Ewwww, I can't stand that centered dual exhaust look. To each their own I guess eh!
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The fuel mileage actually isn't that bad, it just seems like it is because the fuel tank is pretty small for a v8 powered vehicle.
Why the heck did this get moved to the trucks and off-roading forum when it fits none of those parameters?
True that. Beauty in the eyes of the beholder and all that...
@Misterman I see it in the general car/bike talk.
Yeah I can see why it got moved to 4x4 (as it is 4WD after all) but I think it makes more sense here so I moved it back. Hopefully the other mod will forgive me. :angel:
I went and drove one on Saturday and for an $85K vehicle the interior left me wanting.
The seats were the best part, in fact I wish a guy could order those seats in a Ram 1500! The trim bits felt cheap & plastic-y. The mono-chromatic approach felt like they were trying to hide something. I can't really put my finger on it but it just wasn't right. Part of the problem may be that just before I drove the GC I spent some time in a Ram 1500 Laramie and man oh man, did they hit it out of the park with that one!
I would say on all domestics the trim is cheap and plasticy. They just all go to different degrees to try and hide it. Caddilac, Lincoln, Tesla (Lol) it’s just shades of grey for quality.
Even the Germans are going more than direction. My C63 is nice, but it’s pretty well still plastic everywhere. Just really nice plastic.
Dodge has been killing it with truck interiors since 2010. And that all carried to the SRT's as well. That's why I was curious what specifically you didn't like. I know the seats are still comfy as hell, I personally didn't care for the styling change though. The Sepia seats in 2014 were amazing.
Nah, I'm not too worried about the pitchforks...lol. There are aspects of the JGC that are top shelf, but as a whole the package is only 85% what I need to write the cheque. There really isn't anything else on the market that can touch it when it comes to bang for the buck but I'm just getting picky in my old age.
Didn't this gen come out in 2011? It's not surprising then that the interior probably needs an update.
I think there was a significant re-do in either 2014 or 2015 but either way, the JGC is due for an overhaul. I've done some reading and the next version (2021 MY) is going to be based on an Alfa Romeo and TBH that doesn't thrill me. The reviews on the Stelvio are not exactly glowing.
The comments about "ermagerd! Plastic!" every time someone talks about domestic vehicles, is a bit ridiculous. It's one of those things that people seem to say just because they've heard it from other people. Like what vehicles don't have plastic interior? Ones that cost over $250,000 maybe? There's a difference between plastic, and looking cheap. Look at a Ford interior, just an absolutely cheap looking pile of crap. Then look at a Mercedes interior, looks nice. Same amount of plastic.
There's lots of different grades of plastic. You can have soft touch, lightly padded higher-end feeling plastic with matte finish and no gaps or seams, 1-piece dash, etc. or you can have the rock hard ultra cheap-o stuff with huge gaps everywhere that is top to bottom in most economy cars with and even on some surprisingly expensive cars. Below the knees, most cars still use that crap for durability reasons, but there is no need for it to be everywhere.
The other thing that screams cheap is the piano black plastic garbage almost every manufacturer feels the need to line the gear selector / center console area with. At least on the higher end cars you can usually get wood or aluminum in it's place.