Cadillac News: Cadillac Lays More Money On the Escalade's Hood

[smk4565]

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:38 PM, ccap41 said:

One word: Unimog! 

Okay Okay Okay it isn't a standard full size truck but hell if it isn't the best in the world at being versatile/flexible and doing truck things. 

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I bet they could put leather seats in the back of a Unimog and pass it off as some sort of luxury wilderness exploration vehicle and sell them for $500k here as a Rolls Royce SUV competitor. 

[G. David Felt]

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:38 PM, ccap41 said:

One word: Unimog! 

Okay Okay Okay it isn't a standard full size truck but hell if it isn't the best in the world at being versatile/flexible and doing truck things. 

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Would agree with you!  

[Robert Hall]

I still think M-B should sell the pickup versions of the Sprinter here--in regular and double cab, in work truck, luxury, and AMG variations...would be a cash cow, I think.. make the bed deeper and less homely looking, though. 

Edited April 19, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[smk4565]

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:46 PM, ccap41 said:

How many different leagues or classes does Mercedes even race in? 

I love Mercedes but my god are you oblivious.

I guess ignorance is bliss though so...?‍♂️

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I think just Formula 1 now and next year they are doing Formula E.  I think they gave up all the touring car racing stuff to focus on EV racing.  But Formula 1 is the #1 Motorsport globally so that is where to be.

[ccap41]

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:51 PM, smk4565 said:

I think just Formula 1 now and next year they are doing Formula E.  I think they gave up all the touring car racing stuff to focus on EV racing.  But Formula 1 is the #1 Motorsport globally so that is where to be.

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Then they aren't the golden standard of racing if they only have their toes in one league of racing when there are hundreds out there. 

Formula 1 is the biggest money pit and, I could be wrong, I believe their ratings have been declining for the past decade as the sport blows to watch. I love the technology and the sheer speed of those cars but it is the least entertaining form of automobile racing out there.

Want to know the finishing order of every race? Just watch the qualifying session. Heck, just watch Q3 and watch laps 1-3 and that's all the entertainment the sport offers. 

  On 4/19/2018 at 3:50 PM, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I still think M-B should sell the pickup versions of the Sprinter here--in regular and double cab, in work truck, luxury, and AMG variations...would be a cash cow, I think.. make the bed deeper and less homely looking, though. 

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..so.. like a regular truck that is completely different than the pictured Sprinter? lol 

[ccap41]

It's a great time to be a fan of F1.. ?

Yup, steady decline in viewership for the past decade. 

Forbes link for graph.

[Robert Hall]

I still watch F1, but some races are so dull...esp. these new generic tracks and lack of overtaking. .Not as dramatic as it was to watch in the 80s-90s.

Edited April 19, 2018 by Cubical-aka-Moltar

[ccap41]

When was the last time somebody overtook somebody during the race and not during a pit stop? Probably around year 2005. 

[G. David Felt]

  On 4/19/2018 at 4:08 PM, ccap41 said:

It's a great time to be a fan of F1.. ?

Yup, steady decline in viewership for the past decade. 

Forbes link for graph.

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Diminishing Returns and NOT the Global Standard to be in!

  On 4/19/2018 at 4:10 PM, Cubical-aka-Moltar said:

I still watch F1, but some races are so dull...esp. these new generic tracks and lack of overtaking. .Not as dramatic as it was to watch in the 80s-90s.

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Yes after the 90's the excitement and fun of watching the race went in the toilet.

  On 4/19/2018 at 4:33 PM, ccap41 said:

When was the last time somebody overtook somebody during the race and not during a pit stop? Probably around year 2005. 

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So true, could have been the end of the 90's in reality.