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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    99% of the buyers probably won't care or notice if it's a V6 or V8, and as long at lasts 3 years for a lease that will be fine for most consumers....yes, enthusiasts might prefer a V8, but most of the market aren't enthusiasts...
  2. Robert Hall
    And the Navigator has 500 ft/lbs of torque while the Escalade has 460. Sounds like it's more than adequate.
  3. Robert Hall
    I just can't see them succeeding against the established brands...so many models in the compact and midsize luxury segment...there is nothing special about them.
  4. Robert Hall
    Oh I know about the CT4 and CT5....never see them, though...part of the problem with the CT4 and CT5 as far competing against others in the compact and midsize luxury market (M-B, BMW) is the lack of body styles...no coupes, no convertibles...albeit those are a small niche, but for luxury cars, why not? Instead Cadillac keeps pushing the generic XT* crossovers....volume lease appliances.
  5. Robert Hall
    I think they are settling for competing at the tier 2 level, against Lexus's FWD based generic CUVs rather than competing at the top level...since transverse engine/FWD mediocrity fits their model. Basically rebodied mediocre appliances also seen at Chevy, Buick/GMC dealers with different chrome trim and styling, but the same soulless gray plastic mediocrity at the core. Forgettable appliances.
  6. Robert Hall
    Very true...the masses that lease generic CUVs are the core of the market. GM is focusing on vanilla lease appliances, trying to be like Toyota. Vehicles so boring that most will not be remembered in 5-10 years. And they are wasting names that had some potential like Trailblazer and Blazer on generic CUVs; what if the Ford Bronco is successful? GM has nothing like that and is unlikely to do anything like that because it doesn't fit the transverse engine generic mediocre configuration... I suspect the CT4 and CT5 are doomed also...
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    I kind of like them because they are so unique and that they take away the practical use of crossovers. It would be even cooler if they did a folding hard roof version---that could work as a 2dr hardtop crossover. I'd love to see a full size luxury SUV in such a bodystyle--a Lincoln Navigator or Escalade 2dr hardtop/cabriolet, for example... something different from the usual predictable 5dr CUV or SUV...
  9. Robert Hall
    Yeah, my Dad pretty much only bought Ford-Lincoln-Mercury products for nearly 50 years. Exceptions included a Hino Contessa when they lived in Saipan in the 60s, a '79 Dodge Power Wagon pickup, and an '81 Chevette as a dinghy for the RV. Problem is leather is about all that is available anymore in anything remotely 'premium'. I used sheepskin seat covers in Arizona.
  10. Robert Hall
    Another Big 80s GM biggie I've always liked since seeing them back in the day was the Electra Park Avenue...love the crisp lines of the C- bodies of that era. An Aunt had a blue one, tried to talk my Dad into test driving Buicks or Cadillacs, but he was a Lincoln Town Car man...
  11. Robert Hall
    It is funny, but usually I don't like white cars, but love white Cadillacs w/ red interiors...as an impressionable teenager i loved the '86 Fleetwood Brougham in 'Color of Money'... I love this burgundy cloth interior...
  12. Robert Hall
    Robots still take a lot of space, though less than human resource units.
  13. Robert Hall
    Seems like they are targeting BMW and M-B specifically....Genesis sedans are RWD/AWD also. Lexus' RX may be higher volume, but I wouldn't seriously compare it to the GLE or X5/X6...
  14. Robert Hall
    A version w/ woodgrain side trim and white walls would be a nice 'Town & Country' wagon...
  15. Robert Hall
    Yeah, I didn't look up the specifics, going off memory.. too bad about the the Golf, but I haven't seen a non-GTI Golf in ages.
  16. Robert Hall
    Perhaps...fewer parts to assemble on the line? Electric motors and battery packs instead of an ICE powertrain?
  17. Robert Hall
    Some randomness on a cold evening...some vintage big Chevys I like...
  18. Robert Hall
    It's definitely a smaller niche that it used to be..but still quite a few in the US.. Without looking it up, there is the Corolla hatch, Yaris (is it still around?), Mazda 3, Golf, Spark, Sonic, Fit, Versa Note, Mitsubishi Mirage, Veloster, Elantra GT, Rio.. Though I do prefer larger vehicles, there are couple of 'hot hatches' I'd probably enjoy hooning around in, such as the Golf GTI and Veloster N...
  19. Robert Hall
    I don't know how the TB and Enky GX compare to the Trax on front seat space, and I haven't ridden in the back of the Trax, but I have plenty of room up front even at 6' 0" and with a sunroof the times I've driven and ridden in it...
  20. Robert Hall
    Well, in the subcompact class, they aren't exactly for hauling around 4 adults..
  21. Robert Hall
    Well, think of the Chevy as the practical CUV and the Buick as the personal luxury CUV, less practical.. and it should be more expensive, since Buick is the middle brand..
  22. Robert Hall
    Big grille....narrow lights...kind of like the lighting. Clean and minimal inside, looks like. Interesting to hear it will be based on the RWD car platform, I had assumed they would have made a upmarket version of Palisade/Telluride.
  23. Robert Hall
    With 1.3 twin turbo!
  24. Robert Hall
    I wonder how much torque the stock transmission/transaxle could handle...
  25. Robert Hall
    Always liked the styling of the E-bodies of that era, particularly the sharp-edged Eldos. I wouldn't mind having an Eldo Biarritz convertible in S. Florida as a winter cruiser.
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