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Drew Dowdell

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    EcoTech, Bluetech (Blue in Europe = Green in US), Ecomotive (I like this one)
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    www.notgonnahappen.com
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    Lets do some process of elimination sleuthing. Fiesta is dead man walking, Focus has an ST so possibly some update there, Fusion has the Sport, Taurus is dead man walking and has the SHO. Ecosport is too new and the rear hatch cutline doesn't match the above video. Same for the hatch of the Escape. Edge? Now there's an idea, but it's a rather old model at this point. The cutline might work on the Explorer, but they won't do an ST with a new Explorer coming so soon. So maybe an updated Focus ST (Focus wasn't shown in the video) with the Edge as the wildcard.
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    Chicago's significance has deteriorated greatly over the last 4 years (...looks at 2018 Detroit schedule and starts the clock). I highly doubt they would do both in Chicago.... possibly even neither. Ford has taken to doing their reveals independent of the auto shows lately. It can cost $300k to do a reveal that lasts 20 minutes during an auto show. I certainly understand them questioning the economics of that, but their tactics to combat it have been frustrating to us journalists.
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    And no acknowledgement from SMK that Cadillac did it 16 years before the Germans.
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    That was probably an aftermarket conversion.
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    Flex line FTW
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    Mercedes should have kept Chrysler and bought Fiat. They could have just rebadged the Renegade for the GLB.
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    LOL, it just has the roofline from the side view.
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    I think they changed the name because they stopped the front opening rear doors. They wanted to make sure customers weren't confused with the old truck.
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    Toyota will pay 150% of KBB Excellent Condition to buy it back from him.
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    I see it as a budget Genesis, much like the K900. Aside from the badge, it is not related to any of the lower Kia line and has more in common with the Genesis line.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    Speaking of raising temperatures, @balthazar how would you heat a semi-finished basement?
  15. Drew Dowdell
    Average global temperature increases do not parallel local weather. Global temps changing can be cause magnification of local weather extremes in both directions.
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    Moving on...
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    Not at all. Just more are being offered as plug-in by default.
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    Again, most Niros are not plug-ins. Inside EVs won't cover those.
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    I don't know. I haven't been paying much attention to these.... but to go to 3rd place hybrid in less than a year is saying something.
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    Most Niros are just regular hybrids, not plug-ins. While that doesn't explain why that website doesn't list them, they wouldn't stack them in their statistics using the full number of Niros sold.
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    It went from 0 to 27,237 in about 6 months with virtually no marketing. It was introduced at the Chicago auto show in February last year and went on sale in September this year. It's already the number 3 hybrid in sales. To catch up to to number 3 in that short a time is indeed a knock out.
  22. Drew Dowdell
    Aside from cost, the old Hyundai Genesis isn't the equivalent, the Equus was. Today that would be a G90. So in a few years you might be able to snag one of those.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Indeed.... the Land Cruiser is the Japanese equivalent of the G Wagon.
  24. Drew Dowdell
    The new LS isn't out yet and the old one is out of production.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    No city is good for driving. For that area though, I can just point my hood ornament westward and be fine. I grew up about 40 minutes south of where I'm looking and I'm in the area often for work. I'm also not afraid to drive into NYC with my old girl... The Prius taxis are scared of me.
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