G. David Felt
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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.
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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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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.
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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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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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@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.
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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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So then were would the Buicks and Holdens come from? Does that mean all that work would come back to the good ol USA?
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Sucks when after 233,000 miles your alternator decides to die. Had to finally replace it on my daughters 1999 Durango last night. Plus why go basic alternator for $127 when for $136 you can have the Heavy Duty version? Even with the couple times a year a trailer is pulled with the Durango, just makes sense to have the little higher output unit.
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as no American auto's but then I thought about what is the rare swans of the SUV world in Europe and Boom, I found it. #5 Spyker D8 $280,000 #4 Dartz Prombron Aladeen Edition $500,000 A super Luxury SUV built on the Toyota FJ Cruiser. #3 Paramount Marauder $650,000 weights 4 times that of a Hummer. #2 Conquest Knight XV $629,000 Ultimate fully armored SUV from Canada. #1 Dartz Prombron Red Diamond Edition $1.5 million from Russia. Fully armored against 50 cal bullets and rocket propelled grenades and leather seats from the skin of whales.
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All you can eat!
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I agree that everyone was building less than stellar quality auto's, Fiat just built the worse there was and that led to them tucking tail and running out of the country leaving many people with worthless auto's and a useless warranty. My dad had an auto repair shop. #1 auto for engine replacement was Fiats and the biggest request was to put in something anything that was reasonable price and better quality than the Fiat powertrain. #2 was conversions of American so called Diesel engines, really just a converted gas engine to diesel and terrible. No matter what, I helped my dad do many of these engine swaps and of course he put my two older sister and I through College doing this kind of work. End result is anyone with any real history and experience with FIAT knows they are far below the rest of the auto industry. As such FIAT should have planned for a flawless auto introduction in the US. They Did Not and as such we have the current crap round 2 that I expect will eventually see Fiat / Alfa leaving the US market in the future.
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Is this Toyota's version of the Juke?
