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  1. regfootball
    i would concur in the caliber and versa! they don't sell the cobalt anymore,..........
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  3. regfootball
    so, the journalist said that, did you drive it yourself?
  4. regfootball
    as preposterous as throwing too much money at a malibu is something like spending 35g on say, a fully loaded kia optima turbo
  5. regfootball
    passat sales increased when they dropped the price. no $h! price matters. eco only launch gave malibu 6 months to sell the 12's at, let's face it, big discounts that were going to happen anyways. it allowed a slow ramp up on the new design, and to sell them at much higher prices....prices you can only justify with 'something extra' like the ECo. now that the non-eco's are out and the 12's are gone, they can slap rebates on the Eco's and move them out. i don't see the problem. work the kinks out, amortize the eco...... eventually, stop / start will be on many cars, might as well get some of them out in production. Let the early adopters pay for it. someone i know had an acquaintance who has(had) an eAssist LaCrosse and they were loving it.....getting like 30 mpg city. part of me thinks the magazines and journalists drive the piss out of these cars in a way not representing how people drive normally....
  6. regfootball
    VW figures that only toyota, nissan, GM, Ford, Hyundai and a handful of others will be all that is left in a global attrition war. The likely see themselves as being the only global German automaker with a chance at huge volume....i.e. to be one of the top 3 or 5. I think they fashion being top 3. By dumping, they might just pull it off.
  7. regfootball
    Bring in Bob Lutz to be in charge.
  8. regfootball
    Honda and Toyota are not on their A or B game even it seems most of the time now. Here is where Honda does seem to get it right yet...the new CRV as milquetoast as it is, is right on target. The new RDX is a major successful market correction. The ILX is a partial hit....a legitmately nice car that is basically a Cimarron Civic.
  9. regfootball
    why not just jump all over it and be done, like the other press has......... re:Cobalt. Turbo or not, I would never wish a cobalt on anyone (says thus who has chosen to be stuck driving one). Don't be romantic about the US of A if it means cobalt, SS or otherwise.....
  10. regfootball
    you could make this a hatchback and not have to change the rear end shape a bit.
  11. regfootball
    The newer VW sedans are actually crushing the previous models in sales for one particular reason: They're less expensive. dumping, IOW.....buying market share
  12. regfootball
    to be honest, if this is decent and low priced, i could consider this before a Cruze or focus...... the Elantra is just a bit overstyled in comparison.
  13. regfootball
    a more palatable version of the Elantra. Well done.... I think this is another foot in the door for the non Americans to erode more of GM and Ford's share...
  14. regfootball
    LMAO!!!!
  15. regfootball
    I'm tired of this American culture where we spend big money to pay young up and coming superstar saviors instead of credible leaders. This hop around work mentality is a symptomatic problem with our business culture in America and contributes to our instability and unemployment. Curiously the private sector who is in one way opposed to government drain is sure as hell willing to let the govt pay unemployment to get someone off their books and force the government to pay for worker retraining. sorry about the rant, even if it doesn't apply here this quick fix mentality about corporate business makes me ill.
  16. regfootball
    read today where sergio marchonne is accusing VW of dumping cars in Europe. They're sort of dumping them here too, but their quest is to like double sales...... even my Dad now wants to look at a new Passat diesel. He always wanted a Rabbit diesel. I highly doubt he will be ok with the build quality on the new VW's......
  17. regfootball
    love the scirrocco or whatever the German name is. Corrado? I don't think it would sell a lot here, but I do think VW would benefit from it being here. I parked next to a CC today, and I've always liked it..... but now I am not at all interested, and it's got the interior guts from the several years old old Passat. The new Jetta and Passat are not VW but are the new face of VW, and it is selling like mad. The Beetles, Golfs, and Rabbits are what VW sort of was.
  18. regfootball
    Probably in the running for one of the longest gear shifters............ imagine the money Chevy saved by keeping the shifter on the Cruze so lilliputian in comparison.....
  19. regfootball
    79 bucks? link please!!!! i wonder what the catch is. VW is NOT hurting. Passats and Jettas are flying out of showrooms. ..... Golf is classic, for Europe. I wish they could sex up the Golf a bit. Something akin to a Verano hatch, pls. I might have leased one a couple years back if they hadn't had the lame 2.5 in it.
  20. regfootball
    they should have done the shifter maybe like the jag, just a dial in the same spot...i think that is how Jag does it. there is nothing ergonomic or intuitive about random shift buttons on the dash. what happens if those buttons crap out?
  21. regfootball
    Verano is indeed very well done. Dart is admirable, but when i worked the autoshow this year, walking by the dodge part more than once hearing people liken the dart to the Neon because of looks, I can't help but hope it's not a pile like the Neon.
  22. regfootball
    this car was conceived quickly, poor assembly does not surprise me. If it even turns out nicer than an Avenger (which in theory should not be hard but for Chrysler....) then I will be surprised.
  23. regfootball
    Nice Fusion. Pushbutton tranny is stupid.
  24. regfootball
    http://autos.aol.com/cars-Mercedes_Benz-C_Class-2013-Sport__C250_4dr_Sedan/overview/ Mercedes C250 does 0-60 in 8.3 even with it's 7 speed auto.
  25. regfootball
    the 9-5 i drove got out of its own way nicely. of course, it had a stick, not an auto, which the XTS won't have. But still there was plenty of motivation. imagine all the rentals and fleet cars with the 2.5!
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