jddaigle

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by jddaigle 8y ago
Plus Teslas (at least the S) aren't really traditional sedans. They're liftbacks (hatch with a sloping rear window) plus they have a "frunk". And they adhere to the "distinctive styling as signaling" rule of hy
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by jddaigle 8y ago
It takes years to bring a new car to market. And in the early 70s the Big 3 had zero, zilch, nada in the way of platforms and powertrains suitable for small fuel efficient cars. So the first generations were built in a hurry, and to a price
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by jddaigle 8y ago
> American sedans are dead because the Big 3 American automakers never invested in making sedans. They always borrowed tech from other companies. In the 80s a lot of US-Foreign partnerships sprang up as domestic manufacturers scrambled t
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by jddaigle 8y ago
That and VW's customers in home market (EU) have different expectations WRT the cost and frequency of maintenance. To grossly generalize American consumers want cars that above almost everything else require as little maintenance as po
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by jddaigle 8y ago
The Mondeo/Fusion's F-R balance is actually worse than the A4's. Since the engine in the Fusion is mounted transversely with an inline transaxle the majority of the weight is in front of the front axle. The A4 has a longitudi
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by jddaigle 10y ago
Someone needs to give a copy of this book to all the Architects in the world.
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by jddaigle 11y ago
It was phased in on the bigger, heavier cars first. The current US-model Passat has used SCR since it was introduced, as has the Touareg with the and every other VW/Audi with the 3.0L V6 TDI. VW didn't put it in the Golf or Jetta
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by jddaigle 11y ago
The cars also used less fuel and emitted less CO2 in real-world conditions than they did in the tests--what does that do to the calculations?