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  1. Really? None? Eh you're right CTS and the new CT cars do look a hellava lot better 😎
  2. I was going to say, never looked back? Have you seen the trunks in the CT6 and CT5 or even the 2008 or 2014 CTS? They're YUGE!! Lol! CT6 CT5 2014 CTS 2008 CTS
  3. I can't stand the hatchback look on any sedan. The DRL LED bars that go that far up the front quarter panel is a unique design taken from the whole Cadillac line of vehicles that they've had since the 2008+ CTS and 2013+ ATS now CT4 and CT5, 2010+ SRX/XT5 and new XT6 as well as 2015+ Escalade and the full width taillights are also pretty similar to the current Charger. I also see the Charger front hood line and even the Mustang inset grille look in the side view of front end. I guess they can all take it as a compliment, but Hyundai/Kia always mix like 4 or 5 different competitors makes and/or models nearly identical design cues into each of their vehicles which makes a weird Frankenstein like look, the Koreans need to spend more on R&D and stop taking identical design cues from everyone else, they're the worst about it.
  4. Of course not, but the upper echelon at the union they join won't be any better. I think we all can agree with that.
  5. Dynamic Torque Control AWD borrowed from RAV4 that was borrowed from the Subaru Torque Vectoring AWD system. Dynamic TORQUE Control AWD with a non turbo 4 BANGER sure is a contrasting description...
  6. Well, something needs to change...unions aren't what they used to be about...it's all about upper management GREED anymore, not the workers or the company employing them. https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/6101444253001/#sp=show-clips
  7. Good Lord somebody tell them to stay with a private workforce...wouldn't the recent GM UAW Strike be any kind of warning?! Wake up Workhorse Board of Directors!! https://www.autoblog.com/2019/11/11/new-lordstown-plant-owner-ev-truck-workforce-likely-to-be-unionized/?utm_source=spotim&utm_medium=spotim_recirculation&spotim_referrer=recirculation&spot_im_comment_id=sp_K1uZhoSA_2184869_c_OsS3iQ
  8. I've noticed that Hyundai/Kia copy every car and CUV out there and always have. Cues from Honda, Ford, Chevy, even Audi and MB with the Genesis line I think it's the G80 that has the MB look. Kia Telluride looks like a CT car with Cadillac signature vertical taillights in back and Hyundai Palisade front end has the similar Cadillac signature vertical LED light bars. Both awkward looking to me on the road. Even the name Palisade...Escalade...dream big Hyundai. LOL!
  9. 29 on 12th Anniversary! Nice! 😀 Yeah, the News weatherman says there's a cold snap hitting the Upper Midwest and NE. It was 85 here today haha, actually warmer than normal usually mid to upper 70's by now, but I'll take 80's any day, love it and still only 25 - 30% humidity too.
  10. Happy belated Birthday Drew! 29 again? 😁 Is that Winter storm hitting you guys out there today?
  11. Quadrasteer on the Sierra was awesome, a buddy of mine had one. It was a pretty cool feeling the way the back-end of the truck kind of had a sliding around effect behind you instead of just trailing and the smaller turning radius made it drive like a midsize truck. It was a pretty expensive option and like you stated was never marketed correctly. I wonder how many are actually out there, I still see them with the slightly bulged rear fenders every once in a while. Same thing with the Volt/ELR. They could have had great marketing on them, but never did. Voltec should have started with the expensive but not so expensive ELR then came out with the less expensive 4 door cousin, the Volt a few years later, but the bean counters thought different and were wrong again. The ELR had great fit and finish and was beautiful inside and out, the interior with leather wrapped everything, real wood and real carbon fiber was awesome and blew away the Model S in that regard. They spent hundreds of millions of dollars on the Voltec platform just to kill it 8 years later. I'm sure a version of it will be back at some point, but who knows. Bean counters at GM be damned!
  12. Looks like a wrap or Plastidip they spray right over the factory paint and you can pretty easily peel them off. It looks like the top is still factory clear though. Looks like a shinier sheen compared to the dull reflection on the hood. Flat black rattle canned the grille. Either way it's low maint. probably doesn't have to wash it by hand all that often, the gray matches the gray your car will be after one run down a soaked Seattle freeway. Pretty funny there are at least 3 gray cars in the pic! That's one thing I don't miss, is that you'll never have a clean car for more than a day in the PNW.
  13. He's older than me by 3 years so I had to jab him with that! 😂 I remember those stodgy Peugeot diesels with that saggy back end and a constant black cloud behind them! Ha! Pretty ugly car, but the diesel never stopped running. Ram needs a baby Ram with proper dimensions. The Jeep Gladiator with the funky look of the bed hanging way too far past the back axle and the $50k+ price tag just isn't gonna cut it.
  14. Not defending just stating facts that you missed or weren't aware of. Apparently you missed the part where I stated that Honda's are reliable? If I was just defending Chevy or GM biased why would I talk about Honda's like that or state that I like other cars like Alfa Giulia's, Aston's or Ferrari's? Rattle on ya old Canuck! 😜
  15. You like to write the novels don't ya?! 😂 I have to say many Americans disagree on cars and trucks with y'all Canadians up North. Many would also disagree that the C7 is ho-hum, in any trim, it sold very well until word of the launch of the ME C8 came out so people waited for it. Camaro will soldier on just fine. There was a Cruze RS. Gas is relatively cheap here, but sedans don't sell well, so why dump a bunch of money into a segment that nobody wants? Malibu isn't designed to be a performance car, having no V6 is a bummer because I4's are lame, but it's most likely because the past Admins. CAFE regs that GM had to try to hit by offering 4 bangers so we could still have V8 Camaro's, Corvettes and Silverado's. Current Blazer RS AWD has the avail. 308 hp SAE V6 and sportier distinct trim (SAE certified are always rated slightly lower than actual output) all GM powerplants are SAE certified something Ford can't claim who is known to fluff their numbers. Current Tahoe RST sport model comes with the 6.2L 420 hp and distinctive trim and whether you think they are ho-hum or not, are the best selling fullsize SUV in America and the Suburban is the longest running nameplate in history of the automobile so seems like GM has that plenty figured out. Escalade has a sufficient amount of ponies now with the 6.2L and a V model is coming with the new model for 2021. Where's the Raptor V8? Is what you should be saying that TT V6 is a joke and sounds horrible, exhaust sounds like a coffee can ricer EVERYBODY I talked to about it says that whether a Ford guy or not. Taurus is already dead Fusion is set to die off this year or next. Camry (Toyota's in general) with it's spindle grille is god awful has a slug of a unreliable V6 and sales are waning. Honda's although reliable don't have a V8 so in turn don't sell a ton of V8's like GM does to have to lower their average CAFE with a I4 car so their V6 is their V8. On another note I used to own a 1986 Chevy square body 3/4 ton long bed P/U 350 with Turbo 400 trans., that thing was a solid beast and took a beating, it was straight and rot free in 2002 when I let it go, I should have kept it. I've always liked and wanted a K5, I'll have one someday.
  16. Ok, after reading this C&D write-up about the Giulia QF I'm over it. Bad bearings in rear diff. at 10k mi. while at the dealer for 31 DAYS then multiple electronic bugs with gauge cluster lighting up like a Christmas tree that go away once at the dealer? Other than the sweet sounding TT engine it's a dud. Too bad Alfa... https://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/a23145269/alfa-romeo-giulia-quadrifoglio-reliability-update/
  17. Just saw a new Alfa commercial with the Giulia ripping around with the 4C and the Stelvio. Giulia is a pretty awesome looking car and if the Quadrifoglio performance is awesome too. They don't market the car well at all, I think it's the first new commercial I've seen since the Giulia launched years ago.
  18. Yeah that new model of an iconic Chevrolet in your signature is pretty ho-hum LMAO! Chrysler is too little too late like I mentioned before. What do they manufacture that moves us emotionally? For some the 300 tugs on the heart, but for many it does nothing for us and it doesn't sell well enough to stay around. There are people who don't like Chevrolet that love the Corvette which has a faithful following and the Camaro has a pretty faithful muscle car following as well, 2019 sales don't have anything to do with that like some may think. Silverado sales will rebound nipping on the F Series arse again with a full ramp up in production for 2020 with more trims and powertrain configurations now available and more plant space for production now that the K2XX is phasing out. Same with Dodge it has a faithful muscle car following and should be able to last for a while longer with Challenger and Charger. All the other brands you mentioned are pretty stale and boring except for a couple BMW's like the new Z4 and the M3 that's still a pretty solid offering. I say H3LL no to the smaller French cars Peugeot, Citroen and Lancia here in the U.S., like you said Fiat and Alfa didn't sell and neither will they.
  19. Saw a Fiat 500L driving today. Has to be one of the ugliest cars on the road right now! The NHTSA crash test is horrible too. Couldn't pay me to drive one.
  20. Fiat, Alfa, Chrysler hacked in U.S. to start, too little too late for the Pentastar. Predict Dodge gets saved using Giorgio plat., still have some pretty faithful Chally followers and officers of the law for the Charger.
  21. Appeasing all the share holders. Changes have to be made and the guillotine has to drop eventually.
  22. I just got done reading the same in an Auto News article. Sounds like Carlos is just trying to keep all the investors happy. No extra immediate shock waves with the merger etc...
  23. 8- 10 years is fine seemed to me like it was the same everything since 2005 and PSAFCA, if that's what they are going to call the new conglomerate, will drop the LX and build the same old 300 on the Giorgio platform like the new Chally and Charger will be on. I'm betting Chrysler will eventually get the axe along with Fiat and Alfa here in the U.S. Seems like PSAFCAXYZ 😜 will need to cut the fat being that all 3 makes pull from the Corp. coffers. I really don't think we need anymore auto makes in this country, seems to be getting a little out of hand. Do we really want Peugeot back here?! 🙄
  24. Yep. Even 10 years ago it wasn't as bad as it is now. In 2009 you could still buy a brand new loaded Silverado LTZ, 6.2L, Leather, Sunroof, 4x4, Crew that was stickered at $50k for $45k, now to get the same with leather it's stickered at $55k+ and with HC trim it's $60k - 68k. It definitely will not sustain at this rate, it's going to place many people out of the market and already has for some. I think all the fullsize truck manf's. know their pricing is ridiculously high and that they also know they are going to slap $10k+ on the hood right off the bat to make it look better to buyers as well as the banks financing them and in the end they're still raking in huge profits. It's all about Sales and like Balth stated it's a Marketing ploy as well.
  25. The C8.R pic you posted is going to look very similar to the "Zora" C8 ZR1. Can't wait!!
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