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The Tahoe is outselling the Traverse. The Suburban sells at 1/3 of the Traverse. As for a full size car comeback, I hope so. The Lucerne and STS/DTS are gone. We need a RWD full size car, preferably soon.

She has mentioned a few things have improved since Nardelli's departure.

Here is what I would like to know: Other than the ATS and that ELR concept, what is Cadillac's vision for itself? What is Cadillac's unique selling point? It makes no sense to attack Mercedes when there is no clear and obvious reason for luxury car buyers to buy Cadillac instead of Mercedes or Jaguar or BMW or Lexus. There is a reason Cadillac went from the #1 luxury car brand in 1980 to an also-ran now. I suspect there are multiple reasons for this. How does Cadillac correct these issues and succeed, rather than become pointless like Lincoln?

I know a current employee of Home Depot and she has told me stories of how Bob Nardelli screwed up a lot of things there, particularly after the mass firings of a lot of necessary people at Home Depot and the stagnancy if not cutting of wages there. Nobody there misses him there; Chrysler will not miss him either, least of all Chrysler employees.

Mercury's passing was foretold when Ford stopped selling Mercury in Canada in 2000. Whether improved profits come from that remains to be seen. As for Lincoln's fall from sales grace, there is an answer for that: Ford Australia has it. Would Mullaly do that? IDK.

When was the last Fiat 4cyl you witnessed? It is in a new car, or some old haunt from the 70s?

True. Cadillac is transitioning from STS/DTS/XLR/etc. to ATS at this point. Reminds me of Buick when the Regal/Century transitioned into the 1st-gen LaCrosse and the Park Avenue/LeSabre to the Lucerne. The larger point is that all large cars (excluding the Camaro) have sales numbers that suggest end of life, just like all of Hummer and Pontiac in the last two years thanks to section 363 of BK. As for the Malibu vs Fusion, the next-gen Malibu cannot come soon enough. I would be very concerned about this however.

GM needs this new truck out ASAP for one reason: competition. The Ranger is still around, and so is the Tacoma. The issue is value for the dollar. Given their notorious policy of discounting of Silverados and Sierras, the new Colorado (GMC Canyon too?) need to have a selling point that the larger trucks do not have at all. In theory, the new Colorado could be the equivalent of the F-series (from a sales standpoint) and be #1 in its segment. Can GM do that? I Don't Know.

Sorry if you are out of the main stream here. While most of us here will have more appeal to the coming Chevy/Holden SS RWD sedan it is cars like the Malibu that if sold in great numbers make the fun cars possible. The fact is this is the kind of car the general public goes for in great numbers and while it may not be the enthusiast favorite we need to cheer it on to help us get what we want. Some of us get the big picture and understand large auto companies can not live on performance car or even large cars only anymore. Hyperv6 is right: The Malibu and Cruze pay the bills while Holden brings the excitement. Ideally, GM builds the Commodore in North America and make it the next RWD Caprice/Impala and create a Buick and/or Cadillac variant. Sixty8panther, I also wish that GM would bring the Commodore up here too (and I think they need to), but they presently have other priorities. Mind you, bringing in the Commodore up here would effectively equal things up with Chrysler (from a product portfolio standpoint). It is easy to forget that the best selling cars in the USA since 1986 have been the original Taurus, Camry, Accord (and possibly the Fusion one day) ---- all FWD midsize cookie cutter sedans. And Hyundai is making their case with the Sonata. As for the 2013 Malibu itself, GM needs to make its push for more sales of this car right now. Ignore cookie cutter FWD at your (i.e. GM's) peril.

Given that Hyundai has completely switched to 4 cylinder engines (Genesis and Equus aside), this could be a major advantage in the MPG wars we are now in. Since it seems that a lot of customers want to save fuel (i.e. smaller engines and ideally less weight), this SPOHV makes a lot of sense. Only problem is is that the perception will probably be off again since few seem to think that an OHV is any good compared to a DOHC engine of any kind. Having said that, this would make the basis of excellent and highly fuel efficient truck engines since OHV is more acceptable there. IF GM actually puts this type of engine in all of its 4cyl cars, watch for high MPGs. That would mean higher sales overall, other things being equal. Don't believe me: Read this

Sad but true. Remember when GM felt that Cadillac did not have to compete against BMW and M-B? That led them to where they are now. Now Cadillac must be hyper aggressive in capturing market share with product. The Germans will not stand still; neither will Lexus or Jaguar.

The Sonic is the new Aveo. The Cruze replaced the Cobalt. In terms of pricing, the Sonic can be priced starting around $10k. The question has to be asked: why buy a Sonic when a Cruze is so much better?

How about this answer: HELL NO!

While I agree with you smk4565, I wonder how GM will actually differentiate the ATS from competitors so that the ATS will sell. This is 3 series territory more than anything else, so the ATS had better be spectacular.

That is a nice photochop if a Quattroporte onto an X6 body. I highly doubt Maserati would need to do this, much less actually sell it.

+1 AGREE. In the era of compact and midsize crossovers, who would buy a wagon in large enough quantities for it to be worthwhile in North America? Uh, nobody and not in large enough numbers for it to matter. The upcoming Encore (think baby Enclave) should take that role since it is a crossover.

Take the LaCrosse, just for the space and better feature set.

Not with that much rust and debris and problems. Pass. Avoid this EPIC money pit.

I hate to say this, but the creditors should take over SAAB and make it profitable. If they refuse, they can sell it off piece by piece. I do not miss Saab at all. My mom had an OK 1994 Saab 9000 CSE and then it had a weird engine problem in 1997. The car was sent back to Sweden never to return. Good riddance to that pile.

That Chief Marketer should worry about the PERCEPTION that Ford created with that ECOboost V6 and the sales it generates. Ford charges $1000 MORE than the standard V8 in the F150. GM looks behind the curve, even if that is not really accurate from a CAFE/MPG perspective. Quite frankly, GM needs to upgrade/replace that Vortec 4300 with a toubocharged V6 option and charge more for it right now, not in 2013. To most people, perception is reality. GM must combat this with creating a different perception based on product only.

I could not agree more on the Buick 231 (now 3800 series II and III). Most normal people, when they think pushrods, they think truck engines from the '70s, not the surprisingly refined 3800 series III. Now, the new 3.6 v6 can at least compete with (and at times top) anything from the competition. While putting in a six-speed Hydramatic with the 3800 would be great for us, that transmission could not fit most GM platforms since they were designed for 4-speeds from 1985. The hope is is that the 3.6 can become just as good if not better than the 3800. The 3.6 needs more torque though. As for Omega, make it a Cadillac-exclusive platform and that will be just peachy. Leave Sigma and the other global RWD to Chevy and Buick and Holden.

Lutz is no putz. Without him, better product would have been inconceivable before, during and after BK. Most of the fault of why GM needed BK belongs to Waggoner and his Board of Bystanders who should have been fired in 2002. All of them. At least GM has real leaders who actually allow better products to be released, rather than extreme mediocrity over the last 25 years or so.

The current SRX is a Theta-Epsilon while the Equinox/Terrain are strictly Theta. The current Escalade has come a VERY long way from the rebadged 1999 Chevy Tahoe: exclusive engine, exclusive feature set etc. The idea that these are rebadges like back in the '80s or 90's is a massive insult to the engineers behind both vehicles. Whether there should be an SRX or an Escalade is a separate question. Just because Cadillac no longer has a Caddy-exclusive powerplant (formerly Northstar, replaced by the stillborn Ultra V8) does not mean that Cadillac is dead. The new ATS and especially the building/development of the Converj and the Cien concepts for production attest to that!

A U.S. spec model will start production in Wentzville, MO in late 2013/early 2014. Two years from now? How about six months from now instead? Why is GM sitting on this for it to be sold here?

No. The current LaCrosse is the car to have, especially since Buick lacks a RWD flagship. Nothing wrong with the current Regal or upcoming Verano, but I would take a LaCrosse CXL or CXS over almost anything GM currently has. Cadillac does need the upcoming ATS, but it also needs a real RWD flagship too.