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Wamsutta posted:I think it looks awesome but am bummed they hopped aboard the AWD hybrid bandwagon. An NSX should be RWD. I dunno, to me the old NSX was clearly more about handling and balance over raw power and top speed, so AWD won't necessarily betray that aspect of it. I just wish it looked even remotely like the old one instead of just like every other Acura. Also since it's not RWD that'll keep it out of any Formula D nonsense.
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Feb 7, 2012 22:29
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A5H posted:There's a new McLaren coming and it's a proper hypercar This was always the plan IIRC. Build the MP4--12C as the "practical" McLaren to fund the F1 successor.
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Feb 8, 2012 07:43
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I was just looking at what's at the Chicago auto show and saw this: http://www.leftlanenews.com/kia-trackster.html Kia did a concept that's a 250hp AWD track version of the Soul basically. Cute little thing that'd be really fun to whip around a track I imagine. Just yesterday I found myself seriously looking at the turbo Kia Optima on their website. Possibly my first non-American car? I'm getting tired of waiting for Dodge to bring back the Magnum.
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Feb 8, 2012 18:47
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The Optima is a really good looking car with a great engine. Interior seemed so-so however.
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Feb 8, 2012 20:36
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 You want Dodge to bring back this? 
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Feb 8, 2012 20:48
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Thwomp posted:
No stick shift unfortunately.  There used to be some goon who regularly tracked his, he had an avatar from one of those wife swap shows.
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Feb 8, 2012 20:55
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Those things looked pretty sweet with a dualtone paint job, but I wouldn't want the V8. I'd want the same V6 and 8 speed auto the 2012 Charger has that gets ~290hp and 30mpg on the highway. I just need a daily driver that can also hold all my gear for work but I don't want some off-road ground clearance SUV to do it. I'd love a smaller car for the 80% of the time I have no gear with me but that's not really an option.sanchez posted:The Optima is a really good looking car with a great engine. Interior seemed so-so however. 
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Feb 8, 2012 21:02
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I can't not see a Dodge badged 300 with a trunk cover when I look at a Magnum. It's just 
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Feb 8, 2012 21:12
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Thwomp posted:I can't not see a Dodge badged 300 with a trunk cover when I look at a Magnum. It's just 
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Feb 8, 2012 21:30
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Thwomp posted:I can't not see a Dodge badged 300 with a trunk cover when I look at a Magnum. It's just Well, I mean, that is what it is. edit: GODAMINT
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Feb 8, 2012 21:30
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Well now! I never knew the 300 wagon existed (Europe!). I knew the Charger/300/Challenger/Magnum all shared the same basic underpinnings. Still, I think the Magnum is ugly as gently caress. 
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Feb 8, 2012 21:35
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sanchez posted:The Optima is a really good looking car with a great engine. Interior seemed so-so however.
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Feb 8, 2012 21:59
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Thwomp posted:Still, I think the Magnum is ugly as gently caress.
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Feb 8, 2012 23:22
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I liked the Magnum more when they went to this front fascia.
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Feb 8, 2012 23:33
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Why not? That poo poo ruled. RWD station wagon with a big thirsty V8 up front? That car settled America. It doesn't count as a wagon in my books - simply not enough space in the back. Same problem the new Commodore 'wagon' has
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Feb 8, 2012 23:50
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Someone's never seen an E30 Touring...
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Feb 8, 2012 23:53
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They should have just offered the 300C wagon instead of the Magnum. I think the current gen 300 would look slick as gently caress as a wagon.
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Feb 9, 2012 00:10
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Something a little more Australian? http://www.hsv.com.au/e3/clubsportR8tourer 
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Feb 9, 2012 00:25
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tobu posted:Something a little more Australian? Now, that. I'd drive the poo poo out of that.
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Feb 9, 2012 00:47
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travisray2004 posted:Now, that. I'd drive the poo poo out of that.
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Feb 9, 2012 01:31
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CTS is a bit smaller I think, and I imagine would be more expensive. That HSV is just the equivalent of a tarted-up G8.
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Feb 9, 2012 04:49
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I am kind of embarrassed to admit that I think this Kia (which won't be produced) is stunning: http://www.carmagazine.co.uk/News/Search-Results/First-Official-Pictures/Kia-Trakster-2012-first-official-pictures-/ It looks like a Soul, Z3 Coupe, Mini and Toaster mixed together.
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Feb 9, 2012 07:00
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Can everyone stop hating on my sweet prince the dodge magnum  Its making me sad  It may drive like a tap dancing hippopotamus, but it was fast. Or at least fast enough to hang with an exige cup on R6's http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTG579ORDqo
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Feb 9, 2012 07:05
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2ndclasscitizen posted:CTS is a bit smaller I think, and I imagine would be more expensive. That HSV is just the equivalent of a tarted-up G8. HSVs are still enormously expensive - the R8 tourer starts at $68,600 AUD
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Feb 9, 2012 08:47
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kill me now posted:Can everyone stop hating on my sweet prince the dodge magnum I passed a GT3 once but I don't judge all GT3s based on one poor driver. Edit: Tracking a Magnum is loving badass though.
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Feb 9, 2012 09:20
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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dissss posted:HSVs are still enormously expensive - the R8 tourer starts at $68,600 AUD An imported CTS-V coupe is pushing $250k IIRC so it's all relative.
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Feb 9, 2012 10:07
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dissss posted:HSVs are still enormously expensive - the R8 tourer starts at $68,600 AUD It's also a very good car and enormously fast. Probably worth every cent.
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Feb 9, 2012 11:19
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Cat Terrist posted:It's also a very good car and enormously fast. Probably worth every cent. Hell, you could even just go for an SS Sportwagon and still stomp anything short of a unicorn AMG/M/RS wagon, and put the saving from the HSV towards a blower.
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Feb 9, 2012 11:36
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:I passed a GT3 once but I don't judge all GT3s based on one poor driver. He wasnt a scrub of a driver (and I was on pirelli grand am spec slicks  )
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Feb 9, 2012 16:45
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kill me now posted:He wasnt a scrub of a driver (and I was on pirelli grand am spec slicks
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Feb 9, 2012 17:02
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Cat Terrist posted:It's also a very good car and enormously fast. Probably worth every cent. Especially when you look at what other cars cost in Aussie (Standard WRX is mid 40's?). I think 68k for something like that is a fair deal.
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Feb 9, 2012 17:34
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I thought the Australian government recently approved(?) big subsidies for the Aus car industry, so with any luck, there will be enough government subsidized full size V8 cars for everyone.
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Feb 9, 2012 17:51
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Remember yesterday when I was saying I wanted a wagon, well this was at the Chicago auto show today: http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-cruze-station-wagon-2012.html If they offered a turbo'd version of that or just got it a little more horsepower that'd be pretty sweet for my daily driving needs. Oh wait... you say it's only for Europe and GM will never sell it here like every other wagon they've done? Well gently caress you, GM.
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Feb 9, 2012 18:58
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davebo posted:Remember yesterday when I was saying I wanted a wagon, well this was at the Chicago auto show today: Seriously. If they put a bigger engine in this, I'd drive the poo poo out of a car like this. Why do you hate station wagons and hatchbacks, America? 
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Feb 9, 2012 19:18
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Because we're still haunted by the boxy cars of the 80s and nice looking, non-overpriced hatches (GOLF  ) are only just now coming onto the market.
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Feb 9, 2012 19:48
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davebo posted:Remember yesterday when I was saying I wanted a wagon, well this was at the Chicago auto show today: Wait..They sell the cruze in Europe? Its not a Vauxhaul something or other?
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Feb 9, 2012 20:20
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Whip Slagcheek posted:Seriously. If they put a bigger engine in this, I'd drive the poo poo out of a car like this. Why do you hate station wagons and hatchbacks, America? I think they use the "USA Doesn't want them" excuse (I'M TALKING TO YOU ESPECIALLY BMW YOU BASTARDS THAT WON'T BRING new 1/3/5 wagons) but it's really the fact that they will not risk jeopardizing even ONE high margin SUV/Crossover sale. Not even ONE! Now, the hatchbacks are a different customer IMO and the manufacturers will bring some of them over to compete in the Focus/Mazda3/Kia segment. Of course it doesn't help that it costs a lot to have each model certified here so they will absolutely analyze any profit potential before even thinking about going through the process.
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Feb 9, 2012 20:27
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Keyser S0ze posted:I think they use the "USA Doesn't want them" excuse (I'M TALKING TO YOU ESPECIALLY BMW YOU BASTARDS THAT WON'T BRING new 1/3/5 wagons) but it's really the fact that they will not risk jeopardizing even ONE high margin SUV/Crossover sale. Not even ONE! Now, the hatchbacks are a different customer IMO and the manufacturers will bring some of them over to compete in the Focus/Mazda3/Kia segment. I've got high hopes for the Veloster Turbo. 
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I'm really thinking about being sensible and proactive and ordering a manual E90 328 Wagon before they are kaput and driving it for 10 years, since from here on out we only will get autobox X1/X3/X5. If they had brought over a 335 wagon I'd have one already. My non-sensible side wants a V8 M3 before they are extinct.
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