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    Okay, what about after 2020? What then? is that the review time? Is Lincoln worthy of keeping? They're only worthy as long as Ford is willing to bear the expense of making them. Making a Lincoln coupe on a Mustang is a no-brainer. Heck, I'd be the first the high-five an executive that comes to his/her senses to do so. Because it's easier to mask the current S550 chassis faults when it's a plush personal coupe. Do it Lincoln, people want it, it's just some design change, no need for extraneous engineering. AWD, and they've got something for someone who wants different everyting. Brand not heard of, plus a car based on a dying luxury concept - there is a buyer for that, and Lincoln could easily beat Genesis or Inifinti at it.
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    Must have a ton of bottlenecks in the production process that crush the cycle time. Or demand simply isn't there, so it's a huge waste because of under-utilization of the human workforce and production equipment/capital.
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    Because there's no way to effective way to peddle a pony car as a luxury car unless you peddle the luxury car* as the pony car *(with cosmetic surgery everywhere and emphasis on V8 and heritage and wickedness)
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    The desperation was always there. Expect they weren't desperate to prove themselves to us. They were desperate to prove themselves worthy to the rest of Ford. (I did it here to, laughing about it). It seems all my posts are like patchworks, having to go through multiple edits. Do bear with me, headache must be reducfying the effeterivness uf mer head.
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    If they had made the lower fascia more angular, more Acuracy...(heheheh Acuraracyy!!!), less organeric (I know, organic, but I like the way it sounds with the twist), it might have jived more. It's mostly the hood surface details as well and the top of the grille that are just so strikingly Jaguar, the one weak disctinction is how the hood ends at the grille, where on Jaguars it terminates before. The headlights,well, better they be a bit more derivative than Lexus Nike Swoops. If you look at each styling element on its own, it's actually harder to tell if it's from somewhere else, but all together, the sum of all those parts...it is what it is. And what it is, is what it isn't. If you get what I mean. This refresh either could have gone three ways. Keep the exterior but totally update the interior. Or totally update all the exterior like how the 2010 Fusion was updated in the exterior. Or halfways measures here and here (again most refreshes are just that) during a major design change. It's just a terrible time to do a refresh knowing the product has already has its life truncated. So we know which way Lincoln went.
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    Well, I infer that because the GKN AWD system will be used, it can definitely handle a good amount of power. I expect 5 years from now, some future updated version of the LGW might just end up in a Buick. They really should consider making some sleeper sedans juice.
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    The thing is, not ideal from an enthusiasts perspective as it can be, I'm not sure any kind of crossover should be really be made to emulate a good sports sedan. People don't buy them for that reason. Alright I concede enthusiasts might, but they're just as endangered as dead-tree media. I'll readily concede I am not an enthusiast either. I just like finger-licking good cars. Then again Mercede's Metris and Sprinter (Vans of all things) has better steering than a CLA, equal to the C-Class, but I digress no more. Okay maybe some more digression, Lincoln crossovers might have a head start but Cadillac's got overall much more cachet, so therefore Cadillac will catch up, unless an inverse of that inter-relation of the two brands is imminent, okay it might be feasible, but realistic, absolutely not. And has anyone not noticed the weight loss of these new GM products? Give'em the steering of a Fiesta, heck cannibalize as many Mazda and Ford compacts as you have to (speaking to GM here), give'em GKN's new AWD system and you have a formula for an awesome FWD/AWD Crossover. And you don't need RWD. Besides, because of Audi's Quattro AWD configuration, it's defaulted to giving more power to the front wheels even with a longitudinal setup for the commoner models. So here's some eccentric polarization of a North/South setup to give you FWD packaging, at the expense of weight distribution. I see this as a cost-effective way of pushing models out. All GM has to do is make sure there is a clear separation between brands. They are now among the best at doing it. And the ones that do make the platform sharing as inconspicuous as possible result in gloriously expensive vehicles for what they give you (Germans, dammit that is one way to make a ton of money. Wrap cheap bones in succulent meat. Just don't look at the marrow).
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    No!!! NOOOO!!! No! No!! Why?!!
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    And he conveniently got himself impeached before all this happened. You can't make drama like this up!
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    Very good sir very good.
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    Well, there's the butch and larder Explorer that has a 2.3L Turbo engine that can't move out of its way, and overweight Lambdas, and the Highlander with its base 2.7L four-cylinder.. I see no problem with perhaps the lightest vehicle in its class being faster in the straights and outhandling V6 competitors with its 2.5L Turbo.
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    Using a Sonic platform, Gamma to make a Cadillac... I thought we've been here before, Cadillac doesn't have to dilute itself, it can leave this to Buick. Unless they use Delta. The new Delta platform can accommodate AWD sub-frames, so that makes wayyy more sense. It'll give a slightly more vehicle to work with too.
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    Okay, so this is my opinion, down-vote if you like, please do move on though after you see this... The top image. It does look good. All I can think of calling it: Jaudi XJz with a Lincoln badge on it.
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    Yes, Buick is setting a nice stage of upgraded product with the Lacrosse leading the way. Now, I'm not sure if it was mentioned, but will the Lacrosse get AWD? Furthermore Could Buick simply shrink this car to give us a new Regal? Any thoughts on that?
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    I've noticed a lot cars are doing a pronounced rear quarter with the same swoop. It's kind of getting a little to much mimicry and derivative. But otherwise the concept was pretty good.
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    What I'm saying applies to you as well.
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    Well, I were to buy this, I would immediately take the badge and put it in the centre of the grille instead of above it. On some cars the badge outside of grilles works, on some it doesn't as well. But I see some carryover styling. I don't know if that's enough.
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    Look I love the fact that people have their own personal opinions of what constitutes a good or bad amount of a certain kind of trim, but do we have to bog down this thread with irrelevant things to this thread? Can ye move on? If we want a debate, let's make a new thread about just that, acceptable amounts of wood grain (fake or real) in an interior.
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    The Voltec system is getting its mass-market volume in the Volt. Putting it to use in flexible architectures across other business units means the costs to integrate the tech across platforms isn't going to be as prohibitive as it used to be when the only way to do it was to just platform share, like how Toyota and Ford do to sell hybrids in their premium brands. The return on investment is coming from multiple brands, many cars, not just the premium GM brands.
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    Well, maybe this is where additive manufacturing could make a real difference. Just load into the print queue what you want and viola! No need to worry about stocking legacy parts, just make what you need.
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    Well, Ford and Toyota are two automakers that had publicly released that they would collaborate for hybrid truck feasibility study. I bet GM and RAM must have also fiddled around with it too on their own. That was a few years ago. It ended up being a bust. It's probably very feasible to make hybird or electric trucks, and DFelt actually had a pretty good explanation of what it would take to do it. On a large scale volume, the costs could be reduced to. It's probably a customer expectations/marketing issue, Ford and Toyota had some focus groups or something. Now it's already pretty astounding how V6s have become alive and well in trucks these days. But a four cylinder gas and electric hybrid might be just too much right now. I think once automakers make every other model as efficient as possible (which is imminent) they'll turn right back to trucks. What is cool though is that Audi has some hybrid tech where the batteries just go into crevices in the vehicle so it doesn't do anything to hurt packaging.
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    I assure you guys, like Drew, that pictures don't do this car justice. You have to see it in person, and the silhouette looks much leaner, and the car exudes a very relaxed styling. It's not trying to be something it isn't. Though the steering wheel, I feel is the only thing I'd get rid of right away.
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    The biggest thing is that it gets a 1.4T standard and that upgrade automatic will be an 8 speed. That's a great base engine and great transmission upgrade. This generation should cement Cruze as a perennial top 3 for the foreseeable future. Now, even Hyundai and Kia have to learn from this in terms of value. Chevy gives real vehicle solidity and dynamics that they still can't replicate even if they book-match features and their respective quality for each iteration. Ford needs to learn the weight loss. And Toyota needs to learn the comprehensive vehicle concept and execution. And Mazda as well as Honda Honda, well, I'd say these three are going to be gunning it top favorites from journalists for the compact class. And Subaru needs some emotional designers. As per another poster's comment, VW has been "turfed". - EL K I quote because totally true scientific analysis. Yes, quite. Mitsubishi might as well disqualify themselves.
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    I wouldn't be surprised if its priced the same or a little above the TTV6. Given that Mercedes does the same for the S-Class. Or is that too convenient an example? Why does it have to be less than the ELR? Again, if the ELR was the size of a CT6, the it'd be a whole another vehicle. Basically swap the name ELR with CT6 Plug-in or Chinese 4.0T (WTF Chinese market?) and this is what we all wish the ELR really had been. If it is priced as the 3.0TT and above, it'd still be lower than the V8 we know for sure this vehicle will be getting. Too easy to come to these conclusions.
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