Lawrence Hodge's discussions

True but buyers will have to wait to get it. And who knows what the rules will be then. The Equinox EV is launching with the pricer loaded 2RS trim first. Base 1LT and 2LT come next Spring. Read more

Yea this is a very good point. Back in my sales days when I was at a Buick GMC Pontiac dealer, we had a blue Pontiac G8 on the showroom floor. The thing sat for months and we couldn’t sell it. Even a huge discount and parking out front near a busy street wasn’t enough to move it. I don’t know what happened to it but… Read more

I’ve been personally shopping for both and for me it comes down to rear seat space and cargo capacity. G70 doesn’t have the Stinger’s hatch. G70 also has a tighter backseat with 1.6 fewer inches of rear legroom vs the Stinger. Read more

Me and my knees agree with you. Read more

He said sporty which as nice as the V60 is, I wouldn’t call it sporty. I was going to suggest the old Polestar V60 from the previous gen but I found none for sale. Read more

Because Ford Dealers. Its not worth the hassle of dealing with dealers who are pricing Mavericks at F-150 levels. Makes it unappealing.  Read more

The Pontiac Solstice would have been good for this list. Read more

I mean I LOVE cars. But giving up a leg to be able to drive some? Nah.  Read more

Sounds like I may have to do a post on it sometime.  Read more

Thats the part that doesn’t make sense to me. It would make more sense to have one stop in the high desert, another in Barstow, the next be somewhere at or near state line like Baker or Primm and then Vegas. Read more

Ford hasn’t exactly been clear on that yet. But if you go off the outgoing Mustang, the manual and 10 speed auto could be had with either engine in coupe and convertible. Read more

Oh its definitely the latter. Speaking from my experience in finance and lending, most people are driving around in cars they can’t afford. The last few years haven’t helped things because auto makers and dealers have been playing into peoples impulses. Custom ordering, wait lists, reservations, “First Editions”, they… Read more

I see them often too but you’re probably just seeing the same ones over and over again. According to the state’s Energy Commission on 3,392 Polestar 2s were registered in California in 2022. They don’t sell many. Read more

Its not that simple though and a lot of people seem to misunderstand. People-myself included- don’t want the warehouses at all anymore. Developers have been in the pockets of our local politicians for awhile now and they keep approving them while ignoring the bigger issue of our housing crisis. The land used to build… Read more

The drive they had us on was short. I wish I had more time. But the two hours I did have it it drove fine and handles ok. Its not a sports sedan by any means. But on the short drive we had through the mountains it handled the curves pretty well. I tried to push the Sport trim to the limit and yea it wasn’t having it. Read more

Why can’t automakers and/or automotive journalists find / show us graphs of the power curves of these engines? They all blab all day long about peak hp and peak torque, but say nothing about the area under those power/torque curves. Does the bulk of the power come in sooner in the powerband? Is it a broad protracted… Read more

The fact that you said you went three weeks without another issue says ALOT.  Read more

Damn thats beautiful. We miss you! Read more

Damn. You make me want to a piece on just mechanically complex and crazy these things are, sort of like we did with the VW Touraeg a few years back. Read more