Lamar
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Even the regular T6 (always AWD) doesn't come with a manual overseas.
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Transverse Audis use the Haldex system but re-brand it. Notably, the TTS and TTRS use that system but come with a 6MT. Perhaps Volvo didn't figure it was worth the time to make it work.
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Possibly. For fun, though, I checked one of the international sites (Spain) to see which S60 models offer a manual. I learned two things: 1) The R-Design is US-only; everyone else tops out with the regular T6 with its paltry 300 hp. 2) None of the AWD versions get a manual, be they gasoline or diesel.
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Nope.
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Detroit Auto Show: 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLA250: Comments
Lamar replied to William Maley's topic in Mercedes-Benz
Take that emblem off the front and I see a lot of Volvo. The rest of it looks like the S and CLS melted together in the dryer, then shrank. -
Some differences: We know the Atlas concept points toward the next F150, and as such we don't know anything about what's underneath the metal, especially about the projected weight savings and other new features. We have seen the production Silverado and Sierra, and we STILL don't know anything about the capabilities.
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Detroit Auto Show: 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray: Comments
Lamar replied to William Maley's topic in Chevrolet
Corvette and Viper. Game on. -
Honda News: Future Honda Accord. Civic, and CR-V To Share Platform
Lamar replied to William Maley's topic in Honda
So Honda (as a marque) platforms would be distributed thusly... - Fit, CR-Z, Insight - Everything else -
*whispering* don't let smk see this!
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The Java-based sarcasm detectors weren't compatible with the new forum software. The vendor is working on a patch now.
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Saw a new Civic today while on campus. Drove past it (it was parked) and thought it was an Accord. The MCE makes it look bigger, I guess.
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Good news: The jury gets down like that.
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Good news: the courts go over the police's head and subpoena the recordings.
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Bad news: .... then promptly re-expelled the waste in your freshly resto-modded Monte Carlo. From both ends.
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Good news: Though you inevitably felt the effects of traveler's diarrhea after returning home, you at least got to do so on the comforts of your own toilet.
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Good news: that figure is in Dominican pesos, which equals US$225.58 at today's rates.
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Beat me by a minute, black-knight, so I'll edit... Bad news - it also came with EXCITEMENT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! upgrades in the interior.
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Mind you, I'm not leaning one way or the other as to which valvetrain GM should use on a V8. They can build what they want, and I'll be fine with it... provided it's better than just "good enough."
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Now, see, if you had said "torque CURVE" we'd have been all right. OK, here you're introducing different issues. Besides, most DOHC V8 passenger cars today aren't even kept long enough by anyone that long, much less driven that far. Reason: the majority of such engines are in luxury cars, bought by people who these days fly transcontinentally instead of driving.
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Several foreign automakers, primarily in Europe and Japan, switched to DOHC in order to get around displacement taxes, and they decided to move all their engines to that configuration instead of building both DOHC and OHV. To your other point, about DOHC V8s not making any torque, I'd request that you look at the numbers from some current V8s. Ford, Nissan, Toyota, take your pick. They may not be V8s, but half-million and million-mile Hondas, VWs, and BMWs exist. Again, look around.
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Diversion of resources to segments that were more profitable and were also selling better. The market as a whole turned away from small pickups, Tacoma not excepted. So much so that Detroit has almost completely left the segment (is Colorado still coming?), and all that are left are the Frontier and the Tacoma. One would expect that Nissan and Toyota would have picked up the sales that were supposedly "lost" or "given away" by Ford and Dodge... but the Tacoma hasn't come close to its 2006 sales high even with fewer competitors now, nor has the Frontier. So the Ranger and Dakota buyers didn't switch brands... they left that market altogether.
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Unverifiable. Not due to Tacoma influence. The three automakers let their small trucks wither. Not everyone who buys a small truck has aspirations of moving up into a bigger one. Pickups aren't "aspirational" like luxury vehicles.
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You can replace Mercedes with Toyota since they have the same international resume sans the V12. Yet have the Tundra and Tacoma upset any of the Detroit 3 truck lines? I'm back to calling :bs: :bs: on your words.
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Thanks for "disseminating," Roger. (*dissimilating* )
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So are there any Chevy/GMC models still holding on to the black-tie? (Impala's on its way out, so I won't count it) Still, I'm not as impressed as I had hoped to be. Especially since there have been no numbers released for the engines.
