G. David Felt

AWESOME REVIEW!!!!! I have to say that while I know this car is old and I hate the float ride, I do miss the LARGE amount of room inside. My pet peev with todays cars is the damn floor mounted shifters and plastic crap eating up my leg room. Put the shifter back on the steering column where it belongs if it is NOT a Performance Auto. This car shows just how roomy and comfy it is and when you are 6'6" tall 275lbs, leg room is a requirement. One reason I have not bothered to trade in my 2006 Escalade ESV for a new one is they have less interior room in the New GMT900 platform Escalades. Oldsmoboi my hate off to you for a fun, enjoyable review. Nice job on this piece of automotive history. I think you hit everything pretty dead on including that Ford could have continued to make a solid earning of this platform by just spending a little bit of time to updating the car. One thing I had forgotten about what just how much room there was under the hood to work on these cars, you could fit a v12 in that engine bay. When was the last time you saw the ground due to space between the front of the engine and the radiator? Thank you for doing this,

Home run HIT!!! Way to go GM, this is what we need as CNG is an awesome option to have on a truck.

Good for Dodge, These worker trucks / entry level truck for someone that does not want anything fancy have a ton of value.

Thanks, sweet links for building an auto.

Can of Tuna!!

There are plenty of things to like about this ride and a few things to hate.

Marv the Martian

wow, says fully restored, I have to ask why??????? I just cannot see this being something that survives other than in history books.

Guess I am the only one that see's the love and beauty in this SUV Baby. It is not as bad as you all make out and trust me, there are people out there that will want this special SUV Child due to it setting them apart from everyone else.

wow that is cool, but not my cup of tea. I think they will find it hard to sell.

I wonder how many other 8 door wonders were produced but never really brought to the attention of the public. I cannot imagen that only a few vehicles were built like this. It is a nice job of cutting the car in two and stretching it for that time period. I wonder what that tiangle thing is on the interior roof???

Love it, bring it on baby!!! IS that Farrari I see disappearing in my rear view mirror?

This is drop dead beautiful and Farrari has nothing to compete with this.

Daffy Duck

The auto is nice enough for what it is, I think and see it as a high end Chevy / Buick competitor and the same with the Ugly BMW 1 series. I think to some who could never afford these brands, they will jump at the chance to own a vehicle with the BMW or MB logo on it. But to the rest of the people who see these car companies as only ubber Luxury of the 100K plus crowd of earners, I think this will dilute the brand and actually hurt more than help them.

I love my Escalade ESV

New 2012 Patriot Latitude Black Trail Rated Edition. Very nice.

This should be sold to the Duggars, with 19 and counting they could use a vehicle like this.

Just think about all the Hip Hop Rap stars who will buy this and then do video's about their Mega B SUV and the Bitches they take for a ride! Enough to make you want to

Unless it is a crazy museum, this is an interesting piece of history, but not worth the 30K. JEERS!

I have to totally disagree with you and everyone else who says MB and BMW fit and finish is better than Cadillac. I can believe this on Lexus as I have idiot family members who buy and bitch about the fit and finish and lack of quality and then they go back and trade in for another newer one. Like freaking Lemmings. MB and BMW have some amazing high end models but in the C category or 3 category, I have yet to be impressed by either company compared to what Cadillac has to offer.

WOW, So this is what a 3way private room party produces between those three. Who says the 60' make love not war is over! I actually do like it, now to find a sugar momma who could buy me one.

Not sure, but a prototype was at the NY Auto Show last year...the crossover variation most likely will. With the 2015 EPA regs coming, I would expect BMW and M-B to bulk up their entry level lines in the US... True, I keep forgetting or ignoring not sure which about the stupid reg that will force everyone to beef up gas milage. Guess you can have the Econo Section of a BMW and MB lot, but I do think this will be allot harder to them to pull off compared to Chevy and Cadillac. Different niche...this is for the subcompact/compact premium niche...above Mini, where the Audi A3, BMW 1-series, Lexus CT currently are...and a likely future Cadillac subcompact will be. I understand what you are saying, but none of those would I ever consider due to how big I am and I have never liked the way a front wheel drives.

Me thinking, are you talking about e-ride? http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/07/27/ecar/ http://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=e-ride+of+minnisota&d=4591479443030724&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=f31a780,ff2b1be0 Appears their web site has been suspended.

I have found that the average family that can afford MB tends to buy the C class for their kids.