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Replying to: spiff72 (Aug 18, 2006 3:23 pm) 
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Replying to: priggly (Aug 18, 2006 4:27 pm) Until otherwise proven it's main problem is that it is a Chevy and this excess baggage is difficult to unload. Just by posting that buyers should consider a 5.3L V8 engine shows that you might be out of touch with the market. Did you miss the memo 12 years ago that the US market is looking for ultra efficient 4c midsized vehicles? You are trying to fit a square peg into a round hole by trying to induce the midsized buyer to get into a V8! It's a common failing of the detroiters over the last 15 years as evidenced by their plummeting market shares ( see Ford memo to employees yesterday ). The Impalla SS V8 is likely a nice vehicle. But after they sell 1200 units to the die-hards how do you fill a factory with this vehicle?
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Replying to: 210delray (Aug 18, 2006 11:06 am)
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Aug 19, 2006 9:48 am) LOL! 
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Replying to: tmsusa (Aug 18, 2006 2:32 pm) Thanks -- Tidewater. |
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| I think the bisque interior definitely depends on the exterior color. With black, silver, or gray exterior, I would only want a gray or black interior. For red or blue, bisque may be acceptable, but I'd still prefer black or gray. Had only bisque been available, I wouldn't be driving a Camry (I only like silver and gray cars and thus black or gray interiors). | |
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Replying to: franc (Aug 19, 2006 10:24 am)
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Replying to: 210delray (Aug 19, 2006 7:18 pm) Hopefully the Toyota engineers are working on the hesitation problems some I4 owners are having. The dealers are caught in the middle. They get blasted from the owners but don't know what to do without a TSB or guidance from Toyota. |
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Aug 19, 2006 9:48 am) The "market" is less a reflection of what people think they want than the degree of success of Madison Avenue advertising hype which Toyota has been enjoying in promoting its mediocre cars as "quality paradigms." I could care less about a crappy 4 cylinder engine. I already have one of these in a Subaru Outback and it gives poorer highway fuel mileage than my Impala SS sans the breathtaking acceleraton and smooth automatic transmission perfectly mated to the car's power plant. Your perception of GM is based not on their present level of quality but the "reputational baggage" of the '80's and '90's whereas today's GM car is a far cry from then in both quality and features. The most amusing thing, however, is that while GM's quality curve is rising, Toyota's is falling as evidenced by the many complaints on the automotive boards and their escalating number of vehicle recalls but this fact has not yet become widely known to the market as the company still enjoys the quality reputation of the 80's and 90's. That will change in due time as it eventually did for Mercedes.
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| are you aware you're posting heresy on a Toyota forum? (Hey, fellers, git a rope!) | |
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