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NOVEMBER 2013 CAR SPOTTERS HERE!
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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NOVEMBER 2013 CAR SPOTTERS HERE!
Black S-Class (SWB)... I actually like this new S more than the current 7 or the A8...
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Prius Cabrio concept from Tokyo Motor Show
The all important grocery bags
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Prius Cabrio concept from Tokyo Motor Show
Now, that's certainly unexpected... ELR convertible, anyone?
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Biggest one day stock drop due to auto Fire in Seattle Suburb
- LA Auto Show: 2015 Porsche Macan: Comments
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.- LA Auto Show: NISMO Pulls Some Magic Out For The Juke and Sentra : Comments
- LA Auto Show: 2015 Porsche Macan: Comments
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.- LA Auto Show: 2015 Subaru WRX Lands: Comments
- LA Auto Show: 2015 Porsche Macan: Comments
- Happy Birthday, Delta Force 79!
- LA Auto Show: 2015 Chevrolet Colorado Revealed: Comments
Good looking! Hope this becomes the global Colorado when it's time for the MCE...- LA Auto Show: Jaguar Lets the F-Type Coupé Out Of The Bag: Comments
Nice!!!!!- 2015 Colorado - Diesel Options Reported
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- BMW Can Kiss My Ass
- LA Auto Show: Coming Soon, The 2015 Chevrolet Colorado: Comments
- Word Association
- LA Auto Show: The Veil Drops On The 2015 Lincoln MKC: Comments
- Word Association
- Cadillac News: Rumorpile: Cadillac ATS-V Could Pack A 3.2L Twin-Turbo V6
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.- LA Auto Show: Subaru Teases The 2015 WRX: Comments
- LA Auto Show: Subaru Teases The 2015 WRX: Comments
- GM News: A Peek Into The Mind Of GM's North American President
- NOVEMBER 2013 CAR SPOTTERS HERE!
Green DB9 Volante- Toyota News: Toyota Says Farewell To The FJ Cruiser With The Ultimate Edition
Thought this wasn't on sale anymore... - LA Auto Show: 2015 Porsche Macan: Comments
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