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    I want to see an electric Viper because that car has always been a mad cat to handle and imagine if they found a way to let a 1000+ hp and tq electric motor and batteries in the back of the next SOB in this line let loose. worth watching the rubber melt as it rips the goddamn earth off the ground, madness. Oh well ?
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    Well there was a great piece I read somewhere that the Chicken Tax is what keeps domestic truck lines safe from competition. but then look at Japan and Korea. American makes can never succeed there. And that’s because they are not even willing to try to understand. Look at China. How the hell will anyone believe that their automakers need any protections any more with the kinds of cars they make today. I don’t like Trump, don’t like Wilbur Ross, and a lot of what the domestic makes even make is partially or wholly imported. but really the question is that autos are a big reasons hoomaans are doomed with global warming, and so tariffs might just do nothing to change that, and that’s what LeTrump wants.
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    I thought I’d make an annual update. last weigh in 145 lbs. I am like at 10% body fat. i also got inked. And then I killed a chair in the air. got on keto. Did snake diet fasts. Had a lot of fun. Became the snake ? out of all my friends, had an eagle ? grafted on me chest. yeah things aren’t too bad now,l. sw: 188 ew: 145.
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    Ford is just too tied to its FSeries. And if they actually are able to hybridize their entire lineup, then there will be efficient utility options. I can see the dispeleasure, but in the end if they choose to kill of their sedans, well it might just be the best time to get a Fusion for a song. I’d get the Fusion Hybrid, because that’s actually the best Fusion available in terms of overall purpose, no EcoBoost false promise, and while the battery isn’t under the seats, the trunk still has a pass through. And the discounts plus decent FE make its cost of ownership competitive with newer midsize hybrids that get 3-5 mpg better.
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    ? I don’t use emojis lightly so, yeah, job well done there.
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    Let’s remind the premise of this thread. OP has valid concern over his loyalty to a brand that is not being catered to through said brands bundling of option packages on a sedan model. Relates to lack of competitive pricing of models, trims or packages. Of course other GM loyalists can say ‘hell yes I got X amount off and a wicked deal’. All I’m claiming is that other brands are more than competitive, and yes a Mazda generally has a flinty ride or noisier cabin but it’s actually fun to drive, has real steering feel, try to get that in most Buick’s that aren’t sedans. And now said competitors undercut the the Buick value proposition by offering other features standard or on their top-line trims for mainstream’s get the same features that’d be expected on a premium marque. And who said those said competitions don’t have good offers? You can also say people get X amount off their competitor brand to Buick. That happens too. Especially when said OP is considering rivals to desired class/segment of sedan the OP likes.
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    The picture I posted is of CX-9. never mentioned CX-5 in this thread. And still the Cx-5 for the price is better looking at least than the Envision. and of course the Avenir Lacrosse gets wood trim. I mentioned that already. Avenir models get real permium stuff that can be had in plebes like Avalon and Grand Touring Mazda’s for cheaper.
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    At that price the Envision makes decent sense. But laquer coated lol, the only Buick’s that even get wood trim are Avenir models, everybody knows Buick’s don’t get real wood trim. Even the Lacrosse doesn’t get real wood. And Mazda’s got great interiors dude, I just hate the white ivory leathers. We can agree to disagree, but what I can say is that if the Buick has better interiors by your opinion than even the German makes in it’s competitive set and the Mazda has a worse interior yet it offers real premium materials and not plastic wood, then I suppose Mazda is on par with Audi, Lexus, Acura and Lincoln in terms of interiors in top end models ?
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    Because you can get a far better and much larger crossover such as a Mazda CX-9, loaded Kia Sorento, Explorer Platinum... for that kind of change, and I dunno how, I’ve been in all of those and that god awful plastic wood trim in the Envision is pure trash, and the Cadillac XT5 is not that far off the Envision loaded up. What I meant was that Ford started to really PR spin the stupid EcoBoosts even though they were really just a replacement for the aging Duratecs, not a premium engine option. I remember configuring a base SE with the 1.6L back then and like $25,000 for just that? It was ridiculous, and now the competition is offering more features, more value and better turbo or N/A engines and the Fusion overplayed it’s hand, Ford has to increase value and the buyers that did get a Fusion, might feel burned by Ford’s PR spinning of what was just the next family of engine lines, not an industry exclusive tech that they played EB as. I would never pay more for the less powerful, less in real world efficient engine, and I laughed my ass off when they announced the Taurus and Explorer would get the 2.0L as an extra $1000 option. Who the hell actually bought into that, and I wonder how unimpressed or flat out rage they must have felt, eh?
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    I’d go used, but I’m actually more of a fan of the Grand Sport...not the same car, right. Ohhh, when you mentioned brakes and how they are different on the two cars I remembered that time you saved loads of dough by changing the rear axle bearings on your Impala. Some odd tie-in to DIY. Dunno about GM’s carbon ceramic brakes but some other names like BMW have issues with noise that their rotors make in situations where it would not look good for the vehicle to be making that brake noise. Also GM has a great reputation for their high performance steel rotors.
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    Hey some sugar daddy or momma probably can’t even bother to look poor by lifting their arms to press the auto lift gate so Mercedes engineered the solution to be a trunk for an SUV. Thinking outside the trunk - if every car with a lift gate can get the auto down feature, even some cheap Chevy or Toyota, innovate by getting rid of the lift gate! The luxury of not looking like or using yours as any other utility on the market!
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    Well I would have said that maybe GM incentives might make up for it, but then I thought that @Paolino probably already has the current competitive offers for lease/finance at hand and still the Lacrosse is bundled too much relative to like competitors. i think GM will adjust. I remember how Ford first did EcoBoost and then now everyone that has turbos is making the turbo engine if not standard, than very easily attainable, and not the $1000 standalone upcharge on Fusion SE and like Focus to go from the 2.0L to the atrociously underpowered 1.0. American makes been kinda lacklustre on features and value for a while now on their passenger mainstream cars, and the only car that I really feel is a GEM is the Pacifica. And the Envision is a turd, it’s just a crap vehicle, doesn’t even matter where it’s imported from. Okay I know that vehicle is not involved at all, but still. Buick.
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    I experienced gigabit Internet the other day. Best orgasm ever. UHD uploads and downloads faster than fapping Turbo.
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    I want to see lighter interior tones and better lighting. There was probably very little breathing room for this debut. I think the XT5 has a light brown interior option on some trims right? Where the dash, pillars, seats and doors are light brown. That is a good interior, I want to see the XT4 version of that.
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    well they do need something to use up all that capacity at Chattanooga...
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    i like this, better interior than the NSX as well!
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    yeah this interior isn't really moving me much. I like the package, just the front cladding and big vent opening seem a bit odd. Otherwise I think the front 3/4 is sharp, and the lighting is great.
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    I like the green house, I like the interior as well. For some reason it looks much smaller than it probably is. Are my eyes fooling me?
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    if they got rid of the rental stripper model and kept it to just reserve and higher I wouldn't complain. But that's why the car isn't amazing outright. i knew that, and I still love the styling. But there's too much lost from the concept to get a $50,000 car, where if Lincoln was actually after prestige, they'd realize that hypocrisy doesn't run in their favor. Mercedes can whore out S-Classes in Germany in livery fleets all they want, because America doesn't care about that. That's why brining back a model from the dead requires an actual decent plan to capture buyers. The closest thing to that is perhaps how the Zeta Camaro was so popular because it tied into the Transformer Films. Whoever got that deal is a legend in GM right now.
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    There’s no way they want to take the current car and then refresh it with those doors. That’s actual suicide for the car. The Continental really needs to provide obsessive luxury and quality, and the current car is good, but nowhere near that. I just don’t understand how a car from LINCOLN that starts at $45,000 can be optioned up to $85,000. Ford needs to invest in its product very badly and Hacett isn’t a car guy plain and simple.
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    I don't think the M5 and CT6 Vsport are really direct competitors. Yeah sure nuff both sedans, both sporty, both V8s... but they share not much else really.
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    Here’s the real problem. Dearborn is delusional to think a one-and done will bring relevancy back to Lincoln. And they are stupid to believe Lincoln should relive the glory of the past. Fine, reuse old names, but do them justice. This car attracts no one who wants cutting edge and new fangled. It’s like the directive from up above was to maintain the old buyers while trying to cater to a new audience. What you get is a decent top end car while the rest is meant for fleet. What kind of model is that? No organic growth, no plan for a follow-up after this generation, and no clue about who their buyer actually is. They slapped a name on a car to get it attention, and then it’s moment was there, and now it’s gone. If Lincoln was launched as a brand new car brand, and they had fresh ideas to deliver then that would mean something. But I’m almost.... heck I am eating my own words. This car...it has no momentum. It’s one of those things. Use it or you lose it. Lincoln forgot how to make a decent luxury car long ago. And this car is just not luxury even to me anymore. Whatever this car does well, a Hyundai that costs $15,000 equally equipped just does better.
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    I almost thought it was a new Duramax, it looks really properly durable, look at the at fuel lines!!!
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    That displacement tax is just dumb, shows where even the Chinese gov't like any government isn't good at picking winners or losers. But that really is no problem, laundered money can easily sidestep the tax. Here's the real conclusion. This car is the lightest in its segment, and now it has a really powerful power-train. It will be the performance king of the fullsize segment, and it actually looks like a sleeper. And that speaks to me. Why does an AMG S63 have to be so overstyled? This is clean. Does performance matter? Who cares really, all this car has to do is have a V8 to be considered credible. And now it does. It's a pretty good V8 too. And it'll probably spend more days being driven or being driven in, than being worked over in the dealership.
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    I still can't wrap my head around the that they are really considering letting the nameplate go. It would be fine with them taking time to change the sedan formula. For one, a lot of the competition has now moved to the sloping roof-line look, which at worst eats into headroom, and at best just shrinks the greenhouse and impinges rear visibility. The Chrysler 200, regardless of its strengths had no success because there was no other option in the Chrysler lineup to turn a sale if someone didn't like the packaging. They could come back with a more upright sedan and change the dynamic. There's a lot of sedan buyers that still want a straight forward sedan, more upright. Going against the grain is what Ford as a brand can actually pull off. Where's the pride in FOMOCO? Why did they even make the GT then? EcoBoost branding makes no sense these days when your EcoBoost Fusion has worse mileage than a turbocharged Accord, like c'mon what is with this company!! Hackett has no cars in his plan, and every car that is there is going to have to be really good at being autonomous and electric to make a difference. Every crossover utility in Ford's current lineup is based off a car platform.
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