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Am I the only one who wonders why the Acura MDX is the best seller in this segment, followed by the Mercedes Benz GLE of all things? Is everyone a badge snob ignoring Lincoln and Cadillac, or what?

Seems like everybody liked the Ford 5.0 v8. That engine lasted in Mustangs for a really long time, at least until the late '90s.

Sophomore slump, huh? Good to know. Thanks.

I have a question: what EV should Tesla worry about the most? The expensive ones from Mercedes or BMW? Or a truly affordable EV for under $25K?

Bought or leased?

Ah yes, the Alfred Sloan model from about 1920. That worked great until homologation came in the 1970s. Maybe GM should go back to that. Maybe. . . .

So Tesla wants to be a power retailer in Texas. Given what happened this past February, Texas could use all the help they can get. As for the roadster, who buys roadsters anymore? Tesla could use either a two-row CUV or a three-row CUV to complement the Tesla X.

The last generation Trans Am cars looked so cartoonish, it was hard to take them seriously. And that was only 2003. And that was with few if any real differences between those and the Camaro.

What features and/or amenities separate a GMC Yukon Denali from a Cadillac Escalade as of right now? Essentially, what is the justification of the Escalade over a Yukon Denali?

Luxury MB only happened because Mercedes CARS were really expensive in the USA starting with their arrival back in the 1960s. They were never cheap here. Whereas in Germany, MB in many ways is more Chevrolet than Cadillac. At least VW has Audi (and a bunch of other brands) for luxury and BMW NEVER sold cheap common cars either in the USA or Europe. Reputation does sell cars. The fact that Hyundai/KIA had to create Genesis since the former two are common car marques points to the fact that the trend of MB going cheaper and cheaper is more of a disaster than Daimler realizes. Tesla is following a more successful BMW model of staying exclusive, rather than Mercedes pursuing almost every market segment. Now if only they can keep their cars from malfunctioning and catching fire. . . . Daimler did loot Chrysler----of virtually all their money. That is why Chrysler was sold to Cerberus and then FIAT. So what if Mercedes failed to build a REAL BOF TRUCK for the civilian market? They could build a real truck in Europe and/or here but they did not build a good truck that can sell. (Nissan was a mistake.) This is completely their fault and their missed opportunity.

Why BMW insisted on making their kidney grills cartoonishly MEGA, I will never understand. Does it help with sales or something?

Who will buy these EVs and will they be affordable enough to replace a lot of the used cars already out on the road?

GM has plenty of SUVs and CUVs. No need to convert a Corvette into a CUV. Now, if you want a Cadillac CUV that will crush what Tesla is offering, GM should do that instead of using the Corvette name to sell a CUV.

Then why do automakers mate a CVT with NA and turbocharged 4cyl engines so often?

Hyundai/KIA have switched to CVTs? That sucks. Have they NOT learned from Nissan's and Honda's mistakes?

By that definition, is the UX a rebadge of the Toyota CH-R as a hybrid?

Sounds like Tesla is acting more like a regular auto dealer.

Too bad Elon Musk cannot get Tesla to perform GM-level quality control.

Donated, yard sale, or just thrown away?

And yet Bose has been in Cadillac cars since 1980. At least they could be upgraded to better car speakers fairly easily. These days, it seems almost impossible to upgrade today's infotainment systems if they are weak compared to aftermarket stuff that is easily obtained. If you lease, that is irrelevant.

Until I looked it up, I was under the impression that a 1970 Impala was huge. It is only 216 inches long on a 119 inch wheelbase. Sounds almost like the size of today's MIDSIZE trucks now.

Too bad a lot of those ideas were either not implemented (4WS for 30 years) or executed poorly (V8-6-4). Nowadays GM might be looking to come back, but what GM product NOW would pull somebody out of a Toyota or Honda?

Is GM's Ultium using AC induction or DC?

I had no idea that Quadrasteer was a third-party add-on for the GMC Sierra. Good thing that GM is building this in-house this time.

Sounds like the successor to GMC's Quadrasteer from about 15 years ago. Too bad it was priced too high for many buyers to get it.