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24700 messages, Last post on Dec 01, 2009 at 12:24 PM
You are in the Sedans Forum. Your Hosts are pat & karens
Let's try to define this forum as being limited to luxury performance vehicles where the mainstream version in a typical configuration has an MSRP of at least $60k.
A luxury vehicle with a base price of $59k qualifies because it would typically be bought with some additional equipment, bringing the MSRP over $60k.
Vehicles like the E, 5, A6, M, or GS, even if available in certain versions over $60k, don't qualify because they are cars from companies that have higher end cars in their lineups.
| Lexus already rules the roost here in the U.S. (nowhere else really matters..and that's not even debatable). Once the new LS 460 hits the market the europhiles know they are finished. | |
would debate you on that. I think it important in this day and age to maintain a world wide view of things, rather than just what happens here in the States. Otherwise you tend to get insulated and narrow minded. Take people in the hills of west Virginia that never come out. Dumb as stump? In our global, internet, cell phone dominated world? Yes. Having a view of things with a bigger lens is almost always best IMO.
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Replying to: designman (Aug 10, 2006 8:09 am) I actually saw the word "fun" used in a review of the new Camry SE. Not only will the LS handle better in this mode, but it would look a lot better too. The Cayman has been eliminated for practical reasons. 
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Replying to: dhamilton (Aug 10, 2006 11:03 am) |
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Replying to: hpowders (Aug 10, 2006 11:26 am) Don't forget the loose steering ratio on the LS which isn't going to change with a sport package. Your 545 is w-a-a-y tighter.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Aug 10, 2006 8:27 am) A8- unique to Audi(the Phaeton is all steel, with Audi's chassis) A6- unique to Audi A4- unique to Audi Now, I'll suffice it to say and give you credit on the A3. It is a Golf(Rabbit) derivative. But it too has been Audi fortified with quattro and 3.2L V6/DSG, none available on the Golf. And the Q7: Audi designed this platform in '01 for Porsche, Audi, and VW collab. Audi designed the powertrains(except Porsche's 4.5L V8's), 4WD systems, systems, interior layouts, and suspensions. I'm confused? What platforms again?
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Replying to: tayl0rd (Aug 10, 2006 9:01 am) Perhaps you are right. What I was getting at though is that the Supra is the car that people remember from the '90s Japanese sports car craze. If you look online the Turbos have held their value very well. The 300ZX and 3000GT on the other hand, worthless.
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Replying to: blkhemi (Aug 10, 2006 11:51 am) You're forgetting about the TT. The old one was VW based, and so is the new one. The Q3 is also going to use a VW platform. Also, while it may say "Quattro" on the back, some of these small Audis use a Haldex clutch, borrowed from VW's "4Motion" systems. They are not "true" Torsen Audi Quattros, if you want to get nitpicky. You're also forgetting the Golf GTI, which has the same DSG box as the A3.
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Replying to: designman (Aug 10, 2006 11:47 am) |
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Replying to: lexusguy (Aug 10, 2006 11:54 am)
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