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What Dfelt said... And people are NOT indifferent to EVs in MY neck of the woods. I said about 8 months ago that I see 5 different Tesla Model 3s each and every day here. Well, 8 months later, like as of now, that figure went up. I see at least 7-8 DIFFERENT Model 3s each and every day on a SHORT commute to work. And no, the Tesla store is no where near where I live and work. There is only one Tesla store in case you are asking... //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Back to the thread...but with an EV flavour. I think GM is cutting all these sedans because so they could focus full force on bringing out EVs. Barra said that she wants GM to be the world's leader in EVs... The 2.3 billion dollar venture with LG Chem and a creation of 1100 jobs while closing down ICE factories and laying off ICE workers should signal to all of us what is going on with GM... Killing off the CT6, waisting billions on it and the Blackwing while telling us that the Blackwing costs money is just a smoke screen. I think, they are killing the Blackwing NOT because it costs money...I think GM brass want to distance Cadillac from the internal combustion engine as much as they can. The Blackwing is a start. Its a "gas guzzling V8". It does not look good with PR with EV sheeple to have a brand new gas guzzling V8 in the stable when in a couple of years, an onslaught of Cadillac EVs are gonna launch... I have come to this conclusion after reading comments from product launches from GM. The C8 and the Blackwing CT6. Also Autoline Detroit... There are MANY comments made by EV trolls, that diss the V8s...or even the rotary engine. They say all kinds of dumb things such as "why invest in ICE when electrics are the future?" Or "dino tech that sucks gas spews emissions" Or "0-60 in xx seconds, quarter mile yy seconds? HA! Stuopid GM for wasting billions on outdated technology...Telsa Model XYZ is faster...blah blah blah..." My personal opinion is this... Its a damned shame that GM spent billions to finally create a SEDAN worthy of the Cadillac badge, (big, brawny, V8, RWD sedan) only to kill it, yet again with this pattern, only to invest billions more on something that may be just a pipe dream, because even though in MY neck of the woods, people seems to want EVs, there are other woods dar from where I am, that are dead set against EVs... And Cadillac, whether Barra wants Cadillac to be a leader in EVs, and I have no doubt that Cadillac can and WILL produce something to embarrass Tesla and now the Mustang Mach-E, Cadillac is STILL all about the big badass V8 car. The Blackwing is that...

https://www.wardsauto.com/ideaxchange/evs-not-easier-build-will-cut-jobs Factories will close. Jobs are gonna be lost. In areas where ICE is concerned. Radiator manufacturing, water pumps, oil pan construction and the like. But new factories are gonna be built where a different type of worker will be needed...a worker that knows about electrical components and electricity and stuff...

Should have been written...nearly 10 years ago. 9 years to the day almost to be exact...

I watched this Jay Leno Garage video about a couple of weeks ago when it was released. This thread was created nearly 20 years ago. 19 years to the day almost to be exact... Id say this is cool that @dfelt just posted how he wants an Aero Monte-Carlo in this thread...

I believe GM is still being coy, very coy, about the CT6. They havent confirmed whether the CT6 is dead, nor confirmed that the CT6 is NOT dead. Ever since GM first mentioned the CT6's future, the statement was vague. Interpretation good be made either way and then speculation came from speculators but not one speculating source really knows what is up with the CT6... Same as with the Camaro.

Youtube suggestions....so I decided to click on it. Pretty accurate and honest journalism for big American cars sold in Britain for 1973 and 1974.

Not entirely true. Maybe a 1 point 3 liter turbo tri cylinder could be called a performance package. But in my honest and most humble opinion, I think these here 4 horsepers are more unbridled and hence....more performance oriented... I think this new CUV is missing quite a few things... I was a teenager in the malaise era 1980s, and it seems like we are already witnessing mid to late 1970s and 1980s performance garbage again... But hey!!! We got wireless charging cup holders now! YIPPE THE FREAKING HEE!!! *SIGH*

My daughter this year has music as a course. Secondary 3 high school. Grade 9 if you will for Canucks...or last year in junior high for Americans? Anyway, she picked the trumpet to learn. Next week, she has her first concert in the school band. XMAS concert. She is nervous.

I never really cared for these. Then and now. Sorry Drew. But Id have to agree with Balthy, the Riviera looks best. I like the way the rear quarter panel on the Riviera is curvy as compared to a straight line in the Toronado and Eldorado. I prefer the Riviera's front end and grill over the other two, although the Cadillac "face" is pretty too. I do prefer the Eldorado's rear over the other 2 but the Riviera's rear aint too shabby. But something about them I dont like. I do not know what it is. I just dont...like them. I prefer the G-Body even though the G-Body is lower on the ladder. What is even more weird is that I prefer the successor models from 1986-1991 over that generation as well. A 1990 and 1991 Toronado Trofeo would be my ultimate.

I was projecting my biases towards the Grand Prix over the other W-Bodies with that post. In 2005, when I traded in my Alero for the Impala because I needed a more comfortable family car to fit my growing family in, kids and stuff, (my Alero was the coupe...4 doors were not necessarily needed but appreciated) I could no longer buy the Oldsmobile W-Body anymore as the Intrigue was no longer. (bye bye in 2002) The Buick Allure (the Lacrosse in Canada) was a tad old man-ish so that one was out of the question immediately. So that left the Pontiac and the Chevy. Yes...I did indeed want a W-Body. I did want the supercharged 3.8. Had the Intrigue been available (new), Id would want the Shortstar and seeing that Oldsmobiles were sporty and luxury, but more luxury than sporty, and seeing that I was an Oldsmobile guy, the Intrigue and Oldsmobile as a brand fit beautifully in my image. But alas, Pontiac or Chevy was the only 2 W-Bodies that I could see myself driving. (Not the Allure...) The Grand Prix...I preferred the original launch of that generation. Exterior and interior. But the refresh was welcomed by me so that was a moot point. The Impala (2005)...I LOVED the exterior styling over that generation Grand Prix (2005), but that wasnt the reason why I chose the Impala over the Grand Prix. It really was what I wrote above. I knew the red interior lighting would eventually wear me down. Both Chevy and the Pontiac had cheap plastic interiors, none of which bothered me then, nor now, but, I knew that BECAUSE that console was angled for the driver's benefit, I felt claustrophobic in it. The Alero and Intrigue were like that too, but it was more subtle. The Grand Prix's center console was also very clunky. The Intrigue's center console was more "luxurious" if you will as well. The materials used in Oldsmobiles at that time were better than the other GM brands save for Cadillac. Id say, Oldsmobile was very close to Cadillac in that time, being the late 1990s all the way to Olds' death. On a side note, I feel very claustrophobic in my Acura today. Clunky console and interior as well... I preferred the openness of the Impala's interior... And lastly, I seem to recollect that you sit down low in the Grand Prix as compared to the Impala, and I preferred a more higher seating position. THAT is why I would have bought the Intrigue instead had the Intrigue been around in 2005 when I bought the Impala...

Yes. Please elaborate Drew. But I will guess on why she will hate it eventually as I have a good idea. The red interior lighting will start to become annoying. The clunky and plasticky dashboard and console will get on her nerves. Especially the way its angled towards the driver. Sure, its a GREAT driver oriented and focused console, but that only benefits enthusiastic and spirited drivers. Im guessing she is not the spirited and enthusiastic kinda driver. I havent been in a GP in a long time, but If I remember correctly, you sit lower in it than, lets say, a W-Body Impala of the same vintage. Like my 2005 Impala SS for instance. And seeing that this is a CUV type world, sitting low while having high CUVs around you gets frustrating real quick if you aint into that sorta thing.

Its more like regress. Its masking the real problem, which is inadequate driving skills of many drivers on the road today. It also enables laziness with others. When we drive, we are supposed to focus ALL our attention to our driving and everything that entails and purtaining to driving. We are now breeding and tolerating complacency with these gadgets... Tesla autopilot... Yes...this is to the most extreme possible argument regarding electronic safety shyts... But that is the thing... All these gadgets are supposed to be AIDES....to HELP us be better...NOT to RELY SOLELY on them... Its come to the point where MARKETING these things is that these things SHOULD replace OUR SENSES, OUR EYES, EARS and even our BRAIN... STUPID!!!!

That's a sweet XMAS gift from Grampa!!! He may very well be Santa Claus himself...the GP is...red!!! AWESOME STORY!!!

We should all worship at a Greek temple me thinks... Sacrifice a baby lamb in the name of Zeus, we all eat and drink like Gods and philosophise the night away, wirhout a care in the world. Unless of course those pesky Persians are knocking at our doorstep, we get in ourHyundai Palisade and mow them down!!! Wait...maybe a different scenario... We get into our Dodge Challengers and tell those Brits to PHOQUE OFF!!! AMERICA! HELL YEAH!!! @caddycruiser I mentioned the Palisade. You happy? PS: You could talk about the Palisade. Ill cash in your 2 cents. Or maybe not. But doncha think its a little more fun the way I do it? I mean, WTF is soooooo exciting about a Palisade that you want me to discuss? You want me to wax poetic about a generic all too common CUV? Somebody discussed electronic safety shyt. I, in turn, wanted to make sure we, as a society, stop with this nonsense with the fear of us needing electronic shyt thrown our way. We got a brain, lets start using it!!! For real!!!

Just some banter there dude. I believe you veered off that path before I did, dude. Im just offering my 2 cents on that there post. Its up to you to cash in on it or just throw it out... Do what you please with it. I really dont care... BUT...when is life just one straight path? It is not!!! Life would be boring if it be just straight on top of all that. Enjoy life's little curves, hills and slopes dude. And my post did not harm you or the community in any way either...

Im grateful that evolution or God, it dont matter to me which God or what evolution, make my head go more or less 180 degrees from side to side and my eyes have a very wide peripheral vision while having quite decent depth perception and a very multi-functional brain to figure out my own blind spot/lane changing things. Good old trusty mirrors, 3 I might add, do the rest. Keep in mind, one vehicle I learned to drive in, was one of these... Regular wheelbase, 2 biggish side mirrors, 1 windshield mirror and only 2 windows waaaaaaay in the back there to figure it all out... As humans as of late, in the last decade or so, we DEFINITELY use our brains and common sense less and less. We rely tooooooooo much on these dumb a$$ electronic gizmos... I remember a time when the dumb GPS told us to turn left now, and dumbazzes turned left NOW and either hit buildings or fell off cliffs or even went as far as entering other countries and got lost...using GPS...got lost using GPS directions... I cant for the life of me comprehend such nonsense, this whole need to rely on electronics for our personal safety. Our ancestors used their wits, eyes, sight, smell and BRAINS to get out of trouble...we need beeps and bongs from a gadget made in China ? with cheap,shytty, shoddy phoqing parts...? ? Im getting sick to my stomach with this shyte!!! ?

Yeah....Z71. I had a minor brain fart. I know Z51 is a Corvette trim. Its just that even if Im changing heart for fullsized pick-up trucks and fullsized SUVs...Id still rather have a Z51. ? Either that or old age is kicking in and Im mixing up my numbers with my letters and my cars with my trucks... that would be called, I believe...virility. Or is it senility? ? Z51...Z71 Virility...senility. Same thing in my own little world. ?

Its probably too late for me to own a V8 as gas prices in Quebec are ridiculously high. But yeah, Ill be changing my tune.

As I finished work today. In my parking lot, there was a new Silverado. All black. Black and blacked-out everything. I must say...it was like that train wreck that @ocnblu couldnt take his eyes off...I was looking at it for the longest time. I do not know if it was a Z51 off road package like the pic above, but it was a 4 door, it had a high ground clearance. I was pondering why is it that I dont like pick-up trucks. This is why I didnt notice if the Silverado in question was a Z51 because when it comes to pick-up trucks, I simply dont care. I tune out. Unless its a muscle truck... 454 SS, Syclone and Typhoon, Lightning, Raptor, Ram SRT10, Lil Red Express, etc So...I was thinking, why dont I like pick-up trucks? Big. BOF. V8. RWD. I mean, I LOVE big American "land yachts". Big cruising machines. Especially in convertible form. ESPECIALLY if muscle car. Impala SS, Galaxie 500 XL. Bonnevilles, Grand Prixs, Super88s, El Dorados, Coupe DeVilles, Chrysler 300s, New Yorkers, Imperials, Continentals... The list goes on and on. I mean, the similarities in today's pick-up trucks as compared to the fabulous American cars of yore are striking. The great American car did evolve into what we have as pick-up trucks today. So, why didnt I evolve as well? Just a thought that I had today...maybe I start changing my attitude towards fullsized pick-up trucks and SUVs...

BTW... What do you mean by hard?

OK...back to cars. Where were we? Oh yes. Where we left off. Daisy Duke shorts. And what does that have in common with the Aston Martin CUV? Its ass. I got another image of that Aston Martin CUV ass. Daffy Duck's bill...

Im gonna get my cues from the movie The Shawshank Redemption Rita Hayworth And just like with the inmates watching the movie when this scene comes on. Except substitute boys instead of the girls in the gif... Then there is Rachel Welch. And Ill up the ante further with Barbra Eden. Just because I could honestly say Ive seen most if not all of the I Dream Of Genie episodes via reruns in the 1970s that I watched with my mom after school waiting for my dad to come home from work. I could post a Genie pic, but I found this instead and I found this to be sexier than her being half naked.

Im glad the thread temporarily went from ugliness (AM CUV) to prettiness (50s and 60s chicks) for a brief moment.... I was responding to @dfelt and @USA-1 posts about Marilyn and JFK. I googled to see what kind of cars Marilyn drove or liked so I couild at least link it to Aston Martin, but I found nothing concrete to tie it in. (Seeing this is an Aston Martin CUV thread and all...) She had a Cadillac convertible, a 1956 Thunderbird. It lo0ks like she owned a 1961 Corvette and a 1962 Chrysler 300. Maybe a Land Rover and a MG. She did own a Jaguar XK and a Mercedes 220 both convertible and the link also said that apart from her Land |Rover, she did not really like European cars. So...if she was a sex pot alive today, I dont think she be driving around in a Aston Martin car or SUV. I think a Mary Kay Land Rover and a Cadillac Escalade would be her choices for SUVs and as far as cars go, probably a Cadillac CT6... So there, you cant say I totally derailed the thread. ?

Yes.Joking around. The CVT comment was because, if I read correctly, that the engine choice of the Traiulblazer would be a turbo 1.2 or 1.3 liter 3 cylinder and either engine would be paired up with a CVT. And, If Im not mistaken, isnt the 1.5 liter turbo 4 Malibu a CVT too? Maybe Im wrong about the Malibu, but not on the 2021 Trailblazer.

The C8 is missing quite a few things though.... The C8 does not offer AWD and continuous and limitless gear ratios... The C8 is ONLY RWD and is limited to 8 speeds...BLAH! And let us not talk about the price...holy Jeebus! I could buy 2 Trailblazers for the price of 1 Corvette. So...what is so mighty about the C8, then?