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The 5-series still has the 550i V8, that has 450ish hp. But if the CT6 competes with a 5-series, why is the CTS here? Really the CTS should have the CT6 interior and engine trims, and cost $52k for the 4-banger go to $130k for V-series. Or basically cut 10 inches in length off the CT6 and there is your new 5-series and E-class competitor. Put the Escala above that.
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The last gen E63 switched to AWD with the mid-cycle refresh, it would be a current CTS-V. 2013 and older would spin tire and be slower off the line. Car and Driver said the CTS has a "grim interior" and said "Cadillac's interior designers apparently thought they were working on a Chevrolet." ATS and CTS interiors are no where near Audi or Mercedes. AWD and 10 gears should make this CT6 launch quite fast though. And I don't think Cadillac should sell for less, $130k is about where a CT6 V-sport should be priced.
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There was a good article on CNBC about Cadillac launching 10 new models in the coming years, and one analyst made a good point in that Cadillac shouldn't be trying to outdo Mercedes, but they need to bet targeting younger buyers and minorities. And there is something to be said of that, Cadillac needs products that appeal to people under 40, something for "active lifestyle" people, etc. I have thought a lot that Cadillac needs to be going after people currently driving a Chevy, Chrysler, GMC, Buick, Acura, and Infiniti, VW, Mazda, etc. Trying to conquest the Germans is a tough task, most Lincoln and Lexus sedan buyers or at an age where they are on their last car, so no sense to target them.
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The S-class had radar cruise control like 20 years ago, and the current car can do a lot of semi autonomous driving. And Mercedes isn't cheap, they are building an all new factory for the next S-class which I am sure will continue to be the technological trailblazer it has always been. Screw 40 miles, 300 miles is better: And we are getting close, they have 3 battery factories already under construction so they don't have to buy batteries off someone else and face those Tesla-like supply chain problems.
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None of those run a turbo off electric, no car on sale right now does. That is my point with the E-turbo, you need more volts to run it than what current cars have, and you can't buy an E-turbo car today because of that. Unless you can afford to buy a Formula 1 car.
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Excellent post, 1,000 upvotes! The new M5 is a legit monster, to beat the E63 in a straight line is quite the feat, although both cars have the same 0-150 mph time. Luckily Mercedes has the AMG GT sedan, which should go faster than an E63, especially when the GT 73 comes.
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Porsche, BMW, Audi and Mercedes all make a car with 4 wheel steering. And I don't know how much benefit it really has, because the really fast track cars tend not to use it, although the GT R does. And Volvo, Tesla, Mercedes, Audi, etc all have a semi-autonomous drive system already. I think what Cadillac is doing with the CT6 V-sport is great, it gets them in the game, but they haven't done anything revolutionary here, all the other guys already have a car like this.
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Every Mercedes, BMW, Audi, and Porsche V8 has the turbos inside the hot V. They all do the same thing. No road car has an E turbo, because no one is running a 48 volt system to power it but they are coming. Formula 1 uses them, the Mercedes-AMG Project One has it since it is a F1 engine, that will probably be the first road use.
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Or a bad engineering issue. Why put power in a car you can’t use, and the E63 and RS6/RS7 were all wheel drive when the current CTS came out. And Cadillac could add AWD anytime they want, but are too cheap to do so.
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VW News: 2019 Volkswagen Touareg Becomes Lighter and Adds More Tech
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
The interior looks pretty sweet, very well done. -
Car and Driver clocked the M5 at 0-60 in 2.8 seconds and 10.9 seconds in the quarter mile. The CTS-V was 0-60 in 3.8 seconds with a 12.0 quarter mile in the same test. The M5 is 4288 lbs. I am sure a CT6 V8 will be in the 4500 lb range. Interestingly enough, I read this new 4.2 liter V8 takes up less space and weighs less than the 6.2L supercharged V8. So there goes the pushrod fanboy argument of the LT5 takes up less space and weighs less than a DOHC V8.
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What is up with all these coupes with B-pillars?????
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VW News: 2019 Volkswagen Touareg Becomes Lighter and Adds More Tech
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
The Toureg is expensive, it is more like a 50% price difference. And my guess is there is a good profit margin on them. You can have both FWD and RWD SUVs, but GM already has Buick and GMC filled with FWD SUVS in the $25-45k segment, you don't really need 3 more Cadillac SUVs between $30-50k. Because I can almost guarantee Cadillac does an SUV below XT4, because XT4 is the size of a GLC or X3. -
Nope, a 4WD Escalade 5,856 lbs and a GLS63 is 5,754 lbs. But they are moving the GLS to a new platform that will cut weight for 2019 anyway, problem solved.
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I am 6'2" and can sit in the back seat of an E-class convertible, it has a very usable back seat. The C-class convertible rear seat is small, I think I tried sitting in one once and it is tight, more for kids, but at least it is there. It is no worse than the 3rd row in most SUVs which can only fit kids.
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Using Omega to make a GLE63 or X5 M or even X7 M competitor makes sense. You can put this 550 hp engine in the Escalade just for the sake of charging more money for it (and they should do that) but the Escalade will never be sporty, it is too heavy and has a solid rear axle, etc. But it works for the G-wagen, people pay $150k for it. I could see charging $150k for an Escalade V-sport, even if they sell 50 of them a month, who cares, it is a $50k upgrade for an engine and some trim, why not go for it.
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If the XT5 was rear drive then it would start at $50k instead of $40k and the XT5-V with this new 550 hp V8 would cost $110,000 which is more than they get for a CTS-V or Escalade. There is your profit margin and business case. Then the XT4 would start at $40,000, rather than the $34k or whatever it has to start at to get under the XT5 and that XT4-V could run up to $75-80k, probably more than they charge for an ATS-V. Then you get an XT4 fwd Equinox clone at $34k if you need a volume low lease price leader. Audi has longitude mount engines so their weight balance isn't destroyed like a transverse mounted engine car, and Audi's interiors aren't crap.
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If rear drive is nothing special, then build the CT6 on an Impala chassis, make a 3.6 liter 310 hp V6 the range topper and call it a day. The XT5 being priced below the CTS would be like Chevy pricing the Equinox below the Cruze. Same size class, similar under pinnings, but they jack the price of the Equinox up because it is a crossover. Cadillac does the opposite and makes the crossover cheaper than the sedan. L Agree on the tail lights, they look like the designer sneezed when drawing it, should be straight vertical like classic Cadillac tail lights, what then went for looks like it game of a Nissan or something where there is an angle just for the sake of having an angle.
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They can develop a rear drive platform to sell 15-20,000 CT6 per year globally but can’t develop a rear drive crossover platform that could be used on XT4 and XT5 and sell 200,000 units per year? Fuzzy math.
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It is but the GLE (M-class) has been a top 3 selling Mercedes for about 10-15 years and put up plenty of volume despite being $15k more than an RX or XT5. And the GLC outsells the XT5 and RX globally. XT5 should cost more than a CTS, a mid size crossover should cost more than a mid size sedan.
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That extra .2 liters is going to hurt in China where the displacement tax drastically increases over 4.0 liters. And the S63 4.0 liter makes 603 hp and 664 lb-ft. So they still got Cadillac beat and an S73 is in the works, I imagine they will save that for the next generation since it is a hybrid.
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I thought Cadillac was supposed to be serious performance and not a FWD appliance?
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WEAK competitors! The GLC and GLE have twin turbo V8s and the XT5 is closer to GLE in size than it is GLC, you could put a V8 in the XT4 even. The Alfa Romeo Stelvio has 505 hp and that is a small crossover.
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Everyone likes LED lights, more power and bigger screens, so nice little improvements.
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I have been saying for 10 years that Cadillac needs a DOHC V8, finally they have one, better late than never, but I feel like this car is about 3 years too late, they should have had this at launch time of the CT6. Will this engine be in the XT5? Oh wait, it won't work since the XT5 is wrong wheel drive, poor product planning strikes again! At least they got the powertrain right in the CT6 finally, I would make the 3.0TT the base engine, dump the 3.6 V6. And when CT5 arrives go with a turbo 4 base, 3.0TT V6 middle, and 4.2 V8 V-series or V-sport. I'd put this new V8 in the Escalade too, and if this is the CT6 V-sport, is there a CT6 V coming with more power? But how many of these will they sell? The world hasn't shown much demand for $100k+ Cadillac sedans, but you have to build it first and hope they will come.
