G. David Felt

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Personally this is just giving the auto companies the ability to build 100,000 mile recycle auto's. Anyone that can remember the last go around with v6 engines in full size trucks and small auto's with 3 or 4 cylinder engines with turbo's will remember that there are very few of these auto's on the road today as they cannot last past 100,000 miles. This will satisfy the politicians and tree huggers and for a commuter auto to and from work but for a long living real auto, give me a bullet proof V8!!!

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White R34 Nissan Skyline on 405 heading north to Everette. Gotta love that there are about half a dozen R34 skylines in the Seattle area. The only asian car I really love.

No Need to ever retire when you have a love of auto's.

SWEET, I like this!

Cobra

SWEET - Way to go Chris. Good Luck!

Good Tranny shop should be able to rebuild you a superior tranny that will have all the slop fixed and get you some decent mileage. I do not suggest doing it yourself as they are a pain to do in my humble opinion.

I be willing to consider buying one if I am not sticking out above the windshield. Being 6'6" tall makes cars like this hard for me to fit into without looking goofy.

I can not tell a Lie, I flew from Spokane WA to Ohio to embarrass those college kids since we all know Wazzo is the ultimate party college around. When we could not get enough panties from the sororities, we stopped by Victoria Secrets and bought a few hundred more so we could blanket the country side. Kinda like when we get urinal pucks with a imprinted logo of the Oregon Ducks or better yet Beavers and then put them in the bathroom for any proper Cougar or Husky to pee on!

That is an issue Cadillac, M-B, and BMW (to a lesser degree) all have to some degree w/ the performance models--they should offer their most luxurious interiors w/ rather that the dour, dark, depressing 'sporty' interiors they often put in the performance models... I'd like a CTS-v with the regular CTS light tan w/ wood and aluminum trim interior, not a gloomy black or despair gray interior. At least the trim is piano black and not disgusting faux carbon fiber, though I'd rather have wood & aluminum. I have to TOTALLY disagree with you. In performance, I want what the CTS-V has. Piano black. The M3 is this way as my boss has a new black one. The sales mgr here has a Mercades AMG and again no wood in that also. Performance models all have the black, composite, racing interior type look and those for the most part want this type of interior. I think you need to just buy the CTS you like and the V engine in Crate form and build it yourself. My point is the buyer should have the choice. That is true luxury. The luxury of choice. I don't mind black interiors when used a two-tone. I generally despise gray. Nothing looks cheaper and more unappealing to me than all black or all gray inside.. I can respect the wish for a choice. Personally I submitted a year ago for a Black Ice Edition and it seemed to become reality but they still cut short. My Idea was for the CTS-V to have the Black Metalic paint job with a depth due to multiple clear coats of paint. Then have the Rim's, Grill, air intake and all interior trim in Black Chrome on top of the Piano Black or composite Fiber.

That is an issue Cadillac, M-B, and BMW (to a lesser degree) all have to some degree w/ the performance models--they should offer their most luxurious interiors w/ rather that the dour, dark, depressing 'sporty' interiors they often put in the performance models... I'd like a CTS-v with the regular CTS light tan w/ wood and aluminum trim interior, not a gloomy black or despair gray interior. At least the trim is piano black and not disgusting faux carbon fiber, though I'd rather have wood & aluminum. I have to TOTALLY disagree with you. In performance, I want what the CTS-V has. Piano black. The M3 is this way as my boss has a new black one. The sales mgr here has a Mercades AMG and again no wood in that also. Performance models all have the black, composite, racing interior type look and those for the most part want this type of interior. I think you need to just buy the CTS you like and the V engine in Crate form and build it yourself.

Cadillac needs to also stop listening to the sport jocks and drop the reflective chrome on the dash and offer their products in a monochromatic package. I love the caddies I currently have but hate the new ones due to all the overkill Chrome. Plus how do you expect me to replace my 2006 Platinum Escalade ESV when you have less seat room. I cannot sit up in the new Esclades as they took away room that I have in my older one.

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I love it as is, build it as a nice mid range luxury 2+2.

We'll maybe that question would be better asked of the ladies, spouses, partners!

Tough as Nails

I disagree with BMW that their loss of sales went to Mercedes Wagon purchases. If a person wants a wagon, the CTS Wagon is excellent and far better. If they want a Wagon on steriods, then the CTS Wagon V is the ultimate hot rod that kills the rest. Either way, Many of BMW's auto's have become butt ugly.

How was Fit and Finish? So far VW has not been a good quality fit and finish compared to many other vendors out there. So while the auto might have a tin sound in regards to opening and closing doors, does it seem to be well built or just too cheap of content to really put it in a solid build category?

Yup, I try to buy only made in america product. This continues to show with my GM and Dodge Family of products.

While I understand the point you are making, you have to realize that people are taxed on the size of their motor, so a 2.8 turbo is cheaper than a 3.0 turbo. Nice mid luxury coupe for Buick.

Time to shed the blood of criminals, Shoot the Politicians. This 62MPG is a total outrageous mark for 2025. The tree huggers need to wake up to the limits of how fast Engineering can make these gains. If they asked to require each Automotive company to have a 62MPG auto by 2025 that would be a more realistic goal. Politicians and Safe Climate Campaign groups and the like WAKE UP, you will hurt this country more than help by having outlandish goals.

Over all, I have yet to find a DOHC V8 that can beat my Pushrod V8 bored from a 350 to a 402. I will stay with the tried and true means of Torque and power to pull my trailers.