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AWD M Cars, Maybach SUVs and is oil really that cheap?
- BMW gives a tacit admission that the next M cars will incorporate AWD.
- Maserati will schlep the lifespan of the GranTurismo out to 2016.
- We will probably see a Maybach SUV.
- Crude prices are trading within their historical average range.
- Bentley’s SUV will be dubbed the Bentayga and could spawn further variants.
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“We will probably see a Maybach SUV.”
Why not, with Bentley, Jaguar, Maserati and more then likely Rolls Royce having SUVs it only seems natural for Maybach
I love the Maybach logo. It satisfies all my art deco desires. I hope the SUV has a hood ornament.
Still waiting on my Lotus SUV…
Why, it looks just like the Ford Escape?
http://img338.imageshack.us/img338/998/2012youngmanlotussuv03.jpg
ERMAHGERD that’s awful.
Hahaha holy crap I didn’t expect such a stupid joke to be taken seriously, let alone built… Oh China…..
It’s like a cx-7 with a last minute juke back and Honda front. (I googled other pics.)
Lotus showed a CUV concept called the APX in 2006.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotus_APX
The Lotus APX, one of the now forgotten ex-new generation of Louts cars that the infamous Dany Bahar was planning to start making.
I actually think he was (unfortunately) on the right track and that his plans could have well revitalized the Lotus brand all together. It looks like the way forward for “sports” cars is Suv’s and automatic transmissions along with an insane increase of HP.
As somebody from BMW said not long ago, the sport car is dead, remember?
I have always liked that Maserati. I think it still looks great today, though the less sporty styling of the earlier model years appeals to me a bit more.
It’s one of those rare, large GT cars you don’t see much any more outside of a large Mercedes coupe.
I’ve been inside of the Ghibli at the NY autoshow last year. Horrendous. Or at least, horrenous for its price point. This is no hyperbole, the equivalent Lexus and Infiniti (yes, Infiniti) were better places to sit.
Maser dealer better mention ad infinitum that the motor was contructed by Ferrari.
Infinitis aren’t that bad, but nobody believes.
Especially don’t mention the block is the Pentastar V6, made stronger by reducing the bore. Cast in Kokomo, machined at Trenton.
No doubt there are other PR differences.
Maybach, can we talk? Bentley Mulsanne, if you’re not too hung over, listen up.
See where you chromed the window frames between front and rear doors? But then not the strip separating the opening window from the quarter light? What are you doing there? Do you have any idea how much this reminds me of a Buick Lesabre that’s been to Pep Boys?
Might help if we knew what you were referencing.
I think he’s talking about the pic in the link, which is a GL, but I’m hungover
I looked at the GL in reference to his comments, and I don’t see what he’s talking about. No chrome on windows between front and rear door.
“is oil really that cheap”
If you can afford those vehicles, gas is cheap even at the USA’s high of $5/gallon. A sign of cheap gas is low-cost vehicles that guzzle. Consider, instead, how far a vehicle will go if you spent the purchase price amount on gasoline.
Ford F150 regular cab 4×2: $25k / $2.20 * 20 MPG –> purchase price buys 227k miles of gas
Prius: $25k / 2.20 * 50 MPG –> purchase price buys 568k miles of gas
BMW M5: $92k / 2.50 * 16 MPG –> purchase price buys 588k miles of gas
By this metric, even Prius buyers would be more sensitive to the cost of gas compared to the buyers of an M5.
So, the real question is: has there been a rise in F150 pickups? The answer there is most definitely a yes.
Interesting measurement. Of course, there are details. The mucho-miles BMW would never reach that number, the out of warranty repairs would bankrupt the owner and/or the car would be scrapped as too expensive to fix, long before the mileage was achieved. The F150 would still be on the road at its mileage, and possibly without a major repair. I wouldn’t even guess at Prius battery replacement cost except to assume it would have to be done at least twice over the mileage.