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Have a great birthday @William Maley and @ccap41

GLC63 models are so exceedingly rare, I have never even seen one in the wild. As far as it's concerned, they exist in paper and press fleets only. The vast vast vast majority of GLCs are 4 cylinders and the people leasing them couldn't tell you why which way the engine faces might matter.

Hope your both having a great Day!

no no No No NO NO NO NO!! Encore is offensively small as a Buick and far too small as a Cadillac. Cadillac's volume and position MUST be taken into account as far as product planning goes. There is no need whatsoever for a teeny tiny Cadillac CUV- there's no business case for it. Thinking that Cadillac can be 'fixed' by slotting 48 different vehicles into their showroom just because another brand or two tries to is absolutely the wrong approach. No CT3, no XT3.

? Ohhhh... I can jump!

Correction: he is not the majority stock holder. He is the largest shareholder. He holds around 20%

Certainly not American cars. A Cruze is a large mid-size over there. I can't imagine trying to pilot something like a Continental or Navigator. You'd have to be hyper-rich to afford those cars in Japan.

That's not the problem. The luxury in Cadillac is the size you get at a price point. Being "big as a Cadillac" is an actual thing... There is a price point at around $32k where the Germans are selling small crossovers. Cadillac is also selling a small crossover that is slightly larger. If you're leasing one of these things at $399 a month, you're not getting into a GLC much less a GLC63. So the advantage is to Cadillac for the XT4 being larger than the very cramped GLA. Size is the selling point for Cadillac. It has been for most of Cadillac's lifetime.

I saw verification this morning ( I didn't have it last night) that Musk is staying on as CEO, just not as Chairman of the Board.

Cadillac knows exactly what it is, which is what it has been most of its existence. I question brands moving into entire tiers of segments they've never been in before as 'having no direction or identity' far more readily than Cadillac. I also call 'significant bullshit' on the whole 'following others', as every brand 'follows' what other brands do in countless ways. It's otherwise known as 'competing'.

Or possibly stanch the bleeding. This will force the Board of Directors to get a real car guy that can right the ship and execute a plan. . . . . or at least find the right buyer. If Tesla needs Elon Musk, then that is a real problem.

You continue to fall at reading. I said price class.

I'm putting on my Mary Barra hat. @ocnblu, @smk4565, @Cubical-aka-Moltar here is your job: 1. Show me the ROI of using a RWD platform instead of a FWD platform. There must be higher profits on the XT4 to justify changing my mind. The key competition at this price point is the GLC, X1/2, Q3, QX30, Lexus NX or UX and Acura RDX. Show the advantages to sales figures.

Chassis doesn't matter for a vehicle that is never going to be used with sporting intentions. The XT5 outsells the X3 easily. Cadillac doesn't (yet) have an X5 competitor. The German competition to the XT4 is all transverse FWD (X1 and GLC)... in fact, there isn't a RWD competitor to the XT4 from any brand.

Same reason the SRX went FWD: sales. The original luxury crossover, the first Lexus RX, defined the market in ways that are still palpable today. Few RWD crossovers sell compared to their FWD competition. As for the reinvention, it is ALL ABOUT a unique selling point: why Cadillac instead of BMW/MB/Audi/Lexus/Acura? The new head at Cadillac had better figure out why anyone should buy a Cadillac AND push that. No need to ape Japan or Germany on anything.

That is the problem with deeply arrogant men (especially). Only a stint in a correctional facility will actually force some humility down his throat. Yes he should be ousted from Tesla, just for being stupid and excessively arrogant and self-important.

My local BMW dealer has 21 2019 X5's in inventory and 21 are AWD. FWD/RWD is a non-factor. Nearly all SUVs are all AWD. If RWD was so great in SUVs (because assumedly people were road racing them or something), wouldn't most BMW SUVs be RWD INSTEAD of AWD??

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.

Having gone to college at Kobe University and staying with a family. I was allowed to use their son's Ninja bike as he never rode it. Japan is very small and tight on space and their Buss, taxi and train system is the best in the world. 98% of the time you do not need an auto to get around unless you are rich. Auto's are mostly for the rural areas, not the inner city where the bulk of the citizens live. I rode the lovely bike they had bought for their spoiled son on the weekends in the mountains where there is no speed limits and huge mirrors on all the corners, you just carve up using the whole road.

Maybe this will hasten Tesla's demise.