G. David Felt

That is too freakin funny. Pretty amazing to see how well some of those cars held up. To bad they destroyed the caddy.

Other than the cleaning issues, I really do hope it continues to be a smooth sailing project for you. We all deserve a break and a smooth sailing project in our life.

Happy Belated B-Day guys

While not a fan of CR, I am glad they finally did get some solid good press and hope this really helps with peoples perception of American Auto's. Go GM Go

Thanks Balthazar for posting the pics and info. Awesome History

This sounds like a game of musical chairs. Very sad state of mgmt.

I agree with Drew, what was the reason for COE? Kenworth and Peterbuilt both gave up on COE here and kept their stagecoach style of trucks. Yet in Europe they love COE and hate the stagecoach style of trucks.

Sure, GM makes BiFuel CNG/Petrol trucks and vans. Pretty much any auto can be converted to run on CNG. Opel has a conversion option for the Opel Adam that would be awesome.

That came from Consumers Report! Freakin amazing they could write that much niceness about a domestic car.

Seems India is moving to CNG rickshaws for mass transit. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/bajaj-4stroke-cng-autorickshaw-launched/article2588110.ece Course Opel has a great family of CNG auto's that GM should bring here. http://media.opel.com/media/intl/en/opel/vehicles/cng/2009.html Consumer Vehicles : OPEL CNG Vehicles OPEL Astra Caravan CNG Fuel Types: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Manufacturer: Opel Available In: Czech Republic Source: International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Additional Sources: CNG Website (Czech) Comments: The Astra Caravan CNG was released in 2002 and has a small 14-liter (3 gallon) gasoline tank in addition to the CNG tank. It gets 71 hp and can travel 370 km (230 mi) on CNG and 520 km (323 mi), if you include the gasoline reserve. OPEL Combo CNG Fuel Types: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Manufacturer: Opel Available In: Germany, Spain Source: International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Additional Sources: GM International Comments: The Combo 1.6 CNG uses a monovalentplus engine, meaning that it runs primarily on natural gas (19 kg tank), but has a 14-liter (3 gallon) gasoline reserve tank in case there is not a natural gas fueling station nearby. It delivers 94 hp, has a range of 550 km (340 mi), and produces 133 g/CO2 per kilometer. The van has also been aerodynamically designed to reduce drag and improve efficiency. OPEL Zafira CNG Fuel Types: Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Manufacturer: Opel Available In: Germany, Spain Source: International Association for Natural Gas Vehicles Additional Sources: NetCarShow.com | Top Speed Comments: The Zafira CNG was Opel’s first CNG vehicle, released seven years ago. For the 2009 model year, the engine has been updated to a 1.6-liter turbo CNG, delivering 150 hp and 210 Nm of torque. The previous engine only delivered 94 hp. It has been named the "Best Seven-Seater" in the German Motor Club Environmental Car List for five years in a row.

Kirkland Toyota Dealership just moved into their new place and where at the old one Scion had their own actual building, the new place, it is just a section within the dealership building. They have totally toned down the whole scion is a separate brand/platform. The Toyota dealership on highway 99 in edmonds also just converted their Scion stand alone floor into a large multilevel parking garage to store their inventory rather than have it off site. They have gone to a single sales floor with a section dedicated to Scion and the rest all about Toyota. I see this brand dying on the vine not surviving more than a few more years. Why else take away dedicated sales space in a separate building and going to a single building with a kiosk inside for the brand.

I wonder if it is really a bad injector or just a dirty partially clogged one that needs a professional cleaning. Here in Seattle we have Dr. Injector and he has saved me a ton of money. My daughters Durango was acting like a bad injector and the dodge dealership wanted to replace them all at over 1K plus tax and doctor injector did an assesment of the injectors and recommended a professional cleaning was all that was needed and to stop using arco gas. Just under $500 including tax later and 3yrs down the road and it still drives great. I have come to the assessment that dealerships have turned true mechanics into parts changers with no real troubleshooting skills to understand what the problem really is. I do not know what all is included in the so called ASE certification in regards to actual troubleshooting skills training to really fix problems, but except for my cadillac dealership which has a clearly older mechanic base, experiance at chevy, ford and dodge of the last few years has not been good from a repair stand point.

I think you take the Cadillac shield, add the ducks and then have the V go through the emblem would be sweet looking.

Awesome pictures you posted, thank GMTruckGuy!

That looks freaking amazing. Love it big time. Show us the engine bay and some internal photo's please.

Sweet Truck.

While I am more than happy like everyone else here with the current logo, I can see going with a more modern V logo that would attract the youth more to the brand.

I like that Idea Drew, would be great to see what people think. I personally like the V, but a modern take on the V with the Caddy logo so it looks fast and modern on the V series auto's but also gives a modern take on the rest of the family.

Will that trickle down to the A8? Expression 'trickle down to the A8' reads kinda funny, being that the A8 is Audi's flagship sedan You just wanted to give the A8 a complex problem being it will get the Hand Me Downs from Bentley.

Would be interesting to see this as I have not noticed this on Fusions around Seattle nor on my Aunts Fusion.

Anything is better than the Garbage Lexus puts out especially the LS. My aunt has owned two LS's and they both were always falling apart. Trim, fit and finish I just shook my head at. Asked her why she keeps buying this garbage and she says it is better than anything America builds and all her friends own them. Perfect example of lemmings following lemmings. Yet she did say she was frustrated at going back to the dealership every 2-3 months to have something fixed. She finally decided earlier this year to look around and traded it in on a loaded Ford Fusion and loves it and 5 months into the ownership has had zero problems causing her to go back to the dealership. I asked her how she liked the style over the Lexus and she said it reminds her of James Bond recent car and loves it. So strike one for Ford gaining a 76 year old Lexus owner now a Ford owner.

That is in amazing shape for an amphibian car. Totally rocks

Excellent review, I do love the heads up display and the AWD system. For most people I agree with you that they will find this a worthy Cadillac and a big step up from the DTS/STS. The TT V6 should be a great shot in the arm for the car. I really like the heads up display on the glass and the flow of the dash. Makes for a wonderful driving experience. I can say from my own personal experience of driving one that at 6'6" tall while a very short person or kid could sit behind me, anyone over 5'8" tall will have to straddle the drivers seat as for big tall guys you loose all that rear leg room. Very nice write up, way to go Mud.

Got it, now I see what your talking about and thinking about this, I do remember select cars that were low seating where your legs are pretty much straight out versus the bench chair style of seating.

Which still doesn't tell the whole story. Cars like the Leaf and Beetle allow for much more upright seating. I love Upright Seating. The worst thing for me is being reclined trying to drive. Not sure how select youth can drive being reclined and barely able to see over the dash. Weird in my book.