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G. David Felt

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  1. G. David Felt
    Don't count your chickens before the eggs hatch as review list after review list seems to show that the American and Asian Crossovers beat your Jag's and German versions! http://usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/cars-trucks/rankings/Affordable-Crossover-SUVs/ Consumer Reports list has a few from BMW, but nothing from your MB. https://www.kbb.com/top-consumer-rated-cars/crossover/2016/#survey C&D is the one exception where you mostly only see American and German crossovers in the Luxury segment but then only Asian and American in all the other crossover segments and size. http://www.caranddriver.com/best-suvs-crossovers Edmunds has a couple UK / German but mostly based on sales Asian and American Crossovers own it. https://www.edmunds.com/suv/buying-guide/ When you get Crossover sales broken down, the top 15 crossovers sales other than the lone VW model is all Asian / American according to C&D. http://www.caranddriver.com/flipbook/practical-matters-every-compact-crossover-suv-ranked-from-worst-to-best So sales based, Germany is small fry's and best for reliability, sales and luxury again Germany does not fully hit it either. I am especially suprised by the lack of MB showing up in so many ranking reports. BMW is there but MB seems to have not cracked the lists and the one thing I pick up is reliability / quality of their cutting edge tech is the main reason. This might expalin why MB does lead in one area and that is they are the most leased auto company world wide. Guess no one wants to deal with it after the warranty runs out.
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    I can so see an EV Ute, EV CUV's, So many options of what Opel could do as an EV auto company. Buick Regal AWD EV! As I have said in many other threads, I truly believe there is great potential for a Mini Pickup Truck EV that inner city folks and city park departments would love to buy.
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    That would Rock! This would give a solid competitor to Tesla and GM access to a bigger rang of EV much faster I think or I at least hope.
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    Pizza! I had the meat lovers for dinner last night from Papa Murphy's. $9 Large deal!
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    Feel like a T-Rex today after my killer arm workout yesterday. I can barely lift them so now T-Rex Arms Baby!
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    Where is my V edition Escalade ESV? I am Waiting!
  7. G. David Felt
    Cool, to be expected, Interesting read was in the comment section on how many people recognize their performance credentials and feel Cadillac is ready for this to build sales.
  8. G. David Felt
    Very cool details and smart, finance to have a low payment and pay more so if life happens and you need to pay less you can. How dark is the tint you are doing?
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Senior Republican Group led by James A. Baker III calls for Carbon Tax! This just hit the NY times in their Science section. Per their story two former Secretary of State (James A. Baker III & George P. Shultz) and a former secretary of the Treasury ( Henry M. Paulson Jr.) has proposed a free-market principles based carbon tax policy. This new policy is to be delivered to the White House today Feb 15th to VP Mike Pence, Jared Kushner, Gary D Cohn and Ivanka Trump. Interesting in that the interview by the NY times states that Mr. Baker says even Ronald Reagan would approve of this policy. They also state that Exxon Mobil is in support of this Carbon Tax policy. Interesting is that this is a carbon tax on the fossil fuel point of entry into the economy rather than a tax paid at the pump. It is very interesting to read their take on this climate change policy of Carbon Tax. Be more interesting after it is presented to Trump, the House and the Senate on what they have to say and get the deep details on the policy to see if it really makes sense. Enjoy the full read at: NY Times Story
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Honda Clarity Kicks Advertising into High Gear! While on YouTube I discovered a whole new crop of videos to help sell the Honda Clarity Hydrogen auto. Interesting that they went again to PES a video man that has a reputation for stop motion commercials. This time they went with kids singing and the heads one has to figure represent the hydrogen molecules in the tank. Honda YouTube Additional commercials also made by PES for Honda's big push of the Clarity Hydrogen auto: As one follows the links from YouTube for the Honda Clarity it is amazing to see all the other videos too such as the one below on how a fuel cell works. As I learned from the RoadShow video, the Clarity is in essence an EV with a Hydrogen Generator to give you a 366 mile range. What I was surprised by is that both the Toyota Mirai and this clarity are lease only auto's with a stated value of $60,000 more or less and free hydrogen for the first 3 years. Makes one wonder WHY, WHY would you want such an UGLY auto with such a high monthly lease cost when there are far better options out there. I love my alternative auto's and EV's are rocking it more and more, so for an energy upside down auto, do we really need these? One Positive is that this is the first time I actually like the dash and the tablet interface for the auto with proper sized buttons to control everything else. Want to know more about Hydrogen Auto's, this is a great video that covers what some think is the future for the auto industry.
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    Agree, Compliance for now, but to survive like you said SMK, they need a 4 door 5 person EV version like the BOLT.
  12. G. David Felt
    I agree with your FCA is over capacity and bringing back Alfa was I think Sergios way to appease the Italian Unions and add jobs but in essence he has made the company worse as he was short sighted and did not think it out long term. If he had used the addition of Chrysler to build up existing product lines and then bring in a quality product rather than the crap Fiat stuff he would have done much better. Sergio's EGO is writing checks he cannot cash!
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    Peas
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    Back on Topic, This is an interesting thought about PSA and GM. We could see the start of consolidation and hopefully a clean up of the over capacity in Europe.
  15. G. David Felt
    Nice ride, so glad your happy with this and your yaris tale is at an end. Happy Driving.
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    I agree, a 2 seat EV will have limited appeal and the car is too small to really have a longer range like the Bolt. This will be a compliance auto for MB to use against their low MPG products till they come out with actual EV's in their higher product line and then I suspect we will see Smart Car eventually die.
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    With all the Auto's on Gas getting better MPG than Manual, this is the one time I am actually confused as this is ass backward from what Diesel with Auto is getting elsewhere. I am truly confused how the Auto is worse than the Manual. Makes one wonder!
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    Beans
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    No, as I reported when I posted my cover of this that Car2Go is moving to using CLA and GLA due to customer request.
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    ^^^^^ I agree, who can Photoshop this for us and cut off the space between the rear wheels and the tail light. That would be interesting to see.
  21. G. David Felt
    Do they come in AWD? Not that much difference in overhang. What 6-8 inches maybe 10? I would and feel all Hatches need to change one thing, the C pillar, that angle forward kills entry and exit. I would rather have it go straight up and give maximum entry into the back seat.
  22. G. David Felt
    @riviera74 I believe Drew as do I see where you could bring in PSA, get the intellectual property rights and then close and consolidate Opel / PSA to have a strong Engineering division with some profitable auto's that are used across the company. I agree with you that Europe is ready I think for a consolidation in the auto business. China will be the next place for consolidation as right now way to many auto companies there too.
  23. G. David Felt
    That I would totally agree with you on. The Malibu Maxx was a great idea with poor execution. Take that size and space with today's quality of built auto's and make a hatch out of it and there will be plenty of people who would love it.
  24. G. David Felt
    Disagree with you as the Malibu Maxx had awesome rear space. You could be comfy or fit a ton of stuff in it. Style sucked, but the over all space was right on for big people.
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    G. David Felt - Staff Writer Alternative Energy - www.cheersandgears.com Smart Car Gas to end 2017, Pure EV only for 2018! USA Today has stated that Mercedes-Benz has notified their Smart Car sellers that 2017 is the end of the Gas powered auto. Smart Car will live on but only in Pure EV mode with a complete lineup. Mercedes is quoted as saying they have decided that the three-cylinder, 70 HP powered auto that averaged 40 mpg just did not make sense any more in today's age of cheap gas and net battery tech. Smart Car only sold 6,211 autos in the US last year, down 17% from 2015 and Car2go has notified SmartCar that they will no longer be using their car in their program instead moving over to the CLA Sedan and GLA crossover as their customers are asking for. This alone which accounted for the largest amount of Smart Car sales would indicate the days are numbered. As such, Mercedes-Benz will show off a new selection of EV Smart Cars some time this year and only have EV models for sale in 2018. USA Today Story
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