I’m really tempted to see if I could cram the 2.4/6 speed into my ‘13 Fit Sport now that the warranty has expired...
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My dodge truck sat at the dealership for 6 weeks waiting for recall replacement airbag parts before being repaired.
My condolences if you're trying to synchronize those fuckers
CP. overpriced and still ugly
Quit while you’re behind, dude. I’m talking about their well deserved reputation for building unreliable cars as a reason they’ve not been selling better for the past several years, tanking sales and market share even while their competitors - some far smaller - record years of record sales in an overall boom market.
Yup, and the market is far more competitive now than in the 80s, when Lexus and Acura were being launched. Alfa has to compete for new car buyers with everyone from established luxury brands like BMW and a resurgent Lexus to Ford and Cadillac (CTS, yo) to Hyundai. This is a crowded segment that already has a full…
Alfa going from zero to 150,000 U.S. sales in 3 years isn’t happening, period. Full stop.
Lexus had the full backing of one of the largest auto manufacturers in the world. One known for bulletproof quality, with a huge dealer network. Lexus was also entering a high profit, volume market with a brilliant, more affordable product and a great strategy to sell, and they followed Acura in - to great success.…
You’ll just have to be satisfied with the brand new ancient Vespas (now “Stella”) and Royal Enfields being made in India. Even more craptastic as when they were new in the 1960s, now assembled with extra indifference!
Their sales increase both relative to the size of the overall market and to the size of their competitors’ sales is not large by number of cars sold. Subaru (record US sales or not) is still a small player compared to the serious players in the U.S. market. They have less than a 3% market share. What VW should be…
One other thing: before you hatch any more genius opinions, consider this: mechanics, shop owners, warranty reps and dealer service managers are *the* source for the data about reliability. We don’t just see the broken cars/bikes, because there is this thing called “maintenance” ( oil and filter changes, brakes,…
What Corolla or civic comes with a turbo motor and AWD?
Not just a Duc, but a Triumph too! Guess which vehicle had far fewer problems over similar mileage, the 2002 Triumph over 77,000 miles in 12 years or the 2000 VW with 60,000 miles over 5 years?
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Home of the 2.7 sludge monster, the engine that no warranty company will cover!
That’s great, I’m happy for you - I’m glad they’ve built at least one reliable car in the last 5 years. My experience isn’t anecdotal and it wasn’t just one car - I fixed them every day for 6 years. More than a dozen customers had them. They all sucked, some a lot more than others, but I made enough money fixing them…
Yeah, I’m familiar with all of them. Why VW never sold any of them here (but spent money to bring incremental market losers like the Eos and the Phaeton here) is a mystery to anyone who pays attention to the U.S. market. I mean, it took them decades to address the minivan market here by lamely rebadging a Chrysler,…