G. David Felt
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I wish I could say you are right, but in talking to coworkers in the Hightech industry. More and more are questioning the Luxury side of BMW and MB due to the rampant excessive mid to low end models running all over. You really do find a ton of them all over the streets now. Seems the brands that are truly only high end luxury and performance have changed and some are questioning if the old guard is really true luxury or not. It is a very weird area we are in. Weirder yet is many say they would rather have the Luxury Tesla over MB or BMW as it is harder to get and even without the Tesla 3, more exclusive along with the performance part. A trend of different thinking is happening I think, at least on the west coast.
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Did not think about it till looking at the Yellow Rubicon again, but the design of the Roll cage and with the top down, it really does have a military style look to it that will I am sure appeal to the gun toting peeps of North America. I also saw a Mongolian film this week, subtitles with my mongolian friends called Single Ladies 3, third in the series but the first one to have english subtitles and be shown outside of the country. Very funny movie, but the star of the movie was here in Seattle to introduce the film and talk about it and the Purple Rubicon 4 door wrangler in the movie is actually hers. Come to find out Toyota is the brand to own in the country except if you want the best off road, then the citizens believe only Jeep gives you that and the Wrangler is the best one to have followed by Grand Cherokee. It is very interesting.
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I know our resident MB fan SMK will come up with a reason for having more AMG, but I feel like MB has lost their focus and way by watering down the AMG line with excessive models just like MB is more of a Toyota like company with luxury than the luxury company they used to be. Yes I know they always sold cheaper stuff in Europe, but for the US market, they are no longer the Luxury only auto company they used to be. Sad.
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Totally agree that Bolts on the exterior like we see with the Wrangler, Hummer, Ford Troller is fine and a more butch off road type look. Interior, they should have cleaned that up 10+ years ago.
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I have to agree that I think VW is missing out on a bigger picture of allowing A La Carte choices. Taking a page from the US Truck lines with pretty much the ability to choose packages or individual components but at a higher cost is a good thing. This would allow people to get what they really want and ignore those things they do not. Clearly the LA Auto show had a CUV/SUV theme, I am surprised there was not more concepts of potential future products with alternative powertrains at this show. Hoping that Detroit has a bunch of this stuff. Looking for something special out of Cadillac as well as the whole GM family for EV CUV's as well as other OEMs.
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The Lexus SUVs really have me scratching my head! Stretch a mid size CUV for a 3rd seat that really is only good for little kids and then remove the 3rd row from your full size SUV that is more inline with the competition. What are they thinking as it just does not make sense. It leaves me thinking that someone at Lexus is a car fan only and really only cares about the CUV/SUV cause they have to have something in that category but does not want to spend time or investment in it. Very out of touch thinking as Toyota / Lexus is already playing catchup to the rest of the industry for EV/Hybrids. Why miss out on the way the market has changed away from cars?
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Kinda like the Ford Troller in Brazil.
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While I do like the looks of the CUV, I am really coming to HATE the rear C pillar or D pillar depending on model as they are large blind spots and I truly believe that if they built the auto with incorporating a proper roll cage, you could keep full vision out the rear corners while having the strength to handle a rollover crash. -
Actually like the more traditional headlights on the MKC compared to this multi bug headlight that is a copy of what Acura has done for years it seems like. You could kill off the MKC and most people based on the almost identical body would think it was retired for replacement by the Nautilus. -
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)I really hope not, They could do so much better than the Angry Predator look.
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Crazy as I did not see them but really appreciate you posting them here. Thank you. Good to know they had it.
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G. David Felt replied to William Maley's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Nice looking coupe design sedan. I wonder how much this will hurt existing sales since multiple outlets say this is a more luxurious version compared to the existing Jetta.
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Interesting love the change of design language from their current hideous design language. Sadly I hate that coupe back end and wish it was more true SUV style. To me such a waste of potential usable space and letting the sun in to the back of the auto with a coupe style rear hatch.
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G. David Felt replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in North American International Auto Show in Detroit (NAIAS)Warm coco brown was not on their pallet in the last few years, you could not get any color you wanted unless you went custom and paid a crazy price. Part of the standard colors available is what I was commenting on and that seems to now be part of their 2019 pallet. Interesting comparison of the 2018 Escalade interior dash to the 2019 G-Wagon dash.
