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Replying to: jrock65 (Aug 10, 2005 5:30 am) Wow!  Talk about big business controlling the government!!
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Replying to: rich545 (Aug 11, 2005 5:19 am) 350 miles. Flawless performance. Flawless iDrive. A rocket on wheels.
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.. and it uses a lot of gas? Go figure!! Seriously... it would be worth it, to me...
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Replying to: hihomike (Aug 11, 2005 11:00 am) I am curious, having been a BMW owner, and now being an Infiniti owner: Why the difference? Is it dealership-dependent, or is it a difference in corporate culture?
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Replying to: hihomike (Aug 11, 2005 11:00 am) I'm a BMW owner in Charlotte, NC (county pop. 750,000) which has one BMW dealer. I dropped in several days ago (no appointment) to have a tail light replaced. The car was in and out before I could finish ogling the 911's and Boxters next door. It is necessary to make an appointment if you want a loaner for routine maintenance/service, but that's hardly a problem. Usually, it's quicker to wait on the car than to make an extra round-trip in the loaner to retrieve it. |
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Replying to: markcincinnati (Aug 11, 2005 4:35 am) BTW, I heard the gas mileage on the Lexus hybrid RX400h isn't that great...I think its only like 8-10 MPG more than the regular gas version. Which may be good for an SUV but not worth the premium you're paying. I think the Toyota Prius is a cool car (with real high mileage...especially in the city). |
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Replying to: bondguy1 (Aug 10, 2005 3:28 pm) You'll notice that GS430 makes up a very small percentage of GS sales. Its always been that way. Most of the LPS cars have a vast majority of a 6 sold as the engine. Acura did the math and expected maybe 10% V8 RL sales. Thats 200 cars a year, and only if the RL was selling at the rate Acura projected. So far it seems to have only turned in one month of the sales numbers required to reach a 20,000\yr goal. They decided that the expense of developing a brand new V8 from scratch would not be worth it for 200 cars a month, so there's no V8. The other possibility is to slap IMA on the existing 3.5L V6, and I think thats pretty likely to happen. They are the only ones that can compete with the GS450h, and if the Lexus does well, its a pretty sure bet that Acura will make a RL hybrid. It would also cure the RL's low end torque problem.
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Replying to: bondguy1 (Aug 11, 2005 4:23 pm) If you actually spend the time to build an RX at lexus.com (apparently NYT was too busy for that, or too biased to report anything that would dampen their argument as to why the 400h stinks) you'll notice that a completely loaded RX330 comes in around $46,5. The 400h comes with just about every RX330 option as standard equipment. The only option is the ML stereo, which brings it up to around $51. Therefore, the actual price for JUST the hybrid motor is $4500, not $10k. Factor in the $3500 tax credit for hybrids, and you can get into a RX400h for $1000 more than a similarly loaded 330. Try going to a MB dealer and telling them you want an ML500, but you're only willing to pay $1000 more than the ML350 costs. See what kind of reaction you get there.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Aug 11, 2005 4:43 pm) My 10% of 20,000 math equals 2,000 
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| I believe I read in the current issue of Motor Trend (Sept.) that Acura will introduce a V-8 for the RL in...2011. | |
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