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  1. smk4565
    Kia sells about 35,000 cars a month in Europe versus a big fat zero for Dodge, so no, Kia should not be shut down. FCA's problem is they have regional brands in a global world.
  2. smk4565
    Ok, outside of Ram and Jeep, time to shut it down. And I imagine 90% of Ram sales are in the USA. This is why Sergio needs to sell this company in pieces or just start closing brands.
  3. smk4565
    Outside of Jeep, is is time to shut this whole operation down.
  4. smk4565
    The Camry was up strong in a crossover market, so it proved good cars still sell. Conversely, bad cars, like the Lexus sedans are dead in the water and look like they are all ripe for the graveyard.
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    Low month for the C-class, but Mercedes was #1 selling luxury brand. I feel like they don't even advertise AMG that much not to the masses anyway, but the car people know what they are, so I guess they just rely on the people reading car magazines to buy them.
  6. smk4565
    Just doing quick math in my head, it looks like the Equinox outsold the Spark, Sonic, Cruze, Malibu and Impala combined. This is probably why Ford wants to drop down to 2 or 3 car models. You could argue Chevy could replace those 5 cars with 2, and it will probably happen.
  7. smk4565
    Even if it was all done legally, and the people knew what they were getting into, it is still disgusting.
  8. smk4565
    I hate the current Lexus design theme, I think it looks bad on everything they make. The inside of this car seems dated, and I don't think it was that good of an interior 5 years ago, and the V6 in the GS350 has had the same hp since 2006. The lack of money they have put in this car makes me think it isn't going to be around much longer.
  9. smk4565
    Can’t have too many crossovers.
  10. smk4565
    Lexus has about 400 dealers I believe. Maybe Cadillac can sell some of their buildings to Genesis.
  11. smk4565
    They need crossovers in a bad way, crossovers are really the bulk of $30-60k vehicle sales whether they be from a luxury or non luxury brand. Getting that product mix right is step one, step two is the product. Their powertrains are dated, the G90's interior is at best on par with a C-class, and they lack any performance vehicles. I am not saying they can't do it, but they have to elevate their game and spend more money on product development. And that is where all these wanna-be luxury brands fall down. They don't have the volume or profit margins to justify spending $2 billion on developing one car, so they cut corners all over the place and it shows.
  12. smk4565
    Cutting from 350 dealers to 100 doesn't sound like a growth model. I get that they want their own dealership to make them seem like a stand alone brand and have the separate experience. But they need more models and better models if they want this to work at all. They could spend $50 million on a dealership building with a $100k a year salary chef providing gourmet lunches to service customers, but if the G80 is what they are selling it isn't going to make a difference.
  13. smk4565
    The Camaro and Mustang have a back seat though, not offering a back seat in the Z has been a sales killer. Pricing a base model Z 4 or 5 thousand dollars above a Mustang is a sales killer also.
  14. smk4565
    The problem with the 370Z is the price. And it always has been. The convertible has no back seat, the coupe I can't even remember if there was a back seat some years, if there was it was probably too small to use. So it is too small also. And it isn't cheap like a BRZ or Miata, they want V8 Mustang money for a smaller, less powerful less equipped car. The Z could work with a base 4 cylinder for $24,900 with a V6 model at $28,900
  15. smk4565
    Right, everyone craps on the CLA, which the CLA45 can dominate any Acura outside of the NSX. Acura's so called "precision performance" can't even beat the bottom feeder Mercedes. I am not buying FWD performance is on par with RWD.
  16. smk4565
    I got it! The RS1 , which will undoubtedly be a VW Polo GTI with 4 rings on the front.
  17. smk4565
    This isn't hard to figure out, build electric sedans in small and medium size that look like any other 3 or 5 series. Build compact, small and medium size electric crossovers. The i3 is hideous looking, the i8 only looks remotely good because it is a mid engine super car, but compared to other mid-engine super cars it is ugly too. You know why the Electric Mercedes SUV looks like a GLC body with a LED grille vs some weird spaceship lookin car? Because people buy GLC's and GLE's and they don't buy i3's or i8's.
  18. smk4565
    They have an RS Q7 in Europe, so that would be easy, they probably figure and RS6 would eat away at RS7 sales.
  19. smk4565
    I guess the RS6 is the missing vehicle. Unless they go with an RS Q7 or RS version of the new Q8.
  20. smk4565
    I did wonder why not put the navy seats in front because those will get used more, and put the white seats in back where they will get less abuse.
  21. smk4565
    But Acura’s commercials and tag line say “Precision Crafted Performance”. They are stating Performance is their #1 attribute. If they want to play that game then back it up, the RDX’s German competition has a 500 hp twin turbo V8. And they don’t have rear drive so whatever horsepower they put in a TLX is pointless it will just be an over powered Accord.
  22. smk4565
    I think the interior looks great, I like that it is different, who says the front and rear seats have to be the same color. Not sure about this coupe Range Rover idea and that sort of defeats the purpose of a fancy back seat of you can’t get to it.
  23. smk4565
    So at best, Acura is going to have the equivalent of a 2013 XTS V-Sport. Way to move the needle Acura. I bet the press release about SH-AWD and PAWS will leave out the 60/40 weight distribution. Everyone has AWD, the difference with Lincoln or Acura is the chassis and weigh bias.
  24. smk4565
    I can't wait for a twin-turbo V6 in a front wheel drive sedan, that will be exiting, they will put the Lincoln MKZ on notice! Because nothing screams performance more than front wheel drive. Here is how sad Acura is at performance, the fastest version of the TLX, has the same 0-60 time as the slowest Mercedes GLS.
  25. smk4565
    But an electric XJ is probably 3 years away, the Porsche Mission E will be on sale before that and the other guys will probably have one in 3 years also.
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