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  1. smk4565
    Wouldn't an eco boost V6 use less fuel than an N/A V8? An Ecoboost V8 shouldn't use that much more gas than a regular V8, even more so if they used a 4 or 4.6 liter V8 instead of a 5 liter.
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    Why don’t they put a 400 hp Ecoboost V6 in the middle and 550 hp Ecoboost V8 in the GT and then have the Shelby.
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    I did watch Autoline and Jeremy Clarkson said a couple months back there was one city in China that awarded 1 car license all last year. Once China goes EV the rest will follow, there are 4 times more people there than in the USA and they spend on infrastructure and grow, grow, grow.
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    I will avoid from political talk other than saying 2020 can’t come soon enough. But this won’t happen. Zero percent chance he closes the border next to zero percent chance he puts a 25% tax on GM cars and screws GM and all its dealers, and many of those dealers supply a lot of jobs in small town middle ‘Murica where Trump’s voters come from. ”All talk, no action!” To quote someone famous.
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    Mercedes said they are dropping the V12 to pursue electric so obviously BMW is going to follow suit. And how many 760’s do they even sell? Mercedes has sold way more V12’s than BMW over the past 20 years. How long Rolls Royce keeps a V12 is a better question. But once the next gen batteries come it is goodnight ICE. People to light their homes with kerosene lamps because electricity came along. And China is going to make it near impossible to buy ICE cars, then the automakers will just say screw it because it isn’t worth it. Their government will tax the hell out of ICE cars and you have to win a lottery to be allowed to buy a gas car there. Who the hell wants to deal with that? Or you can just go buy an EV no problem.
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    Maybe in a Ferrari a V12 makes sense for noise. But in a 7-series, S-class, Rolls or Bentley you want silent drive and torque. EV does that.
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    V12 serves a purpose now but electric will replace it. Electric is more quiet and smoother which is what they want in a Rolls or Bentley.
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    They can get 600 hp out of a V8, so I don't know how much longer the V12 is needed. Post 2023 it will all be about electric cars, especially on the high end.
  9. smk4565
    All their cars on in a 7 year cycle with a refresh after 4 years as it has been the past 30 years or so. The SL and G-class are the exception to that.
  10. smk4565
    G-class is doing well, the GLB could be what reverses the decline. It will sell well in China and Europe also where gas is expensive. GLB might be a 3- row also which no one in this segment does
  11. smk4565
    I guess he is not going to lead the new Renault-Nissan-FCA-Mitsubishi alliance.
  12. smk4565
    Buick and GMC SUVs are a bit dated, there seem to be 5 new crossovers every month hit the market, just in the past year or so you had Atlas, Acent, Palisade, Telluride enter the Traverse segment. Kona, Passport, etc. They just keep coming. Cadillac is struggling, BMW X7 is probably going to outsell the Escalade and Navigator this year, Cadillac and Chevy sedans are dated and sedans industry wide are struggling. The butt kicking will get worse when you remove Impala, LaCrosse, XTS, Cruze, Volt off the list next year. I don't think they'll make up that volume it will just go elsewhere, but I don't think GM is playing a market share game either.
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    Depends on who they compete with. If they go into a mass market at a good price, I think people will give them a chance. Alfa is trying to go against BMW, Audi and Mercedes, those are heavyweights. I don't think Peugeot has built in negative perception either.
  14. smk4565
    The Alfa interiors aren't as good as any German car, not even close. So there is one problem, they have performance but the Germans have that too. And the reliability worries I feel like are a huge obstacle. You almost know going in it will break so why buy it? Alfa almost has to give these cars away for 5 years and prove they are reliable before masses will pay money for them. They should be selling Alfa's at $400 a month for 72 months. I get that is $28k, but that is about what people are willing to risk on one of these. For a hot second Alfa was bragging how the Guilia was the fastest 4-door around the Nurburgring and the Stelvio was the fastest SUV, then Mercedes took both those away about a month later. So you are getting 2nd place performance with sub par interior and bottom of the barrel reliability. Not a recipe for success.
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    It will have an A-class looking interior. They'll sell boatloads of them to people that want a G-wagen but can't afford one.
  16. smk4565
    Exactly. $75 a month savings isn’t enough to get rained on. They need to lease them for about $400 a month.
  17. smk4565
    So $75 a month cheaper isn’t enough to move the needle. The GLC outsells the Stelvio nearly 10-1. I don’t think the Alfa name has enough cache either and they don’t advertise a lot either.
  18. smk4565
    Their lease deals must not be as good as the Germans. I have to imagine buyers fear reliability and steer clear of Alfa’s.
  19. smk4565
    The problem with Alfa Romeo is it doesn’t have a 10 year bumper to bumper warranty.
  20. smk4565
    The small trucks are definitely coming, when you look at a Colorado or Ranger of today vs a 90s S-10 or Ranger the new trucks are huge. And those mid-size trucks are in the $30-40k range easily, and that is for the average ones, not the top of the line. A small truck in the $20-30k range would sell for sure.
  21. smk4565
    Fiat and Chrysler brands they can close tomorrow. Alfa is hurting, not a surprise. Jeep with a lot of slumping vehicles is a surprise in an SUV market except besides Wrangler a lot of those Jeeps have been around a while and about 10 new crossovers go on sale every month, those Jeeps are old news.
  22. smk4565
    The 6-series is a dead nameplate and the i cars sell like crap. They still do well with 3-5-7 series, not as well as Mercedes in those segments but BMW is #2. BMW outsold Mercedes in March and they did it with SUVs, those SUVs are all doing well. X7 is already out performing Navigator and up to Escalde avg volume and they are just getting started.
  23. smk4565
    The Tesla semi can tow the max weight allowed on American roads, I thought it was 55,000 lbs but it must be 80,000 lbs as stated. I think Tesla’s half ton trucks will tow as much as any other heavy duty. There isn’t any reason Tesla couldn’t do a heavy duty pickup that can pull 50,000 lbs.
  24. smk4565
    Tesla's EV motors are going to pull more than any diesel or V8 the big 3 have. They made a Model S faster than V12 Lamborghini, they have a semi that can pull 55,000 lbs. Electric just has too much torque for an ICE to compete with. And weight and packaging for batteries won't be too much of an issue on a full size truck.
  25. smk4565
    Tesla is going to turn the full size pickup market upside down. This buyer loyalty thing exists because all these trucks are similar and differences in capability aren't that far off from each other. But when someone new comes with significantly better product, at similar price, look out. Wouldn't surprise me if Musk's truck can pull 20,000 lbs and has a sub 5 second 0-60 time.
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