to market their tech so people can get it. Thank you,
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I loved my LUV truck, never had a rust problem. My dad bought it new in 1975, a 76 model Series 5 Luv Truck for $1750.00. He then gave it to me as a project truck in Highschool and bought himself a new one. I totally restored it and rebuilt everything on it and it still is around, sold to a lady engineer who loved the truck. While not in the shap I had it in, she still drives it. Those Isuzu motors last.
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Was not a freak out, it was just plain broken. They have so many problems with their diesel in the asian rim and Europe that their Sky Active Diesel technology just does not work. They should just buy a quality diesel motor from Isuzu and move forward rather than trying this smoke and mirrors of a so called sky active technology that does nothing and really does not tell anyone anything in the marketing. Just fluff.
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I do not see any picture, just the title SHORPY_FL16790028.jpg
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Looks like it would compete against the Canyon/Colorado if it came as is to the US market. But if the grow it to compete in the full class market that is already packed, I do not see them being successful. They would do best to go after the deserted mini and medium size truck market that many people would love to have.
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WAIT WAIT WAIT, Ocn, while it is a nice truck, you will grow tired fast. Wait for the Canyon / Colorado, you will be much happier.
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Vehicle: Volkswagen Beetle TDi (2013)
G. David Felt replied to ocnblu's topic in Member's Rides Showcase
The new Canyon / Colorado crew cab with a H3 off road 4x4 kit and Diesel I would say would nicely replace that Bug Ocn.
