You are the ignorant no-good filthy swine. Whether you are you or VW or Suzuki, the gov will track you down and go all Waco. All the gov does is find fault in anything and anybody, you’re the target. Don’t want to admit they are not playing fair. When the gov says you cheated because you knew what to do to pass emissions, you’re the guilty party. Not many car buyers are that enthused about buying an EV, no matter what color or make.ĥ0,000 dollars buys parts and fuel for a long time for a Rabbit or a Suzuki. If I’m going to buy a car, it doesn’t have to be an EV. “I want to buy beef, but I don’t want to buy the whole cow.”Ī comment from a friend at the grocery store here back some days ago. If you like what you’ve found here please consider supporting EPautos.īuy an old diesel Rabbit and keep it going. At least insofar as the hamburger under their hoods. if you can afford to pay $124,000.Īs for the rest, they might as well be Chevettes. The “450” used to denote a V8.Īt least you can still get a V8 S-Class, the S580. $114,500 will buy you the S450 – which comes with a V6. It’s not even standard anymore in the S-Class sedan, Mercedes’ top-of-the-line (and six-figures to start) luxury sedan. If you paid more, you got exactly that – in the form of the V8 that’s no longer offered with the E-Class sedan. Indeed, one often sees a badge that reflects what you used to get when you paid steak prices – and didn’t get hamburger.įor example, the current (2023) Mercedes E-Class sedan still carries badges that read “E350” – which used to signify the 3.5 liter V6 that was the least you got when you paid for steak. One does not see “2.0” badges on the flanks of modern luxury-brand cars. The luxury brands seem to be aware that it is, evidence of that being the absence of advertising of the hamburger they’re selling at steak prices. But is this a difference with much distinction?īut is that a difference with any meaningful distinction? It is not the identical 2.0 liter four cylinder engine each is made by its respective manufacturer and they vary – slightly – in terms of the parts being not interchangeable and the output being different. Interestingly – depressingly – every one of the above comes with the same four cylinder engine. This includes models like the Mercedes E-Class and the BMW 5-Series, the Audi A4 and A6, the Jaguar XF, the Genesis G70 and – bringing things around full circle – the Cadillac CT5. Yet almost every 2023 model year luxury-badged – and priced! – vehicle comes standard with the latter. Or a four cylinder engine under the hood. If you’re paying steak money, it’s unsatisfying to find hamburger on your plate. It is the same kind of difference that separates hamburger from steak. Or rather, it is what separated one from an economy car. So did practically every other luxury-priced car. A Sedan de Ville came standard with a V8. Most significantly – most definitively – the Chevette and all other economy cars were powered by four cylinder engines. This is good for those who don’t want to spend Cadillac money to get what Cadillacs – and their kind – didn’t even used to offer.īut it is bad for the luxury car badges. Today, such things are standard in Sedan deVille equivalents – and they are usually available (often standard) in today’s Chevette-equivalents. The whole point of a car like the Chevette was to avoid paying for such things.Īnd things such as heated seats, LED headlights and interior mood lighting weren’t available in Cadillacs when Chevettes were available. You could not buy a Chevette with power-adjustable leather seats and so on because why would you? If you wanted such luxury features, you were willing to pay extra for them. The latter two were available as options, but most of the equipment that is today taken for granted – that is standard – in literally every new car, irrespective of price, such as climate control AC, power windows and locks, intermittent wipers, a stereo, electric rear defroster, cruise control and full instrumentation – was either optional or unavailable. A Chevette did not come standard with air conditioning or even a radio. It was a car almost as basic a Model T Ford, except that it was available in more than just one color. The Chevette was an economy car made by GM’s Chevrolet division made for about ten years, between 19. That latter comparison is helpful in understanding the differences that no longer exist. What is the difference, for instance, between a loaded Toyota Camry and a Lexus ES350? Or a VW Atlas and an Audi Q5? It is nothing like the difference between A Chevy Chevette and a Cadillac Sedan de Ville. There being increasingly little, if any, meaningful difference between luxury-badged (and priced) vehicles and those that aren’t. The luxury car no longer exists – except as a badge and a price.
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