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  1. smk4565
    Mercedes-AMG E63 (daily driver sedan) Mercedes-AMG SL63 (convertible) Mercedes 600 Grosser Laundelet Mercedes-McLaren SLR (probably coupe, not roadster) Ferrari F40
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    A lot of these crossovers get mileage like a sedan. A Rav4 gets 23/30 mpg, a CHR gets 27/31 mpg. People are comparing these crossovers to the mid-seize sedan they have not that gets that. So they see it as no sacrifice in fuel economy but more space, more safety, better in snow, etc. Even at $5 a gallon, the big Tahoe type SUVs would get crushed, but the RAV4 and CR-V would see zero slow down, I think they would actually go up in sales with increasing gas prices.
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    It would not make sense for Porsche to make a 4 liter V8 then Audi to make a different 4 liter V8 then Bentley make a 4 liter V8, etc. Of course they should all use the same, Audi and Bentley shared V8 and W12 before, Audi gets their V10 from Lamborghini. If Porsche designs the V8s Audi-Lambo-Bentley which I think share one manager can provide the hybrids and the 12s.
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    Right. The coupe market is only shrinking, no reason to go into as a new entrant. My question here is why launch an "electric" car brand with a gasoline burning hybrid? That makes no sense and would kill the brand mission from day one. And I still think Volvo has trouble selling cars, no one knows what Polestar is, they will sell 1/10th what Volvo does or even less.
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    More 4-door coupe like styling, I think no sedan designer has any originality, they just copy what is out there. I think the engine choices are good. The 1.5 liter makes similar power to the 3 liter V6 of 15 or so years ago and the 2.0 makes as much torque as the 3.5 V6. What is a bit interesting is the 10 speed because there is hardly any fuel economy gain after 8 or 9 gears.
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    J-Pace would have to be the full size crossover since the XJ is the full size sedan. Rumor is the XJ will be dropped due to poor sales. Jaguar will probably have more crossovers than cars in a couple years, interesting since they are the car division and Land Rover is the SUV side, but it goes to show how much people want crossovers.
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    But if Cadillac is only going to have 6 models, then 4 need to be SUV/Crossover. I would be fine with Cadillac having 10 models. I'd put money there before Buick or GMC, because Cadillac is the biggest margin brand, or should be.
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    I think they wanted to tie it to the XE sedan, since this is the small crossover. There is an i-Pace electric crossover too.
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    This will be the #1 selling Jaguar.
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    So why doesn't Cadillac get out of the sedan business and into the crossover business? The XT5 outsells CTS, ATS, and CT6 combined. They could drop all 3 of those sedans and sell an Equinox based Crossover and make more money without all that rear drive platform development cost.
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    Took a while for the GNX to show up. Good call on the DB5, and the 1955 300SL took a really long time to show up and is the first choice for any 6 cylinder car battle. I'd say a Porsche 911 is a good bet too because they have all wheel drive for 4 seasons and they are a reliable car that holds value. I think we need an ultimate garage of cars not sold in the USA, such as the Skyline.
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    The luxury brands have moved down market because compact sedans and crossovers are on the rise. Toyota had to do a CHR, Honda a HRV or whatever they are called because there is demand for smaller crossovers. So they had to go into that new segment, that brought lower prices. Audi, BMW and Mercedes would be fools to ignore the X1, X2, A3 sized cars as that is where the growth is. Mid and large sedan segments are dropping at any price point. Cadillac has been so slow to respond to the crossover market that they are in 7h place in sales this year in the USA. They have actually lost market share since Johan took over.
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    I am skipping the track car and wild card country. Off Roader (Italy): Daily Driver (USA): Family Car (Japan): Weekend Fun car (UK): GT Vehicle (Germany):
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    CT6 is cheap, if Cadillac raised the price of it by $30,000 next month, you'd see CT6 selling at 300 units a month too. The A8's saving grace is China, because in Europe they are only selling about 500 A8's a month on the whole continent. The S-class destroys it there just as bad as it does here. Audi ha massive business in China though.
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    For a dairyer driver with my own money, I'd just need the mid-size sedan category, and I would look for another E550 or an E63 with the 5.5 liter turbo V8 as it gets 1 mpg better than my current 5.5 liter V8 and adds all wheel drive. So it would actually be more practical than what I drive now. I don't like SUVs, and I live about 15 minutes outside of downtown Pittsburgh so I don't have a place to go off road. Otherwise a used G-wagen could be interesting. Or I always liked the 90s Discovery's with the little glass windows up in the roof, those are probably like $2,500 now, assuming you can find one that runs, and would be fun to take off road and beat on.
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    That is pathetic sales total. I think this car is too big more most Europeans. And it would need a 2 liter turbo hybrid engine to likely have any chance. But really it is too big, to a lot of Europeans a 3-series is a mid-size car, and this thing is a foot longer than a 3-series.
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    I think the Toureg is actually priced higher or at least the same as the Audi Q7 which is larger, and an Audi. So it never made sense to have a VW SUV in the $50-70k range. Makes sense to drop it, and they need an SUV under the Tiguan to have 3. They could get one in between Tiguan and Atlas I think too.
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    Audi since the 80s and 90s has had reliability issues. All cars have improved since then but of the German cars I think the general consensus is that Audi is the least reliable. Porsche has often rated top 3 in initial quality and long term reliability for the whole industry.
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    The 7-series isn't so bad, has a lot more performance than a Lexus LS. I think it still has some cache too. It is just no S-class. If the S-class never existed, people would have thought the 7-series to be the king of the big luxury sedans for the past 30 years .
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    Stand up hood ornament it still Boss on a sedan. The S-class and Rolls-Royce Phantom have stand up hood ornaments. Only the big dogs have it now.
  21. smk4565
    That seems like a lot of money for a Patriot even if it is 0% for 6 years. The Patriot has a 90s GM level interior and it still has the stand up antenna on the hood, that everyone outside of FCA got rid of in 2001. I did look on Auto Trader and found that 2015 Patriot Latitude 4x4s go for $17-18k, which to still seems high to me for what it is.
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    The rear looks like a Lincoln Continental, and overall I think it looks a bit plain but Audi likes conservative styling. The inside has a clean look, but I like buttons. If I want to change the volume on the radio, I want a knob, not a touch screen. I do like the laser beams and 48 volt hybrid and self driving tech.
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    Patriots have to be selling a 50% off at this point.
  24. smk4565
    I think they are banning sale of new gas powered cars, so the existing gas burners could go on oil 2050 by the time they all die out.
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    Come 2030 there will be countries banning gas and diesel, France in 2040 is banning them, so they have to get on the path to electric. Regulations will probably make gas engines extinct post 2030.
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