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A LOT of 'spires' on mid-century architecture- really cool.

Here's a thought.. How much is labor in China vs US. A bunch in sure, but with the supposed new trade agreement there will be no tariff in exports to China from US.. Hey GM.. Build the CT6 here for US and China and keep the 900+ buyers per month happy. My V is at the dealership now for a recall on the steering module. They have me in CT6 3.6l with Super-Cruise. I will post a review tonight or tomorrow. Let's just say that we are really missing out of they really kill this car. I've driven the 3.0TT in the past but this my first time in the 3.6.. It too is seriously swift to be in such a large AWD vehicle

Which is a vehicle Chevy should have had 5 years ago...

Don't think there's not a level at which Audi pulls it from the market- it's not cheap importing, servicing, certifying, stocking parts, advertising, etc for a car selling 375 copies per year and sinking like a stone.

Yup except my appliance at least has a stick shift.

The mention of a movie brought to mind some holiday movies I've watched in the last couple weeks. A couple Christmas movies (National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation--my all time favorite Christmas movie), 'Daddy's Home 2' (some funny scenes), and a Thanksgiving movie--'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'--another favorite.

So your choice is an A8 with a 6-banger for STILL way more yuan, or a twin-turbo V8 CT6. I know where I'd put my money!

Albertson Oldsmobile, corner of Sepulveda and Washington, on L.A.'s West Side. Drove past it daily when commuting to college. My parents also bought 2 new cars here. Before we were ever customers of Albertson, Dolores's had the corner. Eventually the dealership modernized and took over Dolores's property at the corner. Dolores had modernized in the meantime, too. Normal people lived in this neighborhood. People could purchase their homes. Per the funky thing at the right, the Albertson license plate placard said "Home of the famous Red Rocket" until you were sent your license plates by the DMV. This was after we moved away. I found this. And I did know they went from Oldsmobile, to Oldsmobile-Chevrolet, and then to just Chevrolet. And then they closed altogether. However, the foreign brand dealerships in the area remained. That's why it's hard to go back to my old neighborhood and look around. So many of the institutions I grew up with aren't there anymore. Frank Sanders Oldsmobile - corner of Wilshire and La Brea (yes, think "tar pits"). Look at their billboard with the floodlights hearkening to 20th Century Fox! Too funny. That was on the placard until you got your plates. Our next door neighbors bought their Cutlass Supreme here. We weren't keeping up with the Joneses ... my parents just wanted a Cutlass Supreme as well, as did everyone else. This photo was taken in 1976. Check out the Regal of the same year by the curb and the massive Ninety Eight Regency coupe in silver/burgundy in their service drive. Look beyond in the distance and see Carnation. Yes, that was their headquarters until they were acquired or merged. On a different note, I watched "Midnight Run" for the first time last night. It was insanely funny. One of my friends who is mad about gangster movies brought it over. I will have to watch it again.

The Audis don't really make sense as there are the S versions of both of those and an RS for the 7. Add those up and they're likely not on that list and it's all the same car. It's a shame about the 4C as it's a beautiful car but I completely understand why that's on the list and #1. Also, a lot of those aren't US exclusive. I know a lot of those luxury brands sell in Europe. I know the CT6 sells in China as well...not sure on those numbers. Yes. Yes. Yes. Their marketing is dog$h! outside of Cadillac.

Quite frankly I’ve seen some bonehead moves in the auto industry over the last 35 years.. but this one might just take the cake. I’m not gonna speak on crazy comebacks that didn’t get enough attention and they crashed and burned like the Oldsmobile debacle.. and how GM was gonna rename the company Aurora.. put out class leading cars like the Aurora, Intrigue and Alero.. then killed the division. We won’t talk about the super cool Trofeo Toronada.. or the bend to tree-huggers with killing Hummer instead of simply merging it with GMC. Naaaah.. I’m not gonna bring up the fact that they killed the unanimously voted best sports sedan Chevy SS.. but instead of saying “hey We have this great new platform for mid and fullsize vehicle in Alpha and Omega.. we could merge the almost as great Impala with this vehicle.. give it AWD options and engines from 4-8 cyclinders and absolutely STAB the market.” Hell they could have even went the opposite way and simply given the Impala all the options of the XTS from start, and detuned the engine for argument sake. I won’t even whisper about the fact that they had all of us luxury shoppers wishing and waiting for a full size RWD/AWD Cadillac that absolutely made us proud.. gave us one.. then turned around and gave it a super V8 engine as we had begged them for.. and hen they killed it!!! OH Wait.. That’s exactly what I’m gonna talk about. This morning I took my 2016 CTS-V to the dealership for a simple Recall procedure. No parts were exchanged, just a reprogram I’m told. The recall was for the steering module. All in all I dropped it off at 9am and they called me at 12p to let me know that it was complete. Of course I wasn’t able, nor willing to go back there to pick up my beautiful Rose. I had meeting all day, not to mention they loaned me a pristine, well equipped Black Raven 2018 CT6 Premium Luxury with Super-Cruise and a 3.6L V6. The Drive: I have driven the CT6 before, but not once had I ever driven a 3.6L for anything other than a quick test drive. The engine I’m most familiar with is the 3.0lTT, which was not on the menu today. I do have to say that if I were in charge of Cadillac’s engine choices, the 3.6L would not be in any of their cars. I say this for superficial reasons only. As a way of differentiation... I believe that Cadillac should only have forced induction offering. What that means is that in a CT6, a car coming in with a 122.4 inch Wheelbase, 204 inches long and curb weight varying from 3700-4400lbs, a 3.0LTTV6 (404HP) would be the base, and the upcoming two iterations of the 4.2L TTV8 would be its mid (500HP) and top (550HP) engine choices. All that being said.. the 3.6L actually moves this vehicle around quite well with a mere 335HP. I mean really well. That’s coming from a guy who dropped off a 650HP mid-sizer before hopping in this humongous automobile. And speaking of which. Driving the CT6 even with just 335HP, and all that length, I never felt as though I were driving a big car. Take a drive in an LS460, S-Class, 7series, or fat ass Audi A8.. U actually feel like U are driving a big car. No the case with the CT6. I almost felt like I was still maneuvering my CTS, a car that is almost 8 inches shorter. Super-Cruise: Wow. Check out my video. This is something else. I will say that GM lawyers were definitely consulted on this, but even with their certain input, the tech really works.

wow, it took them this long to arrive at 'DUH'?

Stumbled over this building- Brookhaven Miss. How cool, esp that slightly curved 'porch wall' under the overhang. I would love to have a derelict commercial building like this.

Which is a rarity in any CUV or SUV nowadays...it's cool to see the new Gladiator is available w/ a V6/manual combo. Would like to see more sticks available.

Drove a customer's 2018 Equinox LT AWD 1.5t today, around the block. I am not missing anything.

Better hurry up & get your A8- they only sold 32 units last month. At least the Conti is still near 700. I remember when I predicted the A8 would fall under 200/mnth= those were the 'fat days' at Audi. Now it may slip under 20.

I don't think the problem is with the line employees. That is the least of their problems. Being perceived as a legacy brand 20 years after they started building exciting product again by the motoring public is a much larger problem. Can you believe the C5 corvette first went on sale 22 years ago?

Pretty much dead duck, gotta wonder how long they will attempt to keep this going. In hindsight, they would have been better to not bother bringing it back at all and focused on the very old Navigator they were still selling at that time.

I don't think the problem is with UAW embracing EV's, it is the driving public.

"If you can't say anything nice....don't say anything at all." ....thankfully it is warm here in Ohio in December. About the only nice thing I can say.

Still no CVT

2.5L engine is more powerful than most of the competition. 3 will be hoot to drive with it.

The same reason that Rolls-Royce or Bentley don’t do that, they are the brand. “Cadillac” should be the hot brand people want. That is GM’s fault for trashing the brand image over the past 30 years.

The best way to prove ocnblu wrong is simple: replace the Volt with an Equinox-sized CUV at Equinox prices. Then watch the sales over the next two years.

I really liked the signage at my neighborhood Chevy store in Phoenix. 1962 photo and recent years.

Let's go ask Germans if they had any issue buying an S-class built in South Carolina, USA.

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/2019-mazda-3-sedan-hatchback-photos-info just the 2.5L will be offered in the US till the 2.0-X comes. 2.5L slightly upgraded to 188hp&ft-lbs. found this info elsewhere... i'l try to find it

That would be an excellent approach- discontinue the XTS and pump the CT6 volume up. Put it in another US plant, because I'd never buy a Chinese-built version and I don't think it does Cadillac any favors to import it.

Everybody is ASSUMING that the supposed discontinued cars don't make a profit. When/where was that ever stated? A vehicle can be 'profitable' yet still not meet the goals of the OEM and be discontinued. Happens all the time.

I do like the visual packaging on it...it does not need to be a sports car...just a performance vehicle. So let them loose him as a customer. Trying to be everything to everybody all of the time hasn't helped GM. They do not need a car for every buyer...just cars for people willing to pay a reasonable premium for. Economically it makes no sense to be bottom feeders in any market. But especially cars. I for one am curious what Cadillac has in store for us.

I'm guessing the CT6 will be imported from China. That's my guess.