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riviera74

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  1. riviera74
    . . . . . . . and you wonder why the Colorado/Canyon and other midsize trucks sell so well.
  2. riviera74
    The biggest demand for autonomous vehicles will probably be fleets, especially taxi fleets. Uber and Lyft may be interested since they will not have to pay ANY drivers this time.
  3. riviera74
    It is strange that some of the current CUVs somewhat resemble that Mazda 323 from the late '70s, such as the Infiniti QX30 I keep seeing at a parking lot near where I work.
  4. riviera74
    Nobody said climbing out of Diesel habits and into EVs would be easy.
  5. riviera74
    GM got beat up on the sales front across the board. Not many sales increases anywhere either. Horse, how many Fords have betrayed you over the years for yo to feel that way?
  6. riviera74
    How much does CA need so-called flyover country? Especially given that CA is a net donor to federal coffers while most of the South are net recipients of federal dollars. (Not sure about TX or FL.)
  7. riviera74
    I am glad Jeep is doing this because it seems that most gas engines in most unibody vehicles have less torque than 10 or 15 years ago. While I would prefer that torquey engine be naturally aspirated, there is nothing wrong with a smaller turbocharged engine if it will do the job and survive at least 200K miles with no major issues.
  8. riviera74
    IS BMW THAT far behind Mercedes Benz in sales? MB seems to be a luxury brand for almost every luxury buyer, whereas BMW is still luxury sports sedans (and the X SAVs).
  9. riviera74
    The Trump administration would be wise to drop the lawsuits against CARB for those emissions requirements and even smarter if that administration dropped the lawsuit against CA new net neutrality rules. I doubt they would do that but one can hope.
  10. riviera74
    Quick Question: Is the XT5 as well-equipped as the new XT4 that just came out, or are there some missing features in the larger CUV?
  11. riviera74
    You know, it is too bad that Cadillac does not have an answer for the X7 or GLK class. The Escalade is really good, but it is a BOF SUV, so that should not count. I am not sure if a (possible) XT7 should be built on the same platform as a Buick Enclave Avenir, or a longer wheelbase version. Cadillac will also need a (possible) XT3 that would be the same size as a Buick Encore just to compete against the luxury cute utes out there. Any other ideas?
  12. riviera74
    Or possibly stanch the bleeding. This will force the Board of Directors to get a real car guy that can right the ship and execute a plan. . . . . or at least find the right buyer. If Tesla needs Elon Musk, then that is a real problem.
  13. riviera74
    Same reason the SRX went FWD: sales. The original luxury crossover, the first Lexus RX, defined the market in ways that are still palpable today. Few RWD crossovers sell compared to their FWD competition. As for the reinvention, it is ALL ABOUT a unique selling point: why Cadillac instead of BMW/MB/Audi/Lexus/Acura? The new head at Cadillac had better figure out why anyone should buy a Cadillac AND push that. No need to ape Japan or Germany on anything.
  14. riviera74
    That is the problem with deeply arrogant men (especially). Only a stint in a correctional facility will actually force some humility down his throat. Yes he should be ousted from Tesla, just for being stupid and excessively arrogant and self-important.
  15. riviera74
    Elon should NOT have sent that tweet. Better to buy the stock than actually talk about buying the stock.
  16. riviera74
    Japan's auto market is hardly growing all that much AND most US cars are not made for Japan. This agreement will not change those facts on the ground at all.
  17. riviera74
    When will people learn? Car sharing is a BAD IDEA! I don't care which marque does this but NOBODY should share a car. . . . . unless you are in a place for a week or two. Cars are NOT smartphones or magazine subscriptions.
  18. riviera74
    This might be a good idea. If Audi were smart, they would apply the Horch to the Q5 and the Q7 instead of the A8. Think the Avenir trim level in Buick.
  19. riviera74
    This is no surprise at all. When leasing new and buying used is a total norm as opposed to an exception, something is very very wrong here. New car prices could stand an across the board 25% price cut. Too bad no automaker will actually make a $10K new car since there seems to be too little profit in that.
  20. riviera74
    Who is more likely to survive as a going concern in 2030? Tesla will not make it that far.
  21. riviera74
    Brands have been a thing for over a century. Badge snobbery is simply an extension of brand loyalty. The Genesis line may well be the steal of the luxury market, but most people will not see the value of near-MB/BMW/Audi for Buick/Acura pricing. A LOT of people still see the badge and still think as if it were 1999 or at least 2009. The problem is simple: NO body gets a second chance to make a first impression. Period. If Hyundai were smart, they would have studied how Toyota turned their JDM flagship into the Lexus LS400 and sold it here in 1990 and followed that formula. If Hyundai were really smart, the Genesis G90 would have been here first and then the G80 and G70 with no cheap Hyundai sedans to mess with our pretty little American heads. This is the price for starting cheap and THEN going upmarket.
  22. riviera74
    So Infiniti is out of the hybrid game. OK. Who can really challenge Lexus in this game and WIN?
  23. riviera74
    Sounds like all they did was just lengthen the car itself. When I was in a funeral train, the hearse was a stretched out Cadillac DTS. (This was back in 2007.) No difference really. All the limousine makers know what they can and cannot do with these vehicles.
  24. riviera74
    The First Generation SRX WAS a rear-drive CUV and few people bought it. Once Cadillac switched to FWD, the SRX exploded in sales. The XT5 continues in that trajectory. Few buyers want a RWD CUV; not that many buyers want a RWD BOF SUV. If you believe that an V-series Escalade will sell, somebody will have to make that case. I do not believe the sales will be there to justify that trim level.
  25. riviera74
    Livery is a nice place to bury a vehicle that is not selling. Very poor sales doomed the MKT from the start. Sorry Lincoln.
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