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Cadillac issues aside, GM probably doesn’t have any transverse mounted engine with over 300lb-ft other than the soon to be dead XTS V-sport. So if they made one 9-speed transverse mount transmission it could be used in everything from a Sonic to a Traverse . Better economies of scale that way. Then in rear drive maybe you have a couple torque ratings for a regular duty and the high torque outputs.
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One day the Chinese will own both these companies anyway.
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Seems like a typical GM move, and why Cadillac is where they are. I don't see why they don't make a better FWD transmission that can handle over 300 lb/ft with 8-9 gears or whatever they deem they need.
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Porsche News: Porsche Introduces the Cayenne Coupe
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Porsche
They do, and I had to look it up, VW owns 52% of Porsche. -
Porsche News: Porsche Introduces the Cayenne Coupe
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Porsche
They make a lot of revenue and have volume off those SUVs, but the 911 has some crazy profit margins, so I don't think Porsche would have been dead, just small. Also remember Porsche owns 30% of the shares of Volkswagen. Owning 1/3 of maybe the world's largest automaker gives Porsche some money. -
Porsche News: Porsche Introduces the Cayenne Coupe
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Porsche
If you wanted a "more athletic" Cayenne, you could just get a 911. -
Great info and research on that. The science explains their thinking.
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Porsche News: Porsche Introduces the Cayenne Coupe
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Porsche
AMG gives you more power. This is one of the better looking crossover coupes. It seems that there is no end in sight to crossover coupes or calling every thing with 4 doors a coupe. -
The C-class has air suspension as an option, V6 or V8 as an option and you can get it with or without the driver nanny controls and the materials are the best in that segment and better than a lot of cars in the next segment up. Not sure what else they could do in that segment.
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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.
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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 .
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Maybe Cadillac should copy that.
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It does have an Accord shape. I am not a fan of the new Accord.
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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?
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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.
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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:
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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.
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GM News: Trump Tweets for Action on Lordstown Plant
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in General Motors
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. -
Mercedez Benz News Maybach to Build SUV in Alabama
smk4565 replied to Drew Dowdell's topic in Mercedes-Benz
It is going to look like this to some degree
