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On a much better note, I am out of my arm sling officially. Have another follow up visit in two weeks and then start two to three months of physical therapy. That I am not looking forward to that because I still can’t raise my arm above shoulder height without severe pain but I’m sure they are to “make it” get there lol.

People are free to waste as much of their OWN money as they want. But when you waste OTHER’S money, that’s theft in my book.

Lord thank you I don’t need flashbacks to the 90s internet boards..... ?

American Supercar ~

This '66 GS is in Hemmings, billed as being meticulously correctly restored to factory spec. Asking price is $110K ~

Well when we trust government to spend our money, waste comes under much more scrutiny. At least, it should.

Those are crazy assed prices... I get it... its California...

I don't worry about 0 to 60 or raw horsepower that much. As long as the power is smooth, instant, and "sufficient", the rest of the experience matters more.

Not true!

So my son is reading C&G over my shoulder and asked me what the green numbers meant// Me: It means that that posted stuff that people like Kid: Then why is yours so low? I guess no one likes you.... Gee thanks kid....

If there is one good thing about living in the convection oven known as the Arizona desert is that the pool temp is at a perfect 84 degrees. Makes the therapy that much more enjoyable.

What I am surprised by is the retention of the 3.6 (LGX) engine. I would have guessed that Caddy will phase out the 3.6 (LGX) engine in favor of their newly minted and neutered 3.0TT across the board. They BOTH make exactly 335 hp although the neutered 3.0TT makes 400 lb-ft (quite a bit more than the 285 lb-ft managed by the 3.6 Naturally aspirated engine. I can kinda understand with the XT5 and XT6 given GM's lack of a 400 lb-ft transverse automatic transmission. Unless they want to buy Ford's 8-speed 8F57 they are kinda stuck with these sub-300 lb-ft engines. But, this is not an issue with the longitudinal CT6 and will be consistent with the CT5 and CT4 lines -- with the CT6 base engine being the CT5 premium engine.

You mean to say if a comment wasn't quoting or directly at somebody then it was merely a comment? Take note of your own comment. You take things people say like they're directed at you. You just assume they're directly at you.

I didn't post this story because it's not gonna happen.

Starships were meant to fly! That is no longer true ever since scientists have discovered bacteria that burp hydrogen.

The changes are for 2020. They dropped the base model for the rest of 2019. The lowest trim you can get now is Premium Luxury.

Why does their website show a different starting price? They should have dropped the 3.6 and detuned or tuned the 3.0 to any number they wanted that had more than 300tq. 350/350 seems easy enough.

Now this is Luxury worthy of being a Standard of the World!

I don't mind the engine so much. I'd rather a 301hp V8 that is buuuuuuter smooth than a turbo V6 that I have to wait for the lag before I get my power

Mercedes is staying in the taxi cab market for a long while. It's that volume that keeps the lights on and the only way Mercedes can survive. Cadillac doesn't need to build for the taxi market.... Chevy can do that. (though local taxis seem to have gone Nissan/Hyundai)

Well at $59,900, the 2020 CT6 comes with a V6 base and rakes the E-class over the coals in space and comfort. There is no 2020 XTS.

Not beating on the E-Class for taxi duty... that makes it durable. But a certain someone likes to point out how many e-classes are sold each year in comparison to a certain domestic luxury brand that doesn't build vehicles for taxi duty, and if they did, would get raked over the coals for it. It's merely pointing out the double standard of that certain someone.

Chew stain? Chewing tobacco.

The Cadillac CT6 has been in the news a lot lately. First it was potentially canceled as its home factory in the U.S. is slated for closure. Then there was the Cadillac Blackwing V8. Most recently it has dropped both the base 2.0T 4-cylinder and the mid-range (now that there is a V8) 3.0 twin-turbo V6. With all of those changes, there is bound to be some price changes to accompany them. For 2020, the CT6 will see a base price rise of $8,500 over the 2019 model to $59,900. With that rise, the base engine becomes the 3.6 liter V6 and AWD standard. It is also adding about $3,500 worth of active safety equipment as standard. Moving up to the Premium Luxury model will add $12,000 to the price tag but comes with Cadillac's famous Super Cruise automated driving system, the rear seat package, the Comfort and Technology package, and the 34-speaker Panaray sound system. At $75,490, that's actually a $2,500 discount on those packages over the 2019 model. The top model, the CT6 Platinum will come standard with the Blackwing V8, replacing the 3.0 twin-turbo on the spec sheet. It also gains 20-inch wheels that were optional last year. While the future of the CT6 is murky, the fact that GM continues to make improvements to the model gives us hope that it will live on. View full article

Yup, just like the G-Wagon was OLD!

Nice. 1999 was a long time ago though... I almost took a job in Bellevue in in late-2000s, but wifey couldn't find anything that paid as well as she was making so we stayed in CA. In CA, today, $1.5M is a middle income neighborhood. If you want to live where the doctors and VPs live it's about $3~5M. To rent an apartment will cost you about $3K a month. If you make about $300K a year (combined) you'll be OK. $300K is about $180K after tax or about $15K a month. Your mortgage will be about $8K so you'll have $7K left over to get a pair of cars, pay for insurance, eat out, pay for child care and the like. Anything less and you are the working poor.

I only buy Forclosed homes, as I gut them, make them to what I want and live in it pocketing the value by doing most work myself. I have only ever lived in 1 new home due to a promotion and move to Texas, cheaper to buy new than rent short term. Auto's, I can go either way, CPO if the car is in amazing shape, clean still has that new car smell and very low miles. Since I hold onto my auto's, AKA still have my first major auto purchase, from 1993, a 1994 GMC SLE Suburban, I also like new as the original owner. Course I have also bought CPO such as my 2008 Trailblazer SS. Out of production when I was shopping for an AWD fun SUV for the wife and as a 3yr old CPO with only 24K miles on it and still smelling new, it was a steal during the gas price craziness in 2010. Most people wanted small fuel efficient and I could care less about price of gas. Got a steal of a deal.

Agreed, I think the turbo V6 makes more sense, especially when pretty much every other big luxury sedan has a turbo V6. As far as pricing I think what they did makes sense because really they are dropping option packages and just making all this stuff standard so they have fewer build combinations to worry about as this isn't a high volume car, I don't think they want 100 different option combos to worry about. Speaking of depreciation, 2018 Infiniti Q70's which have a base of $51,000, so you know most stickers are at least $55k, now sell for $25-30k and those are like 10k miles. That is $25k drop in one year, haha.

Or maybe this is what the CT6 will stay this way for a long time to come, especially for the all-new CT6 that will come sometime in the future.

“Was funny” to you and you alone. You were trolling and honestly you aren’t fooling anyone given the things you have said to me in the past that were definitely not humorous in nature. It has jack to with feelings. It has everything to do with showing a little common decency but the concept appears to be lost on you. We can just agree to disagree here and leave it at that. I’m getting in my pool for a while and doing my own physical therapy. Have a good day (seriously).

I think you put a wrong picture @balthazar. Here is the correct picture

Yes ccap, I knew what dfelt meant by the chew stain remark, was trying to make him dig himself a deeper hole by playing dumb and asking him to remark further.

These are actually good moves by Cadillac. The price increase was expected since they were dropping the four pot. Making AWD standard on the base 3.6L is a very smart move. Whether it helps sales or not is another matter in this CUV world but it’s a smart move nonetheless.

No, it wasn't. 2007 F150 w/ 5.4 made 305hp/365tq 2007 Silverado w/ 6.0 made 322-360hp(depending what you bought)/373-382tq. 2007 Ram made 345hp/375tq These were all the biggest baddest versions at the time. Yeah, the Merc 5.5L was 380ish but I don't think 301 would be considered dated in 2007.

Only the LC500 gives that grill a proper look IMO. The rest of them should be taken out back and beaten with a shovel.

So with the XTS going away, are they going to offer the CT6 or Escalade for hearse/funeral home limo conversions?

Because this article is about the 2020 E-Class which is not yet for sale. There will be like 3 months of production overlap. Why are you insisting on comparing a new vehicle to something that already has an end date announced. But if you insist... the XTS STILL has a more powerful engine at a substantially lower price than the E-Class.

I was not crazy about the previous Colorado, namely the I5 but I would have the new one (or its Canyon twin) in a heartbeat if I were in the market for one. I got a lot of behind the wheel time in them last year when I was working part time at a nearby Chevy dealership. Drove the bass four banger, the V-6 (my personal preference), and the diesel (surprisingly spry but just not a diesel fan). They all share good traits, like a great ride and common sense and well laid out controls. I don’t get the criticisms about the look personally. It’s a truck, not a luxury car. As long as it’s put together well, that’s more important than the look and “soft touch” materials. Yes chewing tobacco, the most disgusting use of a useless product. Hell, I’m personally glad that I never even smoked a cigarette, especially during my first 35 years in the biggest tobacco producing state in the country (NC).

Doesn't change things. XTS is a dead Merlette. IF Cadillac continues rental fleet sales, it will be with the CT6, with a much more powerful V6 and more space.

If so.... ew....

There's also that Nissan Frontier level interior.....

FINALLY

Narrator: This is false.

I think all brands are going to be hurting by the end of the year......

I agree 100%. Both were garbage forty years ago and they clearly have not improved upon that reputation.

Sorry it's a little late guys, had a busy day at work.