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Not the big one, but it did have a VT badge on the back. It was the real goofy looking one (seems all chopped up viewed from the side). Might have been a Diablo. Looked real out of place in the city.
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
Gosh, the lighting on the front has to rival the Aztek for sheer ugly.
Funny thing is I sorta like the rest of it.
I've only seen one Prius and no Lexus here so far...
Do you mean X3, though? I thought the X1 was not out yet.
Tons of new style (F10-11) 5ers on the road already here, I can't count the number I've seen.
I just heard on the news this morning that Maryland is the richest state in the USA - at least in per capita income. $70k/year average per family.
Must be all the fat cats in Congress that live in the 'burbs, curve busters.
Lots of highly paid public sector types, lobbyists, contractors who take Federal work etc there no doubt.
I wasn't a fan of the Dame Edna 5er either, but the new one seems to have gone softer. I do prefer its understated styling.
There's a new style 5er wagon in my hotel parking lot this morning, parked alongside an E36 wagon. There's also a Smart ForFour in the lot, kind of unusual.
Also saw 2 of them in the Kudamm showroom. Meh...
Spotted a SLS near the Berliner Dom too
And 2 Lexus in ~8 hours of walking around...an old RX and get this...an LS430 being used as a taxi...I kid you not.
I've seen a handful of new 5 Series around here. A sharp looking car IMO
Yesterday a black Lamborghini Murcielago pulled up to me at a stoplight. It had Alabama license plates (I live near Atlanta). When the light turned green it just took off. It took me a minute or so to pick my jaw up off the floor.
WIll be interesting to see some of the new stuff at the Philly auto show in late-January. I assume the 1 will be out by then?
2020 Acura RDX tech SH-AWD, 2023 Maverick hybrid Lariat luxury package.
(I guess that makes us poseurs... lol)
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Hey, that's why Andre can have a fleet of eight cars! :P
Also saw a new 4Runner. The windows look "chopped", like the 300C. I think I like the one 2 generations back the best.
Two designs that seem to be moving in the opposite direction.
Also saw exactly one Lexus in maybe 7 hours of wandering around Berlin today. One single car. And every single Prius I see, which is very few, are taxis. This isn't bad.
I also saw the first Infiniti I have ever seen in Europe...a G sedan.
I liked the 3rd gen. You could get a pretty decent V6 with a manual transmission in an SUV.
Save the manuals.
I wanted one of those early 4-Runners when I was a little kid....and what ended up in our driveway? A brown S-10 blazer with a brown interior. It still hurts
AFAIK, the truck engines (VZ series) were not affected.
Well.... not really. Only the front fenders, hood, and doors matched the pickups. The "bed" was attached to the front, so that required new metal. And the back seat did fold flat rather than the flip and fold that the Blazers (for example) suffered with.
1st gen gets my vote, too. I owned one and loved it. The 22RE 4-cyl with 5-spd manual was pretty bulletproof and it was VERY off-roadable. A true SUV. Not to mention I think it was the best looking 4runner ever.
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
Saw several X1s in Berlin today, maybe it will be a success. Also saw one of those weird 4 door Minis.
On the Lexus thoughts, today I actually saw 2 of them...an LS430 not in taxi service, and an old IS200 with a Nurburgring sticker on the trunklid.
I have seen some cherished looking W123s, and there's a nice grey C126 on the street where I am staying. But those herds are thinning out now too. But anyway, there are few cars older than 1990 on the road here, most of them being W123s W124s W201s and VWs.
I'll have a car for a long weekend....I've booked in the 5er/E class group, won't mind an upgrade but won't complain if I get what I booked either :shades:
Record Lexus day here, 4 of them! an older and new IS, a GX, and a LS430 - but the latter was pulling into the Japanese embassy so I don't think it counts.
Oh yeah, one car I don't see at all here that I don't miss - Camry. Haven't seen one. They were sold here once, but didn't catch on where people like to drive.
The American one is bigger, I'm not even sure the same one is sold in Europe.
Don't they get an Avensis or something a bit smaller?
Also - can you blame Toyota for giving US buyers what they want? Big, soft, comfortable, quick only in a straight line (C&D 0-60 was 5.8 seconds for the V6).
They custom-built it for Americans.
The Avensis sells here and there, especially the wagon, but is seen as fairly "souless". The middle-large market is very competitive and demanding here. Accord (TSX) sells probably better than the Avensis, but not in large volumes - here what we know as the TSX is not upmarket.
Saw an Aston Rapide today in downtown Berlin.
Only one Lexus today, an old IS going about 65mph on an unlimited part of the Autobahn.
But, this one was traveling faster than the surrounding traffic on the freeway... I'd say an easy 70 mph...
Almost every Smart I see is trundling along in the right lane, about 5-10 mph under the speed limit.. I always wondered if they were scary to drive fast, or they just attracted that sort of driver...
I'm going to have to wrangle a test drive, somehow....
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From some angles it reminds me of the Calibra, and that's good.
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Kia Optima has imitation stuff, so everyone's doing it now. I think one of the compact Fords has it also (Fiesta or Focus, not sure which).
Hyundai Genesis uses real cow hide on theirs.
With the subcompacts making a resurgence via the Fit, Yaris, Fiesta, etc. the compacts (some of which technically qualify as midsize) have been going up in price. The run-up in used car prices might have affected them as well.
Of course all that added equipment comes at a price as well. Cruze, for instance, has more than the average # of airbags.
My wife is starting to consider replacing her '01 Elantra which she bought for $14K. Decently equipped '11 Elantras will be 20K or thereabouts and fully loaded ones are several thou more than that. As someone used to inexpensive cars (the '01 was her first bought-new car) she's definitely feeling the sticker shock.
Also, these are MSRPs we're talking about. Let the initial furor die down and street prices will hopefully be much more reasonable.
Then just add a portable GPS, or get an iPhone 4 with a nice mount.
Tech gets old fast. If you look at residuals, loaded up models often depreciate more, because the technology ages quickly. Who would pay a bunch more for, say, and older Nissan Maxima with an outdated CD-based GPS? Not me.
Your point's valid, but is a minor influence over my buying decisions.
Check the residuals, you'll see what I mean. Ask car_man in the lease threads, he's an excellent resource.