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Author Topic: The New Car Saga (and general auto chat)  (Read 158892 times)

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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #700 on: March 26, 2013, 03:27:49 AM »
Quote from: burnspbesq on March 25, 2013, 11:17:34 PM
Quote from: planx on March 14, 2013, 06:43:03 PM
The figures are impressive, but I'm not too sure if this will come to Canada. If it does, I don't think it will be able to outsell the Subaru STi, mostly because the STi is the go-to car here as a fun DD.

At least you guys got the B-class.  We'll never see the A or the B in the USA, because they're inconsistent with the market positioning that M-B wants in this market (same reason we never get any BMWs with reasonably small engines).

Well until fairly recently, the A and B classes weren't that good. The original Audi A2 was also horrible, no big loss there. I think M-B and BMW got cold feet after the failures of the C230 coupe and the 318 hatch. BMW is giving us a new 320i though.


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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #701 on: March 28, 2013, 06:11:16 AM »
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #702 on: March 28, 2013, 07:59:33 AM »
Looks like Hamilton's talk from Top Gear is being backed up. 5th and 3rd place is a good start for a poorly performing team.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #703 on: March 28, 2013, 08:13:19 PM »
Uh, that team did win the Championship in its first year before Mercedes bought a stake a few years ago.  Ross Brawn is the architect behind the Ferrari championships w/ Schumacher.  The car is top 3 fast.  McLaren is the one in trouble, probably distracted making road cars this year like Ferrari was last year.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #704 on: March 28, 2013, 08:38:04 PM »
Finally might have a successor for my Legacy GT.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/photos/subaru-wrx-concept-picture-2-0.html


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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #705 on: March 28, 2013, 09:26:22 PM »
This is either the most ridiculous car I've ever seen, or an act of sheer bloody marketing genius, I'm not sure which.

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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #706 on: March 28, 2013, 09:56:14 PM »
Quote from: Analixus on March 28, 2013, 08:38:04 PM
Finally might have a successor for my Legacy GT.

http://www.leftlanenews.com/photos/subaru-wrx-concept-picture-2-0.html




A Subaru with styling!?!?? WWWAAAAHHHHHHHHH??????
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #707 on: March 28, 2013, 09:58:08 PM »
Quote from: burnspbesq on March 28, 2013, 09:26:22 PM
This is either the most ridiculous car I've ever seen, or an act of sheer bloody marketing genius, I'm not sure which.



It's neither really, it's a ploy to try and get around things like CAFE and emissions regs. Unlike say, Lamborghini, Aston doesn't have a large corporate owner that can soak up their cars emissions and FE with thousands of VW Lupos, so they have to slap an AM badge on an iQ.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #708 on: March 29, 2013, 12:06:16 AM »
It's only available to Aston Martin owners, not general population.
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Re: Thinking about a new car, need some help.
« Reply #709 on: March 29, 2013, 12:34:59 AM »
It's also a way for the dealer to give you a "genuine Aston Martin loaner" when you inevitably need one.
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