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Replying to: tayl0rd (Apr 03, 2007 10:21 am) The RL isn't a sports sedan. There was a test (I think it may have been on Fifth Gear with the Honda Legend badge) where it was on a race track, and it was all body roll and tire-squealing understeer. The "super-handling" bit just keeps it from having atrocious understeer. Audi is able to disguise the A6's FWD nature, but Acura hasn't really learned that trick. |
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March deliveries: STS 1,555 = off 32.4% from March 2006.... |
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Replying to: drtravel (Apr 03, 2007 12:31 pm) Lexus GS 2,103
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Replying to: drtravel (Apr 03, 2007 2:10 pm) Lexus GS 2,103 Interesting, that may be the M's best month yet.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Apr 03, 2007 2:27 pm) M sales are up merely 1.5 percent for March and down year to date by about 6 percent compared to 06 figures. What is interesting is that every single car in the LSP segment is faced with declining or at best stagnant sales. Are buyers flocking to smaller sibling models like the BMW 3 and Infinti M. Apparently that seems to be the case.
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Replying to: dewey (Apr 03, 2007 4:30 pm) In the case of the BMW 3 vs. 5, there is the small matter of the fact that the 3er got the new engines months before the 5. My guess is that once the 528i and 535i hit the streets, sales will pick up. Best Regards, Shipo
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Replying to: dewey (Apr 03, 2007 4:30 pm) Perhaps, but 2700 is still a very good month for Infiniti. Its usually neck and neck with the GS, but they hammered Lexus this month. That "not that reliable for a Lexus" report from CR certainly can't be helping the Lexus, especially when the M is CR's all-star luxury car.
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Replying to: shipo (Apr 03, 2007 5:08 pm) BMW M5 sales dropped 66 percent to hit a grand total of 128 cars for March. Wonder if there is a supply issue and God-forbid if it is a demand issue. I mean the new Audi RS6 isn't even selling yet.
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Replying to: lexusguy (Apr 03, 2007 5:49 pm) The charts provided by Toyota linked below appear to have an error. On the March 07 sales list there are no Lexus GS350s? I guess the GS300 figures represents the GS350 figures? Lexus Sales |
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Replying to: dewey (Apr 03, 2007 6:28 pm) I'm not sure you can make much of a singel month comparison for a limited production car like the M5. I was in a large BMW dealer last week, and when I asked if they had any unsold 6-speed M5's, they indicated their was still a 6+ month wait. That said, I do not think the current M5 is as revered as the previous model, notwithstanding it's great V10 engine. The interior layout of the current 5 series and the i-drive gymnasitics you have to go through to tap into all 500 horsepower would be a turnoff to me. I believe that BMW needs to re-think making the 3 series and 5-series into more driver oriented cars from an interior design and functionality standpoint. And they really need to re-draw the 6-series. It is butt-ugly, literally and figuratively. Someone parked a Toyota Solara next to a 650i in front of the dealership and the two looked way too similar from the rear.
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