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Discussion Title: Battle of the compact cars
| kman10587 |
2005-06-07 13:19:00 |
Re: Battle of the compact cars
The Focus and Mazda are probably so expensive because of Germany's high (comapred to America's) tariffs. The Golf, while $6,000 cheaper than the other two, is still quite expensive at $21,000. So yeah, German car prices are high :o
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| genjy |
2005-06-07 19:09:00 |
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It would be pretty hard to buy a new Corolla for $13k. Maybe a base Corolla with literally no options. If you add something like power windows and locks, forget it.
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| siege911 |
2005-06-07 19:45:00 |
Re: Battle of the compact cars
Yeah, well if you didn't notice we are comparing the very base models, in order to make the comparison relatively equal...
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| Jaguar D-Type |
2005-06-07 21:36:00 |
Re: Battle of the compact cars
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Originally Posted by Dr. Love
It looks like I forgot a few cars:
The 2005 VW Golf in base model trim should be available for around $14,000. The 2.0L that comes with the base model only makes 115 hp.
The 2005 Mitsubishi Lancer, base model is called the ES, can be had for around $13,000. It has a 2.0L with 120 hp.
Then there is the Saturn Ion, but that is basically the Cavalier/Sunfire with a slightly different look. The same Ecotec 140 hp engine, and price is the same.
The Saturn Ion has a new chassis.
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| Jaguar D-Type |
2005-06-07 21:39:00 |
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The new Chevrolet Cobalt has replaced the Cavalier.
check this link
New Cobalt
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| BlackGT2000 |
2005-06-07 21:58:00 |
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The lancer was pretty nice, good over all package, but didn't look as good as the other 3 metioned in my opinion, thats for you to decide. The golf though I was not impressed by the base model engine. The 1.8T was better and the VR6 was even better than that in my opinion. I wouldn't get the VW with the base engine its pretty under powered feeling, nice car otherwise.
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