G. David Felt

Welcome Ashwin, great to have you here.

Inbred

Channeling Dinah Shore, eh? Sure why not, anything to help get people off their butts and out to see the real world.

The VSport is the right way for them to go. Build off the V marketing and know you have a better performing auto than most but not the legendary V. This is a right move for them.

Or the EPA like all Gov agencies just does not like admitting that they are not perfect and that they do have errors in their process.

As much as this would be great and I think the crazy tax's on Diesels needs to be dropped, I doubt it will make an impact.

Interesting page take from FORD corporation. Guess they think they are the new auto company of the 21st century which is not far from true.

Interesting as this may be, I still think this is a waste of investment if you try to get this company to grow and compete against the rest of the auto industry heavy weights. At this time, better to buy up the rights and intellectual property if there is any and roll it into an existing auto line. I think Lutz would be the only one who could really make this work by using the format for CUV/SUV and trucks.

No matter what engines they put in it, it is still a limited appeal auto for a limited market and I do not see it growing much.

Interesting but a good way to build marketing presence before you have the full family ready for the market.

I see a modern take on the wagon. Not a bad way to bring back the station wagon.

Be interesting to see how long before the EU and US decide it would be better to just have one strict standard and try and enforce it the world over. I can see why the Dealers here want this car, after all there is huge demand for these small luxury auto's even if they are over priced and not worth the coin.

Lincoln has a long way to go to get to being a luxury brand. Good to hear they are admitting that most of the auto's are pigs with lipstick on them from the Ford Pig pen.

Nice write up William. I agree with Z that you really are improving on your reviews. Comment/observation is that people complain about the Impala steering wheel and this one is freaking plain Ugly and talk about a BORING INTERIOR! Amazing the comments on the Impala thread and yet no one here even mentions just how blah /Ugly this interior is.

If GM can sell an Impala for 40K than more power to them. They need to also remember the starter needs and make sure there are small cars and trucks of quality in the 15-18K range to get young people into the fold. Make sure they are fun and exciting and people will get back into the habit of buying auto's. Biggest problem is that todays youth would rather be wasting time with the garbage of Facebook, sexting and other crap than seeing the area they live in and hanging out with friends and learning how to have social skills of interacting with people. This is our current LOST GENERATION of AUTO buyers. This is what will hurt the auto industry if they do not get the youth into seeing the auto as what it is, a Freedom machine. Just got back from a friends wedding in Santa Barbra CA and I drove down in two days and back in two days. Now that my friend is married and they are driving up since all her stuff was moved up by movers, they have been on the road for two days and only made it to Yreka just south of the Oregon boarder. Be interesting to hear why it took them so long. I suspect his new wife is not a road trip person considering that her whole life has been in Santa Barbra and she has never gone any place else. Auto Industry has got to show how good auto's like the Impala are for more than just in town driving. Get out and see America!

... or bus passes or walking shoes. Anything other than letting them on the streets where they muck things up and cause problems.

I think this person has watch a few to many time's, Mad Max series.

Interesting, time to pull up a chair to see his response to the Gov Goons.

Be a sad day when we need these jobs compared to being able to go out in the world and enjoy life.

Jag is a label much like Coach purses. people who buy them are mostly unaware of the engine and cylinder count as Balthazar says. From a history point and for those of use that are auto nuts, we will miss the V8. yet most cars today can get by without them. I truly hope the hybrids with a proper generator can truly produce the performance. As Drew stated, Electric does have superior Torque. So who is up for starting a company that makes Performance Electric Motors? Think of this as a 3rd party upgrade for those that buy a Volt, Prius, etc and want more performance.

Last Weekend I was at Doug's Cadillac Customer appreciation BarbeQue, food drive and Old Auto Show competition. I have to say, tons of food was collected to help out those less fortunate, the country western band was really good, food outstanding, but the stars of the shows was for me from new to old auto's. Here is just a taste of what I saw. I will create a new thread and build a album of all the pictures I took. One surprise for me was that Cadillac sells a special Matte Silver paint job for the V edition of the CTS Coupe.

WOW, I actually love the interior. The front nose reminds me of Mazda that I do not like. They need to stop making gaping mouths. The side vent openings are interesting, over all not really digging the front end of the car. Side profile is OK, looks like it has it's butt up in the air. Rear view seems to have nice flowing lines. Love the CNG powered Hybrid power train. Yet the body style needs major work.

Interesting, they could if done right clearly go to a 100% hybrid lineup of auto's and greatly reduce their green house gas footprint.

I agree with Drew about how boring, blah and just plain dull the CL is, for that matter other than AMG I tend to find MB style rather boring and blah. BMW has a tad bit better style than MB but also not a big fan other than their M series of their cars. Over all SMK, Yes, I would spend $100,000 on this American Made luxury 2 door!

Or a proper paddle auto/mans tranny. Over all manual is dying slowly