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  1. smk4565
    The CLA, C-class and SL are all between 182.5 and 184.5 inches long, if you rear seat room is the need then get theC-class.
  2. smk4565
    Oh good, because there aren’t enough 4 door coupes on the market. What BMW should do next is make Grand Saloon versions of all their 2 door coupes .
  3. smk4565
    I believe there will be more consolation in the auto industry, there are just too many brands really and too many companies. Like airlines, pharmacies or banks, all these things merge and consolidate. Good news is Carlos Ghosn is out of jail and can be hired at CEO of the new PSA/FCA then lead a takeover effort of Renault/Nissan.
  4. smk4565
    The C-class is closer in size to the ATS. The A-class is 179 inches long. If CT4 is smaller than the ATS, then they are going to have to go under 180 inches in length, and still have the same interior dimensions of the current ATS with shrinking the exterior, seems like a tall order for GM design. I don't think the CT5 will be a C-class competitor, nor do I think CT4 will be smaller than the ATS. And it probably doesn't matter because there is almost no market demand for Cadillac sedans. Maybe in China there is some demand, but not much in the USA, and zero in Europe or other parts of the world. Probably what they should do is price the CT5 at $39,995 and play the value leader game. It is their only hope.
  5. smk4565
    But that seems to have been fixed. the A-class sedan has 41.8 inches of legroom in front and 33.9 inches in the rear. ATS sedan has 42.5 inches in front and 33.5 in the rear. So the ATS's total legroom is .3 inches more than the A-class which is smaller. I don't think the ATS is too small necessarily, but most Cadillac buyers aren't looking for a car that small. But the ATS has other issues other than size that stopped it from selling.
  6. smk4565
    Which A3/A-class size cars don't have a lot of volume to begin with, those are mostly in existence for Europe. Cadillac buyers think the ATS is small, I don't know why they would go smaller, at a time when sedans are not in demand.
  7. smk4565
    I have heard that was the plan. We really need to see some dimensions of this car to know how it is sized, in and out. At least with real specs which I imagine will come in April then maybe we know what they are going for. I get they hold off on pricing until the fall though.
  8. smk4565
    Oddly enough, Car and Driver is stating the CT5 is a 3-series/C-class competitor, although it looks way bigger than those cars. C-class pricing of a CT5 is probably a good idea for Cadillac to pursue though.
  9. smk4565
    Maybe Cadillac should copy that.
  10. smk4565
    It does have an Accord shape. I am not a fan of the new Accord.
  11. smk4565
    Parts sourcing aside, how are they going to get this to sell when the CTS, ATS, XTS and CT6 all have pretty lousy sales numbers. Obviously the shape a a bit different this time around with the fastback/GT rear end, but only 2 sedans sell in this segment in the USA, and 3 in this segment do well in China, so what is the selling point of the CT5 going to be to break the sales decline?
  12. smk4565
    So why not a 4.2 NA V8 as a choice with the same horsepower and torque as the turbo V6? Choice for the sake of choice doesn't make any sense. The 3.6 is a torqueless engine that isn't competitive with other luxury V6s with the exception of maybe whatever is in a Lincoln MKZ or Lexus ES. The could put the 3.6 V6 in the Escalade as a choice, or in the Corvette, doesn't mean it makes sense to. Plus, CT5 is a low volume car, the turbo 4 is for the rental spec and old folks, who don't care about performance, and BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes all offer that too, because they all have old folks that buy those cars also. Turbo V6 is your sport trim, turbo V8 for the hardcore buyer.
  13. smk4565
    I think overall the styling is fine. My nitpicks are the rear 3/4 window is odd, the headlights look like they are from a last generation Cruze above the light bar and the upside down hockey stick thing on the tail lights looks like something Lexus would do. Cadillac tail lights should just be vertical and that's it, not off shoots to the side. Proportionally and stylistically I think it looks better than the CTS, I like the styling language just not the shape they put it on. My overall complaint would be that I like 3 box sedan design, this has the same shape of a 5-series GT:
  14. smk4565
    They don't need the 3.6, the 3.0TT should be the middle engine, the V8 the top, 3 engines is enough choice I think, unless you had some sort of EV or hybrid thing in there. Cadillac needs to start thinking of 400ish hp is mid-level, and throw away the corporate V6. Every German sedan has ad a boosted six for 5-10 years at this point, Infiniti has a turbo V6, Jaguar has a supercharged V6, that is all par for the course.
  15. smk4565
    GM has way too much capacity for sure. And maybe if there wasn't a tariff battle going on, GM could use that capacity here to produce cars to ship to China, rather than vice versa. But I feel like regardless it would have been easier/cheaper to just build them in China. Lordstown needs sold to another manufacturing or warehousing company, hopefully they find a buyer that can bring some jobs. Maybe they could use it to produce windmills so we don't have to buy oil off the Middle East, but Trump probably never thought of that one.
  16. smk4565
    It is going to look like this to some degree
  17. smk4565
    I am glad they confirmed what we all knew would happen with a Maybach GLS. Building in the US with export to China is interesting with the current tariff situation and trade war but maybe Mercedes predicts those won’t be a factor post 2020... or maybe there is so much profit margin that they don’t care.
  18. smk4565
    Fall 2020 seems a long way off. But 7 seat Crossover Coupe could be the new hot thing.
  19. smk4565
    Why does Cadillac even need this when most of their products have one engine option? XT4, XT5, XT6, Escalde are 1 engine only. I imagine the future sedans will have 2 engine options so why even bother with this?
  20. smk4565
    I think Kia should make a new K-1,000,000 and claim it a million times better than any thing else. Maybe Ford can bring back the Five Hundred as the 500. Maybe 1,000 newton meters isn’t enough anymore? They had that engine for 15 years, it is dinosaur albeit a powerful one. All AMG’s will be hybrids post 2020, don’t need 12 cylinders anymore for better or for worse.
  21. smk4565
    No they aren’t, I said the 2020 Sonata is probably the best vehicle under $35k and it might even be the best vehicle under $40k.
  22. smk4565
    The S65 makes 1,000 newton meters. This naming system is just plain stupid, and the fact that they spent time thinking it up is even more stupid. Instead of solving the problem, i.e. product and marketing, Cadillac is on to its 3rd naming scheme in 10 years.
  23. smk4565
    The Sonata might be the best car under $40k. They haven’t even officially shown it yet.
  24. smk4565
    A-class will need options and hit $40k. Maybe a $40k A220 is better than the Sonata. Need to see the Sonata in person and see what the engines and specs are and the pricing but Sonata will probably be the best product under $35k.
  25. smk4565
    Probably the best automotive product under $35k when it comes out.
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