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  1. Cmicasa the Great
    Was always dazed and confused as to why the ELR was not a roadster. It would have been perfect.
  2. Cmicasa the Great
    Agree. The new Civic actually a nice car.. my runner up to the Cruze.. but its styling... makes me think of Mad Max Road Warrior
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    Yes. The TL.. a friend of mine picked me up for breakfast yesterday in her 2015 TL. The interior was, again, way less luxo than my Impala's. I am not talking about my '14... I'm talkin about my '66.. . No seriously. the interior was effin plasticky and cheap on a level that I wouldn't expect in a Honda.. let alone their luxury brand
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    When the Volt isn't charged? Fuckin charge it.. Lol..
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    Reliable because its a Camry.. GTFO of here.. I won't even start on my issues when I had one.. and why I truly hate Toyota. I won't even remind U of the reason why my neighbor just garaged his and bought a new Acadia. HP.. HP is irrelevant in this day and age if it doesn't move the car any faster. FOR ONCE.. for ONCE... I will use your bitch-ass 0-60 metric.. and say that as far as I have read from MT and C&D.. the new Camry, despite its 306HP.. is no faster than the Malibu 2.0L Turbo with 50 less HP and almost equal torque.. Why?? Because like most Toyotas they did very little with the platform in switching models. The Camry is still 3300-3600 lbs.. the top Malibu is 3,280 lb.
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    I think it would be perfect.. and the only thing for America tastes needed would be a front DETACHABLE bottom spoiler/valence for the fascia.. just to fill it out. And it could be optional
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    The thing is that U don't need a billion different sizes of every car when one can can cover two spaces. The Chevy line-Up as it is require just one more CUV because of the complete down size of the Equinox.. which BTW.. can be optioned to over $40K. After that inclusion of a "Trailblazer," which should be simply cribbed from Oz.. Chevy will have a perfect CUV/SUV line-up. There is no need to have a bunch of vehicles completely in another's space. I have complained about the XTS for that reason.. being the same size as the CT6 (kinda) while being the same price as the CTS.. (kinda).. Cadillac addressed that complaint by essentially using the XTS for it fleet duties while retaining resale for the others. Smart move... as I don't want to see the CT6 out in mass as a Black car. Furthermore this issue I bring up is exactly the reason why U.. and many others spoke against the A-Class showing up. The Benz small car line will now have the A-Class, CLA, and essentially the C-Class occupying the same space in CONSUMER'S MINDS.. they will all now be the "Baby Benzes." Talk about confusion. Frankly.. the Benz line should have started at the C-Class.. and left it there. I hope, in the wake of car sales drop off, JDN has killed it in his mind for a Cadillac smaller than the ATS.. unless it is a niche Sports coupe or Hatch. Lastly.. I think the big thing with GM.. as I have stated many times before in relation to REBADGING.. their base or donor cars are quite frankly on the same level as most premium vehicles. Example is the new Malibu.. which.. if U yanked the name and put on blinders.. could easily be mistaken for an Audi or Lexus in the fit and finish.. driving.. again.. blinders and a cover-up of the badge to kill bias. A new Equinox Premiere is every bit as competition and luxuriously appointed as a GLK. This is fact... Using such a donor car for Cadillac would not be the same as using the Cavalier for the Cimmaron. It really wouldn't be.
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    Right.. I think it was @balthazar that once said over at GMI... when the 2016 CTS-V debuted.. "Cadillac needs to be itself and not a carbon copy of the Germans…. EXCEPT still do everything they do." Balthazar GMI 7/31/15 I instantly became a fan.. and then saving my pennies in a jar so I could one day buy one...
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    I want to accept that compliment on behalf of Rose.. but the Mclaren owner was a cool older dude. He seriously said to me.. "I love what Cadillac has done with that and the big car they just brought out... U have to bring that to Hunt Valley's Cars and Coffee next weekend. "
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    Sorry.. just don't agree. I don't see those cars as DARK DAYS just because they weren't track stars and appealed to a different type of buyer. That buyer during those times saw a Fleetwood as MONEY. A Seville as MONEY. Times changed and an American car had to be able to turn.. just so happens that the first European cars that could really handle outside of Porsche were those BMWs.. who.. then decided to leave their sporting roots and turn to Luxury. This can be said to death.. but in the 80s and part of the 90s.. BMW and Audi were anything but LUXURY. They were sport cars that happen to be sedans.. or vice versa. Quite frankly U pull up in this in 1997 and people knu U had money.. and panties were definitely gonna be wiggled off at the front door Pull up in this.. and U were most likely a CEO Bottom line is times change.. demographics and desires changed.. who would have thought 10 years ago that CUVs would storm the market after what we went thru with gas prices and the almost death of SUVs? Funny thing is people can say that GM was caught behind the 8 ball and idiotic for not having CUVs ready.. then U look at GM.. Chevy in particular.. and U see they have plenty of CUV/SUVs.. but for Cadillac.. the issue could have been averted simply by going the Lexus route and simply rebadging existing models.. but the press/media.. and idiotic fans are so hard on Cadillac.. that they have to develop "special" CUVs that will never be to a track. My plan would say FUCK IT.. the Enclave would be the XT7. AWD only. Turbo 3.0 and MRC. Cadillac design.. watch it sell. XT8 would would be a Tall wagon version of the Omega.. XT6 would be a Tall version of Omega. XT3 would be tall version of Alpha. Done.. shut the fuck up
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    Yo.. look what was up in Rose's space He would beat me in a race.. but for $1.1 Million more he damn sure should.
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    I'll display LUXURY HI Performance with Class.. and since we don't have a Cadillac Sports car.. I call in this $100K monster as an honorary ringer: After another WIN
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    Fuck it.. I'm just gonna ask MOFO.. Would U want to own a CLA??? Seriously.. Would U pull up in a CLA and try to hob nob with the S-Class owners.. (not talking about the ones driving a used 5+ year old model that they could have got for less than $19K with your brand spankin new CLA?? See I'd do it in a C-Class.. definetely in an ATS.. but a CLA??? Fuck no.. I'd feel more confident pulling up to them in a damn Civic. That be fact
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    U mean a Performance GOD?? Yeah... Yeah it is. In truth if Cadillac took the same set up and gave it to the ATS-V.. OOOOH... Boy
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    and as to the reason #1 why I love Camaro over the other two.. can't remember their names.. 2018 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 1LE does 7:16.04 Lap Time At Nurburgring.. just published.. putting it at #14 .. and making it the least expensive car in the top 30
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    I wouldn't call it prostitution so much as boosting profitability. The vehicles each maker has normally have to pay their own bills and sometimes other vehicles that can't. The XTS is a hit.. It retains traditional Cadillac car buyers who aren't looking for the new world order.. and if U can truly give me one solid reason why the XTS shouldn't be available then I'll hear it and I'll discuss. Point blank.. show me a reason why. The XTS is not techy? Bullshit. The XTS can't handle as well as some of the Large Germans and Japs??? Bullshit. It isn't luxuriously appointed??? Bullshit. In fact here is a test of both the XTS VSport and one of the LS460 and FSport. Interesting.. the FWD based Cadillac pretty much runs all over it or equal in every test. Confusion??? To who? I'm a Cadillac customer.. I kno Cadillac customers who have XTSs, Escalades, ELRs, XT5s, STSs, ATSs, CTSs, DTSs, SRXs, CT6s.. not one ever mentioned being confused about what Cadillac was doing pertaining to their car choices.. what they did do was express why the went with one over the other.. usually.. SIZE was the determining factor when price wasn't. The XTS doesn't in anyway represent the "Dark Days" of Cadillac where contemporary tech was weak.. they handled like boats... and styling was fit for a nursing home. As to SMALLER THAN ATS: I haven't heard since JDN took the reigns about a smaller than ATS model.. quite frankly the focus has been on CUVs.. as that is the market. The knee jerk reaction to the success of Benz's CLA certainly pushed the idea originally, but I'm confident that for the U.S. at least.. we probably won't see anything smaller. From what I have heard.. the ATS will be slightly larger Engines: Personally I see zero reason why Cadillac needs a TTV8 unless GM needs a TTV8. The LT series OHV engines are magnificent, smooth, engineering tour de forces, and efficient. No one has snubbed the OHV but the idiots making $35K a year over at MT/C&D/AUTOMOBILE/R&T. Last I checked.. the OHCs in the Benzs nor the OHVs in the Cadillac very seldom make their way into their apartment complex parking lot space unless they're used with 20K min on the odo. Quite frankly GM should stick to OHV V8s because soon the E-Motors may be the next true frontier in Luxury. Where is the double standard. I'm all for sales as long as they don't dilute the brand. 500K by 2020 is doable with the same formula or pricing Cadillac currently has.. as long as they include desirable product such as CUVs cause that's what sells these days. Look at the fuckin numbers. A $33K CUV that is competent and luxury has nothing to do with a shitty ass CLA. The CLA is shitty.. price be damned.. name be damned.. if Cadillac brought out a CLA we'd call it a CIMMARON.. which was actually a better car than the CLA. And I'm saying that if U brought a 1987 Cimmaron and compared it pound for pound.. luxury appointment per appointment.. vs the CLA.. the Caddy would win
  17. Cmicasa the Great
    This is my view pertaining to Ford. Wingnuts and (Farley) really made me dislike Ford.. which was weird considering has some of my favorite iconic vehicles apart of it. That being said.. I don't like Lincoln for car reasons. The only thing I really can give Ford props for right now is their push and use of Ecoboost. GM really has the same damn engines but won't fuckin use them on a mass scale. In truth my love of GM is true and justified in my eyes.. logical in that they actually build the BEST all around cars on the market. Generally they are inexpensive to buy, maintain, and even modify.. yet they have the same or better handling, all around performance and reliability than all other makes. I mean seriously.. what other brand can U buy a car that can go up against a Ferrari 599 and still modify it, work on, or even change the brakes and oil in your garage? They hands down have the best SUVs.. while the P/U thing is debatable vs the F150.. I find their styling at least more desirable. They have the longest lasting, LEGENDARY names in the industry. Cadillac is sold by GM.. nuff said. Sure they have had a few issues with regaining their once Standard level.. but the way I see it is they are moving up.. while every other mainline luxo is literally moving DOWN. I hate the Asians because of past experiences.. I also hate them because they are Asian. Sorry.. not racist.. I am part Japanse, White and Black. I hate the Germans too.. same reason.. past experience and they aren't American. HAte is the word I used and I will stick to it. BMW and Benz have some redeeming qualities.. and the Lexus LFA had my envy. .until I went up against one in my old '08 LS3 Corvette and beat the shit out of one. In fact.. altho I won't buy one.. the only foreign cars I would even consider would be the 911 Turbo and Cayman and a few Ferraris
  18. Cmicasa the Great
    1) How is the CTS losing the battle?? Sales Again..U miss the point. Sales are not the gauge by which luxury of all things, should be measured. Pointing for the billionth time to CAMRY a) Motor Trend Car of the Year 2014, Car and Driver's 10 Best 3-4 years running. Hell.. didn't the 4 year old CTS just come in 5 points below the BRAND NEW EClass for the #2 spot at C&D 2) U are just playing to a crowd.. looking for something else to hate about Cadillac.. all while praising a company on a daily basis that has an alphanumeric naming convention that confuses even GOD... and that was before they made it more complicated a few years back by changing it again.. I still call the GLE the ML on occasion. 3) The only thing I agree with. The CTS name should have been the ATS, while the STS should have simply returned. The BK fucked up a lot.. as the XTS was originally the XLS and would have been what the CT6 is now. There was also a planned CT8 called the DT7.. or were they (it and the XLS) the same??? 4) The car Lutz wanted was essentially what we got. I personally loved my STS's looks.. especially when they were in VSeries form. The original car was killed because Lutz thought is was weird looking. He killed this : and we got this:
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    I think its safe to say that Cadillac made some mistakes back then with the wrong managers and didn't take to the market the way they should have. That has changed. Cadillac in every way is on par with what is offered by the sales leaders in terms of luxury and tech. The lack of additional products that solidify their ascension is their only issue.. and they are coming Also.. since sales are your gauge today.. and not 0-60 times.. in 1997 Cadillac was the number one selling brand but I think its fair to say that the climate of vehicles has changed dramatically. In truth the number one selling brand in luxury is fielding a great deal of vehicles that are NOT.. luxury. Is that fair to say? Furthermore the number selling brand.. as I have pointed out on countless occasions is selling 13 vehicles to Cadillac's 6 Benz 26,893 (13 Vehicles for sale) BMW 25,818 (14 Vehicles for sale) Lexus 25,401 (11 Vehicles for sale) Buick 20,077 (7 Vehicles for sale) Audi 19,197 (12 Vehicles for sale) Acura 13,939 (11 Vehicles for sale) Cadillac 13,211 (6 Vehicles for sale) Infiniti 12,514 (8 Vehicles for sale) Lincoln 10,288 (7 Vehicles for sale) Volvo 6,202 (9 Vehicles for sale) LR 4,993 Jag 3,113 = 8,106 (8 Vehicles for sale) Porsche 4,805 (5 Vehicles for sale) Maserati 1,265 (3 Vehicles for sale) The shit gets old.. and its this type of idiotic tune-out that made me go from posting 30X a day to only showing up occasionally. I mean seriously.. how can one logically call one a success and the other one a fail when they ignore this glaring reality: Cadillac only has 6 vehicles.. that's less than any other maker besides Porsche and Maserati..only ONE.. CUV and still manages to be coming up hard on the leaders. Acura is fielding almost DOUBLE the amount of vehicles as Cadillac yet only leads it in sales by a whopping 728 sales.. and is bringing in about $10K less in ATP. 60% of Lincoln's line-up of 7 vehicles are the hottest selling segment.. yet still trails Caddy. Benz and BMW have 5.. count 'em 5 CUVs out of their line-up of 13/14 vehicles.. In other words Benz and BMW have one less CUV than Caddy's entire line... hmmm wonder if Cadillac added more vehicles carelessly just for the sake of sales would they take back that #1 spot? I mean since we are being PETTY.. why not just look at GM Luxury as Cadillac (13,211), Buick (20,077), Denali (55,000 based on 25% of GMC sales are Denali)? That would give GM's PAG (LOL) about 88,000 sales for 2017.. almost FUCKING Up the sales of BitchMW, Mercedes Bitch, Assdi, and Lexshit combined
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    when the XTS was first introduced.. I posed this question over at GMI: An issue that I see with people doubting Cadillac's full return is that they seem to rest those laurels on the possibility of them having a front wheel drive based platform for their soon to arrive flagship. Might I remind people within that train of thought that if this flagship is, from what I've read, Awd, larger, wider, more luxurious than the German competitors such as the A8, 750i and S550, with similar sport aspirations, quality and reliability in check, and their current detail in attractive styling, Cadillac will be quite capable of competing with a those aforementioned Germans.From sightings of magazine reviews of the new SRX, and my own test drive of the vehicle after comparing it to both the Audi Q5 and BMW X5 I see no viable reason why, in terms of handling and feel, should the AWD inclusion be overlooked if it is used in lieu of the RWD standard. Truth is the only think I noticed different in driving the SRX vs the X5 was the difference in obtainable power in lower bands. Both having almost identical power enabled me to see not much of a determinable difference in overall performance. Could Cadillac be on to something using a similar config. for the XTS, hopefully with more powerful engines of course? 95% of the car buyers don't know a thing about platforms. I'm a "car guy" and with the exception of GM and some BMWs I have almost no clue what the other makers are using under which vehicle. What matters to me is ultimately performance, prestige, and comfort in a vehicle such as this. but it would seem as though "what is ok for the Europeans, is not ok for Cadillac." And that perplexes me on so many levels as to why VW gets a way with providing Audi and Lamborghini with FWDAWD-Only cars but GM gets roasted over the coals, so to speak. I once got into a heated debate, in fact, about the fact that Bentley was using a OHV design in their $300K Arnage, but the very notion of the superior LS2 or LS3 in the STS was ludicrous. http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f19/how-does-having-cadillac-xts-awd-hurt-brand-image-84403/ Fox Mulder's Ghost 2009. aka Cmicasa the Great
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    Come on.. this is bullshit. I can go thru every fuckin luxo maker and show U massive inconsistencies pertaining to their "message and line-up" CADILLAC: The core products are Sport.. their Money makers are traditional. what's so hard to understand? Personally I think they would be a fool to differentiate from the formula in total just because a few numskulls can't seem to grasp the ideas of LUXURY comes in many forms. I don't even have an issue with BENZ producing the CLA or A class.. if they were actually great cars BETTER than the size segment mainstream cars they could be compared to. Example.. CLA vs a Cruze or Civic.. and the Cruze and Civic are simply better cars, especially when one throws in the enviable (from a Cruze fan's perspective) Type R. If U are so daft as to believe that every Cadillac should be RWD and sporting 400HP then there is a great reason why U have no place in car manufacturing. Its like complaining that the CUV that Caddy has is not a true rep of Cadillac because it is FWD based. So fuckin what??? It sells like gang busters and if U'd take the time to hop in one U'd find that it handles quite nice.. an engine upgrade is quite frankly the only thing I'd change.. and that might have more to do with the fact that when I last drove one.. I had just hopped out of a 640HP monster. Certainly I'd feel the difference. The XTS is no different. Its a money maker.. its on a FWD platform that has sold millions. Its potentially all profit.. on par with the Escalade. WTF would U kill it??? At least until U have a full line-up to displace it. Frankly.. as probably the biggest Caddy fan here I think they should have an actual second generation XTS on the new E2XX Super. It doesn't in the least detract from the brand's resurgence. In fact.. if it does.. the Escalade needs to go too BTW.. the #1 and #2 best selling luxury CUVs last month were.. FWD based
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    Irrelevant. One look at the car's stance.. proportions.. even size.. will tell anyone with an ounce of brains that they may be related but they aren't the same. That would be like saying your car and the 2013 Malibu are the same car.. just cause they look similar in the face. I recall no one in their right mind doing that.. ever.
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    I thought that was evident. In truth the interior was pretty nice even going back to the first year.. the exterior.. in my opinion.. looks like a mix between the XT5 up front and the Escala in the rear. Nice job on the update. The tech got a jump.. the tranny stayed the same. I am not surprised at all on that tho. This simply isn't even temporally correct. The XTS appeared a full year and a half before the Impala. The relation between each vehicle has been said to death,.. what's the point anymore? All three are as good as many of the full size luxury vehicles on sale by other makers when U get down to their appointments and capabilities.. not to mention tech, ride, and styling
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    Hold up.. Nice tits.. nice ass.. and pretty face U kno will do whatever.. all without having to flip over.. I'm doing one of those things and it damn sure ain't "going..."
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