Now if anyone, even just one, person at Chrysler had half a brain, they'd really grab this opportunity. Safety is important, and a fantastic selling point.
This may be the one and only thing Dodge can shove into Toyota's face and actually have ground to stand on.
Wait a minute... something's not adding up here...
4.4-liter V8 with 400hp and 450 lb-ft of torque, and a transmissions with eight necessarily closely-spaced gear ratios (meaning that the first gear must be exceptionally low for a car), and the 0-60 time is only 5.4 seconds?
Really?
What's the German word for "huge beer gut", because this car, and the engineers that designed it, must have them if that's the best they can manage with that much power.
@pauljones: I know right? Mm 10-year-old Jaguar, with a 4.0 liter supercharged V8 makes 370 HP and scoots to 60 in 5.3 seconds, and it does that with a Mercedes five speed and 4500lbs of heft.
@pauljones: Well, I'm looking for a big garage... er, house, right now so I can have a place to do some real work. The garage it's in right now is the limiting factor. I need space and 220V.
A three car divided into an oversized two bay and an oversized single bay got away due to slow realtor syndrome last week. I almost cried.
@Ben Wojdyla: and it's built on a chassis as old as the idea of the automobile itself. i don't mean any hate, there's an X308 XJR in my family too, and i love it to death when i'm flooring it in a straight line, but the chassis is ancient.
@DoctorNine: Woah, woah, the X5 isn't that bad of a car. And it's not that bad looking either, if you line up the ML, Q7 and X5, they're all pretty similar in uglyness.
The 5GT just sucks. We all can agree that the 5-Series Estate owns them all.
@Schm, enjoying his first desert winter. .:
The 5GT is a too tall obese BMW. The X5 is an even taller, even more obese BMW.
The 5GT is absurd, but not as absurd as the X5.
Wow. A reason to actually buy a Sebring, Journey, Avenger, or Patriot. I see much potential in these otherwise craptastic vehicles as destruction derby rides.
It's OK that you are such a terrible car now little Chrysler. As you will grow up to be the only car still running in a demolition derby when you lose half your value next year.
And with that the little Chrysler was no longer self conscious about it's looks as it knows that for it's true purpose in life looks don't matter.
Chug along little shit box, chug along to victory.
Just a big FYI
The IIHS does not test Porsches. It does not test many of the most expensive BMWs and Mercedes either. Therefore their absence should not make a big difference.
The IIHS told us they tested only 52 roofs at this point. Why? Because when they told manufacturers of the tests and asked them to send cars they thought had a chance of passing, all they got was 52. of those 27 passed. They will add new models to the list throughout the year though as they do more testing. That's why so many 2010 models were rushed through the old testing to get 2009 awards.
Single most important safety feature: an alert driver. Everything else is bandaids to minimize the consequences of the driver's failure, both of this vehicle and of those around him.
I'd rather have this than any new Bimmer, so... what could you buy for $39,000 that would be better? (and I'm curious to see what you'll come up with) #bmw
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This may be the one and only thing Dodge can shove into Toyota's face and actually have ground to stand on.
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4.4-liter V8 with 400hp and 450 lb-ft of torque, and a transmissions with eight necessarily closely-spaced gear ratios (meaning that the first gear must be exceptionally low for a car), and the 0-60 time is only 5.4 seconds?
Really?
What's the German word for "huge beer gut", because this car, and the engineers that designed it, must have them if that's the best they can manage with that much power.
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I'm still rooting for the eventual completion of the Continental, though.
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A three car divided into an oversized two bay and an oversized single bay got away due to slow realtor syndrome last week. I almost cried.
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@Schm: "..And the cheaper X5 is a bad choice because..."
Dude. It's an X5. Just LOOK at it.
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The 5GT just sucks. We all can agree that the 5-Series Estate owns them all.
11/19/09
The 5GT is a too tall obese BMW. The X5 is an even taller, even more obese BMW.
The 5GT is absurd, but not as absurd as the X5.
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It's OK that you are such a terrible car now little Chrysler. As you will grow up to be the only car still running in a demolition derby when you lose half your value next year.
And with that the little Chrysler was no longer self conscious about it's looks as it knows that for it's true purpose in life looks don't matter.
Chug along little shit box, chug along to victory.
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The IIHS does not test Porsches. It does not test many of the most expensive BMWs and Mercedes either. Therefore their absence should not make a big difference.
The IIHS told us they tested only 52 roofs at this point. Why? Because when they told manufacturers of the tests and asked them to send cars they thought had a chance of passing, all they got was 52. of those 27 passed. They will add new models to the list throughout the year though as they do more testing. That's why so many 2010 models were rushed through the old testing to get 2009 awards.
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I guess it would be best to drive in overstuffed furniture. That would, you know, cushion any impacts.
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*Shameless plug alert*
More on the E30 M3:
[www.examiner.com] #bmw
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Looking at an M Coupe, I just remembered how much I'd like one. . . #bmw
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