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Consumer Reports just released its top 10 recommended cars for 2017 and Chevy Cruise and Impala beat Japanese in their respective categories. http://www.consumerreports.org/cars-best-cars-top-picks-2017/ I wonder if all those that always say that CR is full of sh..t will say the same thing now as well?

@Frisky Dingo wow, what dealership are you working at to get to drive such cars? I was under impression you work at VW dealer? Great reviews, thanks.

Congrats, hope it serves you well.

Ok, List 1 ( I believe everything currently on sale) LandCruiser 70 Wagon GXL Renault Megane Renaultsport Citroen DS5 WRX STi S207 Noble M600

I thought the cars have to be currently on sale?

1. 107k GT350 ($56k if I can get for MSRP) Acura MDX Advance ($50k) (for wife) Sell our two current cars and should be enough for 2016 Mazda 6 grand touring 2. 53k Will get slightly used Mustang GT premium (30k) and will upgrade my wife's ride to whatever newest we can get for the remaining money and her car as a trade in.

No, lets keep it "real", That's your bonus, so it is an addition to what you have. Just go wild

Yes, two separate ones

So I am shamelessly copying idea of Doug DeMuro from the Autotrader: What cars would you buy with the Super Bowl bonus? Winning team supposedly gets $107k, and the loosing team $53k. So: 1. What car/cars would you buy with $107k? 2. How would you spend $53k? Old or new, anything goes.

@surreal1272 you must be joking, Chrysler had horrible quality way before Fiat bought them. I have nothing personal against Chrysler but blaming all of their problems on Fiat is just wrong.

They are not different, all at the bottom together 26 ↓ 3 Dodge 5 28 27 ↓ 5 Chrysler 2 26 28 - Fiat 2 17 29 ↓ 3 Ram 2 16

Yes, Chrysler and Dodge were famous for their great and reliable products before Fiat took over them ...

Basically a collection of previous dream garages GT350 2013 GX460 Ferrari 488 Aston Martin V12 Vantage S Tesla Model S

This is great and I think is long overdue. My only concern is when dirt or stones or snow enter between the spokes how it will influence balance of the wheel, might create strong vibrations at highway speeds when they start making them for cars..

Interesting. Looking forward to more of your comments. I think the reason some automakers are missing from some of the regional shows is because few of them are going simultaneously across the country. Probably, they are saving money and resources by skipping some of them. I live close enough to NYC so I think will go this year as well to NYIAS.

Sorry to hear it @dfelt It is tough when it is our parents or kids.

I have to admit that from that angle in grey and without the wing it looks great.

Current 2018 Current 2018

I agree with Frisky, I am a Mustang fan but that redesign is horrible. The current Mustang is much cleaner looking plus it looked much better without the wing. I am hugely disappointed.

No matter how good are all-season tires, they are not as good as dedicated winter ...

I am sorry guys but you are dreaming or simply ignoring the facts. Comparing ISIS to KKK or saying that almost every single day suicide bombings across the world are done by few radicals?? I will repeat my question, there are 1.5 billion Muslims in the world there are 50 countries with Muslim majority. Give me an example of ONE Muslim country where there is a democracy, where women have equal rights, where there is freedom of religion, where LGBT are not prosecuted and killed. Look what is happening in the countries were there is a large number of immigrants from Muslim countries: England ,France and Germany. See what is going on in there. Please show me one normal mother that will do this to her child:

Favorite - Mazda: Mazda 6 and MX-5 Least favorite - Kia: K900 and Sorento

Really??? This is your answer???? I am not going even respond to that.

@Drew Dowdell Here is the list of terrorist acts that happened ONLY in December 2016 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_terrorist_incidents_in_December_2016 1397 innocent people were killed by mostly Islamic terrorism just in December 2016 alone! You can say that the rest of 1.5 billion Muslims are peaceful wonderful people. So how come they do not protest all these innocent deaths, how come there is no uproar in the big Muslim world. Instead they quietly and openly support that terror. So before you point finger at United States and Israel, please tell me one Muslim country which is democratic, were women have equal rights, where there is freedom of religion, where LGBT have any rights and not just killed or prosecuted.

I am assuming you are talking about 2017 CX-9. It is not clear until you talk about the engine. I have not used Bluetooth in the new CX-9, or test driven it for that matter, but I have used quiet extensively it in new Mazda 6. Bluetooth always connected fast and worked flawlessly for me. Also, you saying right in the beginning " Due to my past experiences with Asian auto's" kind of puts your credibility under question with all due respect. Not saying of course that CX-9 is perfect, far from it. However, initial attitude and expectation I think is important.