riviera74
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Yeah. Turbo 4cyl do not belong in a CX-9 or a Highlander. The V6 is still useful. Mazda better buy a clue or dump the CX-9.
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This was a warning shot from CAMI. Next time GM will simply move production out and Ingersoll workers can go pound sand and kick rocks. Nobody is entitled to a well-paying union job whatsoever.
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Elon Musk had better be careful about Tesla having cash flow issues. A LOT of younger companies go out of business because of negative cash flow, probably more than any other reason. Remember one reason GM had to file for BK was the debt and cash flow issues that had existed for years. If Ford does NOT pay down its recession-era debts, they will have cash flow issues too, and that might threaten the long-term survival of Ford.
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Sounds like that XLE Highlander is trying to be a cheaper version of the Lexus RX, if the RX were a 7 seater rather than a 5 seater. Then again, in some respects it looks like an Enclave competitor without the Buick curves or presumably the personality.
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As much as I would like to make fun of Sergio's comments, he may have a point. Battery-powered EVs are currently NOT CHEAP enough to make or scale at the moment. If a battery-powered EV was as cheap as a traditional ICE-powered vehicle, then scale and pricing (let alone profit) would almost resolve themselves. Right now, a lot of automakers are trying to crack that granite and FCA is not in that game. Of course, given Sergio's intransigence, it may well be 2030 before an EV will be cheap enough for FCA to make such vehicles. Then again, will FCA survive until 2030? They are having a difficult time as it is right now.
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Remember when Hyundai was the low-price leader? With this pricing on this model, it seems like Hyundai thinks it is Buick all of a sudden. I am glad I am not the only one who thought that this CUV was overpriced.
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That may well be true, but it is sad when Italian sports car companies insist of frittering away their unique selling points just to make a fast buck.
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They should radically simplify the corporate structure, just to save $$$$. The only problem is is that VW Group is partially owned by the German Lander (or state) of Lower Saxony. Simplifying the corporate ownership structure will probably require privatization first, then a buyout under one owner.
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Sorry, but who wants a Ferrari SUV or Crossover again?
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It is true that citizens of Japan and Europe are far more patriotic (or nationalistic) in the auto purchases than Americans ever were, even as far back as the 1970s. Before 1970, foreign-made cars were less than ten percent of all US car sales. Now it is at least 50% or more. I honestly wonder why (a lot of) Baby Boomers especially decided that buying American was suddenly a bad idea. Virtually nowhere else does buying foreign-made anything sound better than here in the good old USA. I wonder why. As for Jeep's success in Japan, that news is welcome. I suspect everything listed AND a true unique selling point are why Jeep is so successful in the Far East.
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The day EV car sales will explode will be when one of two things happens: we see oil prices top $100 a barrel for more than a month OR EV prices are actually cheaper than their ICE counterparts. If both happens at the same time, the switch to EV will be swift and thorough. I would like to see OPEC (and their ill-gotten near-monopoly power) go the way of Studebaker since they have only caused problems for all of us since 1973..... and maybe take down the private oil majors down with them. But that day may well be a long time coming though.
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