Chris Hu said:
Michael-5 said:
Chris Hu said:
Its a compact car so FF makes more sense then FR also its going to be the first car with a optional 9 speed automatic transmission. Also Chrysler kinnda died in the recession since it now is owned by FIAT and so far they are doing a better job with it then Mercedes did when it was Daimler Chrysler. The Alfa Romeo 4C will make it the US part of FIAT's strategy for buying Chrysler is so that they could reintroduce FIAT and Alfa Romeo back to the US market. The Audi R4 looks really good its like a slightly more compact Audi TT.
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FF never makes more sense, and when they take an old FR car and ruin it by making it use the same FF chasis as their base economy cars it makes me sad.
Every time I see a US corporation make a new car, I look where the chasis comes from, and most of the time it saddens me. FF suck.
Eww automatic 9 speed, bleh
Audi TT = girls car, Audi R4 = mans car.
and Yea I'm really excited for the re-introduction of Alfa Romeo. I'm not a fan of fiats or alphas, but it's nice to see some European cars which aen't German on Canadian roads. Tired of rednecks driving trucks, and large cars in cities, you don't need them.
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FF does make more sense for a compact car. All compact cars on the market today are FF drive cars. Even Mercedes Benz's A-Class is FF and before that I think they never made a FF drive car. Mercedes Benz had a 111 year history of making FR cars before they introduced the A-Class so if they can't make a competitive FR in todays market I doubt anyone else can. Also I think the Dodge Dart is a huge upgrade over the car it replaces the Dodge Caliber and an even better upgrade of the car before that the Dodge Neon which for the most part was a big joke.
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Large volume of sales =/= good car. FF is cheap to produce, and in the case of Mercedes A and B Class it's safer (Small cars score bad for head on collisions, having more stuff in the front improves safety).....
Wait, the Dode Dart is the replacement for the Calibur? That makes sence to make it an FF car (it's an economy car, not a sports car), but it's odd they took the name from their old sports car brand. Are they making a Chevy with the same platform too, or is Chevy sticking with the Cruze?
If this a whole new car, then my initial arguement still holds. If your going to make a crappy car, don't ruin the name of a traditional rear wheel drive car.
Also, as a side note, Smart is oned by Mercedes, so the smallest Benz is still Rear Wheel Drive (A Smart FourTwo is Mid Engined, Rear Wheel Drive...seriously).