I was really impressed with the car. Looks and feels much better than the last generation. Exterior styling is awesome.
Overall I give this car a big thumbs up, and I do not hide my bias towards japanese cars, and less so German. Some of this may seem out of order due to the fact I can only edit at the top, once it scrolls out of the window, I am done.
I would almost say it drives similarly to my BMW 5 Series other than power delivery. Steering/Braking/suspension feel are similar as is interior noise. I had to verify that it was rear wheel drive after averaging over 30 miles per gallon at 79-80 miles per hour for 400 miles and a couple stops. For being the V6 it was not slow. It wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow like last years V6.
The guages were cool, you could rotate through oil temp/press/trans temp/water temp, etc. What was interesting was that below 3,500rpm the oil press was 38 dropping to 20 at idle. At 3,550 oil pressure jumps to 89 and would increase to over 100 near redline. I don't know if this gauge is accurate but is was interesting to watch.
Brakes were truly great. Interior was nice, 20 years ahead of last years. Dash was nice, overall styling is good.
Sound system was totally sufficient - better than many that I have heard. My only real gripe is the foot long gas pedal travel from top to bottom. Compared to what I am used to, you have to push the pedal really far to get it to move.
If the reliability on these stay up, this could be the next great american car. Maybe I will buy one with a V8 (or a SRT8)
Overall I give this car a big thumbs up, and I do not hide my bias towards japanese cars, and less so German. Some of this may seem out of order due to the fact I can only edit at the top, once it scrolls out of the window, I am done.
I would almost say it drives similarly to my BMW 5 Series other than power delivery. Steering/Braking/suspension feel are similar as is interior noise. I had to verify that it was rear wheel drive after averaging over 30 miles per gallon at 79-80 miles per hour for 400 miles and a couple stops. For being the V6 it was not slow. It wasn't fast, but it wasn't slow like last years V6.
The guages were cool, you could rotate through oil temp/press/trans temp/water temp, etc. What was interesting was that below 3,500rpm the oil press was 38 dropping to 20 at idle. At 3,550 oil pressure jumps to 89 and would increase to over 100 near redline. I don't know if this gauge is accurate but is was interesting to watch.
Brakes were truly great. Interior was nice, 20 years ahead of last years. Dash was nice, overall styling is good.
Sound system was totally sufficient - better than many that I have heard. My only real gripe is the foot long gas pedal travel from top to bottom. Compared to what I am used to, you have to push the pedal really far to get it to move.
If the reliability on these stay up, this could be the next great american car. Maybe I will buy one with a V8 (or a SRT8)
