G. David Felt
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G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Thank you my man, I was in a hurry and that is what I get for thinking dead people and confusing it with auto power.
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G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Looks like a funeral hurst only with a live guy in the back!
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G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)More British, less desire. Product lineup that is slowly dying. Kinda like the British Empire died.
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- detroit auto show
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Amazing video to watch, comments by the people watching this iced up overpass are funny. Latest chart on the top Gas Guzzlers sold in the US!
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G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Interior I am up in the air on and am thinking it could be the pictures, but have to wait to see it in person as to weather or not it is really as Grand as they claim. Exterior, this is one of the nicer CUVs they have built. I like the Brick traditional SUV shape.
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Kia has a partnership with GM for small cars, I have not had the time to chase down what all their partnership might involve, but if they have access to the Bolt underbody, it would make for a fast build to enter the EV market. If this assumption is just that ASSumption then I still think they are farther out and just using the specs of the BOLT to build a competitive CUV. Interesting times we live in my friendly little Cube!
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Any Idea who built this truck? Cool looking! Cool old truck, looks like they took the front end of a car and added a bucket to it. Liked the look of the 3/4 ton Studebaker Pickup.
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Crazy Climate Change. WOW
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I honestly see no reason for the continued investment in Hydrogen producing electricity to drive an electric auto. The amount of energy needed to produce the hydrogen and then break it apart to produce electricity with only a water vapor is beyond common sense at this time. I honestly can only see a few of these being made for the LA market that has the only few Hydrogen fuel stations. I wonder how much government money is being spent to off set this research project?
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XT5 comes in at: 189.5 inch length, 112.5 inch wheelbase, 75 inch width. Q8 comes in at: 197.64 inch length, 118.11 inch wheelbase, 80.32 inch width. Q7 comes in at: 199.6 inch length, 117.9 inch wheelbase, 77.5 inch width. So yes, you could say this is the next size up category but almost identical to the Q7 in size. Interesting
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Fixed it for you as I assume you meant the XT5. I will have to disagree with you. XT5 has the more SUV brick look over the overused Coupe look. Also not sure why as my eyes could be playing tricks on me but I think the XT5 has the longer hood which is a nod to the cadillac of old days with a long front hood. Audio looks more like a car that they pumped up on Steroids compared to a more traditional SUV look on the XT5
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I agree with you that the numbers are close in a very cramped market segment. Yet Motor Trend seems to think differently: http://www.motortrend.com/cars/cadillac/ats-v/2017/ QUOTE: This was the best handling sedan of the high-performance group, “The results are clear: with tires no more aggressive than the other cars’, the ATS-V slaughters its competitors with 1.03 g of steady-state cornering grip and a staggering 23.7-second figure-eight performance. That’s not only 0.3 second quicker than the next-best Mercedes, but the list of supercars the Caddy beats is embarrassingly long.” Editors love the ATS-V’s platform and find the powerful brakes, and well-weighted steering extremely capable on the track and through any curvy canyon. This is what used to be said all the time about BMW M series or MB AMG series. Digital Trends seems to think inline with Motor Trend: https://www.digitaltrends.com/car-reviews/2017-cadillac-ats-v-coupe-review/ QUOTE: The ATS-V feels more like an old-school performance car than the C63 and the M4. It’s not as refined or as luxurious, but it’s rawer, and offers a more visceral driving experience with a devil-may-care attitude. It’s more playful than an RS 5 thanks to its rear-wheel drive layout, though that comes at the obvious expense of traction. There are plenty of alternatives to the Caddy but they’re not necessarily better or worse; they each have their own distinct personality. What matters is the ATS-V holds its own against the competition.
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I understand the points your both making and wonder myself also, I assume everyone sets the seat at the lowest point to measure but then where on the seat are they measuring from and is it a consistent point for all auto's in that class. One would hope that the SAE Standards would cover this, but from what I have read they do not seem too and in this is where the rub is. I would also think they would move the front seats all the way forward to maximize the rear seat leg room, but then how many people really drive that way versus having the seat all the way back and then measuring rear seat room. So much wiggle room on how one measures interior space. Very crazy I think. Weird the inconsistent nature in updates that they have posted on that link. A few years in a row shows updates yearly, then every 3 to 5 years and back to yearly. Really weird on how they update them. The SAE standards must be written by lawyers due to all the gobbly gook that is written in them. sad
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- 2.0t luxury
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I understand the measurements, but there seems to be no industry standard on where they are taken at and the ATS seats I know for a fact go lower into the floor than the others so I can get the head room I need. I really wish there was a set standard for where one measures the interior room at.
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Outstanding write up on SuperCruise versus Tesla Autopilot and I can accept the reasons that the writer gave the win to Tesla on specific sections of Criteria. Capturing driving actions and feedback to enhance Autopilot where Supercruise does not gather that info to make it better is a big win. Over all a tie depending on where you live and your road conditions, I totally agree that an extended drive in both is warranted. I also like the clarity of why MB self driving system is terrible and how they have since buried the self driving mode of MB due to far to many issues. Like @balthazar stated, long read, but worth it and all the videos that show just not Supercruise but the others out there too. Thanks for Posting!
