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  1. smk4565
    Isn’t a top of the line A8 a Bentley Flying Spur?
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    A 2013 Audi S7 that has a 450 hp V8 does 0-60 in 3.9 seconds. Car and Driver testes a 2018 CTS-V at 0-60 in 3.8 seconds. That is all Quattro, and how a 5 year old car that is only slightly slower than a new CTS-V with a 190 hp advantage. And I know the car needs to go fast to have downforce work. My point on high horsepower cars that don't have AWD are hardcore sports cars and track cars like McLarens, 911 GT2/GT3, ZR-1, LaFerrari, etc. Those aren't daily driver type cars, they are made for a track where you can get up to speed and use the downforce to get the power down. That is the only type of car you can make rwd with 600 hp that can work. And those high power cars that do launch well have the engine in the back. Something like a V-series sedan, needs all wheel drive.
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    The Nazis committed awful atrocities and yet German cars are the top selling luxury cars in England, USA, EU, China, etc. In the luxury world badge does matter. As far as the G70 goes, it looks a lot like a 2014 3-Series and there seems to be a lot of Hyundai in that car. What is going to make this car sell at BMW prices? The other Genesis cars are dying on the sales charts and they priced low in their segments.
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    If you have a McLaren with active aero or something like a 911 GT2 RS then yes you can use downforce and aero to have a 700 hp rear drive car. But for a sedan or regular coupe you need AWD at these high power levels. Or go mid engine like the Corvette is doing because they can’t get the power down with the horsepower it makes now. But McLarens are mid engine too. A front engine car with a lot of power like a V-series Cadillac needs all wheel drive.
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    When you add power you add weight, I couldn’t find a CT6-V weight but 4,500+ lbs is what I’d expect. I do agree that it will probably do 0-60 in that 3.4 second range. Traction and torque will make it happen. The S65 is slower 0-60 than the S63 but I’d imagine few cars beat an S65 from 100-150 mph. But you do have emissions regulations, transmission durability is why they use the 7-speed, and not being able to get awd on the V12 are issues the S65 faces. Mercedes knows this, the hybrid S73 is the answer to all those issues but they also have a loyal V12 customer base paying them $240k so they obviously are going to give them what they want.
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    To the first part, the M760i is probably under rated on power, I've seen 0-60 in 3.4 seconds recorded for it, it is plenty fast. The current S63 is 4,806 lbs, while a turbo V6 CT6 is 4,385, when you add a V8 and bigger brakes, heavier duty transmission, etc, that weight will easily go over 4,500 lbs. So we are talking more like a 300 lb difference, and maybe the 2021 S-class drops a little when it changes platforms. Keep in mind there is an S73 likely coming to replace the S65, the S63 isn't the top of the line. I agree with your 2nd point, I think the CT6-V will beat the CTS-V in a drag race due to traction. There are 450 hp Audi's that can beat a CTS-V in a 0-60 sprint or at least come really close because of how well they launch off the line. Anything over 500 hp really needs all wheel drive or it is pointless horsepower, save for the crazy high downforce exotic cars. I would also imagine Cadillac to have drive modes since the M5 and the 4Matic+ AMG cars can send 100% torque to the back wheels or default back to a 35/65 sort of split.
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    Well the GLB should have up to 400 hp in AMG trim, much more than you can get in a Cadillac crossover. That part is for the few enthusiasts that are left out there. Where are the V-series SUV's? The 3-pointed star is all you need to sell to the soccer moms.
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    Well a Mercedes SUV did it in 3:01.7 so maybe those so called "sports cars" just aren't that well engineered. And the Civic Type R was the fastest Asian car in the test, and it lost to an SUV. And a German car set the fastest lap ever, which is the same car that holds the Nurburgring record. And I know China doesn't crave performance, but they do like luxury, and they like those interiors put out by Audi and Mercedes it seems based on the sales charts.
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    They are taking 90 hp out of the top end V model, but if you put all wheel drive on the acceleration might not be that different. But really Cadillac isn't the performance brand of GM, Chevrolet is. This is the biggest mistake GM management has made with Cadillac. The Corvette should be the "everyman's sports car" and be priced at $50-75,000 with a V6 base and V8 option and I could see a 600 hp Z06 at like $90k as the absolute limit. Cadillac should have the $100k sports cars, the Camaro for example should stop at the 450 hp SS that loaded up is $50,000. If you want more power than that, buy a Cadillac sports coupe. But Cadillac doesn't make a sports coupe with over 450 hp because GM wants you to buy Chevrolets not Cadillacs. Makes ZERO sense.
  10. smk4565
    You want another Mercedes SUV, they give you another SUV and Nurburgring tested to boot.
  11. smk4565
    Do you know how many 500 hp cars are made by Acura, Infiniti, Lexus and Genesis combined? 1, the Acura NSX. Mercedes has 25 models with 500+ hp, BMW and Audi have many, even Alfa Romeo has 2. There is zero performance happening at The Japanese luxury brands and most of those “luxury” products are built on an Accord or Camry platform. In China the top 3 luxury brands are Audi, Mercedes, BMW and I don’t even know who is 4th but they are far behind. The Asians can’t even sell luxury cars in the biggest market in Asia.
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    Because a GLA is a size class smaller than the XT4. Mercedes puts a 503 hp V8 in their SUV most closely sized to an XT4. If Cadillac makes an XT3 I would have no problem with it being fwd. And I even said I get why the XT4 is front drive, they are going after Lincoln, Lexus, Acura buyers, or people trading up from a Terrain or Equinox and are Daimler with GM fwd handling crossovers. My problem is really more with the XT5 and XT6/7 that are front drive and can’t take a V8. Why is the Grand Cherokee the performance standard for an American SUV? Cadillac should hold that title.
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    This could be competition for Cadillac but I think more so Acura or Infiniti. Really the luxury segment has 2 segments, German: Porsche, Audi, Mercedes, BMW, (Rolls, Bentley, Lambo under German control too) and those that want discount Luxury and are not paying German pricing, this is where Cadillac, Infiniti and Genesis come in. But the previous 2 Genesis cars that undercut the competition way more in price than a G70 aren’t selling at all. The G90 is like 60% the price of an S-class and doesn’t sell, so how is pricing a G70 at 90% of a C-class make any sense? G70 might be a decent car but it doesn’t have enough motor to stand out and the interior still looks weak to me, like worse than the ATS which is dated and has a bad interior.
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    If Cadillac had put these crossovers on a rear drive chassis then you could have the 550 hp V8 in the XT5 and even XT4. Now I think demand for a V8 XT4 would be tiny, so I would understand making that a front drive crossover for the sheeple that buy $40k small crossovers. XT5 and up should be rear drive all the way so they can put a V8 in there.
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    They could get rid of Dodge too.
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    The new A-class sedan which is a size smaller than this has a better interior, and all they have shown is the 200 hp version but the 300 and 400 hp versions are coming next year and will be faster than a G70, I don’t know about handling. But this is Genesis’s C-class competitor and the difference is drastic. First off the C-class has a better interior than a G90 and the C43 will out perform this thing and they have a C63.
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    The new A-class sedan which is a size smaller than this has a better interior, and all they have shown is the 200 hp version but the 300 and 400 hp versions are coming next year and will be faster than a G70, I don’t know about handling. But this is Genesis’s C-class competitor and the difference is drastic. First off the C-class has a better interior than a G90 and the C43 will out perform this thing and they have a C63.
  18. smk4565
    I don’t understand why Chrysler is still here? They can move the Pacifica to Dodge and kill the grand caravan and call it a day. An Automomous EV van makes a lot of sense for a ride sharing company that just picks up and drops off passengers places, but consumers would not buy that vehicle, a ride share company like Uber would so the vehicle brand makes no difference.
  19. smk4565
    GLA, CLA or any A-class/B-class is 4 cylinder only. The Metris is 4-cylinder and any “300” model is 4-cylinder. 400/450 models are Six cylinder and 500s are V8s.
  20. smk4565
    The problem I see with this car is the interior, it looks like it belongs in a Sonata and not a luxury car. I have not sat in one of these, I have sat in the G80 and G90 and the materials and build quality have a discount feel to them. They want BMW money for the G70 but you aren’t getting BMW interior and build quality and you aren’t getting the BMW badge. And yes the badge matters. They probably need a $5k price cut as the car is now, but I imagine there will be incentives on these and you’ll get dealers selling at $5k off sticker which could make it a good buy.
  21. smk4565
    The problem I see with this car is the interior, it looks like it belongs in a Sonata and not a luxury car. I have not sat in one of these, I have sat in the G80 and G90 and the materials and build quality have a discount feel to them. They want BMW money for the G70 but you aren’t getting BMW interior and build quality and you aren’t getting the BMW badge. And yes the badge matters. They probably need a $5k price cut as the car is now, but I imagine there will be incentives on these and you’ll get dealers selling at $5k off sticker which could make it a good buy.
  22. smk4565
    So this signals that the 550 hp CT6 will be the top of that line which I assume means the CT5-V will get the same 550 hp engine. I think Cadillac’s low sales volume on sedans/coupes hurts their ability to do a lot of performance cars or high performance cars. The CT6 is a car that might sell 20,000 globally per year, and the V-series might be 1,000 per year, so how much time and effort are they going to put into that.
  23. smk4565
    Because it is a weak turbo 4. The Silverado even has a turbo 4 now, there is no need for a V6 in a family sedan, they just make the car front heavy and no faster than a good turbo 4. And the CLA45 does 0-60 in 4.1 seconds of something in that range, that is faster than a V8 Lexus GS-F. If GM put their engineering hats on they could turbo 4 stuff like the Lacrosse and Acadia, he’ll they have a non-turbo 4 in the Acadia now. A six cylinder in today’s world should be nearing the 400 hp level.
  24. smk4565
    They have to get battery price down which is part technological advancement and part economies of scale. There isn’t enough economy of scale of $75k SUVs though. Bolt has the same problem, it is near $40k for something the size of a Chevy Sonic. They need about 20% price drops on these EV’s to get them selling.
  25. smk4565
    Almost all those cars are lousy. You can put 300 hp in a front drive suv because they are so heavy it will reduce some torque steer but most of those 300+ hp vehicles are all wheel drive and the CLA is a 4 cylinder with more power than the V6s on that list so you don’t need a V6 for a front drive car. The other issue is that NA engines are becoming obsolete, everything is getting turbocharged and electrified to the point in the 2020s the vehicles with 6 cylinders will be large trucks and performance cars. In addition I think turbo 3’s will become common place for small cars.
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