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"DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish!" (daft-ryosuke) 04/07/2019 at 16:02 • Filed to: None

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A wild Peugeot 508 appeared...in Atlanta.

Gotta say, I like the way it looks.

Also, I met Ed Bolian.

Maxima Speed > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:10

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How is he in person? Also, no face reveal? Also how is that Peugot legal?

Svend > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:11

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What was it doing there? 

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Maxima Speed 04/07/2019 at 16:12

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He’s great! Such a nice guy, so open to questions and compliments about the LP640.

If this post gets 10k views, I’ll post the unedited version.

Also, I believe Atlanta is where PSA is setting up their American HQ. The guy driving it was very French.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:12

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Manf or diplomatic plates?

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > Svend 04/07/2019 at 16:17

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I heard a rumor that PSA’s USA HQ for when they return to the market will be in Atlanta.

DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 04/07/2019 at 16:19

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Manf.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Maxima Speed 04/07/2019 at 16:23

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Nah that’s his actual face. 

412GTI > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:30

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Yay for sedans! I think that looks pretty good, actually. I bet Ed was fun to speak with! 

404 - User No Longer Available > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:31

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At this angle the front looks like it could be stolen by Chevy to craft on the Malibu, and they’ll call it “Camaro-inspired”.

LOREM IPSUM > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:34

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Factory work in Georgia... I hope they have good A/C. When employees start dropping from the heat and humidity, product quality sometimes takes a back seat.

Svend > DaftRyosuke - So Long and Thanks for All the Fish! 04/07/2019 at 16:36

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Cool. Maybe a 5008 would be more apt for the U.S. though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 04/07/2019 at 16:44

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It’s a little on the small side but I think that it would still sell if they could do marketing right. 

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/07/2019 at 16:52

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I think the 5008 is the largest they do. 

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 04/07/2019 at 16:56

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Google puts it at about the same size as the Stelvio, Jeep Cherokee, and other small/midsize crossovers. I think they’re going to have a hard sell convincing people to take one over an established brand though. 

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/07/2019 at 18:07

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Maybe. But maybe the European-ness may be enough. It worked for Haagen Dazs. 

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > Svend 04/07/2019 at 18:08

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I don’t think it’s worked for Alfa. Rough numbers put it at half of what the Macan sold. 

Svend > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 04/07/2019 at 18:47

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I think Alfa is one of those that doesn’t really work anywhere outside of Italy.

Here in the U.K. it’s easy to forget they exist and they are on our roads, yet in the states I think they had a brief hiatus and the name of unreliability stood around. Skoda still suffers it’s old bad name here in the U.K. and they’ve been owned by VW for over 25 years.

There Peugeot would for a while at least be a new novelty and needs to use that time wisely to establish themselves. 

Cé hé sin > Svend 04/08/2019 at 06:31

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They’d need something quite a bit bigger than that though.

Svend > Cé hé sin 04/08/2019 at 06:48

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Ye’, it’s what Daily Drives a Dragon said.

Peugeot don’t make anything larger unle ss you go for a van, or van derived MPV.