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    Easy to do when you take a short cut. Mercedes isn’t making an EV version of any existing car but rather coming up with an all new platform for all new 10 EV’s. If the X3e has 250+ mile range and 400 hp then fantastic, if it is a compromised vehicle like the eGolf then pass on that. The i3 is a compromised vehicle, make that thing drive like a 335i and then they would be on to something.
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    Lots of $100k and up sports cars that are tight. I doubt a Ferrari has any room in it yet people buy anyway. G-Wagon is smaller than a GLE but people fork over double GLE money for it. Sometimes luxury isn’t about size or even performance, it is about look at me, look at how much money I have.
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    Oddly enough GLS sales are up 9% this year and 2018 is the final model year for this generation. Escalade and Navigator are both down this year. So I guess width isn't a big deal for buyers.
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    That may be but the GLS is also a unibody compared to a body on frame so maybe that is why the feel is different. GLS’s dimensions inside and out are very close to Navigator, Escalade, LX570, QX80, etc. And as stated before, Mercedes has to sell the GLS in Europe and China so they have to factor that into the size and engine choices too. Plus more size doesn’t equal better. That is like arguing the Town Car is better than a CT6 because it is larger.
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    Ford has a European footprint, they also have an international Ranger right now. I could see Ford selling a Ranger in Europe and doing well with it. They already have gas and diesel engines for the Euro market to use without having to come up with anything new to meet regulations.
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    A 936 hp electric Bentley would be epic! Build that please.
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    I posted the dimensions and the GLS has more head and leg room in all 3 rows except Escalade wins front leg room, GLS wins the other 5. Also funny that the GM fans say the CT6 is on par with an S-class even though the S-class is larger and has more room. Talk about bar moving.
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    Right, the GL/GLS has outsold the Navigator every year in which the GL has been on sale in the USA. And you are 100% right, Mercedes designs cars for the whole world not just the USA, globally the GLS outsells Navigator and Escalade combined. And there is a new GLS next year, the Maybach version will blow these other guys away, ditto for the 600 hp AMG. The GLS and Escalade are with in 2 inches in every dimension of each other and the 2013 Escalade was actually shorter than the GLS, they made the Escalade bigger for the current generation. These two since 2006 have been very close in size.
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    I don’t care about a Subaru race car time compared to a production car, a Formula 1 car could do the Nurburgring ring in about 5:30, compare the Subaru to that. 7 minutes for a production car is like cracking the 4 minute mile for a runner.
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    The GLS has outsold the Escalade before in the USA, it could take it back over with a new model or if the Navigator cuts into Escalade sales. Escalade sales saw a spike when the the Navigator tanked a few years ago. Globally the GLS outsells all these big luxury SUVs.
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    Gotta see it on the Nurburgring, the great equalizer.
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    One feels smaller while driving because of superior ride, handling, acceleration and braking. But the Escalade's size must equal larger interior right? Uh Oh... Headroom 1st/2nd/3rd row Escalade 39.7 / 38.7 / 38.1 GLS 41.2 / 40.0 / 38.9 Legroom 1st/2nd/3rd row Escalade 45.3 / 39.0 / 24.8 GLS 40.3 / 40.0 / 38.5 Total cargo volume Escalade 94.2 cubic feet GLS 93.8 cubic feet
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    GLS is 202 x 76 x 73 Escalade is 204 x 81 x 75 They are close
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    I know, that is why I said GM makes 650 hp from theirs, Dodge 707 hp from the Hellcat. Plenty of power, putting on the ground is more the issue. DOHC isn't a requirement to make horsepower, it is just what the majority does. These brands use DOHC: Alfa Romeo, Acura, Audi, Aston Martin, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, Porsche, Lexus, Infiniti, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Maserati (Bentley has both, but phasing out pushrod with current Mulsanne) These brands have pushrod engines: Chevy, Cadillac, Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler
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    All the non-DOHC performance engines, like the GM 6.2 liter V8 and the Hellcat V8 and, oh that's it. All the Asian and European sports cars and Ford use DOHC. You don't have to have DOHC, obviously GM makes 650 hp with a pushrod, but there are way more in the DOHC camp than there are in the pushrod camp. The AMG DOHC V8 hits peak torque at 900 lower rpm than the GM 6.2 supercharged V8, so it isn't like you have to wind out a DOHC to 9,000 rpm to get anything out of it.
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    One day the eGolf will have 250 miles range and cost the same as at the turbo 4 Golf.
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    Looks a little like a last generation Lucerne in front. It just doesn't seem all that luxurious, I guess some funeral homes will buy them up when the XTS goes out of production, some of the 75 and up crowd will like it, but a Lexus ES is a nicer ride than this and I hate the Lexus ES.
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    I am curious as to what the engine will be. No doubt it will be a fun car with great sounding exhaust. I wonder if they will be able to put the power down to the ground though. The Corvette needs all wheel drive on these higher power models.
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    What percentage of Lincoln buyers buy another Lincoln? Is their owner loyalty so great or will more new Navigator buyers come from other brands? This I don't know, but not sure you need to offer $5,000 to Lincoln owners, when there are fewer Lincoln owners out there than there are Acura, Infiniti, Lexus, BMW, Audi, Mercedes owners. If I were Cadillac I'd be more concerned with new 2019 Mercedes GLS + Maybach trim, and all new BMW X7. First all new G-wagen in 40 years next year too, although at a price class above Navigator.
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    Ford already has said they are moving Focus production to China with the next generation. Volvo I imagine will have more Chinese made cars since they have a Chinese owner. Car companies will always look for cheaper labor and China is the land of manufacturing. The one thing that could slow down Chinese production of cars is if the whole car is built buy robots, then you have no labor cost and who cares where the factory is at that point. Plus with self driving cars, they can drive themselves off the assembly line onto a truck or train or boat for shipment. Not sure if that motivates auto makers to build domestic or outsource over seas.
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    As long as the convertible stays. Those have to sell like hot cakes.
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    Only 2 cars for now. There will be more built in China as time goes on.
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    Buick is going into the $50s, all the way to $59k in Drew's example, GMC Yukon Denali's are $70k, maybe more than that, I don't price them out. But both brands sell a lot in the $35-55k range. Cadillac right not sells most of their product in the $35-65k range, outside of the Escalade. Even well equipped or loaded XTS and XT5 are maxing at $65k and a CT6 with some options is $65k. Cadillac isn't on the level of those with $100k+ cars, and that is the problem. Why aren't they? GM managed to push Buick and GMC up in price point, but Cadillac hasn't gone up in price point in 15 years just about. The early 2000s STS and DTS with inflation were priced higher than CTS and XTS of today.
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    I am still shocked that there isn't an Escalade-V with a 650 hp supercharged V8 for $129,000. I mean why not, someone will pay it. I think Cadillac could easily have an SUV above Escalade in the $150-200,000 range. Take the CT6 plug in hybrid tech mated to the new DOHC turbo V8 for a combined 700 hp with say 25 mpg sort of ability, hand sewn interior, 1 inch thick wool carpeting, platinum plated door sills, twice the sound isolation of a CT6, wood from trees that fell naturally on their own accord, etc If Buick can get $59k for an Enclave more power to them. But if you are going to push Buick's pricing well into Cadillac territory why aren't they pushing Cadillac up as well, despite previous failed attempts.
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    Fair enough, but if they had the production capacity. Same could be said for if Mercedes or Audi or anyone else if they had an EV car at that price point with that capability. If Toyota had a Camry EV for $26,000 they would sell 1 million a year I bet. Once the batteries get cheaper, the gas engine will be done. 37,700 killed in car accidents last year, something like 93% of that is due to human error, that is why the government will ban driving. Drug overdoses are 60,000 a year, so cars are behind that, gun deaths about 33,000 a year.
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