Five reasons to love, or hate, the culture of German cars
03-07-15, 04:41 AM
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The 250 and 350 V6 may not be on the market 15 years, but almost 10 years by now, they were for sure developed about 15 years ago. I had the IS 250 back in 2006 and that V6 was not anything special even then. The only brand in Europe that I know works with that old parts is the Romanian Dacia, which uses leftovers from the french and italian low budgets cars and costs about 9000 dollars brand new.
03-07-15, 07:27 AM
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The 250 and 350 V6 may not be on the market 15 years, but almost 10 years by now, they were for sure developed about 15 years ago. I had the IS 250 back in 2006 and that V6 was not anything special even then. The only brand in Europe that I know works with that old parts is the Romanian Dacia, which uses leftovers from the french and italian low budgets cars and costs about 9000 dollars brand new.
03-07-15, 08:13 AM
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Originally Posted by Mr Bond
I had the IS 250 back in 2006 and that V6 was not anything special even then.
The only brand in Europe that I know works with that old parts is the Romanian Dacia, which uses leftovers from the french and italian low budgets cars and costs about 9000 dollars brand new.
Last edited by mmarshall; 03-07-15 at 08:17 AM.
03-09-15, 10:24 AM
#20
Well, in one sense, it IS something special. Small-displacement V6s are relatively hard to find in the U.S., outside of the Lexus IS250 and now-discontinued Infiniti G25. These small-displacement V6s, IMO, though not terribly powerful, make good replacements for some of the less-refined four-bangers. Buick, Lincoln, and some other upscale makes, IMO, should be using them in their entry-level products, and, unfortunately, don't.
03-09-15, 11:40 AM
#21
That is part of the reason. If a problem has two solutions, a simple, durable, simpler part vs a more expensive, more complex, more failure prone part that does a "slightly" better job, they'll approve the more complex solution every time, even if it is an expensive liability 5-10 years down the road.
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/panzerk...183042309.html
But perhaps the Tiger’s greatest weakness was its over-design, which caused frequent and time-consuming breakdowns.
03-09-15, 01:02 PM
#22
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Just dont see how they are the ultimate when they cost more than Japanese cars and break down WAY more. ( People who want to argue can google the millions of objective references online). I
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