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cadillac has more dealers in the US to support so volume is important, and they do not have the global sales BMW does for the brand. So each model Caddy sells in the US has to do its part not only with profit potential, but also with volume. that just underscores why the XTS matters. if caddy makes 10k on each of 40k XTS the first year, that adds 400M to the profit ledger for GM.

a cadillac coupe of any kind is never going to sell more than 10-15k units a year now. and one with a price north of 50, I'll be surprised if they sell 5,000 of them. a- very few people have any interest in coupes, crossovers, sedans, and trucks are what folks are in tune with b- if they do want a coupe often they are young and broke c- and then there are those that buy BMW's, Camaros, and Mustangs anyways. ATS coupe may have a shot at selling. But CTS coupe exists more in the lineup for gravy sales and for image more than to generate an assload of sales volume. that's probably exactly why it has polarizing styling and a useless rear. those few that want it and will pay for it, will want it bad.

They are likely right. FOGM i am sure your girlfriend is taking that Arch degree and looking forward to an immediately lucrative degree and getting filthy rich in this building friendly environment! the economy will not rebound any time soon. double dip is eminent. when will the retards figure it out. if jobs become stable and pay comes back.....THEN we will stabilize so many things and see improvement. I wonder what brand of vehicles I will be selling (with my degree) soon....

If the Volts shape were on a non hybrid model....(cruze and volt share platforms to a degree) then the non hybrid 'Volt' would seat the same 5 in theoretically the same space. so the heart of my question was more about which design do you think would be more appealing to the market as chevy's mainstream compact. there were some 2nd gen Saturn Ion sketches that went public before the broohaha and GM's crisis and I almost wonder if GM didn't salvage some elements of those 2nd gen Ion designs and give them to the Volt.

do it

any coincidence this looks suspiciously 'similar' to a 2 generations past sonata?

i picked chimney soot interior over stale biscuit.

http://www.subaru.com/content/static/fightmediocrity/index.html I'm gonna price one out, i think this will be a good camry competitor.

i was thinking the exact same thing chrysler needs to tell us the price of the 200 v6. cheapest (real world prices) midsize/tweener available with a high hp v6? of course you can buy a new taurus for 24, 25 grand so it would need to be cheaper than that. fusion with v6 is cheap too but the fusions' v6 is not that powerful.

the SEL i sat in had the same cheesy bad door panels as the others i think. they were bad. interesting tidbit. i saw a new Jetta in the wild today. brown. i gotta say this, it looked pretty bad sitting there mixed in with other cars at the stoplight. it looked dated and bland, very generic, in fact it had all the charisma of a toyota. totally has changed my mind on how i feel about the design of the car. i thought that was interesting considering it doesn't look too bad on the lot surrounded by a bunch of other vw's. needless to say, no buy a jetta for me. it has all the road presence of base model toyota. i will now classify the Jetta's design as the same level of epic fail as the chevy cruze's backseat and powertrains. it is if you are a consumer reports subscriber. disclosure- i once owned a what would now be a 21 year old prism.....

200-300 dollars worth of better plastic, especially in the doors, and maybe people won't -perceive' this car as going downmarket.

SOMEBODY should refresh the 9-3

xactly what prompted that part of my comment

if chrysler makes the detailed parts of the car substantially better, and it drives better, it will help the retail sales a little. nice plastic, padded armrests, fancy stitching, nice steering wheels, expensive looking wheels, clear expensive looking displays, all that kind of stuff. another way to pull off a troubled reskin, in addition to the new power train, stuff like option packages being friendly. like heated seats for cheap...etc.

here is the purpose of this redo. it takes the look that chrysler wants to establish in the future, and the new model name, out in the dealership now. this means a smoother transition to the next all new car and it introduces the 200 name on the market to get the name recognition on that. while i admit these new photos don't fix it as much as i originally thought, considering what they had to work with, it's a good job. look at even what hyundai did with the last gen sonata, they updated the interior the last couple years before the new model, and they established a little of the interior design theme, so when you look at the old and new interiors side by side there is a little consistency. i want to see the interior. if this v6 hits close to 300hp and with the 6 speed, this car might be a sleeper stealth machine. kizashi and sebring / 200 are about the same size. a car that size with close 300hp under the hood could come close to hitting 5.5 on a 0-60 sprint. unless it weighs like a pig. even then it will still be a 6 second car. again i want to see the interior. a new batch of lemonade, seems like it will be ok for a bit.

i've been desperately wanting to see a real live Mercury Sable Voga....... about as close to white leather i have come across on recent domestic vintage cars. At least the Mariner Voga I sat in it was pretty much white. Pretty nice too!

500 was a decent looking car. the aztek was not attractive, but it swallowed more cargo than 90% of vehicles out there, ran great, and was a great buy for me at the time. Quiet and comfortable too. Besides, the question is about hybrids so the 500 and aztek (spell it right next time please) are irrelevant, Mr. troll. Fact is if you want a stylish hybrid, or one that is a real car, you will get a Fusion or a Volt. If Nissan wants to allay fears of Leaf drivers being stranded, they should hire the Verizon guy for commercials....when their Leaf goes dead, he is there with the tow truck. "can you charge me now?"

I am interested to know if the Volt design had been the Cruze, would you consider it more interesting, or functional, or desirable than the Cruze? I am not at all bringing the hybrid into the question. If the Cruze had arrived with the Volt's styling (with obviously more interior space returned because of no battery) would the Cruze seemed more attractive? I have to admit. On styling alone and with the hatchback, the Volt as a Cruze would have actually been the game changing small car for Chevy that is still the jury that will be out on the Cruze. Please vote (volt) for your favorite.....

the volt and fusion hybrid to me represent the two best hybrid solutions out now. but really if you are considering volt vs prius, just look at pictures. the volt looks real. the prius is a TURD

you can sell your takeoffs to tirerack and get new wheels and tires.

you are fishing aren't you.......... but the new Opels already look nice!

this design would probably look really good with big color contrasts inside. like white leather or red or orange.......

when i saw it the first time, it was trailing a new Edge, and the ody just looked like what a stretched and pulled edge with a fat ass might look like. it rode low and long, and despite how weird the van looks in a photo, it grabs your eye in motion because of the sheer size of it. My biggest looks issue is the side glass arch to me isn't quite right and the roof comes down too low, but i understand wanting to limit the amount of heavy and heat introducing glass on a vehicle so huge. the biggest thing is while the 'lightning bolt' is somewhat hokey, the van succeeds looks wise because it doesn't look like a huge breadbox (chrysler vans) or something terrible (quest). It's one of the few vans ever you could classify as 'sleek'. if a van can do that, then part of the coolness battle has already been won there. with crossovers becoming passe this van looks positively sporty in comparison. the cx-9 is one of the few crossovers that would not look dowdy next to it. but the cx-9 has 20% the utility of this van.

yeah bread machines are really great for making just the dough. the tips about getting the bread to rise in the over and getting artisan quality with it is a great tip, thanks. the last few loaves of bread we made in the bread machine turned out pretty good, but they do have that weird density to them, not to mention the weird loaf shape and the hole on one end. hardly impresses company or anything.

i am sure the honda cloth is indeed nasty like it was on the previous gen. honda usually makes you go up a few levels to get things like window shades and power doors and a video screen. no one wants chrysler vans, that is why chrysler makes sure to bait you even on low end models with the cool stuff.