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Your Community Leaders are ateixeira and rsholland.
This is the place for Crew members to kick back, relax, and talk about...whatever!
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 30, 2009 10:42 am) http://www.autoblog.com/2009/07/10/report-analysts-urge-mitsubishi-suzuki-to-exi- - t-u-s-market/ It's a bummer, as I've always liked the new Grand Vitara SUV and their new SX4. Bob
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 30, 2009 11:19 am) I guess we're a significant outlier and the rest of the country isn't buying them. 
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 30, 2009 9:47 am) |
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 30, 2009 9:47 am) They have a ways to go. Most Subies are in the 50s, a Forester holds a 59% residual on a 3 year lease even with 45k miles! Over 60% with fewer miles. Of course when you pay $16k on a $23k sticker it doesn't matter. 48% of 23k is only about 11 grand, and I'm sure Colin's girlfriend would be thrilled to recoup 69% of what she actually paid after 3 years. A bargain is a bargain. Plus the 7/100 warranty. They went to Nurburgring with a 2.4l 4 banger? Okee-dokee.  The Kizashi is cute but I don't like it as much as Bob does. It's very derivate outside. Take a Fusion greenhouse, add a Hyundai Genesis headlight and a VW grille. The rear end is all unique, though, but not my favorite angle. It looks hump-backed. The Infiniti G37 has a similar shape but was executed better. The exhaust outlets (diffusers?) are oddly shaped. Those wheels have far too many spokes, too. I like the interior more, but again no double-DIN opening. Good luck with an aftermarket stereo. And they say sport seats are standard but they look very flat to me, with small bolsters. The dash and center console design are nice, and flow well. Much nicer than the Legacy's, IMO. Seems a bit smaller than the new Legacy, maybe about the size of the 05-09 model. The real problem for Suzuki, though, is visibility. They come out with a competent, attractive mid-sizer, but I'm not sure it'll stand out enough that people will even be able to identify it. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jul 31, 2009 7:43 am) That can be said for any mainstream car. There's no way—if you want to appeal to the masses—to not make it look like something else already on the market, and to have it sell. Suzuki did an "excellent" job here. There are only a few cars on the road that I would not change a single line or detail, to make the exterior look better. This is one of them. Bob
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Replying to: rsholland (Jul 31, 2009 7:56 am) The Lexus SC430 has that same hump due to the hardtop, and I don't like that Lexus' styling, either. |
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Replying to: ateixeira (Jul 31, 2009 7:43 am) Btw I have a CarSpace album that shows a few pics of the G-V after it got smacked last month by a 2010 Mustang GT. Ended up being $8400 in repairs! They aren't kidding when they say rear-door mounted spare tires cause a lot of damage. I don't know for sure what the Mustang cost to repair, but I'd be it was easily $10k. Oh and the Mustang still had the 30 day tags on it. 
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Replying to: colin_l (Jul 31, 2009 9:50 am) My white Miata was hit by a Saab with temporary tags. The worst part was it was the dad driving a car he'd purchased for his daughter. Sorry honey! |
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http://media.subaru.com/index.php?s=43&item=98 Official numbers to come Monday. Bob
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Hung out with mike a little this weekend. He's doing well and sends along his best regards to the crew. Still has the '00 gt wagon, although he brought his wife's 325i. Sweet ride- fat powerband, big brakes, taut suspension, snick-snick manual.
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