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  1. smk4565
    Toyota should redo the Tundra and undercut the F150 by $5-10,000 and put that theory to the test.
  2. smk4565
    A new SUV called the SubTraxx.
  3. smk4565
    This has the same starting price as a Tesla Model 3. Good luck to VW on that.
  4. smk4565
    I never knew they used it on an S-class, the past 25 years so so the S-class has not had MB TEx and I couldn't find an 80s car with it either, I read a 1988 S-class review that says leather is standard so we are 30 years with it that way. But, MB Tex lasts longer than leather and is easier to clean. There are Mercedes that are 50 years old with MB Tex still in good shape and that wouldn't happen with leather, it would dry out and crack. In some ways it is a superior material to leather and all these MB Tex cars offer leather too, so the consumer has a choice. Plus you have to have ability for people to option a car how they want in order to sell it. If you make everything standard, then a Camry would start at $35,500 and have piss poor sales, an F150 would be $70,000 base and sell about 6,000 units a year instead of 800,000.
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    The Camry is the most American ca you can buy I think. I don't think people care where anything is made for the most part, they buy the product they like. People buy phones and TV and computers made in China and they don't care. There wear clothes from the Philippines and Vietnam, and they don't care really care where stuff comes from, they care about quality of the product and price. If GM sold an American made Silverado for $35,000 and the exact same spec truck with the same quality as a Chinese made Silverado for $30,000, 99% of the people would pay less to have the Chinese one and they wouldn't shed one tear when the American factory shut down. That is the the cold truth of how it is.
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    I think the S-class and SL have 2 higher grade leather options, E-class, GLE, GLS I think have some sort of designo upgrade to the leather. The options and equipment mix must work as they outsell everyone else in global luxury. Maybe vegans and people of certain religions that don't want to harm a cow like MB-Tex.
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    Well not a lot is made in the USA. Chevy is no more American than Honda or Toyota at this point. If Michigan is unhappy about GM closing factories they should look for other things to manufacture. Build solar panels or windmills in those old factories.
  8. smk4565
    I didn’t say that, I said the E-class and down has MB-Tex standard. Whether the 70s S-class had vinyl seats or not doesn’t really matter. I was talking about the current line up.
  9. smk4565
    They should do a coupe version and call it Mariner, and a coupe of the Aviator called the Mountaineer.
  10. smk4565
    People want crossovers and cars keep getting more expensive. The Venue will sell in the USA just fine.
  11. smk4565
    Well they offer leather on everything if you don’t like MB Tex. The nice thing here is at a time when everyone else is just making crossovers andnkilling sedans, here is a sport sedan that doesn’t cost crazy money.
  12. smk4565
    Should have sold 100% to Geely.
  13. smk4565
    Like 185 inches to 191 I think, not that big a difference. I think one being an Audi and one a VW matters more. Or a Stinger is about $5k less than the Arteon and the same size.
  14. smk4565
    The ATS-V is/was about $65k. That 380 hp BMW is like $49k. That was my complaint, Cadillac prices their 3.6 V6 where the other guys price their turbo 6.
  15. smk4565
    I prefer real leather also, my car has the Napa leather upgrade, I prefer to the MB Tex. But they offer leather on every car and upgraded leather to cars that do have leather standard. Those do look in great condition.
  16. smk4565
    Or get an A4 for the same money just about.
  17. smk4565
    I don't know but I bet Porsche sells those Cayenne Coupes for $100k easily. And you know a Bentley Crossover coupe for $300k is probably next.
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    There is if it is a 4-door coupe SUV.
  19. smk4565
    There is 4 different fronts and that is all off 1 model. I think they differentiate just fine.
  20. smk4565
    The GLE has that C pillar because the 1997 ML had it, and they have kept it ever since. The XT6 won't outsell the GLE, the GLE/ML has been a strong seller for a good while, probably the best selling SUV over $50k the past 10 years, although I don't care to tally up sales of it and the X5 to find out. It has track record, great interior, 3rd row seat now, and should do well in fuel economy with the new engines and the GLE has 4 engines to pick from vs the XT6's 1. What really matters is will the GLE63 take the SUV Nurburgring lap time from the GLC63. Which Audi and BMW do also. And Cadillac and Lincoln are trying to move towards. Even Lexus puts that predator mouth grille on everything. Mercedes does offer 3 grill options per model in most cases though.
  21. smk4565
    A CLA45 is rated at 23/30 mpg, this will be higher. In Europe the A35 is rated at 38 mpg combined but that scale is worthless. We don't know what the GLB looks like yet.
  22. smk4565
    But in an ATS you can't get a turbo 6 until the ATS-V. Now that may change on CT4. But you can get a V8 in a C-class, so you should be able to get the Blackwing V8 in a CT4. Unless the CT4 ends up Audi A3 size and smaller than the current ATS, then a beefed up ATS-V motor will work. This A-class will sell, the GLB will sell like hot cakes I bet when it arrives.
  23. smk4565
    The MB-Tex could last longer than a lot of leather, the S-class never had MB-tex though. But anything E-class and down starts with MB-tex. And that stuff is durable, so there is a benefit there.
  24. smk4565
    They will sell you leather seats if you prefer. And Cadillac should use the turbo V6 and drop that 3.6 like a sack of dirt. Why you would offer less motor than BMW and Mercedes who you are trying to knock off the top of the mountain is beyond me.
  25. smk4565
    But the XT4 and XT5 don't have that. And that 335 hp V6 is way low on torque. A V6 should have at least 350 lb-ft or what is the point? The 3-series 6 cylinder is 382 hp and 369 lb-ft. There should be a 400 hp engine coming to the A-class, unless that make that CLA only, either way this 302 hp four is really the mid-level.
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