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Much appreciated, I just remember the press release about protecting our data and not having it in EVs or ICE last year, so surprised they are still there. It is possible that GM has done a silent about face like Ford did in keeping it. But then they need to add it to the EVs as I am not going back to ICE. Would love to buy an EscaladeIQ but AA\CP is a requirement.

Yes your 7yr old cadillac has AA/AC when GM was applying it to everything, but most new GM products do not have it anymore. This is a bit of a shock that they did not take it away like they have done with everything else just about.

This is interesting, makes sense what Mazda response is for why the Turbo will not be brought back. Hybrid will be equal to or better than the Turbo which has been proven by Toyota with their Rav4 Hybrid which is their fastest auto now in the portfolio. This Is Why Mazda Won't Bring Back The CX-5 Turbo Sadly just far more complexity than needed.

Or my friend, like me, you will have to spend that money on your kids education! That is why my conversion of my 1994 GMC Suburban never happened and I eventually sold it as I am past the project phase and now into the Grandkids phase. Good luck, the future is going to be an interesting mixture I think over the next two decades. @A Horse With No Name @ccap41 Mazda might have a card that you both will like. The CEO is quoted in this story that they are assessing the return of the Mazda midsize pickup. 2025 Mazda B-Series Unofficially Comes Back to Life to Make America Proud, Again - autoevolution

That just sucks in so many ways and is another reason that I would not buy from them. Like GM which has choosen to go against customer choice, I have left another American Company for one that supports choice. I hope Lincoln wakes up to the fact that unplugging a feature is not a fix. Long term it will cost them imho. Thank you for the update on this.

Jaclyn McQuaid, global VP for Buick and GMC introduced the 2026 Acadia SUV in the Denali Ultimate trim with this statement. "Denali Ultimate represents the pinnacle of premium expression for the GMC brand, delivering an innovative mixture of stunning craftsmanship and real-world capability. Expanding Denali Ultimate’s innovative technologies and exclusive design elements to the Acadia nameplate allows us to further differentiate our mid-size offering in a highly competitive segment. " The 2026 GMC Acadia Denali Ultimate has been given a variety of exterior and interior appointments that are meant to set it apart from a normal Acadia Denali trim. The simplest way to do this is to list out by the following categories for the Denali Ultimate trim level as this is on top of what one gets with the Denali Trim. Exterior Ultimate Trim bits: Vader Chrome Grille Vader Chrome GMC Logo LED daytime running lamps Animated lighting sequence Ultimate exclusive badging 22-inch machines aluminum wheels with "After Midnight Metallic Finish" Interior Ultimate Trim bits: Heated and ventilated Woodland Mahogany full leather massage seats with plaited contrast stitching Ladao wood laser-etched accents and embossed topographical maps On seat backs Door trim Map pockets Unique floor mats Denali Ultimate Badging on Seat backs Bose 16-speaker Performance Series Sound System Super Cruise hands-free driver assistance technology with 3yr OnStar Super Cruise Plan Panoramic Sunroof 9 camera views with smart technology HD surround Vision and Rear Camera Mirror customizable Configurable 8-inch diagonal Head-up Display AutoSense Power Liftgate Performance suspension The 2026 GMC Acadia for all trims will have the following standard features. Rear Camera Mirror 19 standard safety and driver assistance features 2.5 Liter Turbocharged 4 cylinder engine with 8-speed automatic transmission 328 horsepower 326 lb-ft of torque 5,000 lb towing capacity The 2026 GMC Acadia will go into production at the Lansing Delta Township Assembly plant and dealerships will have it for sale on lots third quarter of 2025. Additional details and pricing will be released closer to on dealership availability and at GMC.com. View full article

Seems the most I can find is the 24 investigations here of which only two are electrical and the rest are petrol. Vehicle Fire - Publication Topic - CrashStats - NHTSA - DOT Sadly it would seem many news groups have got caught up in the same AutoInsuranceEZ reporting that is not true. Government data show gasoline vehicles are up to 100x more prone to fires than EVs | Electrek This story does seem to have a broader search of source material for vehicle fires by type and yet they also quote the same flawed AutoInsuranceEZ report that quotes NTSB. Fire risks of hybrid, EV and ICE cars - Pinfa Came across this as the most current 2025 story where they do not use the fake info from AutoInsuranceEZ, but have actually researched this better. Electric Car Fire Statistics 2025 | ConsumerAffairs® Seems here they show EV fires at .004% and Gas/Diesel fires at .08% NFPA does not keep a detailed list of vehicle fires by type but over all and that shows a huge drop since the 1980's.

Just read this and found the NTSB report interesting. Interesting facts, over the last 10 years, there has been 216,000 vehicle fires captured by NTSB. The fires break down as follows: BEV - 25 EVs per 100,000 built caught fire Hybrid - 3,474 Hybrids per 100,000 built caught fire ICE - 48 ice per 100,000 built caught fire. Added complexity is why the Hybrid is so much higher than ICE or BEV per NTSB. UPDATE: Since this started with me randomly coming across the story at AutoInsuranceEZ, I took it for face value. With the question below from @ccap41 started to search deeper and found this story from car and driver. No, Millions of Cars Are Not Catching Fire Every Year Seems NTSB nor NHTSA track auto fires, but the story says that quote "According to the National Fire Protection Association, which gets its info from the NFIRS, passenger cars averaged 117,400 fires annually between 2013 and 2017. And the Bureau of Transportation Statistics says that there were 261,037,752 registered vehicles in the US in 2018 (excluding semi-trucks, motorcycles, and buses). So, do a little division, carry the one . . . and that equals .04 percent of vehicles catching fire in a given year." They have reached out to AutoInsuranceEZ but have not received any response back. As such, I have found many other stories that point to the NTSB that really end up quoting AutoInsuranceEZ. So it would seem we do not have any real detailed stats on this. Sad as I would think there would be tracking, but due to what is stated above, it seems to be a very small amount and no clear picture of what powertrain is causing the biggest amount of fires.

@Robert Hall I would so love this Cadillac if it was actually available in EV format. Cadillac Should Revive The Eldorado To Rival Mercedes-Benz, Porsche - Autoblog AI Generated Image - Ice Version AI Generated EV version

It's a Mercedes, did you expect anything else from an overpriced 400V auto. I view most of what Mercedes did for EVs as compliance with minimal effort as to why they are all end of life. Hopefully their new 800V EVs will be truly better. I would take a Porche or Audi EV over Mercedes EV.