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Just saw a 19 on the road yesterday.....

Yes and no. Caddy had something going when the CTS rolled out and their SUV was hot. But then they just lost their way yet again, and that was that. Caddy simply needs to stop comparing it self to other brands, and start just simply carving it’s own image. You’re not going to change the mindset of competing against the best in the world-so it’s time to simply go your own way....

Friend of mine just bought a new crewcab LT Chevy, 2018 as he said the new 2019 looks like it had been in the cardboard compactor in the front being all squished. He could not accept the terrible front end compared to the 2018. Looks like a pile of cardboard in the baler.

Idiot, IDiot, IDIot, IDIOt, IDIOT This guy is so full of himself and another Narcissist that he truly believes his own lie that he had a verbal agreement with SASWF. What a moron and even more of a reason to now remove him as CEO / Chairman and move the company forward with some sound business leadership.

listening to the biased bullshit that comes off SMK's keyboard is a march onward into insanity. The reality is that Cadillac never needed reinvention.. they just needed products that were revolutionary. The first CTS was the springboard that promised to launch Cadillac into the new century. CTS.. then the XLR.., the Escalade .. then the SRX.. then the STS. What destroyed a great deal of promise was the simple fact that Cadillac was in the hands of GM during a time of survival. Seriously.. think about it. 2000-2009 was a dark time. Not just for GM, but the entire American 3. The interesting part is that they had the formula partially correct under Lutz's direction. The Second Gen CTS was a hit. The STS.. now faced with a still similar sized new rival costing less.. even lost me as I went with my first CTS-V after a brief 1 month stint with a horrible quality M5. But here is the kicker.. and timing was everything: We can skip to 2011. The long promised STS replacement materialized into the XTS.. the XTS was originally supposed to be a replacement for the DTS named XLS.. They mergered the STS and DTS together, and went FWD based due to costs and timing. The SRX, Caddy's sole CUV was selling like hotcakes, especially compared the RWD model. Here's how I think things could have stayed the course The CTS should have been down-sized to essentially the ATS on Alpha. Hindsight suggests that the car spies should have spied on BMW a lil better and saw that the 3Series was gonna add a lil more space in the rear. A simple "scallop" of the back of the front seats would have shut a bunch up about leg room. That being said.. the CTS should have never lost its position. All variations should have been reintroed for the 3rd gen.. Wagon, Coupe, Sedan, Vert... V for all 4 The STS should have remained. It should have been the current CTS.. again.. more legroom for the bitches who bitch. A WAGON, a Sedan, a Coupe, Vert and a V For all 4 would have sufficed SRX, along withe the BRX (smaller) should have been as they are.. FWD based. Same size difference as the XT5 and XT4, with a AWD only variant of the Lambdas at the time as an ERX XLR should have remained.. Gotten C6 and then C7 bones instead of it being a C5 variant as it was. Furthermore the engines should have been no different than the Vette's. As in a XLR- with LS3, XLR VSport- LS7 and XLR VSeries LS9 Escalade should have been pretty much what it has been with a more powerful 500HP+ engine option to go head on with RRover. The XTS (or what was also called XLS and DT7) should have been introduced on Omega.. essentially what the CT6 is, but add back in that 10% they took out to have it go full on with the S-Class. That includes exactly what is getting ready to happen with the 2019 model year. There should have also been a coupe XTC The name thing is negligible now.. what's done is done. The XT5 and CT6 names are very well known and I hear people actually knowing what they are upon sight.. even women. The new names will settle in fine if Caddy properly announces them and does so in a way that does not confuse returning customers. I can tell U straight up that people would go in dealerships looking for the "small" Caddy and find that it was no longer called CTS.. it was now a smaller ATS. No warning.. no announcement. The switch to XT5 was done well. The intro of the XT4 is going nice. The thing they need to do at the Auto Show is have an EV and VSport version of both ready to be shown and ready to launch by Spring 2019. The thing is that my plan isn't even hard to replicate, and truthfully GM has all the parts to do it.. cost effectively.. but alas.. that cost was probably $100 over what some planner budgeted for it so it was scrapped.. instead of just saying "FUCK IT.. charge the customer's $400 more for it."

Why is everyone feeling the need to court young people? If we are lucky, young people become older, and as we age we accumulate money if we're careful... enough to treat ourselves to a Cadillac, perhaps. I totally agree with those that say chasing BMW and Mercedes has been a recipe for failure. It is Cadillac following, not leading. Trying to not be Cadillac. A forfeiture of greatness, a disowning of one's own greatest history. The V8 CT6 is a glimmer of hope. I just wish it had a real name... something to remember. Turbo 4 CT6 is a disastrous idea. STUPID. The XT4... I hope it catches on. Of course being an insignificant bystander, I would make some changes to it. I think Cadillac should adhere to RWD/AWD chassis only. I think strong, silent V8 power is sorely missed. Escalade's staying power should be a clue to Cadillac management of what Cadillac should strive to be across the entire line. Brash, bold, unashamedly AMERICAN. BIG AND STRONG.

It’s bad when your CEO could be the downfall of your company..... he just keeps making it worse....

Tesla has LOST 21 Billion in market cap from its peak (and with the stock market at it's historical high). Where is the company's 'growth', exactly?

Cadillac should just relocate to OMaha or Iowa, and I mean that without meanness. Heartland you know. If you're going to court urbanites, do it in the midwestern states at least. I think the other bit people don't understand. A lot of Cadillac's bad rap the last 5-7 years is in a huge way related to the terrible outcomes of the early CUE systems. By all accounts since 17 and especially on the new product, the touchscreen business is bangup and reliable and so I think that alone will get buyers back into the fold once the good rep comes back. The V8 returning is huge too. Caddy's heart and soul is v8 and if this new v8 is boss AND reliable it can be a HUGE difference maker in returning interest to Cadillac.

Listen bub- I've got a hard crush developing, so you're not going to be able to tell me anything. ;) Seriously, I don't see them the same at all. Prius looks like someone reversed the crusher lever before it got irreversibly mashed.

Just like everything else this is a mess and will not end well for anyone.

'He' may soon not be able to take Tesla anywhere.

America excluding JEEP, just does not understand how small this country is. The roads, space, etc. do NOT support America where everything is supersized. I totally do not see much growth ever in Japan for majority of US auto brands.

You're lucky my printer ran out of red ink after my downvote spree in here last night, or there would have been a fresh one assigned to the above post.