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    It has a bit of an Acura NSX profile to it, and I don't think the NSX looks good. We have to see it to really comment on how it looks though. I think the big make or break for the C8 is pricing. I get the sense that GM will price this rather high and that may miss the mark for current Corvette owners and a price point that tChevy dealers can support. And they need GM fans to buy it. The C8 could go 250 mph and get 100 mpg and cost half what a Ferrari F8 costs, and ZERO Ferrari owners will even give it a look because no one is going from a Ferrari to a Chevy. This is a similar problem Cadillac has with name brand in going to high dollar segments.
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    Not much a departure from the current, but I think that is good. The interior is a big upgrade, that is where the current model seems dated. I like the sport front facia more than the standard, overall I think the exterior looks good, familiar but more modern. The interior with the back seat upgrade looks more the like S-class of SUVs. I assume the 48 volt I-6 is standard and the 4.0 V8 is optional. Who picked that green paint? They aren't going to sell many of those. Fun fact, they have another 3-row SUV debuting next week.
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    A-class/GLA/CLA sold about 400,000 units world wide last year and C-class was near 500,000 I think. Plenty of volume there, E-class was around 350,000.
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    The A and C Mercedes sell, the TLX, not so much.
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    They still make Acuras?
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    That is what I meant. The inside but not the whole box.
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    How I wonder what this will cost since carbon fiber is really expensive. And this is just a carbon fiber lining it sounds like but that could still get costly. I wonder if they could get the manufacturing cost down if they could build the whole box from carbon fiber. To go a step further if you could build the whole body from carbon fiber I bet a Sierra would be sub 4,000 lbs with the turbo 4 and would probably be faster than the 6.2 V8 models they have now. And have more payload capacity.
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    WOW, a crossover that looks like a coupe, this has never been done before. TREANDSETTER!!!!
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    295 lb-ft in the CLA is more than adequate for a 3500 lb car. That is more torque than the majority of sub $45k cars or small SUVs.
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    That is more torque than the GM 3.6 V6. Also this is the mid-level, there is a 400 hp coming. I think this CLA looks a lot better than the previous one, but if were shopping this and an A-class sedan, I would just go with an A-class sedan and save the money to have essentially the same car.
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    Problem solved then. That will make enough power for the Gladiator.
  12. smk4565
    Right, 3 problems, 2 of them regulatory. They could turbocharge or super charge the Pentastar.
  13. smk4565
    I want a PSA-Renault/Nissan-FCA- Tata/JLA super merger.
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    About time. Those platforms are old as dirt.
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    Then why not just build EV’s? I am all for EV’s and I think what Tesla has done to get market share and not use the old dealer model and all that is great. Part of the Tesla appeal is you are buying the future, that luster may wear off when a lot of people have autonomous EV’s. I don’t see Karma building a better car than Tesla, Audi or Mercedes, so what is the point, especially with the $100k type money they will want for it.
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    Well BMW bought Rolls. Ferrari is viable due to their price point and merchandise sales. Jaguar has bled money from one owner to the next. Those were all established brands though. Fisher went bust, Karma will do the same. Why would buyers trust a brand that might not be able to honor a warranty or be in business for repairs.
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    Why are we demanding those drugs in the first place? I don't know the answer to that, probably many sociological and economic factors go into that, stress, depression, mental illness, etc. But maybe we should look to solving problems at home, rather than just blaming everyone else for our problems. And yes there is loads of corruption in Mexico with the drug cartels and they need to clean up their mess too.
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    If Karma was a viable company they wouldn't have to buy their engine off BMW. I feel like they are buying BMW i8 powertrains and putting it into an old sedan shell they have and trying to sell it. This company seems less viable than Saab was 10 years ago. As for the Germans they have plenty of EV's coming, and the market really hasn't demanded them yet. Tesla is a bit of an anomaly, with how quickly they were able to find success. I do think EV is the future, but won't hit it big until the 2025-2030 time frame. Karma is no Tesla.
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    Why is this company still around? It was a cool looking car in 2012 or whenever it came out, but that is old news. And who really wants to pay top dollar for some unheard of brand with a parts bin car when you can buy a Tesla or one of a dozen German luxury cars.
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    Which company only produces and sells cars in the USA? FCA, Ford and GM all import cars to the USA from other countries. And they all export to other countries. Tariffs would hurt every car company. Some would just feel more pain than others. Oddly enough Honda and Toyota would probably be hurt the least.
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    Everybody would lose. But the GLC, GLE, GLS and C-class are made in the USA so those would not be affected.
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    Right, it is easy to say booo Mexico, go USA and stir up the base. But when you look past that, tariffs will add about $10k to a lot those Mexican made trucks, that will hurt the dealers in the mid-west and Texas, that will hurt businesses that need to buy those trucks, etc.
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    Well a V8 Mustang is 16/25 mpg, a S560 is 17/27 mpg and a 750i is 18/26. And 2 of those V8s have an extra 1,000 lbs to pull around. So I don't think CAFE is a reason to not use a turbo V8.
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    I am not saying get rid of it, I am saying Ecoboost the V8. Every engine Ford makes now, or almost all of them are turbo, but the V8 isn't. They should turbo the V8.
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    If Trump did add a 25% tariff to the Silverados coming from Mexico, we would get to put that will customers change brands for $10,000 price theory to test. The Tundra is made in the USA, it would be curious to see what sales of the Tundra did if Ram and GM trucks had tariff on them.
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