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    They aren't competitive. If they were people would buy them. Cheap, cramped interiors and a HUE, (Horrible User Interface), torqueless V6, refinement issues, etc. The CTS back in 2006 sold better than what the ATS and CTS combined are selling now. The competition passed them by. The AMG cars constantly beat Cadillacs in magazine comparison tests, and AMG is just getting warmed up. BMW better get their M division up to par, AMG is stomping them too and is now on to Porsche and Ferrari. Let's look at the next AMG car: under 2800 lbs 1.6 liter bi-turbo V6 hybrid 1000+ horsepower 11,000+ rpm redline 4 electric motors F1 pushrod suspension BMW, Cadillac and Audi will never get there.
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    Before this Custom trim the Tahoe and Yukon were $1,000 apart. Too close.
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    But in this case the Tahoe is positioned as a luxury SUV, while the GMC is positioned the same way. The Tahoe, and ever Chevy truck for that matter should be cheaper than the GMC. I have long said the base model GMC anything should be priced the same as the Chevy LTZ trim. The Yukon starts at $48,500, a Tahoe should be $43,500 base, so I like that they dropped the Tahoe price, I think it could drop another grand, or maybe up the Yukon base model to $49,950 and make more standard, then you have a $5k gap at least. Mercedes doesn't sell 2 of the same of anything like GM does. Even GLE and GLS which are the closest 2 products they have don't share any body panels.
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    Which is what Chevy should do. Have a Tahoe V6 at $39,995 because if you want a nicer truck there is the Yukon/Denali, and if you want nicer than that there is the Escalade. Mercedes has a nice stepping stone product spread. GM's brands compete with each other half the time. Chevy needs to be always about value, especially if they are trying to push Buick and GMC as premium or luxury brands.
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    True, so Mercedes is making 10 EV's and 50+ electrified models by 2022 then. Exciting stuff.
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    They don't but they outsell the ATS like 6 to 1. JDN is going to go where he can compete and that is front drive crossovers.
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    Everything I ever read was 10 electric Mercedes by 2022, not Daimler making 10 EV's. EQ brand A, C, E, S-class size sedans and GLC, GLE, GLS size SUVs are a given, that is 7 right there. At some point there will be an AMG electric car, and I have to imagine they want an electric SL roadster.
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    They should bring back the Buick Century Custom.
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    I read Johan's statement as CT5 replaces CTS and ATS, and slots in between the current ATS and CTS in price. And a CT4 competes with CLA and A3 and that sweet BMW 1-series that we are getting. Johan knows he can't beat the E-class, C-class or 3-series. So they are going to try that tweener strategy again, maybe go after the MKZ and Infiniti Q50. Cadillac already took their best shot with ATS and CTS, time to go back down the food chain. And if he wanted to take big shots the XT5 wouldn't be an Acadia, and XT4 wouldn't be an Equinox. So we know where his plan is going. And he was there before XT4 hit development, excuse time is over for him being new, if he wanted a CTS-V engine in a mid-size SUV he'd have it already, even FCA has pulled that trick off a few times with no money and dated platforms.
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    I think the plan for the EQ cars is do do something like Mercedes-EQ C-class, Mercedes EQ E-class, etc. They would ride on a special EV platform but mirror the gas car line up. If they plan 10 EV's they basically have to do like 4 sedan, 4 suv, 2 sports cars or something. That would make the most sense to start that way since post 2030 they will probably only have EV's. The German 3 said they are not going to spend any money on internal combustion engine development after 2023, Chancellor Merkel said Germany will eventually ban internal combustion engines. So no sense trying to make new classes, when C-E-S are all going to be EVs in 15 years.
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    They need to get a 100 mile range on the Smart for the current cost, the current car has too small a range. 100 miles at a $24k cost, sort of fills that low end niche for now.
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    Someone is worried about the forthcoming Bronco. I feel like Ford can price the Bronco at $35k and clean up. Good move though to drop the price and have a more basic version if you want a luxury Tahoe that is why they have Denali Yukons. Chevys should be cheap.
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    Since the Cadillac ATS is going away I guess the 3-series will slide back to 2nd place in sport sedans behind the Alfa Romeo Guilia. I don't think BMW is so lost that they can't win a sport sedan battle with Alfa Romeo over time.
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    Except the Smart is $24,000 and the Bolt is not. And Daimler has way more $7500 credits to use than Chevy. I'd like to see Them get the Smart car down to like $20k then even when the tax credit is gone it is a decent deal.
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    I think Sergio's chances for a sale go up if he can close Chrysler and or Dodge. Then Alfa and Maserati can be it's own company and Sergio can head that, or even merge it back with Ferrari.
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    Indeed. Transitional is a better word, as in the RLX is transiting out of the market. They should just make an MDX-L SH-AWD hybrid. Or an Acura Ridgeline, that would sell better than the RLX does.
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    Making Smart EV only makes a lot of sense. Cutting down the dealers also makes a lot of sense. The Smart car isn't an all around car, it is full of compromises. It only works in cities, where you have loads of congestion, don't drive on a highway, and make short trips to placed with limited parking. I think Boston, New York City, Philly, D.C. and California are markets where Smart EV's make sense, in most of the country they do not.
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    No one wants a 1-series, yuppies know the 3-series is where it is at. And they can argue it is better than a 5-series because it has heritage as the ultimate sports sedan and it is for young and hip people. Where is the 5-series is like Dad's car.
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    The Gen 6 Camaro does look too similar to the Gen 5 Camaro. And I think the current Mustang is the best looking Piny car of the past 10 years or so. I like the Mustang's interior more than the Camaro's also. Huge missed opportunity by Ford not to offer an Ecoboost V6 in the Mustang, and I don't know why Ford hasn't made an Ecoboost V8 yet.
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    The A7 is dead in the water, the 4 door coupe phase is over, I know there is a new CLS coming, but I don't even know if they need it with 4 body styles on the E-class and 4 engine choices. The A8 will probably see an uptick with the new model, but then there is a V6 S-class coming to get down in the A8's price range, so maybe not. Audi has ridiculous volume in China though, so the A8 has enough globally to make it viable. A3 E-tron they can chalk up to a compliance car, plus they have a gas A3 that sells ok. I think the TT could be gone after this generation, that is dying segment.
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    Yeah but 3 of those are over 250. They are all lousy sellers, but, the RLX sells under 100 per month, even Audi's crappy sellers beat that. And I don't really count the R8's volume against them, that is a really high end car.
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    They don't seem to interested in dropping the price because they want to move it up market. It used to be a loaded Camaro was about the same price as a loaded Impala (or Lumina) in the 90s 4th Gen, and the base models were about the same too. They are going more for a higher price, higher margin plan now it seems, not a volume play like FCA sort of goes for with their discounts. The Charger/Challenger have all wheel drive though, and the CTS has it, it would be so easy to add AWD to a Camaro V6 for the snow belt states, then you find some more sales. The Supra is coming, if they price it like the Camaro and Mustang it could shake up this segment a bit.
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    The RLX has sold 619 cars this year so far. The only Audi lower than that is the R8 at 554. Even last year January-July the RLX sold 833 cars. The 2nd worst selling Audi is the TT at 1,318 YTD. The A7, A8 and Allroad are slow sellers, but they can all easily beat the RLX, and at least the A8 and A7 have some profit margin on them. The RLX sold 64 cars in July, I was shocked to read that, I thought at least they were in the hundreds.
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    That is true too, it is a hard car to get in and our of and see out of.
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    I feel like a lot of brands price the V8 or sport model high because they know enthusiasts will pay extra for it. And at the same time it helps their CAFE by putting a big up charge on a V8 so it drives sales to the smaller engine. It would be nice to be able to get a V8 without getting a lot of option packages but re-Shuffling the options will not create more sales. If they want sales increase they should offer all wheel drive.
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