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Blackwings aren't 'marked up'; they're already APPRECIATING. ?

Sounds ok, as long as they don’t name something ‘Generiq’.

Hellrunner could be yours; it's for sale for $295K.

@balthazar For you, a HELL RUNNER!

HA, after clicking through the first link there's a link to those GOSH DARN GREEDY DEALERS marking up CT5-VB $35,000!

If he was so lousy and greedy, would he not want a tax credit for his vehicles to sell more? I do agree with this not not just defense specific, make cuts almost everywhere to NECESSITIES. We need to get our feet under ourselves again, imo. You know this is absolutely the same exact thing every company does. They're all corrupt and hypocritical.

Thank you, the trademark situation make sense but the IQ for intelligence is stupid, IMO.

'IC' can also imply Internal Combustion like in ICE, not the image they want for EVs... 'IQ' sounds OK....definitely better than '-E' on everything...I could have seen them having XT3-E, XT5-E, CT4-E, CT6-E, Escalade-E, etc... Ya, damp weather and cold here, feeling my 51 years of age...joint pain w/ the stairs (after living most of my adult life without stairs it's been a challenge getting used to them the last few years), etc...

'Generiq' as in 'generic'. Not 'Geriatriq' if that is what you are implying...

Feeling our age? Welcome to the group! I can respect this as I also upon coming across this in the Trademark section for what Cadillac has been up to this November made me initially say WTF. But as others have pointed out, I am far happier that they are some sort of misspelled name than alpha numeric follow the German clone's crap. I do think that Optiq and Symoliq will follow Lyriq as some sort of cuv/suv and that I can see a Celestiq as a car. I get and am happy they are not throwing away the built-up recognition of Escalade. Let's be glad they did not decide to go with Escalaiq or ESCALAIQ for the EV version.

Yes, he has the 3.0 Duramax diesel.

I didnt know how to react to these names. But I think your view on them best suits my feelings. Yes. I too am not a fan of these names. Its a source for comedic fodder. But seeing that these are some sort of a name and not alphanumerics,, its impossible for me to be hostile towards them. Yeah, I will chuckle at the thought of a CelestIQ or even at an Escalade IQ though.

This, you recycle : THIS, you save :

Bad spelling does make a defensible trademark. As for the names, I am not a fan but I am not hostile to those new names. I am glad that Cadillac is using names and NOT alphanumeric designations for their new EVs.

Ive got my reasons on why this is posted here and not in the what are you listening thread. Trolling just a little bit...

It's effected the 5.3L & 6.2L engines, across the Company. There's a reputed sub-set that affected Sept '20 thru April '21 built trucks, but some owners have claimed it goes farther back than that. Thankfully, my engine has no lifters. ?

Lovely, restored auto as an example and maybe 1 of only a handful that have been restored out of the millions originally produced and you have exaggerated my statement. Yes, many auto pick n pull yards are gone. In fact, the last one by me here on Highway 99 closed last summer after the Pandemic hit hard. The family had stated that the 50 some odd acres of auto's had more value in being scrapped, and the land being repurposed even with the ground clean up required by the EPA than the original business that was started 3 generations ago. The bulk of society has moved to a consumable and replace model and you and I who love different types of old autos and the rest of those here on Cheers and Gears are the minority. As such, just like we had our cash for clunkers to get people to upgrade to new auto's. We need a cash for scrap to clean up the farms, businesses and those places especially in the rural areas where we do find plenty of old steel autos, semi's, commercial equipment that could be better used by recycling. Those that want to hold onto old autos in storage, great it is after all your auto and your money spent to hold onto it. Yet we still have an excess of steel, aluminum, glass, etc. products sitting around on land that could be repurposed into new products. Many people are not wanting to spend the time and money to get rid of things like what you see in the images I have posted. As such, if we are going to spend taxpayers dollars, I would rather we spend it on something that would create jobs, clean up the land and have an end result benefit than just blow it on social programs that have had minimal if any results or to cover pork barrel spending that seems to be the rage now in DC. Better for the planet, better for society and the human population. Cash for Scrap.

I posted a dozen photos of vehicles David would proclaim were 'dumping fluids' & 'never get restored' (because (somehow) he knows the disposable income of everyone everywhere).... yet still got restored anyway. Funny, that. As for auto graveyards, trust me; I have a 35-yr history going to dozens of them (NJ, PA, NY) / buying parts remotely... and every one from the first 20 of those 35 years is gone. The periodic run ups on steel scrap prices plus local/state ordinances plus rising land values plus exorbitant liability & insurance costs have done away with the majority of junkyards. It's no longer a common thing; there's still some, but nothing like it was in the '70s, 80s, 90s. It's a completely different scenario now. Here’s yet another ‘never going to be restored’ because ‘nobody has any money’ (?!?!) car :

SAN FRANCISCO — Tesla CEO Elon Musk said on Monday that the U.S. Congress should not approve the Biden administration's bill to boost subsidies for electric vehicles (EVs), saying the proposal would worsen the country's budget deficit. The billionaire entrepreneur is escalating criticism about the administration and Democrats for a proposal to give union-made, U.S.-built electric vehicles an additional $4,500 tax incentive. Tesla and foreign automakers do not have unions at their U.S. factories. ADVERTISEMENT "Honestly, it might be better if the bill doesn't pass," Musk said at the WSJ CEO Council Summit. "I'm literally saying get rid of all subsidies," he said, adding that "the government should I think just try to get out of the way and not impede progress." He also reiterated opposition to a proposal by Democrats to tax billionaires. "It does not make sense to take the job of capital allocation away from people who have demonstrated great skill ... and give it to, you know, an entity that has demonstrated very poor skill in capital allocation, which is the government." https://www.autoblog.com/2021/12/07/elon-musk-ev-bill-should-not-pass/ I can't say I disagree with him. There are enough established companies with enough vehicles on the road that we do not need to be spending tax dollars subsidizing vehicle purchases.