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LOL, I was waiting for people saying CR is biased and paid by certain manufacturers. You guys are so full of sh@t. These rating are based on subscribers filling out the questionnaire about THEIR cars. My friend has a subscription and he does that questionnaire every year (noting btw all the issues he had with his Odyssey and Outback). So apparently all subscribers that have Ford and GM are undercover Toyota agents or secret Asian car lovers.

I want a large back seat because I'm American and American's are large and Cadillac should know that American's are large and we need space and this compact CUV should have adequate rear seat space for everybody because they know Americans. American. Buying a Cadillac would definitely be unfollowing the crowd, for better or worse.

This isn't a report on fckn 90's cars. People always read this and then say "I had a 199X/200X car that had 200,000 miles on it and say this is an irrelevant report. This isn't about old sh!t. If vehicle A and vehicle B are both treated like crap but A lasts longer, you'd say A is better. Put a brand on it and it becomes an argument and people instantly get defensive. Laziness from the end user is not CR's fault.

Ya- dey $2995.00. Obviously I have basically no other options in that price other than 4WD.

Bill is too busy starting up his shed re-roofing business for a mid-size truck. Bill- I think bumping the rims up to 20's would fix any of the first truck's potential 'old dude' image. 2nd one is fine.

What, you think this would not sell here? ?

It is false that most fast food workers are teens. 83% are 30 years old or older. Only 17% are 29 or younger. From the NYT

I'm going to say that GM is filleting some Red Herring here. At those price premiums, the Camaro hybrid would probably not sell. But where or where in the GM lineup would there be an Alpha platform car that would use such engines and be able to command a price premium like that? Oh hi CT4/5/6...... Just because they say it's a 6.2 liter doesn't mean it's a 6.2 liter. The new 4.5 V8 from Cadillac comes in 500hp and 550hp flavors too. I like that the 2.7 might be potentially used in the Camaro. It would probably be a good CT4/5/6 engine too then.

5' 8", THANK YOU VERY MUCH! But I'm always concerned my taller friends and family have 17 spare inches of rear leg and hear room.

So the Denali has a lot of content standard and a lot of optional content. One can imagine the nightmare all the electronics will be when these are 15-20 years old and on their 3rd or 4th owner.. ugh.

CoNsUmEr RePoRtS iZ bIaSeD https://www.consumerreports.org/automotive-technology/gm-super-cruise-driver-assist-system-easier-to-use/

Actually. considering the absolute FACT that the Escalade is the go to luxury SUV, and the XT5 is I believe the #2 selling mid-size Luxury CUV.. despite the rhetoric that some try and kick.. Cadillac is really not bad off at all in CUV/SUV sales. Introducing the more up to date, until 2020, XT4 to tack ANOTHER demo.. because size matters.. was ALWAYS a no-brainer, and road to higher brand sales. Furthermore.. its not like Cadillac doesn't have the alternative sizes. If the XT4 is too small for these fat ass Americans U speak of.. then LO AND BEHOLD.. there is an XT5 or Escalade.. or upcoming XT6? So if your tall ass needs a larger back seat than the XT4, and EVERYONE of its competitors can offer your huge ass.. buy the larger fuckin vehicle sitting on the lot. I have yet to hear this lunacy over at Buick, GMC, or Chevy happening when some one is trying to buy a sized product. No sales man worth a grain a shit has a customer come in.. get into a Terrain.. say they need something larger.. and he doesn't show them the TWO.. count 'em two Acadias or a Yukon

I think that was a jab at your obsession about having enough back seat space in any vehicle for Shrek and friends.

Well, it happened 4 times today : looked at my phone at 1:11 and 3:11, saw some advertisement on TV that said the event was starting 11/11 and just sat down at the compu-machine at 11:11. - - - - -

How did this take them so long? They've been on lots for about two months now. This. Looks. Great.

Re: old man trucks I tend to think of 'old man' trucks as the most basic trim level 2wd regular cab models w/ no options. A lot of older guys liked that configuration of Ranger, for example.

I know, the 17's do look rather small now that we're all used to giant rims. And a co-worker just bought new tires for his '08 Ram with 20's (thanks Dodge for starting this expensive, 20 inch wheel trend in pickups, grrr...) and they were only $144/tire, Hankook all terrains of some sort or another, and they look good. So maybe a 20" rim is not necessarily a super expensive solution anymore.

I really see you more as a midsize truck guy.

Why would they not just sell an equinox sized vehicle as a Benz?

My first job wasn't until freshman year in college, I worked in the campus bookstore for 2 years until I got a job with the Math & Computer Science Department IT team as an assistant to the sys admin--the wonderful world of late night UNIX server upgrades, setting up computer labs, doing tape backups, etc. The good stuff..

Eventually they will hybrid all things.

3 traditional teen employment categories I never was a cog in: retail, pumping gas (NJ), fast food. Yet I worked since I was in my early-teens.

They need to stop holding SMART back as only a micro-car. Make it a full-line brand. Let it compete with Ford and Chevrolet and Nissan, etc.

2.3L EcoBoost*

For @smk4565 and I, self-driving seems a lot closer to reality than most of the rest of you. Here in Pittsburgh we see self-driving cars so often that they are no longer a novelty. It used to be a big deal to see the self-driving Volvos in downtown.... now we have vehicles from 2 different fleets testing here (Uber has suspended theirs after the fatality in another city). It's just not a big deal to us anymore to see a self-driving car.... oh... there goes another one.

The fast food places often seem to have adults and retirement age people working them around here. At local Dunkin Donuts there is a woman that appears to be from India/Pakistan and another lady from Scotland (her accent makes the drive through orders a challenge).

I can totally see the Hybrids being the way of the future for Pony cars and then a pure EV option. Would love to see Torque numbers. I see marketing is still lying to the public that HP is the focus point compared to Torque.

News may appear out of order for a bit.... or old articles may pop back to the top looking like they were published more recently. (Tesla autopilot article is my test article currently) This is not a bug. This is me testing software that will enable automatic publishing of our articles to Apple News to hopefully reach a larger audience.

Yes... aren't you like 5'5"? could probably lay you sideways.... but maybe that's the point? ?

Dang, a couple typos.

Oh the passion of 0.01% of people that "need" a self driving auto sure will push this on.

What's the rule: if a contractor sets a date, add six months. For this technology, add two or three years.

*whisper voice* I was making fun of dfelt because no matter the vehicle he complains and it surprised the back seats are large enough as if a compact vehicle was purchased it that *whisper voice* Nailed it ?

@dfelt I am sorry, but you just making empty excuses and incorrect assumptions. Chevy Traverse that is in your least reliable list recommends only oil changes up to 97500 miles, where they want people to replace transmission fluid and spark plugs. Most of the new cars are required only oil changes and checkups up to 100k miles. BTW Traverse rated bad because of the transmission issues, nothing to do with maintenance. Same issue Buick have with Enclave.

Big how big is the back seat? It's trash if I can't fit an NBA player behind another NBA player. Fckn TRASH.

Biased or are they better? @ykX You literally read my mind. I would love to see proof that these companies are biased. I don't think they're biased at all. It would only hurt them. I do think, however, that things people complain about tend to be petty on some of the "least reliable" vehicles.

Well... that's a valid question, of course. But on any trim-within-a-model scenario. Was just playing around on the Silverado configurer: Crew Cab : $2200 4WD : $600 5.3L V8 : $4095 LT trim : $4700 - which is a bunch of features & trim, some of which may overlap with with 4WD- it would take a legal pad & some time to get hard line-item numbers and avoid duplication. That's $11.6K right there. Keep in mind these are MSRP numbers- almost no vehicles sell at MSRP. Even the '19 Silverado B&P has discounted prices for some of the packages (such as All Star).

Has anyone noticed the dash of the Madza6? It pays homage to a 1964 Ford Galaxie 500. Both have almost the same clean lines.

I do think there is bias but I also think Asian cars are more reliable. Were I to recommend a car to a friend I would recommend an Asian model in most cases. And I would always steer people away from Ford products based on my internal bias.

I had no idea that CR is this biased towards Toyota. Lexus I can believe though. You would think that Honda/Acura would be a lot higher than where they are given the source. As for the domestics, CR has hated them for at least 40 years or so, with relatively few exceptions. Sometimes I wonder if they would have preferred that Detroit drown with all of the bad banks ten years ago.

Agree, I think Cadillac has finally figured out a good layout for ease of use by the driver or front passenger. He does look pretty happy with her here!

It does come across as very driver focussed and used friendly. Also...you have to love c and g. GM drops half a billion dollars to develop a new product and one page in we have lost interest in the vehicle and are talking about not women. Granted the women in question look better from behind than the caddy...

Not sure. Seeing that list makes me want another Miata.

Still...domestics need to do better...as do the Europeans

Nobody in the USA would be stupid enough to buy a new Smart car when we have so many good used cars available. Daimler should cease selling these Smart cars in NA right now and ship them to India where they belong.

LOL, what a great idea, Chevy. NOT