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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Solid State deep density batteries is where this will help small auto's like the basic 2 door Porsche. Yup about 5-7 years away for them.
  2. G. David Felt
    Which should speak volumes about the long life of CVT versus traditional geared Trans!
  3. G. David Felt
    I would be happy that headlights are always on period when you are in Drive. The amount of people driving asian auto's at dusk or at night turned off is amazing to me and they wonder why people are flashing them or honk their horns.
  4. G. David Felt
    Totally agree with this. I hate the nanny safety devices that they are forcing out on all the auto's. Drive and pay attention or pay someone to drive for you.
  5. G. David Felt
    This story I believe is spot on and will make loyalty to a brand of product harder. Due to the cost of an Auto, having your employees drive what you make is hard now and will just get harder due to the cost of the auto. https://flipboard.com/@flipboard/-salaried-workers-beware-gm-cuts-are-a-w/f-d67435d894%2Fapnews.com I believe this is a perfect point of what the jobs are that will be eliminated: The jobs that GM will shed through buyouts and layoffs are now held by people who are experts in the internal combustion engine, mechanical engineers and managers who work on complex components that won't be needed on the much simpler electric vehicles that the largest U.S. automaker says are its future. I believe this story by Bloomberg is also spot on and tells us what to expect to come for our luv of all things trucks and SUV / CUVs: https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-30/gm-bets-on-bigger-greener-cars-and-it-isn-t-alone Some interesting quotes from the bloomberg story: Five years ago, medium- and full-size pickups were the largest group of vehicles sold within the U.S. light truck category. Since the start of 2016, though, a single class of SUVs — compact crossovers, such as the Ford Escape, Honda CR-V, Subaru Forester and Toyota RAV4 — has been bigger on its own than the entire pickup market. American cars are now light trucks; American light trucks are now SUVs. I’m in Shanghai this week, where electric vehicles with their distinctive green license plates are easy to spot. Most of them are Chinese-made; many of them are small SUVs. They also match nicely with the (not just American) preference for taller SUVs and crossovers. CLOSING COMMENT IN THE STORY: If Rivian, and its eventual electric pickup peers, are successful in the U.S., they’ll be growing in a flat auto market. That makes Scaringe’s goal intriguing, because it would mean eating into demand, even incrementally, from another vehicle class. The question, then, is this: Would a $69,000 electric pickup eat into the top end of the truck market or the heart of the luxury SUV market?
  6. G. David Felt
    I am honestly surprised that GM has not tied up with any designer or premium sports product company for a Premium Cadillac auto. Asians, since I am married to a Korean, are crazy for brand names and I truly believe Cadillac could sell a Coach Edition CT and XT in the Asian rim and even sell some here. Also who could not see Escalade selling a Premium NFL edition or any other sports edition versions. At least do this probably better yet for the sports at the GMC level. Based on this list of most valuable companies: https://www.forbes.com/powerful-brands/list/#tab:rank Why does Cadillac not have a Louis Vuitton or Nike Edition?
  7. G. David Felt
    The movie is great that the song was in. Hocus Pocus https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107120/
  8. G. David Felt
    WRONG, You have become like SMK, your hatred for all things EV has blinded you to the fact that the choices that consumers want are not there yet. Leaf and Bolt fill a demand of a small segment, Tesla fills a richer segment but none of those 5 EVs are what consumers want. Many people here including myself have stated that especially for those of us with partners. What is out there does not meet the needs of a happy couple, so we wait for additional options. CUVs / SUVs that are pure electric will sell and sell in quantity. Example is China where they are selling millions a year of Electric SUV/CUVs as that is what consumers want and clearly here as well. Jaguar and I fully expect once they are available Mercedes-Benz will sell all they make of their CUV EVs. I will go and say this, if GM builds the new Trailblazer with a proper VOLT Powertrain, they will sell in great numbers.
  9. G. David Felt
    E-Torque offers lots of gain, not the fuel efficiency but the torque from zero on the truck. It is a great system to increase the bed capacity and trailer capacity. Ram is behind Ford and especially GM in making efficient lite trucks, so they went this route especially since they have no real small cars.
  10. G. David Felt
    Looking at these two I would have to say we can say that the mid engine Corvette is a halo car for Cadillac. Very cool and excited by this. I still think Cadillac will have an AWD EV.
  11. G. David Felt
    Wish they would allow two Emoji on a post as my first was and the second was ? Totally agree with you, Escala with AWD Electric would rock! Talk about being the most quiet smooth ride around! Truly World Class Leading.
  12. G. David Felt
    Why should you even care about the eco-weenies or should anyone when this is about off road capabilities, not efficiency. Great that it beats the Raptor and e-torque Rebel, but how did it stack up against them in the off road actual use? Any reports yet on what it should be able to do better than any others? ?
  13. G. David Felt
    Yet they import and sell all the S-Class from Germany, so why would the 1% care about where the auto is built?
  14. G. David Felt
    I wonder if we can get it with a side of Moo-shoo pork?
  15. G. David Felt
    If they are killing off cars, then Motor1.com has shown the 15 worst cars that should also die. https://www.motor1.com/features/282006/worst-selling-cars-trucks-2018/ Units sold since the start of 2018 15th - Audi A7 at 1,959 14th - Jaguar XF at 1,944 13th - Jaguar F-Type at 1,925 12th - Mercedes-Benz SL-Class at 1,787 11th - Mercedes-Benz SLC-Class at 1,692 10th - Lexus LC at 1,688 9th - Acura RLX at 1,556 8th - Jabuar XJ at 1,365 7th - Fiat 500L at 1,327 6th - Toyota Mirai at 1,263 - Seems crazy to include Hydrogen autos 5th - Audi TT at 1,244 4th - Smart For Two at 1,054 3rd - Audi A8 at 909 2nd - Kia K900 at 277 1st - Alfa Romeo 4C at 217 units I would say if Cadillac cannot make a profit on the CT6, then how can any of these auto companies make a profit and all these cars should be killed off for the US.
  16. G. David Felt
    WOW, full of shit. Right, so much for being polite and accepting of others and their different opinions. I usually do not fit in small cars, but the Escort GT was my first new car out of college and Mazda built it so I could fit in the car with head room to spare. Yes no one could sit behind me but I fit just fine and it became the wife's car. Some do build roomy small cars for single big guys.
  17. G. David Felt
    That is why I like it is the super clean front end and not an overkill crazy grill like you see on the Lexus or so many others. Very clean, love the daytime running strip and how it is used to indicate recharge. The vertical are the actual headlights, lower for regular lights, upper section for high beams. Clean distinct and different from the rest of the auto industry and the craziness of large grills they have done. This view really does remind me of a Smiling Emoji!
  18. G. David Felt
    There is a business for you, 3rd party front panel replacements that would look better. I honestly am surprised that between the headlights, those vertical light sections that the area is not connected to the hood to open up with it and improve the ease of access into that lovely Frunk!
  19. G. David Felt
    OK, that is good to know, things can get confused on the various forums on how people post, so if that was it, then that is good to know. Currently this forum where members have the Fiesta ST seem to have clutch issues, front mount inter-cooler issues and interior noises / rattles. https://www.fiestast.org/forum/fiesta-st-discussions/4117-what-common-problems-issues-new-fiesta-st.html Of course according to this site: http://www.fordproblems.com/models/fiesta/ Fiesta owners are having the most trouble with the transmission (52%), interior (8%), and the engine (7%). Glad I do not have the Focus as it seems to have plenty of Transmission issues for the 2018 model year and there are lawsuit websites setup already. http://2018fordfocustransmissionproblems.com/ Anyways, I hope that this helps secure GM's long term life as I think the plant closing and headcount reduction is the right thing to do. Ford should be doing this faster too as they really need to address that debt issue.
  20. G. David Felt
    Transmission issues from what I have read and gasket issues. As long as the gaskets are holding and the transmission has not gone loony the cars seem to drive well according to what I have read on forums and in the media.
  21. G. David Felt
    @A Horse With No Name So guys these things always come in 3's. Ford, Football and ?????????? Please we gotta know what your third disagreement is!
  22. G. David Felt
    The 4.2L TT V8 I suspect is greatly understated at 550 hp / 627 lb-ft of torque. I expect the next Escalade to have their normal and at least a V-Sport if not a full blown V edition. I believe we will see the Escalade with a normal DI V8, then V-Sport with a current TT V8 and the V edition will be the dialed up TT V8 SUV. I also would not be suprised to see this show up in the XT6 or 7 what ever they call it. As for cars, CT5 and if they keep the CT6 or CT7 or what ever, I expect GM to maximize the return on investment by having it at various power levels in these cars too till they can no longer support them due to customer demand for EVs replace it. My gut tells me they could push the TT V8 to around 800hp and 1000 lb-ft of torque.
  23. G. David Felt
    I truly believe auto's like the Cruze never had a chance with the poor marketing that GM has done for auto's. They seem to as is now clear with Cadillac advertise the hell out of a single auto. XT4 and then I doubt in a year we will hear anything about it. Mercedes-Benz and Kia coping them seems to understand the need to market the family of auto's and point out the performance, family hauler, date night, etc. cars in the family and start and end with an overview of the whole family of choices. Why does GM not get this, XT4 can be the highlight, but why not show off the full family of CUV/SUV and give them all some lime light.
  24. G. David Felt
    I think GM not only knows what is best for them, but is doing the right thing in mothballing low utilization plants, moving where needed assembly line workers and reducing the thick layer of management so that they can be more reactive to the market. One thing that the Tech industry has shown us is that the largest companies die if they stay fat and thick with mgmt and slow changing manufacturing. This is something DC does not understand. GM should not have more than 8 or 9 levels from the assembly line worker to the CEO. Dell Technology now as the biggest tech company now in the world, to stay nimble, they need thin mgmt. and lean manufacturing along with nibble engineering to quickly change to market conditions and I love knowing there is only 4 levels between me a worker bee Engineer and our CEO Micheal Dell. GM will benefit big time with reduced white collar levels and faster nimble assembly on a global platform that does not require additional assembly sites to build the products. I see problems coming for the German brands as they are fat with union labor, assembly plants that are under utilized and a socialist environment that will hinder change. GM will be the American auto company along with Asians that will change to the market dynamics and survive. I hope Ford survives, but I do not see it in it's current form. They have hard times ahead. GM did the right things now! Yes they are highly regarded, but they also have some serious power train issues.
  25. G. David Felt
    Do not forget their best one yet, the 1991 Escort GT, that was the best Ford built as it was Built by Mazda for Ford. Insurance industry went to task over the GT Pocket Rocket. That was a solid reliable long last car. Ford has gone down hill ever since they stopped that car and decided to build their crappy replacement.
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