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Other than rebooting Cash for Clunkers (bad idea!), sounds like a good plan for the current administration.

A whole lot of car buyers: I Want MY SUV!

I would rather that BEVs start at around $35K, such as the new Bolt, rather than $43-45K like the new Mach E is starting once available for sale.

Expanding the Corvette name for an EV CUV is probably NOT a good idea. It should be called an Electra instead.

Those are all before the Mustang II, I presume.

I agree that price and (lack of) selection are two of the biggest barriers to full-on EV acceptance. I am all for more sedans over more CUVs and SUVs but the market has spoken. When it is time to replace my Lucerne, I will probably go CUV. No need for me to go BOF whatsoever. As for an EV, particularly a BEV, I can wait another decade.

That is truly SAD. Remember when the average new car price was about $25K or less?

Maybe not. While airline miles may not seem valuable now, they might be in another two years when we travel again. As for the whole CUV/SUV thing, you will probably NEED that automotive loyalty card because of the rather high MSRPs that are all over the industry these days. Last thing, perhaps with that card you could use it to get a discount on a two-year old Envision for a reasonable price instead of the rather sky-high price of the new ones. I really do resent the high MSRP of CUVs and SUVs these days, as if they are all discontinued as of July. Instead they are as popular as ever. SAD. I would be ecstatic if GM had a clue and built an SS-based Buick (v6 with a v8 option) to crush the 300/Charger twins, but the business case is almost nonexistent.

The real issue with the XT6 (and probably the XT5 as well) is that neither of them have an interior worthy of Cadillac. The Escalade interior should be in both the XT5 and XT6 sooner rather than later. BTW, the 350/400 numbers on the back of the XT4 and XT5 and XT6 refer to torque, not horsepower. It's a terrible gimmick, given that the number on the back used to refer to engine size with c.i. or c.c.

Can it be All of the Above? It probably is all of these.

Getting it right is HARD, especially when it comes to software. Good thing Cadillac actually hired somebody to ditch CUE 1.0 for a much better one.

This logo is positively LAME. Who approved this logo?!

When you have an EV the shape of an Equinox at the price of a fully loaded Trax, then EVs (particularly BEVs) will actually succeed in getting paying customers to ditch ICE. Most BEVs are simply too costly for the average car buyer to consider. Contrast that with Toyota, whose hybrids are only at most $1500 more than the non-hybrid version. Much lower prices will bring the BEV revolution to fruition, not expensive Tesla cars.

Those Pacers still had that inline 6cyl that are still essentially carried over into the Jeep Wranglers of today. Too bad GM and Ford did not use an I6 to replace a lot of their big V8s back in the 1970s.

Sounds like Toyota has been TOO successful in their hybrid technology to embrace EVs. GM fell into that trap in 1968 or so, ignoring the threat posed by Honda and Toyota in the 1970s. Then came emissions requirements and CAFE standards. GM took a while to design cars to fully catch up, but GM was already losing market share for the rest of the 20th Century. IF it wasn't for Hyundai/KIA, Toyota now would be where GM was fifty years ago, living on its past glories. You cannot do that when the market is demanding something new, and to be done quickly. In the long run, you have to replace your product with a better one; otherwise someone else will do it for you. As for VW vs. the dealers, EV tech is new enough that dealers should NOT expect any incentives to subsidize the sale of those vehicles. Unless VW simply cancels all incentives and goes fully EV.

Honda Civics and Accords were among the most stolen vehicles for years because they were easier to chop up and sell the parts. Sadly, I am not surprised that some people insist on stealing a speedy car.

But the Accountants will tell you that no one wants to PAY for it unless GM/Ford can charge MORE for common cars and CUVs! I also believe it to be a leadership and culture problem too.

I would rather have the Chrysler 300 personally. The Charger screams "Race ME". I prefer a little more elegance and stealth.

It certainly would be nice if pickup trucks and SUVs basically went on a diet. Like about 800-1000 each. Then again, in the Good Old USA, nobody really wants to buy smaller unless they have to. Also, similar performance with less weight tends to cost MORE than the last generation for some reason. I do believe that all vehicles (regardless of segment) could stand to lose a few LBs, but who is going to pay for that?

Regardless of how anyone defines "fair share", tax expenditures (e.g. tax breaks, loopholes, tax credits etc.) that detract from raising revenue should be greatly reduced (if not eliminated) long before raising ANY marginal tax rates. As for those LOCAL tax breaks, neither municipalities not counties can afford them. Their respective states should abolish those immediately. States should not be shrinking their tax bases just to attract jobs that might not exist in ten or fifteen years. That is corporate welfare, and THAT is unjustifiable. One last thing: nobody in local government is paid all that much, especially what they can attract in the private sector. NOBODY gets paid exorbitant salaries if they work for the city or the county period.

No question the top five percent pay taxes. No question corporations pay taxes. Those at the top and corporations do everything they can to minimize and avoid tax payments as much as possible. Such is life.

True, but culling dealerships is still expensive since STATE agency laws require compensation to shutter a franchise these days. Eleven years ago, about 900 dealerships were shuttered for good because of the last recession. All of them were GM/Ford/Chrysler dealerships.

Hurricanes and alligators: just two occupational hazards that come with living down here.

It is a great way to shrink the number of underperforming dealers. Hopefully, all the ones who took the opt-out are the smaller dealers that Cadillac no longer needs. Anyone knows how many dealers are with other luxury marques?

I had a double-click problem with my trackball. Replaced it and it solved all my problems. You can do that or try to repair it yourself. I recommend replacement.