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    It's got a presence doesn't it? Very hard to accomplish, but I hope the LTS can thrash it on that aspect...
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    Black S-Class (SWB)... I actually like this new S more than the current 7 or the A8...
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    The all important grocery bags
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    Now, that's certainly unexpected... ELR convertible, anyone?
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    But that's exactly the type of choice Porsche can now offer: smaller fully loaded model or larger with less content. More options should bring in more people (in theory at least). More options or cannibalization? People doubt GM's strategy for price overlaps through the breadth and depth of its product lineup, but this is okay because it gives theoretically more options? I'm willing to bet they'll make more money on the high priced Macans (Porsche and other German brand option/packages prices are shocking), so even if in terms of the number of units there is some cannibalization, the profit per unit sold will be bigger. It's clever overlap, not the kind of overlap that had various GM brands offering essentially the same content at roughly identical price points. I am not doubting that it will not make profits on a tarted up Audi Q5 tagged as a Macan. How is that essentially different than the strategy of a Tahoe and Escalade? And vertical overlaps within the same brand is not indifferent than horizontal overlap among different brands of the same manufacturer, so as long they make profits, is it? Again cannibalization will take place in a horizontal overlap also, but it is profit that matters, right? Because the price overlap here is between a higher end smaller car and a lower end (relatively sepeaking since this a Porsche) bigger one. It's not selling the same car 5 times over in the same price points (which GM did for years - Tahoe and Escalade are not Old GM in that regard). This allows for an actual choice: smaller with more goodies or something bigger but with less goodies; with the added 'bonus' of having a higher profit per unit on the smaller one given the obscene option pricing by Porsche. IMHO this is the Alfred Sloan way done the right, this is how stair step pricing should be done.
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    The Juke is sold in the US? Didn't know that...
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    But that's exactly the type of choice Porsche can now offer: smaller fully loaded model or larger with less content. More options should bring in more people (in theory at least). More options or cannibalization? People doubt GM's strategy for price overlaps through the breadth and depth of its product lineup, but this is okay because it gives theoretically more options? I'm willing to bet they'll make more money on the high priced Macans (Porsche and other German brand option/packages prices are shocking), so even if in terms of the number of units there is some cannibalization, the profit per unit sold will be bigger. It's clever overlap, not the kind of overlap that had various GM brands offering essentially the same content at roughly identical price points.
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    Interior looke very 1990s, but hey! If I had one of these interior design would be extremely low on my priorities list: this thing is all about driving!
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    But that's exactly the type of choice Porsche can now offer: smaller fully loaded model or larger with less content. More options should bring in more people (in theory at least).
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    Good looking! Hope this becomes the global Colorado when it's time for the MCE...
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    Nice!!!!!
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    OptionS? As in more than one? I'd be very suprised if GM went to the trouble of certifying more than one diesel engine for this thing, but hey... Anything's possible and Hell may have frozen over
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    BMW Can Kiss My Ass

    ZL-1 replied to avant1963's topic in BMW

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    What engine? 4.3L V6?
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    weeping
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    Best looking Lincoln IMHO
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    victim
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    Yeah. My guess is that, if the rumour has some truth in it, it'll be a variant of the 3.6L block but I guess with a smaller bore. I think the rationale is that a smaller displacement engine using the 3.6L block would have thicker cylinder walls and it would withstand higher boost pressures.
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    Thanks! I know that historically it's been an Impreza model, but I got the impression Subaru was leaning towards marketing it almost as a stand alone model... I'd see a de-linking of the WRX from the Impreza as not-so-clever...
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    Stupid question: will this be an offshoot of the Impreza line or a stand alone model? I liked the teaser shot, btw...
  23. ZL-1
    Well, by comparing it to the Panamera, maybe they're thiking at something that is somewhat like a sporty wagon-ish car (i.e. a 5 door)?
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    Green DB9 Volante
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    Thought this wasn't on sale anymore...
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