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This would be a perfect "Deal with it" meme... You said my choice, right? It even has a vuvuzela in it!

I was thinking the same thing. I serious though in this way of thinking. Perhaps you are joking and less cynical than I am. VW wants world domination and now that VW is practically done in the US market for mega volume, maybe they think Skoda could pick up the slack. Or at least Skoda could give it a shot...they cant do worse than the VW name....

Arent all crossovers hideous, Suave? They are in my book anyway!

*SIGH* The writing is on the wall...Sedans are toast. Somewhere in automotive hell...this guy is laughing his ass off... Call me crazy, but Id rather the Eagle over any modern CUV/SUV....it looks better and probably hauls more stuff and hauls offroading ass as well...the reason why someone would by a 4x4 to begin with.... Not for a mm or two worth of snow on the ground preventing us from ordering a latte at Starbucks from their freshly shoveled drive-thru!

You are right Balthy, that politicians don't think through certain things....and yes, whether India or the Netherlands have not planned for it logicallyhell, New York and California too... We all know though, what happens when politicians get that gleam in their eye... Also, most people around the planet are having a change of heart towards pollution and the dirty car... Yeah yeah...I know...coal burning electric plants...yada yada yada... The EV is the golden boy as we speak... No matter what...most people are ready to adapt to the EV, and don't care about the EV adapting to them...and most people have turned a blind eye with every dirty little secret involving electric infrastructure, batteries and everything else concerning EVs, Hybrids and such... Hence my colourful post above...its full of those messages that I posted in this post... The thing is...EVs are the next best thing to hit mankind...and by hook or by crook, the popular vote for EVs is only growing... Between Silicon Valley types that think that they could change the world with autonomous driving, or the green people advocating emissions free electrics...(yeah I know...emissions free and coal burning electric plants...) and they are here to stay. The gasoline powered car's days are numbered. When most politicians around the world are battle yelling for the EV, most sheep will follow. Some sheep (like me) live in an area where its beneficial to my local economy and we as a society are ready for EVs....other sheep don't know what havoc EVs might cuase if petrol powered cars are banned...don't matter, the times, they are a-changin'. PS: What adaptation requirements are there? People charge their EVs from home!!! WHEN range will be as good as petrol powered vehicles, the need for charging stations DECREASE!!!! Plus...charging on the fly roadways are in our reach where we dont even have to stop!!! Its the electric infrastructure that needs to be beefed up...are we as a planet producing enough electricity to support a world wide EV revolution??!!! THAT is the question...

True....about most people not wanting to change....status quo, and only change when they have to....preferably/ How does this tie in with electrics? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/norway-ban-gas-powered-cars_us_57559c81e4b0ed593f14f4f6 From the link: Title: Norway Might Try To Ban Gas-Powered Cars From the article that was written...today: By 2025... New York and California by 2050.... Maybe... By hook or by crook... By want, or by necessity... By force or by will.... The electric car WILL replace the internal combustion one very very soon. We could go round and round in circles trying to undermine the power of the dark side... Lets face it...we all have a little bit of fear and anger in all of us... We will all succumb to the power of the dark side one way or other sometime... Greased Lightning is awaiting its Tesla battery transplant and electric motor... Dont hate the messenger, man! Im only quoting what he is saying... Deep down inside...we all know.... its the EV the one that we want! Ooo,Ooo,Ooo!!!

In the history of oil and gasoline... When was it ever "free" for ANYBODY, ANYWHERE on the PLANET to fill up for home heating or as automobile fuel? A dozen or so of car dealerships in the Montreal area spanning different manufactures from GM to Mercedes Benz(yes even Mercedes) all have had special offers in offering free gas for a year on a purchase of a new car the last couple years, but other than that....when was oil and gasoline offered for free for a good amount of time from a manufacturer or home builder ever? We could say that Tesla Model S owners actually did pay for that in the price of the car....because nothing in life is free. NO SHYTE!!!!! "Nothing in life is free" is such a general statement it aint even funny!!!! Even in death....I should know....I just finished with all that red tape in burying my mom...and although I knew about it before....a just got reacquainted with the fact that death is big business....oh....and I still have to file her taxes next year too for the 2 months she was alive in 2016....so as we were saying... Nothing in life is free.... Tesla still has the electricity bills to pay from the electricity service providers that provide the electricity...because we sure as hell know the electricity service providers arent giving the electricity they produce for free as that production also costs money... Tesla is bleeding money with the infrastructure they are building and with the electricity they are providing....either in battery production form or supercharging form.... So....we whine that Tesla is losing money... and we whine beause Tesla is gonna charge for usage....as it should.... Boy...Tesla could never win with you folk.... PS: To think that a product or service is actually free....no cost or no charge...is naive... Somewhere down the line...somebody is fitting the bill...somehow.... That Model S owners continue recharging without the hassles of pay as you play is PHENOMENAL... It will not last... Another general statement: NOTHING LASTS FOREVER!!! To think otherwise...is also naive....

Heard this song a couple of days ago on the radio. Im addicted to it!!! But, Im torn apart inside. I dont know how to handle it. Part of me thinks it screws up the original. Part of me thinks its a total botch job and does the original no justice. HOWEVER....the other part of me...the party animal side of me, the Greek part of me, the part of me where boys will always be boys no matter what age I am and damn it all to hell if Im a daddy...to a....10 year old girl....and she will grow up one day and hopefully will forgo all what transpires in that video and lyrics...but then again...its human nature...I cant stop her from becoming a woman... Anyhoo...I absolutely LOVE this version of the song: Cant get enough of it!!!! Alternate video: and the original: REO SPEEDWAGON https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwtzUvcJIPw Classic rock will NEVER die..but dayum!!!! Too freakin' bad I aint 20 years old anymore so I could rock da clubs with Pitbull blasting on the dance floor with Messin' Around on the speakers and Im surrounded with chicas.... Its a good thing that I lived my 20s to the fullest in the 90s!!! NO REGRETS!!! I LOVE BOTH!!! and I THINK I COULD ACCEPT THAT!!! So....which version do you folk prefer?

Id rather go "down" the "suck" road... As in...RAM AIR... That is as far as I go with a preference with all this "forced induction" talk. I much prefer naturally aspirated myself. However....I dont seem to mind to go from suck to blow on occasion... This being my favorite type of forced induction:

Oh Paula....what has happened to you? I miss ya baby! k-k-k-k-cold hearted oooh ah ah k-k-k-k-cold hearted ssssssssnake!!!!

I dont know how I got from He-Man to Leila K, but I did! Oh...Id like to stay in 1989.

Hey Reg... Instead of giving me a -1...when that post wasnt even directed towards you....

Therefore.... However...you should Because...

Casa 1. I know you are that commercial. God bless you that U are still a proud American. I LOVE Americans such as yourself....Ive told you that MANY times that I RESPECT the shyte out of you!!!! And one reason being that YOU TELL IT HOW YOU SEES IT. You shoot straight! So....what the hell happened to the Americans that I LOVED between the 1940s-1980s and today? This is what Im talking about: Men who mean just what they say The brave men of the Green Beret Silver wings upon their chest These are men, America's best What happened to the pride? Why is it gone? 2. I understand why the compact car for Cadillac... I just dont feel that segment is worthy for Cadillac to be in.... I have pride for Cadillac. And I KNOW that this aint the 1950s anymore and I understand that gasoline prices and displacement taxes are high in many parts of the world where Cadillac needs to compete in and sell...and I also understand that many countries dont have football field wide roads for huge American Land Yachts to roam around in...yet I still think this segment cheapens Cadillac Prestige... You dont see Rolls Royce and Bentley compact cars do you? We saw 1 Aston Martin compact....it did not do well, did it? I dont care where that compact car came from... Reality is, Aston Martin DOES sell small cars But Aston Martin's small cars are no where NEAR in the same league as a BMW 3 Series...with the sole exception of a M2 or M4...and that is only in performance measures...in quality and in luxury...the Bimmers leave a lot to be desired as compared to the Aston Martins... And THAT LEAGUE is where I want Cadillac to be in...the Aston Martin league... If Cadillac needs to become more Euro flavoured....I reckon they need to be more of this Euro flavour...rather than chase German econobox compact crap.... I really dont look at gauges and judge them for "quality"... Especially in econobox cars....whether its a Focus or Cruize or BMW 3 Series and ATS.. OOOPS.....sorry....that last two cars are supposed to be "entry level luxury".... God, I HATE THIS SEGMENT MORE THAN I DO CUVs!!! Partly because I KNOW how pathetic this segment is and how its just a marketers bullshyte way of selling dreams to idiot poseurs that probably dont have 2 cents to rub together because they buy everything on credit and everything is on lease and NOTHING belongs to them while owning their sole to the banks while trying to tell someone that they are somebody....with lies and deceit...with fake Michael Korrs watches that are made in sweat shops and entry level econobox luxury!!! True luxury costs money!!! ANY Chevrolet should NEVER cost more than ANY Cadillac....with the SOLE exception maybe...MAYBE...the Corvette....MAYBE the Corvette....even then...Cadillac cars should cost MORE!!! Im on YOUR side Casa with this and with Cadillac...I just choose to argue it differently than you....from a different angle...

M3, ATS-V, C63 AMG... Yeah....HUUUUUGE difference when talking about compact luxury personal coupes/sedans....be Maybe U should have said that...as THAT is the ONLY way I could accept U not giving a shyte what your passengers say when they ride in your M3/ATS-V/C63 AMG... Because THOSE versions are all about THE driver.... The more plebeian versions....well, they are designed to haul...people..."in luxury"....in "ENTRY LEVEL LUXURY".... Thanx for acknowledging where I was getting at when I quoted you with my rants afterwards...even though it took CCAP to get the gist of things and while U decided to quote him and ignore me.... Ill take that anyway U present it....Victory is all mine! U know....clown suit and all....

PSS: Ive said this before... It aint this car that led the Cadillac resurgence in the late 1990s... It really is this car And its NOT looking back!!!

Cadillac DOES make GREAT products now.... It aint ONLY SMK that is blinded by German "engineering"... The problem is...how does Cadillac reverse that trend? Personal luxury coupes like these? PS: on the track stuff, people dont care!!! Or like a REAL personal luxury coupe... Because the little bullshyte cars have NOT moved the needle.... The 'Tweener CTS Sedan did, not the coupe....and the current CTS is a confusing proposition... All this time....it was a 3 Series fighter, now its a 5 Series fighter... Its Confusing for Cadillac guys, let alone normal douche bag Audi and BMW guys... And....dont give me times have changed BS... While times have changed from what was THE car to own... ...all of a sudden...the times have returned where Cadillac took a right turn at Alburque... This being the right turn... And while Cadillac FINALLY got it RIGHT!!! The people dont want sports sedans anymore... Even BMW ACKNOWLEDGED it... But BMW's "M" has weight behind it....and BMW plays to its strengths from time to time... Cadillac too...plays to its strengths from time to time....but not nearly enough... Cadillac needs these PRONTO!!! And there is NOTHING ELSE to say about it!!! You guys could bitch, whine and find excuses for the ATS...its a failure because THAT is NOT what the people want from Cadillac.... Call it CT3 and make it bigger....people WANT a CADILLAC...not a CT3... If that means real names with real sheet metal....so be it... I hope JDN know what he is doing... Volume sub ATS cars better NOT fail....because I have a feeling, this is the end of the road for Cadillac if JDN's current plan fails.... CT8 is moth balled.... THAT is NOT good news from where Im standing... People want to see a CT8 so they could drive off in there CT3 DREAMING about a CT8....but if a CT8 does not exist? What do people dream of owning Chez Cadillac then in being inspired to own a CT3? The latte shop in NYC is NOT that answer... TESLA accomplished in a relative short 5 years what Cadillac has being trying to do with Allante since 1990...

I aint gonna acks Casa nuthin'. I don't give a shyte what BMW does with their models.... I do care what Cadillac does wit ders... Cadillac hit a sweet spot in size with 1st and 2nd gen CTS all to piss it away.... BMW grew their 3 Series to COMPETE with the CTS of old.... Cadillac BEAT the 3 Series and Casa and Cadillac don't even know it!!! The ATS is what the 3 Series was...and what is that? Well, acks Casa what HE thinks of the old 3 Series...and THAT is what the ATS is... There shouldn't be ANY excuse for the ATS.... Who gives a phoque what the BMW 3 Series did or does???!!! What Cadillac does concerns me!!! Oh and Drew... A personal coupe or sedan is a bigger car than a former 3 Series or ATS... A former 3 Series car is a compact sports sedan. THAT is what the Germans do...or did. Personal Luxury is what Cadillac did... And should enter that market again... Casa mentions that a CLS also has crappy back seat space...well...the CLS is a PROPER PERSONAL LUXURY SEDAN/COUPE... A 4 Series Grand Coupe is also a GREAT and PROPER PERSONAL LUXURY CAR... An ATS is what an old news 3 Series car was.... The CURRENT 3 Series car is what an OLD CTS WAS.... Its too bad that Cadillac abandoned that market in favor for an old news market...

You know? Cadillac needs volume cars too. Yet, who the hell wants a Cadillac when Cadillac has NO quality PERCEPTION cars? Who is gonna fork over money for a reasonably priced Cadillac when many dont view Cadillac as a "gotta have it" brand... BMW and Audi and Mercedes could get away with craptastic compacts because all 3 Germans have this brand cachet thing going on...so a CLA and a BMW 2 Series and a Audi A3 sell....Maybe Audi a tad less then the other compacts... But Cadillac....has NO car to be coveted by ANYBODY.... The Ciel, The Sixteeen and the El Miraj were DREAM cars that were only for show....yet THESE are the cars that woooooooed the people... Showing non-existent show cars and then trying to sell ATS models is NOT the way to build lust.... Cadillac NEEDS to build that LUST car in order to sell the volume cars.... Porsche....succeeded in selling the volume cars, because they already have the lust cars... Cadillac phoqued up with the lust car in the XLR....going back to the Allante as well... Cadillac needs to build up to that again, I understand that, but...an ATS/CTS, V or otherwise and a CT6 are NOT what the people lust over at Cadillac.... What to do? Hopefully JDN has a clue.... But a Starbucks Cafe lounge thing in New York City is NOT that answer either!!!

i think the rear seat hurts the sales with traditional Cadillac base. You still have a lot of those people you need to sell to. Those who grew up believing luxury meant a basic minimum amount of comfort / space. I hear people take pot shots at how small the ATS is when i go to the auto shows. We all tried to hide how much the rear seat problem hurt the outgoing Malibu and now look at the awesome press its getting for correcting a primary flaw.. interior SAE measurements always mislead. The ATS is plagued by many of the same typical GM rear seat packaging problems where the front seat is too low, the hardware is intrusive, and the floorpan (probably due to where the bracing is) has pitifully small actual footwell areas. Couple that with narrower greenhouses, fighter plane diving rooflines, ridiculously small and narrow door openings, and tank humps that stick out forward of the actual seat itself, even for the smaller, wedging yourself into an ATS backseat requires gymnastics training and inspires claustrophobia that an MRI tube could match. The ATS is the classe of car that one buys and has to show off to coworkers.....where you bring coworkers to lunch here and again. You're going to have the occasional 6 footer back there. I can't believe the high level execs at GM let that pass and go to production.....grounds for firing IMO when they should have demanded all of that be reengineered for more space. GM can't punt on these packaging issues very much more. If anything it shows piss poor engineering, can't meet structural demands and preserve ample space at the same time. They make a sturdy frame for the car to ring the 'Ring......but then its so overbuilt and bulky that there's no back seat space to indulge co workers in a chauffeur drive. Hold up.. Show off to co-workers?? There is nothing aspiring about owning one. Furthermore the idea that piss poor engineering is present due to an INCH less legroom in the rear sounds ridiculous. In fact.. the legroom of the ATS is only an issue NOW.. because the segment leader decided to go bigger. The 3Series is suddenly a family car.. which means that anything not sized exactly like in interior dimensions is lacking in engineering kno-how? Preposterous!!! Even worse is that people are supposedly buying these cars so they can "indulge Co-workers in a chauffeur drive" Its a non-issue because again.. the boys at Cadillac , like the boys at Chevy heard your whining and are making the change to mimic the size difference of the 3series. I fully believe that they will be capable of doing it while retaining the weight and handling superiority. Listen Bud.. U don't kno me.. so stop thinking that U kno my mind. The truth of the matter is that I really could give a rat's ass about passengers comfort level in the rear of my car as long as I'm comfy in the front. Same thing for what choice of music I choose when they get in.. I'm listening to what I want.. if they don't like it.. put their earbuds in and turn it up to 10.. cause I'm blasting my $h!. The ATS's supposed size issues in the rear will be taken car of after all the bitching from people who probably can't buy anyway so what's your issue? The CT3 is a relaunch of sorts and will rise on the back of a car that won quite a few awards with exception.. to the all important.. back seat one. Cause suddenly.. U lonely mofos have so many friends to tout around that U are trying to stuff them all in the backseat.. of a compact car That is all cool and all..YOU are THE quintessential Cadillac customer that Cadillac NEEDS to cater too... Remember this commercial? OK then....U know what is phoqued up? Cadillac trying to sell COMPACT CARS!!!! What are U smoking to tell ME that U dont give a shyte about anything and anyone yet U want to own a toy car like an ATS???!!! Cadillacs are big, brash.... And THAT is how people want them!!!! Hell, even the XTS outsold the ATS and the CTS... I KNOW the CT6 will do fine, just because its a BIG Cadillac...but it could have used more brashness... As far as the competition goes... Dont U think that when the 2nd generation CTS hit the streets, and was quite successful, did BMW decide to enlarge the 3 Series? Cadillac, I believe, started a trend with a BIGGER back seat.... Yet you too Casa, are too BLIND to see that a small back seat was NEVER ideal... 'Twas Cadillac that started THAT trend, only for Cadillac to take 2 steps back, because Cadillac marketers FOLLOW instead of LEAD... Cadillac was too STUPID to realize that THEY are the ones to START a BIGGER back seat in COMPACT LUXURY cars.... Also....SPACE is a LUXURY that EVERYONE COVETS and EVERYONE has the SAME definition for... Many may not like wood, or chrome.... However, SPACE is a LUXURY that EVERYONE WANTS EQUALLY.... And...ironically...CADILLAC is the ONLY top tier LUXURY MAKER that has built a REPUTATION on...SPACE... Starting with Cadillac V16s of the 1930s to El Dorados in the 1950s and 1960s to the 60 Specials that started the bigger is better trend of American Luxury to the Escalade ESV of today.... So...please, dont try to justify a toy car ATS... Yes....Cadillacs are cars to be chauffered in... En Espagnole....but pictures say a 1000 words...

What I put in bold is U being FULL OF $h!. Cadillac didn't tout the weight savings as a selling point.. they touted the handling capabilities due to lighter weight and chassis engineering as a selling point. The Escalade is an established vehicle in a segment that quite frankly it pretty much established. Even tho it was no the first (Nav) it was the one that became the icon way early on. ATS is brand new.. 1st generation. CTS literally segment jumped. Neither have all the variants that the competitors have either. From a sales point of view.. that could.. and I kno it seems crazy.. effect sales. I mean walking into a Cadillac dealership to buy a convertible ATS and not finding one could push that buyer to go over to BMW. People like U need to stop being stupid. My patience is thin And I have said for years Cadillac needs more models. Why is there no ATS and CTS convertible? They got a Camaro convertible out pretty fast, same chassis. Cadillac is like GM's step child that never gets what it needs, because they are too worried about building more Buicks. Buick got a convertible, Buick has 3 crossovers. Cadillac 1 crossover, 0 convertibles. That is a joke. Cadillac doesn't have a sports car above Corvette, yet BMW, Mercedes and Audi all have $100k+ sports cars. And why, some GM unwritten rule that nothing can be faster than a Corvette. They'll put a supercharged V8 in a Camaro, why not make a 600 hp ATS-V with all wheel drive, 10-speed automatic, awd and launch control. Where is the V8 full size sedan at Cadillac that was teased back in the Ed Whitacre era, the full size V8 coupe? We got the 4-banger CT6 instead, and the El Mirage, was in fact, a mirage. Cadillac is lost, makes me wonder how close they were to the chopping block back in 2009-2011...... A4 may not sell much but Audi sells a lot of A3's now too...and Q1's, Q3's, Q5's..... XT5 should help Cadillac get back to something but they need 3 more crossovers pronto and then i think also get the sedans figured out. Looks like Jaguar and Volvo have come back from the dead and maybe the only hope for Cadillac to come back is to send the entire operation to an overseas country to fix it. I read earlier in this thread that Cadillac listened to the traditional buyer for too long. While I agree to that, Cadillac has also IGNORED one type of traditional buyer too.. And if they actually produce it one mother freakin' day, Cadillac will INSTANTLY re-acquire what they one had.... And the car in question is along the lines of a Ciel, El Miraj....Sixteen. That is TWICE that even Jeremy Clarkson on his show praised and WANTED Cadillac to produce these cars.... The Sixteen first then the Ciel. Listen to the episode...all what James may says with Jeremy is ALL THE QUALITIES that people ASSOCIATE CADILLAC WITH...which ironically, the Escalade oozes, which is also the one vehicle that people lust over at Cadillac... Better than a Bentley is what Jeremy said about the Sixteen... While SUVs and CUVs are the CHEAP way to sell VOLUME....cars like a Sixteen, Ciel, El Miraj are the REAL way to people's hearts... Stinkin' Rich MoFos ALL OVER THE WORLD are WAITING on Cadillac DESPERATELY to build such a vehicle.... THESE are the REAL traditional Cadillac buyers..the stinkin' rich asshats that give no phoques about anything and anyone....THESE folk are what Cadillac needs to focus on.... Proof? Well, the Hummer brand is long gone... The Hummer H2 sold just as equally well as the Escalade, maybe even better... And we all know who bought those Hummer H2s, self indulgent pricks with too much money too spend. And lets be honest, the H2 was as luxurious as a seedy motel on the outskirts of Las Vegas where one goes to bang a 2 dollar whore... The Escalade after the H2 was gone just took off like a bat outta hell...and let us not forget...same Chevy platform for both....to this day.... Imagine what a REAL Cadillac engineered and luxury laden Sixteen AND Ciel AND El Miraj would do for Cadillac's image.... Sure XT1 and XT2 and XT3 and XT4 is needed for volume.... But Sixteen and Ciel....and DONT call them CT8/9....is needed for....PERCEPTION... CT3 and CT5 and CT6....that is little league baseball... Keep the CT3, CT5 and CT6 for volume, but the REAL cars JDN needs to focus on are the REAL Cadillacs people are waiting upon... One step at a time I guess... Just my opinion.

i think the rear seat hurts the sales with traditional Cadillac base. You still have a lot of those people you need to sell to. Those who grew up believing luxury meant a basic minimum amount of comfort / space. I hear people take pot shots at how small the ATS is when i go to the auto shows. We all tried to hide how much the rear seat problem hurt the outgoing Malibu and now look at the awesome press its getting for correcting a primary flaw.. interior SAE measurements always mislead. The ATS is plagued by many of the same typical GM rear seat packaging problems where the front seat is too low, the hardware is intrusive, and the floorpan (probably due to where the bracing is) has pitifully small actual footwell areas. Couple that with narrower greenhouses, fighter plane diving rooflines, ridiculously small and narrow door openings, and tank humps that stick out forward of the actual seat itself, even for the smaller, wedging yourself into an ATS backseat requires gymnastics training and inspires claustrophobia that an MRI tube could match. The ATS is the classe of car that one buys and has to show off to coworkers.....where you bring coworkers to lunch here and again. You're going to have the occasional 6 footer back there. I can't believe the high level execs at GM let that pass and go to production.....grounds for firing IMO when they should have demanded all of that be reengineered for more space. GM can't punt on these packaging issues very much more. If anything it shows piss poor engineering, can't meet structural demands and preserve ample space at the same time. They make a sturdy frame for the car to ring the 'Ring......but then its so overbuilt and bulky that there's no back seat space to indulge co workers in a chauffeur drive. I AGREE TO THIS REG 100% These quotes here is what MANY GM die hards will ignore and/or cover up and make excuses for: For the last quote, Casa has a solution....he gives no phoques for what others think of the back seat area and they could all walk home for all he cares.... To me...that is just trying to save face as he knows Cadillac flubbed the ATS in that area. The ATS is still a 4 door sedan, meant to carry....passengers. I was ALWAYS hard on the Bimmer 3 Series and the Audi A4 for them being claustrophobic compacts selling at such high prices because sheep bought them....I aint about to go soft just because Cadillac copy and pasted that formula for the ATS... For the Malibu it was worse, because the Malibu is a FAMILY hauler with not much family space hauling aspects....

They do hold up well from those owners that actually take care of them. My partner's wife's 2006 GMC Acadia was bought the first year it came out, its still going on strong and she loves it to death. He...has bought recently a Tesla Model S, she....refuses to part with her GMC Acadia.

That sounds like my kind of highway. I got it now.... The fact that the car is capable of achieving 90 mph regularly is of concern to the German Government..yet I also understood what you previously said about the necessity for the shutdowns for the engine to be protected.... SMK...that is a tad different than what VW has done... So...as it stands, its only VW and Audi with a smidgen of Porsche (VAG--short for vaginas) that has cheated... As for the "my kind of highway" statement... It would have been my kind of highway too... Unfortunately where I come from, drivers are too self centered for those kinds of speeds with no end in sight as our Quebec society does not teach proper driving ethics and proper driving skills and our government lets infrastructure deteriorate before repairs are done....and the politicians dont have the hindsight to engineer the logistics and the technology to sustain the safety and the upkeep for the entire system to succeed which includes on ramps, off ramps to joining other highway systems WITH a speed limit, rain drainage, snow removal, banked corners for higher speed sustainment, fast accident removal and ambulance accessibility and traffic flow redirection and direct/live communication etc... If any one of those things are not executed with perfection, major daily fatalities will happen. The Germans may be known for over engineering things, but they are also known for being meticulous in their engineering for the little details...and the autobahn highway system works so well in Germany because of all the little but extremely necessary little details involved. Im sorry for the rant. I felt I needed to clarify the LADDY FREAKIN DA youtube link I did....even though it was a joke I wanted to make sure that you guys know that I have the utmost respect for the German engineers (civil and traffic engineers and others) and the autobahn.