G. David Felt

Yet sales data actually only shows the S-Class as King of the 100K plus sales tag for auto's as the most popular luxury auto especially in the US is the Pickup Truck priced over $50K with Ford F150 leading the way followed by GM and Ram. More of these Trucks sell above $50K than most of MB auto's. So with that said where is the real Luxury product line? Trucks / SUV!

I like this drawing as a very exciting modern take on an old luxury auto. Yet with that said, the tank like high windows is the one thing I would not like. This is one of my main problems with the Camaro, those high belt lines and little windows.

Seems if you do not get a flatbed to drag up the auto and then haul it away they use those trucks that go in between the front or rear wheels depending on drive train and then pinch the tires and lift. Definitely in changing times, you are so right that these bumper lift tow trucks would rip off the front or rear end of today's auto's with everything plastic being used.

Ouch, Maybe they might not make it after all. I thought they were better funded than this based on what they had released in press releases.

You got my curiosity going and so I checked, 63 new Jeep Patriots in washington state that I could find and all are priced between 32K to 22K. Discounts are not that big but financing is. Maybe they are not hurting that much to move them yet.

I have to disagree with you on this statement as dreams and desires is what should push us to perform better, work harder and achieve what is for most people unachievable. If we always settle for the low end, then why bother having nicer things as we can all settle for government housing, minimal quality of food, etc. I challenge you and everyone here to always push for the best for themselves and their family. Only through Drive of one's own dreams and desires do we make this place a better world.

Kinda like the Jeep hitting the Moose!

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Yes, Audi does have those buttons on the steering wheel as to why having them on the center console is no big deal for the basic stuff.

Love the Tech, Guess they truly want to compete with MB S class. Nice and I like the interior. Exterior I guess is par for the course of high end auto's being so conservative that I would go to sleep. @Frisky Dingo I will be the opposite, I love the touch screen everything. So nice to have a clean dash with no buttons.

Amazing how ugly 3, 2 and even 1 spoke rims can be plus I have to question how round the rims stays over time for the 2 & 1 spoke rims.

Yup, this is also another future focus reason. Course also additional parts to break down. New Mechanics of the future will be more computer based service tech than auto mechanic of the ICE age.

Thinking on this more overnight, technology has shown us how many people are introverted and as such, they grasp to the first straw I think of some companionship due to the awkwardness of having to actually work on a relationship. I think this also contributes to the shortness of marriage. Lack of personal interaction skills. LOL, Yes, the Model X Tesla has auto closing doors. Tesla is actually honest about ripping this idea off from the Taxis in Japan where they pull up and the door auto opens for the customer to get in and then auto closes. While a cool feature that I loved when going to college in Japan, I also see it as laziness in humans as those that grow up like this kid with parents that can afford an expensive auto like the Tesla Model X will come to think all auto's have this feature and then when they get into a normal car will not know what to do. Good catch Mr. B.

Totally agree, plus Europe has one of the worst Acid Rain problems that has destroyed so much forest. This should help to ease that problem and clean it up.

In Wheel Hub Cool EV Motors Protean Electric is making some very cool ev motors which should make auto conversions easy and talk about simple with big long range battery packs. More videos are found ere: https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Protean+Electric+In-wheel+Motors+in+Actual+Laboratory+Testing Have to say the break out test is cool from thick ice. Clearly motors can handle being submerged, I can see a true EV 4x4 as battery packs get to have longer range. Course need to replace the Jerry cans with replaceable battery packs.

Should increase ev conversions as people who like their older auto want to keep them on the road.

I know we have fans of various nameplates, but that is just crazy overkill. Thinking on this, I could see this being done for InWheel HUB Electric Motors. This would totally cover the motor assembly.

This makes total sense and is understandable.

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I am going to DISAGREE with you. Most drivers have gotten very lazy lately about driving their auto's. They do not take the time to know where their corners are, they cannot even on a Jelly Bean shaped auto envision where their corners are. Large cars or full size SUV's especially today drive just not much different than a small or compact auto. People who complain about driving, driving large auto's are usually ones that also have a banged up compact or small size auto. They are more interested in their facebook time line and what is going on in their smart phone than in actually driving. I cannot tell you how many people I have talked with that have seen me drive and be it parallel park or back into a parking spot all on the first time, square and straight in the parking spot and they are in awe how easy I park and it always comes down to they do not want to learn or bother being in a parking spot square, not hit anyone, etc. Lazy drivers = damaged auto's, complaints about large auto's, etc. This has nothing to do with them being a pain to drive or park even in a parking garage. Very easy all the time as long as you pay attention to your ONLY JOB! Driving.

Very cool write up. Sounds like you could benefit from going with a BOLT Lease. Those deals are killer at least here on the west coast. With your average driving range, the spacious interior of the BOLT and low cost to power would go really well for you. I get the message you are saying, most people could so easily get along fine in a much smaller efficient packaged auto. Then again, freedom of choice and those of us like me that are Shrek size does make down sizing an impossible thing. Good think we live in a free country at least for now and can drive what we want, spend what we want and enjoy the option of Choice!

Thought some might enjoy seeing who this racing team is. Walkinshaw racing web site Holden HSV Racing web site Interesting to see how things change over the next year with this. Interesting note is that Walkinshaw races Nissan 370's not Holdens. Wonder if this will change in the near future.

Fiat's quality has sucked always, Cheapness is what has kept them going. Cheap to buy and run for the most part. Many of my European coworkers talk about how sucky Fiats are but if it was not for the cheapness to own and easy to repair, they would buy something else. There is also the other side of this coin where some europeans are happy to have alternatives to Fiat and have like many in the US wondered why they are still alive. So many other options that even at $10 a gallon, I would pick something else over Fiat crap.