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riviera74

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  1. riviera74
    It is a bright idea. Dealer franchise laws do need to go. Cadillac can survive if not thrive on about 500 dealers. The little guys need to disappear.
  2. riviera74
    Why would anyone turn an Impala into a crossover or wagon these days? How would Chevy justify the Equinox?
  3. riviera74
    Maybe GM will fix all issues with the Cascada either next year or the year after. That 4cyl has to go though, since it is as weak as any motor as they always push in displacement-constrained European markets.
  4. riviera74
    So nobody wants to buy a midsize car, and every automaker is making cash hand over fist with crossovers and SUVs. Maybe every automaker should move their midsize car production to Mexico and pocket the difference. Ford already does with their Fusion.
  5. riviera74
    Is this LT1 being used today? And in which models?
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    Cmicasa, I agree that the Impala should be on Omega and essentially replace the SS (or create an Impala SS trim level and make us proud). Your ideas on the CT5 should also be implemented ASAP. I personally find it sad that it seems that everyone is running for the CUV (and even sadder that consumers wish to buy or leas them). It reminds me of the SUV craze of 1991-2008. When driving around town, it is increasingly difficult to see around anybody because they all insist on driving in a CUV or an SUV.
  7. riviera74
    While I do agree with you, what is the reason people should take the extended warranty if purchased instead of the debit card? I know from elsewhere that leased customers will only receive the debit card.
  8. riviera74
    A lot of large corporations are pursuing the idea that courts are to be replaced with mandatory arbitration, especially in the technology sector. Since you seem to believe that tort reform is the answer to this and other issues, are you willing to push for mandatory arbitration? Just remember that mandatory arbitration is completely biased in favor to those who pay the arbitrator, and very seldom said arbitrator is pro-plaintiff.
  9. riviera74
    Count me in for the Cadillac XT5 as a substitute for the Jeep GC Edition. The interior is fab, but I must admit I would NOT use plum for the seats. I forget which GM car it was, but the Cocoa Brown spoke to me much more than that plum.
  10. riviera74
    What does Cadillac mean to me? I think the better question is: why should a luxury auto buyer buy Cadillac over Lexus and the Germans? Solve that riddle and Cadillac will do even better than ever.
  11. riviera74
    IOW, Chrysler still can't build GOOD Small Cars since the 1970s. Good Midsizers have eluded them since around 1990.
  12. riviera74
    OK. Then why does anyone buy Dodge trucks or Ram trucks at all when Chevy/GMC is obviously better?
  13. riviera74
    I would say that this may well be the real economic issue of our times: who's economy is it anyways? The 1% decided about 40 years ago that loyalty to maximum profit shall tower above all else. Don't believe me? Head to Youngstown OH after September of 1977 ---- after six steel mills shut down with NOTHING to replace them. Then look at the decline of all the factory towns since then, especially those that have found no real alternative to being a factory town. You see discontent (if not anger) over all sorts of things because the USA MFG sector is about a third of what it was in 1970 and MFG employment is about a tenth or even less, compared to 45 years ago. The typical economist answer is to change jobs and skill sets, but what if you cannot afford the education required to be a computer coder or a nurse? What about your children? As much as anyone likes to reminisce about a particular time (for me it is the 80s not the 70s), those times have passed. Those who say that we have unfair trade agreements with China may have a point. Free trade with developing nations has sent a whole lot of otherwise domestically based jobs overseas because they have (once very) cheap labor and the fairly rapid rise of automation (especially in the last 25 years or so). The working class need to make a living, not live under near-impoverished conditions. The underclasses need that even more so. What they see is rising costs and stagnant or falling wages combined with the fact that many of them are increasing unemployable. The question I have is simple: what is to be done and how can we get that done? I have no answers for this set of economic problems, simply because I don't know. By the way, I personally would rather live now than 30 or 40 or 60 years ago. What many see as difficulties can become (with the right ideas and execution) long-term opportunities.
  14. riviera74
    Which nations need RHD anyway?
  15. riviera74
    Why did GM kill the Avalanche and ditch QuadraSteer on GMC trucks?
  16. riviera74
    So why do Europeans in general (and Germans in particular) prefer wagons over crossovers?
  17. riviera74
    One Q: What does Honda have to offer that GM actually needs right now? 30-35 years ago, the answer would be dead simple: experience making small cars. GM no longer needs that. Remember that Honda itself is more engine maker than car company. Honda makes a LOT of different types of things. They may need a partner, but I am not sure what GM needs from them.
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    Given that I was born in December of 1974, I am not sure what car was anything special then. It seems to me that the better cars either came a lot earlier (pre-72) or later (waiting for the 80s). Sigh. Most cars in 74 were either too big or poor performers or too small to be worth it. Am I right that there was a lost decade in cardom?
  19. riviera74
    Oh thank goodness for that. I have never understood why the XTS was not a Buick in the first place. Less weight is always a good thing.
  20. riviera74
    About the growth in size: Car size growth has happened all over the automotive landscape for decades. My concern is the new LaCrosse. The new LaX is based on the new Malibu?! Why not the XTS/Impala instead?
  21. riviera74
    Given that Toyota generally does not make diesel engines for any of its consumer products, it will still be just a dream for any Aussies who want a Tundra. GM should send the Colorado/Canyon down there with a diesel option. Maybe the SIlverado too.
  22. riviera74
    It would have to be a Lambda, not a Theta. A Chevy Traverse Police SS with a TTV6 would do the job nicely.
  23. riviera74
    GM never has intended to sell the car in quantities, all the magazines have confirmed it. It wants to give the perception that "we tried" but customers ran away from it. Therein lies the problem: GM has never marketed the SS at all. Few people know about it, so the SS does not sell at all. This is quite sad, especially given that gas is south of $2.50/gallon these days. If GM would market the SS at least as hard as the new Colorado, they might actually sell some SS models.
  24. riviera74
    Other than the 350Z and Skyline, why is NISMO necessary? A NISMO-tuned pickup is a little out there, whereas a NISMO-tuned CUV or SUV is simply insane.
  25. riviera74
    .......Monica Bellucci can be the hot soccer mom MILF driving it. Then again, this Jaguar sports tourer (EU, not US) could actually be a good thing.
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