G. David Felt

Maybe they could bring back Sterling.. No wait, bad idea. Shame on you for even thinking that.

I highly doubt this number as here on the west coast, the Scion is a room within the toyota dealership. Not a stand alone dealership. I wonder just how many stand alone scion dealerships with their own show room, repair facilities, etc that is not part of a larger Toyota dealership really exist? I would betcha that probably 80-90% are a dealership within a dealership. So cost would probably be low to kill off a slow selling product line.

Agreed, small things you find on the ATS should not happen at all on a car this size. I understand the dash and seats are not production capable, but I do think they can get it close and hopefully show something at the Detroit auto show.

Like I said, time for them to have an entry level line of auto's under a different name. My Choices for a new Economy line of auto's with high gas mileage: Cheetah Sphynx Burmese Calico I think these would all play well as being entry level to Jag's.

Nothing wrong with being metro, I can chop wood and live in the forest off the land with the best of them, but I also love to dress up and look dashing from time to time. Always did enjoy GQ magazine. Course being a photographer, it is nice to see what others see through their lens from time to time. So yes, us Shrek real men read GQ

Nothing wrong with Younger drives, makes one stay fit to keep up. Sounds like a life of servitude. Washington State made it illegal for one to change a tire on the side of the road with out safety lights and markers. You are supposed to call Washington State Patrol if you do not have a service like AAA or Costco's Ameriprise Auto insurance that covers things like a tire change, tow etc. Sadly, I have seen many WSP show up and stick their nose out so you are safe, but sit in their car watching while you change your tire. Personally, I have no problem changing a tire and calling to get my own tow. I made both of my kids change tires when learning to drive and my 30 year old daughter is proud that she could if needed change her tire, but so far has not had to deal with that. Dad, makes sure proper inflation and when I wash the auto's I check for things like nails/screws.

I agree Cubical, it is pretty cool to see the differences of the two auto's. I personally do not like the chrome stripes they are throwing around everywhere. I tend to like my performance cars monochromatic. Only the rims should be chrome or black chrome depending on the color of the car.

Interesting Dwight on the Mazda motor.

I actually like the new emblem with out the wreath and I do not care for the badge with a V under it, through it, etc. I think this new badge is a clean modern take that will appeal to more people and not hold onto some of the marketing baggage. I wish this baby the best for a solid quality launch ASAP as I believe there is money on the table waiting for an auto like this.

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Awesome review, glad to hear they still have it and I agree with Ocnblu, they need to ignor the main stream and stay with their niche. Question for you, how bad does a person take it when trading in a car like this with only 3000 miles? Do they loose a few thousand off what they pay or is it more? I understand the Jones / Jones competition makes people feel they have to have the same type of auto everyone else is driving but the depreciation hit on a new car makes me cringe when I see cars like this traded in only months after buying it. Talk about buyers remorse.

I agree with you Drew, having a FWD appliance to meet emissions will hurt not help their luxury name. Better to come out with a new subcompact line of product so Jag does not drop into that also has FWD appliance area. Why not come out with a Cheetah line of CUV's and FWD/RWD low priced appliances.

I would agree with you that usually the last captain of the ship while being a solid captain ends up taking the blame for anything that went wrong and is ignored for those things that went right. Good to hear that the record is being set straight.

In looking at the front, I see the point your making as it does seem to have that and the new emblem does flow with the front grill. Very nice over all. This weekend my Cadillac dealer had a customer appreciation party with music, food and test drives along with an old car show/competition. Will post pictures in another thread, but back on topic, I talked with many who had not heard about the ElMiraj and when they looked at it, they loved it. There were many old 60's and 70's Eldorado's there and this new car was a huge hit. Interesting is that many of the owners of the old Eldo's thought it would be a good car to have that name on it, but they also felt the Eldorado was history now and a new name would be better. It was unanimous that people from the NW Cadillac club all felt GM needs to go back to names and drop this letter naming of the cars. Younger people I talked with like this concept but felt it should be a simple designation letter to fit the family. Some even suggested they drop Escalade and just go with ESV or ES depending on the body. Young are so not in tune with the auto industry.

Lovely, Simply Lovely

Actually, I can fit in the corvette which is surprising to me, same with the XLR I could fit in. So I do believe that if they spent just a little more time they can get the seats and comfort to fit more people and still haul cargo. I had a friends mom sold on the SRX, but then she ended up going with the Infinity due to the new design, they increased the interior rear space so that you can get golf bags in it and still haul 5 people. The first FX35/45 was worthless for hauling anything other than groceries. Yet many of the people buying these lead active lives and I think Cadillac needs to rethink how they do the interior space on the SRX. I think there is allot of wasted space covered up. Get a Lacrosse Shaq fits. I am 6 foot and have more than enough room and have had a buddy that is 6.5 in our car and he fits fine. The real issue is the present platform caters to the rear seat room more than cargo. GM took the path that people haul people more than cargo and if anything added almost too much rear passenger room. Out Terrain is limo like. Like it or not the first SRX failed and failed hard. While not a bad vehicle it was not what the public wanted. Sales of the latest model were so much better with the formula that the market wants. I have the first gen SRX and Love it, will not be getting rid of it any time soon. The 2nd gen might be a sales success, but is a failure to me. Big rear blind spots and a lack on interior space for big people and cargo.

Wow, ugly as always, way too small and now they destroy the GQ of real men with this pathetic sewing machine engined wanna be car.

Interesting, but would not push me to buy one.

Two main draw backs to the current SRX both come to what is Interior Space. Old SRX you could easily get 4-6 bags of golf clubs and still haul 5 people. Today's SRX you loose the back seats to get golf clubs in for just two. The interior space might be fine for a couple of 5'8" tall adults, but you would still loose the back seats to get sets of golf clubs in the auto. Try getting in a 6'6" tall person like me and no one can sit behind me, but they can in the first generation SRX. While Cadillac clearly gave the public what they wanted to buy, they also took short cuts.

Very cool, will have to check it out. Look forward to hearing what you think once your done reading.

Interesting, seems to be implying that men are no longer men unless you do this.

Interesting idea Dwight, something to think on.

That is good to know Balthazar, sounds like it might still have potential. I agree with you that if Roger gets more pics please post them.

To me they seem to just be another Jelly Bean blending in with the rest of the mid level luxury auto's.