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Replying to: kgary (Oct 29, 2006 2:46 am) |
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Replying to: anthonyp (Oct 28, 2006 3:39 pm) |
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Acura RL - 987 Audi A6 - 844 BMW 5-Series - 4,398 Infiniti M - 1,986 Lexus GS - 1,997 Don't know MB or Caddy |
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Replying to: drtravel (Nov 02, 2006 1:51 pm) Ouch! What happened to Audi this last month? I thought they were done losing to the RL.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Nov 02, 2006 2:03 pm) Acura RL Year-to-date sales = 10,068 (down 33% from 2005) A6 appears to be done losing to the RL. |
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Replying to: drtravel (Nov 02, 2006 1:51 pm) E-Class - 4,895 STS - (couldn't find this one yet) S-Type - 314 M |
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Replying to: drtravel (Nov 02, 2006 1:51 pm) Source A little off topic, but GM really does give a lot of information on their corporate site. I didn't know the Corvette sold as well as it does, they're on track to sell like 36K of them this year! Not sure what is going on with Saab, but their sales were up 98 percent(!) for Oct 06' compared to Oct 05'. It looks there are no Oldsmobiles anywhere in a America at this point, they're finally dead! The old-school Caddy DTS is still Cadillac's best selling model. M |
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Replying to: merc1 (Nov 02, 2006 10:18 pm) Must be that new 2.8L turbo V6 for the 9-3. I can't imagine that the facelift they gave to the geriatric 9-5 is fooling anybody, at least not the kind of people who buy Saabs. The 9-2X was a dud, and if the 9-7X had any initial success, the party must surely be over by now. |
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Replying to: cstiles (Oct 29, 2006 2:11 pm) Because of SH-AWD weight, RL is already sluggish with the big 3.5 engine. A smaller engine for Japan wouldn't do, plus Honda's engines tend to be low on torque. Lack of torque and excess weight is not good combination. Those are two of the problems RL has. What Audi does is offer FWD/AWD on all its cars. I think A6's in USA are all AWD, but can be FWD in other countries. Acura might consider doing the same thing.
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Replying to: mariner7 (Nov 03, 2006 11:33 am) Making FWD optional might save 200lbs or so and improve acceleration a bit, depending on the available grip. It also will make torque steer and massive understeer a big problem. I don't think the positives outweigh the negatives. |
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