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    They can drop the diesel and put the Wrangler's new 4 cylinder in the Ram. That will yield more horsepower and probably better gas mileage. Problem solved.
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    They will probably charge $450,00 for it, thus that will limit how many there are, and at the same time make a lot of profit. If you take Ferrari's total profit, dived buy number of cars they sell, it works out to like $97,000 per car. Someone skewed since they have some merchandise an licensing deals that bring revenue, but still, crazy profit per car.
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    Option 1 is build them in Mexico, at least until Trump tears up NAFTA, which I don't really think will ever happen. "all talk, no action" The other option is dumping stuff like XTS, LaCrosse, Impala, which will happen, and convert those plants to build crossovers. They can cut the Sonic too, and either import them from Mexico and South Korea or where ever else they make them, or just cut it from the US market all together. Ford is going is only going to have 3 cars in a few years and the Focus will be built in China, and Fusion in Mexico I think is the plan.
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    Fuel cell is going no where, waste of money to even bother with it. Developing better batteries is the break through. Toshiba says they will have a battery in 2022 that can get 300 miles of range in 5 minutes of charge. That is the stuff to work towards. Even most gasoline cars don't have 300 miles of range in 5 minutes of pumping gas.
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    It doesn't matter what kind of radio or streaming music is in it if the production line isn't running. This is the problem Tesla has to solve, they can design the car, they have to produce the car.
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    Well, really any engine FCA makes is going to be unreliable.
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    AMG's 2.0 liter makes 375 hp and 350 lb-ft and that has been around like 3-4 years. So it is possible, but I wonder if they have tied a hybrid system to it and the electric motor with the gas is making 368 hp, although FCA and hybrid/electric don't really mix either. It is possible to get 368 hp from a 2 liter, Alfa Romeo gets 505 hp from a 2.9 liter V6. So the numbers match up.
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    I actually quite like that. It is a retro throwback type sedan that you envision world leaders of the 80s being driven around in. I do wonder how they only got 276 hp from a V12, and how do they only get 438 from a V8 hybrid? And why is their carpeting on the door panels? But I like the car.
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    Good car, but you have to get it to consumers for it to matter.
  10. smk4565
    Agreed. Will people buy them? Yes. Will car companies make money on them? Yes.
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    I had to add a quart of oil in between oil changes on my Aurora, and I changed the oil about every 3-5,000 miles with a high mileage. I think every Northstar and Aurora V8 burn oil. I have never added oil to the Mercedes and I change the oil once a year (about every 8,000 miles) but that is Mobil One, never leaks or burns oil. My mom had an Audi 2.0 TSFI, she bought quarts of oil by the case after 100k miles because it did go through about 1 quart every month.
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    Used Lincolns are crazy cheap compared to even Camrys of the same year. I am not looking for one, but I have seen 2013 MKZ's under $15k. If it were me I would get a used Mercedes because they run forever and the look good over time, and there are probably 2010 E-classes for $15k by now. I think a Subaru is a good car too for the awd and safety for a young driver or an 80 year old driver.
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    122k miles isn't a lot, perhaps high mileage oil or just adding a quart in between changes could help the problem. But if I had one Chevy on shaky ground at 122k miles, I wouldn't be looking at another Chevy. Or give the Malibu to your son, who probably won't worry about adding a quart of oil every 2 months, let the wife get a new car. Lincoln MKZ's are going cheap!
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    They will have more range, but these are just stop gaps or stepping stones as Drew says to EV's. Mercedes is going to have an all electric SUV with 400 hp and 300 mile range on sale in 2019. At that point, why buy the plug in hybrid? In this case though with the Range Rover, I think they worry about CAFE, and displacement taxes and everything else, one day the 5 liter V8 will be gone in the Rang Rover, and this engine will be the only option, or this and a six cylinder hybrid. These V8s are going to be mostly done by 2025.
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    Sounds like a good powertrain and a lot of torque. I am curious as to the gas mileage. The Electric range is pretty good, the Mercedes GLE plugin only does 12-18 miles on electric, but the new S-class does 25 so I imagine that will carry over to all. I feel like by the time they get worthwhile range in these plug ins, there will just be electric cars with 400 hp and 300 mile range for the same price.
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    Except if you want a $140k SUV there is basically one option. There are a dozen sedans for $30k.
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    Lacrosse global sales aren't great either for the price point. Something like half of Buick's Chinese market sales are cars under $22,000 US dollars. They could easily kill the Lacrosse or Regal in the American market.
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    It for sure is due to lack of choices. I think the shape of the Bolt and Leaf hurt sales. If they were conventional sedans or crossovers they would sell better. I think that is why there is huge demand for the Model 3, it is a normal sedan, plus Tesla is gotta have brand. Plug in hybrids are a stop gap product, in 10 years the batteries will have 300 mile range and recharge in 10 minutes and weigh less than they do now, and at that point why bother with a plug in.
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    On an A8, they might be okay with 300 a month, Mercedes is probably okay with 250 SL's per month because of the price point. On a $50k sedan like the RLX or Q70, they should just kill them off, 200 a month of those can't be very profitable. If these segments start to go away, the Mercedes and BMW sedans will be the last ones standing. They are 1 and 2 in all 3 segments.
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    That's funny. Neither of those GM have 3 locking differentials, nor do they have the approach or departure angles or ground clearance or torque of a G-wagon. I wouldn't bet on any stock vehicle against a G-wagon, and the Range Rover or Wrangler would keep up with it until they broke.
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    Because G-wagon sales were up 40% last month and up 11% year to date. 2017 will be the highest sales ever and there is an all new G-wagon next year.
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    How on earth do they still make the Sequoia? I feel like it hasn't been updated since 2005 and even more surprising is they got 900 people to buy one. That is what I don't get about Toyota. They have crazy money, probably more cash than any other auto maker, they are relentless with updates to the Camry and Rav4, then you have the Sequioa that was born on the same day as dirt and even the Tundra and Tacomoa should be more competitive than they are. They can dominate in cars, but they can't upgrade the engines in their pickups, or put class leading interiors in there? And how did they con 3,000 people into a Lexus GX? That thing has a 301 hp 4.7 liter V8 or something like that, from a 2007 Tundra. Do those 3,000 people now have a Mercedes or BMW dealer near them?
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    Yes the S-class was #1 seller in it's segment, and E-class was #1 in its segment. So what does that say for the rest of cars? The S and E class will be here for the long haul. Audi A6 too since they sell 200,000 a year in China, but when you look at global output of RLX, Q70, Lexus GS, CTS, Continental, those are some piss poor numbers, and a lot of those will go away, just as cars like the Monte Carlo, Solara, Avenger, and Sebring/200 went away when the market shifted.
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    Sergio is an idiot if you are a fan of the cars FCA makes. But the Angelli family is paying him to make money, not sell cars, and corporate raiding and selling off pieces is how to make quick cash to line the family pockets.
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    Those are real stats, E-class wagon buyers are loaded, which is a primary reason that they still make it. These are people that don't want a crossover, but want space and probably own wineries in California or are professors at Princeton and wear tweed jackets. A base Silverado is $28k but a High Country is $58k, so $40 seemed liked a reasonable middle to me. Since you brought it up I went to TrueCar, and it defaulted to a Silverado double cab LT 4x4 which an average price of $39,231. The F150 defaulted to an XLT SuperCrew with a 5.5 foot box for $34,911 with an MSRP of $42,350, there is a fire sale on those I guess.
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