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  1. smk4565
    I think the Kona looks good as does the Sonata. Whoever is doing their styling is hitting the mark. How many of these crossovers can they make though. Venue, Kona, Tucson, Sante Fe, Palliade, and maybe I missed one of there could be more coming.
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    Oh good they can make another even bigger one. The Telluride is Explorer sized isn’t it? These product planners seem to just be making SUVs every 5 inches apart in their line ups. Well well I am holding out for the Mojave Masterpeice 4 door coupe. Until then I am not interested.
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    I think this is a pretty bargain performance package, I imagine they price it in the low $40s (starting) and it is a fast car for that money. Glad to see they added some rigidity also, sounds similar to what they do with the underside of the SL and probably every concertible. Maybe GM can buy this engine off Mercedes for all those front drive Cadillacs. 302 hp and 295 lb-ft with a dual clutch sounds better than the 237 hp unit they have now.
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    The Masterpiece looks pretty large and obnoxious and they should build it just like that and use that name also because it will sell well here. Americans like big obnoxious trucks, I think the Masterpiece would steal some Tahoe and Expedition sales for sure. As far as the SP goes, sure why not, we probably won’t saturate the crossover market until 20 brands have about 10 crossovers each to pick from. Then all the millennials will hate crossovers because that is what “mom” drives much like Gen X thinks minivans mom mobiles and their grandma had a Buick so those aren’t cool. Then we can get back to cars after this crossover craze burns out.
  5. smk4565
    Regardless of which comes first, all these Lincolns probably drive like a Ford. Although they might be doing more than Cadillac is doing.
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    Probably won't look or drive at all like a Ford Escape.... oh wait. I give credit to Lincoln for the name changes, upping their interior game and getting a more cohesive and consistent styling theme going on. But all these are still dressed up Fords.
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    Renault and Nissan both would have to stay, they can share mechanicals on probably everything, Renalut seems better at small cars and Nissan more so on SUV but they can merge all that and rebage stuff. That covers main stream. Maybe Dodge stays as a performance brand but Renault has an F1 team maybe they do cheap person instead of Dodge and Dodge is killed too. Chrysler dies move the Pacifica to Nissan. Fiat and Lancia die as Renault has small cars. Ram and Jeep are safe, Alfa Romeo or Maserati need to stay as a luxury brand with Infiniti.
  8. smk4565
    The ghost of Carlos Ghosn lives on. Sound like the super merger he always wanted will happen anyway. If they combine all 3 into one company they will have to kill some brands.
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    I wonder what sort of insurance coverage it will provide. Is this state minimum coverage? Or will it be a no deductible, million dollar liability type of policy?
  10. smk4565
    They should make an I-6 gas in a final death blow to the 3.6 V6. Anything front drive can get enough power from a 4-cylinder especially with electric boost as an option. So if 6 cylinder is only in rear drive then it should be inline. Side note, they should put the in-line 6 in the Tahoe also.
  11. smk4565
    They should kill that brand . Daimler has better places to spend money.
  12. smk4565
    Moblie One (0W-40 I believe). Changed once a year, I have a 10,000 mile interval and don't drive that much a year generally. I have never had to add any oil in between changed either.
  13. smk4565
    I was thinking 3 liter turbo as the base in CT6. Turbo 4 base in CT5, and turbo 6 optional.
  14. smk4565
    They should drop the 3.6 also. I imagine this 237 hp unit will be the volume engine of the CT5.
  15. smk4565
    Detuning the 4 cylinder for fuel economy, in a luxury car that is $60k doesn't make any sense. Maybe it would make sense if there was some great NVH improvement, but 7.5 seconds is slow. Granted the old folks in Florida taking it to Cracker Barrel won't care, and there is a more powerful engine for people that do care. It just seems like more bizarre GM decision making, that isn't based on customer demand, but rather supplier issues, manufacturing costs, parts bin inventory, bean counters, etc.
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    For $32,000.
  17. smk4565
    Cadillac issues aside, GM probably doesn’t have any transverse mounted engine with over 300lb-ft other than the soon to be dead XTS V-sport. So if they made one 9-speed transverse mount transmission it could be used in everything from a Sonic to a Traverse . Better economies of scale that way. Then in rear drive maybe you have a couple torque ratings for a regular duty and the high torque outputs.
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    One day the Chinese will own both these companies anyway.
  19. smk4565
    Seems like a typical GM move, and why Cadillac is where they are. I don't see why they don't make a better FWD transmission that can handle over 300 lb/ft with 8-9 gears or whatever they deem they need.
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    They do, and I had to look it up, VW owns 52% of Porsche.
  21. smk4565
    They make a lot of revenue and have volume off those SUVs, but the 911 has some crazy profit margins, so I don't think Porsche would have been dead, just small. Also remember Porsche owns 30% of the shares of Volkswagen. Owning 1/3 of maybe the world's largest automaker gives Porsche some money.
  22. smk4565
    If you wanted a "more athletic" Cayenne, you could just get a 911.
  23. smk4565
    Great info and research on that. The science explains their thinking.
  24. smk4565
    AMG gives you more power. This is one of the better looking crossover coupes. It seems that there is no end in sight to crossover coupes or calling every thing with 4 doors a coupe.
  25. smk4565
    The C-class has air suspension as an option, V6 or V8 as an option and you can get it with or without the driver nanny controls and the materials are the best in that segment and better than a lot of cars in the next segment up. Not sure what else they could do in that segment.
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