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  1. smk4565
    I posted the dimensions and the GLS has more head and leg room in all 3 rows except Escalade wins front leg room, GLS wins the other 5. Also funny that the GM fans say the CT6 is on par with an S-class even though the S-class is larger and has more room. Talk about bar moving.
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    Right, the GL/GLS has outsold the Navigator every year in which the GL has been on sale in the USA. And you are 100% right, Mercedes designs cars for the whole world not just the USA, globally the GLS outsells Navigator and Escalade combined. And there is a new GLS next year, the Maybach version will blow these other guys away, ditto for the 600 hp AMG. The GLS and Escalade are with in 2 inches in every dimension of each other and the 2013 Escalade was actually shorter than the GLS, they made the Escalade bigger for the current generation. These two since 2006 have been very close in size.
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    I don’t care about a Subaru race car time compared to a production car, a Formula 1 car could do the Nurburgring ring in about 5:30, compare the Subaru to that. 7 minutes for a production car is like cracking the 4 minute mile for a runner.
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    The GLS has outsold the Escalade before in the USA, it could take it back over with a new model or if the Navigator cuts into Escalade sales. Escalade sales saw a spike when the the Navigator tanked a few years ago. Globally the GLS outsells all these big luxury SUVs.
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    Gotta see it on the Nurburgring, the great equalizer.
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    One feels smaller while driving because of superior ride, handling, acceleration and braking. But the Escalade's size must equal larger interior right? Uh Oh... Headroom 1st/2nd/3rd row Escalade 39.7 / 38.7 / 38.1 GLS 41.2 / 40.0 / 38.9 Legroom 1st/2nd/3rd row Escalade 45.3 / 39.0 / 24.8 GLS 40.3 / 40.0 / 38.5 Total cargo volume Escalade 94.2 cubic feet GLS 93.8 cubic feet
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    GLS is 202 x 76 x 73 Escalade is 204 x 81 x 75 They are close
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    I know, that is why I said GM makes 650 hp from theirs, Dodge 707 hp from the Hellcat. Plenty of power, putting on the ground is more the issue. DOHC isn't a requirement to make horsepower, it is just what the majority does. These brands use DOHC: Alfa Romeo, Acura, Audi, Aston Martin, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, Porsche, Lexus, Infiniti, Lamborghini, Bugatti, Rolls-Royce, Ferrari, Maserati (Bentley has both, but phasing out pushrod with current Mulsanne) These brands have pushrod engines: Chevy, Cadillac, Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler
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    All the non-DOHC performance engines, like the GM 6.2 liter V8 and the Hellcat V8 and, oh that's it. All the Asian and European sports cars and Ford use DOHC. You don't have to have DOHC, obviously GM makes 650 hp with a pushrod, but there are way more in the DOHC camp than there are in the pushrod camp. The AMG DOHC V8 hits peak torque at 900 lower rpm than the GM 6.2 supercharged V8, so it isn't like you have to wind out a DOHC to 9,000 rpm to get anything out of it.
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    One day the eGolf will have 250 miles range and cost the same as at the turbo 4 Golf.
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    Looks a little like a last generation Lucerne in front. It just doesn't seem all that luxurious, I guess some funeral homes will buy them up when the XTS goes out of production, some of the 75 and up crowd will like it, but a Lexus ES is a nicer ride than this and I hate the Lexus ES.
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    I am curious as to what the engine will be. No doubt it will be a fun car with great sounding exhaust. I wonder if they will be able to put the power down to the ground though. The Corvette needs all wheel drive on these higher power models.
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    What percentage of Lincoln buyers buy another Lincoln? Is their owner loyalty so great or will more new Navigator buyers come from other brands? This I don't know, but not sure you need to offer $5,000 to Lincoln owners, when there are fewer Lincoln owners out there than there are Acura, Infiniti, Lexus, BMW, Audi, Mercedes owners. If I were Cadillac I'd be more concerned with new 2019 Mercedes GLS + Maybach trim, and all new BMW X7. First all new G-wagen in 40 years next year too, although at a price class above Navigator.
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    Ford already has said they are moving Focus production to China with the next generation. Volvo I imagine will have more Chinese made cars since they have a Chinese owner. Car companies will always look for cheaper labor and China is the land of manufacturing. The one thing that could slow down Chinese production of cars is if the whole car is built buy robots, then you have no labor cost and who cares where the factory is at that point. Plus with self driving cars, they can drive themselves off the assembly line onto a truck or train or boat for shipment. Not sure if that motivates auto makers to build domestic or outsource over seas.
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    As long as the convertible stays. Those have to sell like hot cakes.
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    Only 2 cars for now. There will be more built in China as time goes on.
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    Buick is going into the $50s, all the way to $59k in Drew's example, GMC Yukon Denali's are $70k, maybe more than that, I don't price them out. But both brands sell a lot in the $35-55k range. Cadillac right not sells most of their product in the $35-65k range, outside of the Escalade. Even well equipped or loaded XTS and XT5 are maxing at $65k and a CT6 with some options is $65k. Cadillac isn't on the level of those with $100k+ cars, and that is the problem. Why aren't they? GM managed to push Buick and GMC up in price point, but Cadillac hasn't gone up in price point in 15 years just about. The early 2000s STS and DTS with inflation were priced higher than CTS and XTS of today.
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    I am still shocked that there isn't an Escalade-V with a 650 hp supercharged V8 for $129,000. I mean why not, someone will pay it. I think Cadillac could easily have an SUV above Escalade in the $150-200,000 range. Take the CT6 plug in hybrid tech mated to the new DOHC turbo V8 for a combined 700 hp with say 25 mpg sort of ability, hand sewn interior, 1 inch thick wool carpeting, platinum plated door sills, twice the sound isolation of a CT6, wood from trees that fell naturally on their own accord, etc If Buick can get $59k for an Enclave more power to them. But if you are going to push Buick's pricing well into Cadillac territory why aren't they pushing Cadillac up as well, despite previous failed attempts.
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    Fair enough, but if they had the production capacity. Same could be said for if Mercedes or Audi or anyone else if they had an EV car at that price point with that capability. If Toyota had a Camry EV for $26,000 they would sell 1 million a year I bet. Once the batteries get cheaper, the gas engine will be done. 37,700 killed in car accidents last year, something like 93% of that is due to human error, that is why the government will ban driving. Drug overdoses are 60,000 a year, so cars are behind that, gun deaths about 33,000 a year.
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    Cost keeps people from buying EV's. If a Tesla Model S was $44,900 base and $69,900 for the P100 D then several luxury brands would be out of business right now. The day is coming when you'll be able to get unlimited rides in a Tesla Model S level car for half the price of buying or leasing a Ford Focus. Then people will stop buying cars. Or if the government mandates that it is illegal to drive a car, then that ends driving also. But they can't figure out how to make it illegal to own an assault rifle, so who knows. When you look at the top 2 killers in this country, shootings and car accidents are it. There could be a 9/11 World Trade center event every month of the year and car crashes would still kill more people.
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    $200 in maintenance is too high now that I reread that, but if you factor in tires and brakes, oil changes, air filters, state inspections, and any repairs, I think $100 a month is reasonable. Would be less on a brand new car under warranty.
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    Into the mid $50s seems like a lot for a Buick or GMC crossover, but they'll find some people that will pay it. If there are people out there paying $48k for an Explorer, someone will pay $54k for an Enclave. Question is how many dollars is GM losing on Avenir and Denali SUVs that could have been Cadillacs if Cadillac had a crossover to sell? That same person that spends $55k on an Acadia Denali might have spent $65k on a Cadillac XT7 if it existed.
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    It could happen in 20 years, I don't think that is so far off, Autonomous cars will get really common, I think for sure in 20 years you'll see more autonomous cars than human driven, getting the government to ban driving will probably be harder than building the cars themselves. I think though it won't be all cars on the road, but just as many autonomous drones in the sky. Less variables to worry about in the air then there are on a road. The other big thing that will swing the tide is cost. If you think of the cost to own a car, $300-400 a month in payment, $80 a month in insurance, $100-200 in gas, $100-200 in maintenance, etc. All of a sudden we are talking $600 a month, add on another $100 a month in parking if you commute into a city. If you can get rides in autonomous pods of some sort for even $300 a month, why buy a car?
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    I know pre-scan doesn’t need 48 volt, The A8’s does but the S-class and SL use hydraulic suspension which I imagine something electric powered will be quicker and less drain. Good article and I thought the GM BAS system was a good idea but they gave up on it, and they also only had it on a 2.4 liter 4. The advantage that Mercedes and Audi are going for is E-turbos so you can have zero turbo lag. And every Mercedes and Audi should have it.
  25. smk4565
    Reacting suspension, not predictive suspension. The S-class's suspension adjusts before it hits a bump, it doesn't react after.
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