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| 6.4sec is quick for a car of this class. I still feel they should have given it more like 270hp so it could compete 1:1 with the new camry. It is much lower priced then an equally equipped camry which is where it needs to be to sell well. In the auto show here in vegas I too noted the somewhat cheep interior materials but they are way ahead of the last midsize saturn I sat in. Not sure what trim I sat in as I was not car shopping in this class. | |
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Replying to: blue330xi (Jan 18, 2007 3:34 pm) |
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Replying to: blue330xi (Jan 18, 2007 3:34 pm) Though it's rated at "only" 251 HP I believe many are confused in a way. I believe Americans drive "torque" and are infatuated with HP. They thereby confuse lower HP ratings (blue 330xi) as being inferior to comparative vehicles with more that the discussed one. Another way of understanding it is "seat of the pants". Torque one can more readily feel from the "git go" and is more tangible than HP. So, with 251 lb. ft. of torque in the Aura, it definitely gets your attention and gets you going faster than the 220 or 230 of the competition. Just my 2cents worth. 
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Replying to: monkstermann (Feb 18, 2007 10:34 am) ---------------------------------------------------- If this were true everyone would own a diesel which are the definition of [torque]. The average Joe doesn’t know nor care what his car's HP is rated at, what it red lines, or that 3000 mile oil changes are an asinine waste of time and money dreamed up by the quickie lube joints that sprang up since the American [full-service] gas station disappeared when at one time they even made toys of such stations they were so popular. If you can't read or write ten different languages in America today you are falling behind, just like everything American these days. Bye Bye American Pie…….
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Replying to: curt_51 (Feb 20, 2007 5:18 am) How about ten different computer languages?  Best Regards, Shipo |
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Replying to: blue330xi (Jan 18, 2007 3:34 pm) |
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Does anyone have the Aura and use it with child seats? I'm curious how they fit. I have 2 booster seats and 1 actual full size car seat (which has it's own 3 point harness). So I'm wondering if I'll be able to fit those 3 across in the back. thanks.
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Replying to: monkstermann (Feb 18, 2007 10:34 am) As far as 251 vs. 270HP in a FWD sedan, who cares? Both will be more than quick, as in fast 0-60 speeding ticket, and anything over 200# torque is gonna spin those front wheels until the traction control kicks in, or you get off the gas to let things settle down. I may just give the Aura XE another test run - it may be more than enough power. Once again, the XR is a rocket, and feels like you have a V8 under the hood. At $4K additional price, plus it is hard to find a base XR model, I assume most will opt. to buy the XE. I do NOT see this car as a $26K or more car - sorry, personal opinion, but I feel there is a price cap of which anything above seems inappropriate for its class. And I must consider resale hit, as in total in and out on this car. XR at $24K is pushing the limit - $26K+ is into other classes. -Loren |
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Replying to: m1miata (Feb 20, 2007 10:30 am) They priced the Aura GL at $22,700 which is about $1700 more than the XE model but I think the GL has more standard equipment. |
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Replying to: m1miata (Feb 14, 2007 1:01 pm) ------------------------------------------------------ At 65 MPH going a distance of 53 highway miles daily realized 23.9 MPG with the XE's 3.5 V6 with around 500 miles on the car. |
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