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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    If you were placing bets on who is more likely to get it right, would you bet on the 100+ year old company who has built suicide doors before or would you bet on the 15 year old company which still is using humans to manually drive the robots on their production line because they can't get them programmed correctly? THAT is all I'm sayin..
  2. Drew Dowdell
    We really need to dispense with the horsepower as a benchmark thing. It's not doing any of us any favors to be fixated on it. Lots of torque, way down low, is the best, way to go.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    Panel gaps and door alignment have been an issue for telsa for a while. I can spot them when I'm sitting in traffic.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    I bet Ford could actually make them able to close and align properly. The trim piece on the front part of that door looks lovely also.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    This 2.0T is all new and for now is a Cadillac exclusive. More details will be released on it later, but I have an in with Cadillac and plan on getting the information ahead of time so I can release as soon as embargo is lifted. What he did tell me is that the engine is tuned heavily towards favoring low end torque (258lb-ft at 1500rpm!!) and they plan on making full use of the 9-speed gearbox. It should feel plenty fast. Just like my Encore has a rather pathetic 138 lb-ft but with very low gearing in first and second, it feels just as peppy in suburban driving as cars with 160 - 180 lb-ft. An additional 120 lb-ft and 3 additional gears with only marginally more weight... it'll be fine. Plastic Cladding.... only acceptable on European cars I guess. Look at all this plasticy plastic plastic.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    it seems like we might have a winner then
  7. Drew Dowdell
    What does everyone think about the 3rd version?
  8. Drew Dowdell
    Atlas EXT. With Ridgeline not doing all that well, I wonder how an even lesser known truck would do in the market when Toyota, GM, and Ford are all battling it out with "real" trucks in this segment with Jeep joining in shortly. The Atlas base price is $30k today and I doubt VW would make the truck version cheaper. For reference, the Ridgeline starts at $30k itself.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    Because it was built and designed to be a Scion. It will probably be renamed Corolla SportCross or some BS during the next refresh.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    I'd have to look, but I think this 2.5 liter is all-new and supposed to have some ridiculously high MPG numbers for even the non-hybrid version
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Did you have a stroke? The CH-R is a Toyota.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    God he annoys me so much. Nothing about his reports... its the way he acts at the show. He has no problem pushing people out of the way or walking right in front of you when you're taking your shots. Even for such a short clip as this, it takes him for. freaking. ever. to get all his takes in.... If I see him working at a car I immediately turn around and leave because he's probably shooting a Time-Life mini-series. It's got something to do with height. The RAV4 is a much taller vehicle. The XT4 is not only shorter over all, but seems to sit much lower to the ground.... much more "tall hatchback" than crossover. I already hear @dfelt complaining about the headroom... anyone taller than my 5'10" height is not going to like the back seats. The cargo room of the XT4 feels roughly the same size as my Encore.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    They're the same 37+ way seats offered as optional in the Continental and Navigator. Like in those vehicles, they'll be optional or part of an upper tier package.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    The Velar interior is picture pretty, but fades quickly once you start casting a critical eye over the details. Q7 has to have a better interior because it is trying to play in the Escalade/Navigator/GLS class while also bridging down to GLE pricing. The fact that we're even talking about a mid-size Lincoln crossover in the same conversation as the GLE and Q7 is testament. The possibility that Lincoln could possibly sway would-be German intenders is not even close to zero. One really couldn't say that before today.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    This one is clearly still just a concept, but wow what a concept! Much of the vehicle is production ready with off the shelf parts from other Lincoln vehicles. I don't expect there to be as big a change concept to production as there was on Navigator and Continental. Even if only 90% of what we see in the interior makes it, it will compete easily with GLE and Range Rover. Those who like the Range Rover Velar but can't stomach the frequent trips to the dealer for warranty repairs will like the Aviator.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    I'm getting the pictures loaded into Lightroom now for processing. I think you all know my opinion on Toyota styling of existing products.... but I think this really changes the market for them. This RAV4 is now closer to Jeep Wrangler rugged looks than the Cherokee is.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Yes, the XT5 is about the same size as the Acadia and the Acadia is just slightly larger than a JGC. Cadillac absolutely made some bad choices in the reveal of this. Poor space in the venue, the venue is fantastic just not appropriate for this type of reveal. The colors of the vehicles. The colors of the interior. They'll probably sell the crap out of these, but not for the quality of the initial presentation.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    They have a silver one as well. The venue they presented them in last night was terrible for this type of debut and getting pictures was hard. I'll have more up later today. It looks better in person than in the pics, but it still doesn't knock my socks off. Yes. It's surprisingly short and sits low to the ground for a crossover. I can see over the roof easily.
  19. Drew Dowdell
    Completely different markets. Cadillac does not have direct competition for the Aviator yet. This matches up with the MKC in price. That said, if this is any indicator of the future of Cadillac interiors verse Lincoln interiors, Lincoln will be making big moves on Cadillac very soon. There is nothing wrong with the XT4 interior, but it is nothing special, it could be a new Infiniti or Acura or BMW in styling. Cadillac cannot put this kind of half-hearted effort into the new Escalade or they will end up where the Navigator was in sales for the past decade.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    It's... actually really good! The interior too! I wouldn't mind driving one. CR-V is put on notice.
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Cars that no one buys don't move the needle? So much for the AMG GT then.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    I've gotta say, the Elantra GT does not at all feel like a Korean car... it feels very German in its fit, finish, and material quality.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    So maybe we can get you to adjust your trolling. Instead of going on and on about voltage, which every manufacturer is capable of, just talk about the turbo. I'm fine giving MB that win of being first. Cadillac was the first with night vision, air bags, electric starter, variable displacement, heads up display, engine self-preservation, twin-turbo/variable displacement/start-stop all in the same engine, they'll have a V8 that can run on as few as 2 cylinders before MB will, the list goes on. Mercedes has plenty of firsts as well, but until you can give credit where it is due and appropriate, you are still simply a troll. Mercedes' radar cruise is not Super Cruise. None of MB's vehicles are handsfree like Cadillac Super Cruise is.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    This would require some fairly substantial engineering changes on the current car. I'm sure it could be done to the current one, but at what cost? There should be a next generation Continental on the new platform already in the works, my guess is that it shows up there. I'm starting to wonder if Ford isn't doing a big media fakeout on some of this doom and gloom news surrounding the car lines.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Correct. If this was a CT6- Cadillac super cruise is better than Benz. Benz only put 4 wheel steering on the GT AMG, they did it 2 years behind Cadillac, and they didn't put it on the E class because they're cheap. 4 wheel steering is more important on a big sedan than a GT size car. Oh sure Benz "is coming out" with a 48 volts Eassist. You can go buy a 48+ volt Cadillac today.
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