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  1. smk4565
    Cadillac says it will start under $75k, which makes me thinking dual motor with options is pushing $100k. This vehicle better be good if they want Escalade money for it. The Lyriq doesn't have 400 mile range or 350 kwh charge which are the top on market now, this car is 2-3 years away. I don't see what the hook is, other than if you currently have a Cadillac SUV and want an EV. Unless more details are released closer to launch so we have to wait and see.
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    Except all 4 of those are E-classes. I don't care if all Cadillacs look the same, I care if Cadillacs look like Chevrolets.
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    The Cadillac front end looks like a Chevy. Even worse when you put an XT6 vs a Chevy.
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    It doesn't look good, the front looks too much like a Chevy Blazer and the rear end is all messed up. But it is a concept too, so we'll have to see what the production car looks like, and all the interior images they showed were simulated, so we can't really be sure yet how that will look. Would be nice to have heard more specs, like horsepower or performance beyond a targeted 300 mile range. Seems like this will be a 2023 model, so it is a ways off. I don't know why they would show their hand that far out, and I think what they have isn't better than what Tesla was selling a couple years ago.
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    With work from home I might drive my car twice a week so what is the point of buying a a new car that will sit for all but maybe 2 hours a week? Car prices are also going up and up, offering 7 years loans let automakers get away with that for a while but I don’t think we are going to see 9-10 year new car loans, so monthly payments will just keep rising. And at a time when unemployment is rising. I am surprised car sales have done as well as they have, I wouldn’t be surprised by a 10-12 million SAAR in 2021.
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    The Tundra was long in the tooth about 6 years ago
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    Cadillac CT5 and CT4, Lexus ES/LS, Acura TLX and Genesis might be the only non-European luxury sedans left by 2021 or 2022.
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    This vehicle gets an "F" as it's grade for sportiness. 280 lb-ft @ 4800 rpm? 6 speed auto? Marginal numbers 10 years ago, pathetic by today's standard. Just another victim of the 5-series and E-class which have retired the GS, Q70, RLX, CT6, Continental in the past 12 months.
  9. smk4565
    Mercedes cars cost more than Chevrolet or Kia. Notice that Mercedes is #1 in global market share for luxury brands. Also Tesla is worth more than Toyota or VW and worth worth and GM, Ford and FCA combined.
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    There are already renderings of a Corolla Cross pickup similar to the Subaru Baja.
  11. smk4565
    100% need a Corolla Cross and a Camry Cross, and a Sienna Cross Coupe. If they had a crossover coupe van with a fastback roofline, they could sell them out at $80k per unit. They should do a Supra Cross too, there are a lack of 2-seat SUVs on market right now.
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    Toyota Echo rather.
  13. smk4565
    Toyota should bring out the Eco Cross Sport, which would be a 2 door version of the Yaris Cross with a center mounted speedometer. And then the Solara CC (convertible crossover).
  14. smk4565
    Yes, that's it. Look how off road and rugged it is. They could sell those for double the price of a Yaris because it has plastic cladding and a black roof.
  15. smk4565
    There is actually a Yaris Crossover coming, I forgot I had scene a picture of it. It would slot below the CH-R I think. So Toyota will have: Yaris Cross CH-R Rav4 Venza Highlander 4Runner Sequoia Land Cruiser 8 SUVs and they aren’t even into crossover coupes yet.
  16. smk4565
    Add 3 inch of lift with 2 inches of plastic body cladding, raise price $5k and call it Yaris Active Cross X and you have sales fire!
  17. smk4565
    I think this is a pretty good package and the turbo has pretty good power for a compact crossover. Good interior on the Kona too, my favorite in the segment. I agree that the limited seems the way to go, get the turbo and a lot of equipment but avoid that high price of the Ultimate.
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    So parts on an Escalade cost more than double to parts on a Tahoe? It’s the same parts!
  19. smk4565
    How is it twice as high? It is the same 2.0 TFSI engine, just turned a difference direction, the same ZF 8-speed, the same electronics, etc. All this stuff comes from the same parts bin, the only big difference is Arteon is on the MQB platform, while the A4 is on the superior MLB platform. Granted the A4 with the same horsepower is $5k more than the Arteon, but I can't see how they justify an Arteon starting at $36k, which means over $40k with any options. Compare that to a Camry, Optima, Sonata, Accord, etc that start $10k cheaper. And an upper level Sonata or Camry is just as nice as an Arteon.
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    Problem is this car is Audi A4 money. So either it needs to cost lest or just buy the Audi.
  21. smk4565
    How would they do it? They don't make a rear drive platform, and the MDX/Pilot upper mid-size already. They share a platform the the Odyssey and Ridgeline which have a longer wheelbase, but they would just send up with a 6 inch stretch wheelbase MDX, which maybe gets them more 3rd seat legroom, but I don't know if that moves the sales needle any. They can't go larger, but they can go smaller than RDX.
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    They have an Acura version of the CR-V and Pilot, although they claim the RDX rides on it's own platform, I bet that thing is 90% CR-V underneath. I believe there is an Acura version of the Honda HR-V either in concept or for sale in Asia, I would be surprised if they don't don't put that on sale in the USA for a BMW X1, Volvo XC40 competitor starting around $32k.
  23. smk4565
    This looks like a car that will not be on market in about 4 years. I think it follows the GS to the grave. They can let the ES cover the lower end and LS cover the upper end and go with a 2 sedan lineup, maybe the LC sticks around because at $100k they have to be making profit on it, even with low volume.
  24. smk4565
    I don't care that they make FWD, especially at the vehicle size and power level and price point they do it at. The new A-class and GLA/GLB look like pretty strong entrants to the entry lux segment, the original CLA drove like any other run of the mill car and had a run of the mill interior. The new group of entry lux is strong it will cater well to people that only know FWD, I think it is good to offer that in the market as an option. And if you don't like FWD, people can spend $5k more for a C-class or GLC.
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    FWD with AWD that has up to a 50/50 split in their cheapest car. That is Acura's whole line, it is Cadillacs whole crossover line, it is half of Lexus's line up. If the A-class is terrible how do you describe the Cadillac XT6 and Acura MDX at $60,000 with the same drive train? In fact earlier in the thread you said it was good that the Acura TLX is front drive, the CLA is around to compete with TLX, Volvos, Golf R's and all that stuff. And absolutely rear drive is better that is why Mercedes makes C, E, S-class, GLC, GLE, GLS, G-wagon, AMG GT, SL in rear drive. What the Euro-car haters don't like is the Germans coming for that mid-market and taking it, and basically putting Buick, Lincoln, Acura, Infiniti and Cadillac out of the sedan business. We are going to be down to 4 sedans across those 5 brands in about 1 year's time.
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