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It was asked by ccap41 in another thread "Drew, how are you doing?!". I'm good, thanks for asking.
I'm sure my absence of late has been rather conspicuous, but I'm still keeping a side-eye on things here. You're in capable hands with William and Sus... William txts me if there is any issue that needs to be looked at.
Long story short - I got a promotion and a big raise (yay!), but I am working both my former job and my new job simultaneously until the beginning of June. I've been in my old position for 10 years as of May 25th, so there is a lot of information to dump on the guy who is
replacingsucceeding me. It's often joked in the office that if we were ever to close, I'd be the last one out because I'm the only one who knows where all of the skeletons are hidden.Anyway, I'm still here... you should start to see more of me again in mid-May.
Congratulations, Brother!!
Glad to know it wasn't some personal/family illness/issue.. Must just be the pessimist in me thinking if somebody is missing it is because of a problem not a promotion..
Oh and other benefits, 3 - 4 days a week work from home will be nice, as will the shift from 80% - 90% travel to 10% travel.... My last scheduled trip ends on June 4th and then I get to work in my PJs most days.
That totally rocks! I dont think Id ever be able to get any job done if I was working from home.
Its awesome that Drew gets to do that....its just that Im the type of guy that NEEDS to LEAVE the house to go to work.
If I stay home, in PJs, then its a day off....its a clean and wax the car day, its stay home and watch Star Wars or Good Fellas or The Terminator for the millionth time or just post at Cheers and Gears the whole day...its called laziness.
However, I put on my restaurant uniform on, I leave the house, I get to the store, and Im a work-a-holic....unless a bunch of car guys walk-in with the whatever prized toy they arrive in and I chit chat the day/night away...
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It was asked by ccap41 in another thread "Drew, how are you doing?!". I'm good, thanks for asking.
I'm sure my absence of late has been rather conspicuous, but I'm still keeping a side-eye on things here. You're in capable hands with William and Sus... William txts me if there is any issue that needs to be looked at.
Long story short - I got a promotion and a big raise (yay!), but I am working both my former job and my new job simultaneously until the beginning of June. I've been in my old position for 10 years as of May 25th, so there is a lot of information to dump on the guy who is
replacingsucceeding me. It's often joked in the office that if we were ever to close, I'd be the last one out because I'm the only one who knows where all of the skeletons are hidden.Anyway, I'm still here... you should start to see more of me again in mid-May.
Drew....how the hell have you been??!!!!
Fine I see!!!!
GREAT NEWS about your new position and pay!
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Dude...you know how much I LOVE classic rock.
Light My Fire....its a must for you to share!!!!
Cheap Sunglasses too...
This one's for you, olds! We posted our version of Light My Fire today.
https://www.reverbnation.com/kingsoftherevolution1/song/25803216-light-my-fire-the-doors
Dude....that is just as good as it gets!!!!
Almost like the original. You guys ROCK!
Got the vibe down PERFECTLY!
I like!
Ill be honest though, I did not listen to Remedy. Its because I aint familiar with the Black Crowes.
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Buick Verano
Buick Encore
and now the Buick Envision....
Based on the last two made for Chinese market and sold here in North America a year later were actually big hits for Buick.
Yeah that's right!
The Verano in China called the Excelle was engineered for China....and so was the Opel Mokka/Buick Encore. (the Encore was also made for Europe in mind....but it is built in 2 Asian countries and in 1 European one...)
I think this latest Buick product will follow in the footsteps of the cars I just mentioned...which is sales success.
Ive got past history on my side....and that is what Im basing my opinion on...
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Audi is weaker in the USA, probably because VW is so weak. Audi has had slow, steady growth though over 50 consecutive months of sales gains. 15 years ago Audi was like Jaguar level volume, but not they are a player, so I think that is why they get less criticism. Cadillac was on top of the mountain and now a 5th or 6th place brand, thus they get criticized.
Audi sold 1,803,250 cars last year world wide. Hard to say they don't know how to convince people to buy them, the American market is only 10% of their total sales though. Cadillac needs the American market, it is their #1 market.
I upvoted you on that....because its actually closer to the truth than some of us want to admit...
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I dont know where these are...and these are Zeta Camaros...true.....
And....maybe the showroom floor aint shared...because even in Canada...Cadillac is alone on one side while GMC, Buick and Chevrolet is on the other side, this EXTERIOR scene is all too common even in 2016..
The dealership near my home has the Cadillac area completely to the left in the middle is Mr. Goodwrench and to the right is Chevy, Buick and GMC.
And the front of the parking lot is where the inventory is located, not the back of the dealership....
OK....remember I said there was a clearance sale of the ATS?
OK...there were 3 ATS cars in front of the Cadillac area...there was 1 Impala and 1 new Volt with a Silverado in front of the Chevy area....but like in the photos above...there was 1 new Camaro SS and 1 Malibu Premium IN FRONT of the ATS in the client parking spot...yes...they were for sale...not demos....inventory for sale!
Note....that photo is an older one....a couple of years ago when Cadillac did share that space with Buick and GMC....
Today though, Cadillac is alone...Buick and GMC are in the Chevy side of the dealership....but the signage remains the same...
But...it dont matter when the dealership general manager sticks Chevy cars OUTSIDE the building in the Cadillac area....
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I LOVE those!!!!
Those for me would be....mid 80s...
Early 1980s:
Like its, totally yuk.
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"My brain gets depressed..."
LOL!!!
I like this model T-Bird.
Better than any other T-Bird from the 1970s and early 1980s in my opinion.
OK...Ill admit...this last T-Bird is no Adonis, but a million times better than the Disco Queen T-Birds.
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Red headed Italian girl...and not existing?
I show you 2....
One is a curvy model....of 1950/1960s vintage...
Sex Symbol.
OK...not a real redhead....
This model of 1980s vintage was a real redhead and a sex symbol as well...
The name says it all....
You gotta work with me here, bro....
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Mercedes already has a small RWD car, building two small rwd cars wouldn't make sense.
I always love the anti-Mercedes argument of "but they make the CLA" "it is cheap, it degrades the brand" Yet the the brand keeps rolling along, and the followers can't catch them. The CLA outsold the ATS last year. True story, it happened. If the ATS was so good, and the Cadillac brand so appealing, the bottom feeder of the Mercedes brand wouldn't be beating them. You can get a CLA and an ATS for the same money, more people would rather have that CLA, and CLA has 1 body style, ATS has 2!
And hence my thought process with an ATS does not make me wanna belt out loud Sliiiiiiiiick Black Caaaaaadillac with solid gold hubcaps....making me feel like a king, and hence why I made this thread to see who else may have this doubt about Cadillac...if not the whole brand, at least for just that one model, the ATS.
It is quite sad, for a Cadillac enthusiast, to see an equivalent Mercedes Benz product....at least in price if not in quality, to outsell the ATS...
It is also quite sad to see a similar priced Chevrolet on the same lot as said Cadillac product. It wouldnt be so bad had Cadillac been stand alone....but to share the same dealership and to have a lesser brand within the same family compete with you on price defeats the purpose of being top tier 1 luxury.
The Buick dilemma is less with the Envision and XT5, because the price of entry is higher and Buick is premium as opposed to Chevy being....gulp....MAINSTREAM and CHEAP....when a Sonic costs $12 000 CDN or so....to have a Chevrolet Malibu Premium touch ATS price tag....to have a Chevrolet alpha platformed brother to cost AS MUCH as the ATS....
Like I said...Cadillac sells the ATS alone in its OWN dealership, not so bad....but to have Chevrolet there....
The ATS besides a Malibu....and the ATS just looks like yet another ho-hum compact car....
RWD?
Big PHOQUING deal!!!!!
The CLA from M-B proves it to the ATS that RWD is NO BIG DEAL!!!
Besides....although I have a hard time accepting the Camaro....the Camaro is a stunner....
The Camaro V8 is actually a BETTER machine than the ATS no matter what engine resides in the ATS....and the kicker, other than the ATS-V TTV6, the Camaro enjoys the SAME engines...BUT....between "V" and "SS", the "SS" has the more prestigious engine....
Proof?
The bigger brother CTS-V has got it under its hood....
And the Camaro will gain better versions too....
Different target market you say?
I say PHOOEY!!!!
Cadillac, JDN better figure out what direction they need to steer Cadillac in, and yes he is only starting....but as of 2016.....I aint singing SLIIIIIIICK BLACK CAAAAAAADILLAC.....
I more in tune to singing....
And Lord knows I DONT WANT TO DO THAT!!!!!
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I could read the headlines now....
Im gonna kiss my wife like this if any one of the G3 goes under!
Yup...Ill travel to Times Square, NYC, with a sailor's uniform and plant a big wet one on her in this exact same way!
We will fight them on the beaches....
I smell sweet victory with this...if true...maybe this is what Cadillac and Lincoln need to get some of that trust back from some of the American public.
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Anyone notice that a 2016 Buick Envision (which is in the small segment and made in China) is $42,995, and the 2017 will have a $34,990 base model.
The Cadillac XT5 is $38,995, which is a mid-size crossover. A small Buick crossover is priced like a mid-size Cadillac. It doesn't make sense.
Well....I dont really care how big one is over the other....
It DOES make sense though....
Buick needs to carve out its own niche....and destiny.
Cadillac too.
Both brands need to be in this segment.
The thing is...both vehicles are very very different in style and in nature...
So...both COULD co-exist without the internal competition effect...
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I agree. The sub ATS product they need is a crossover. They is always a business case for crossovers it now seems. The XT5 is basically a midsize vehicle, they can get 2 crossovers smaller than it in the line up easily. People don't want small sedans, look at the drop in Fiesta, Focus type cars, the Honda Fit basically dead, but the Trax, HR-V, and Mazda CX-3 are on the rise. You can sell a compact crossover, hard to sell a compact sedan if you aren't already established in that segment.
You do NOT agree.
Tiny crossovers is NOT where Cadillac should be going, at the very least because
It lacks focusand Cadillac isn't
already established in that segmentAND because everyone wants them to stop saying
let's copy thatSee what you did there??
VERY CLEVER, BALTHY.
I like very much what YOU did there.
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That buck naked guy guest....Im guessing is Wings....
He did the same thing over at MT....with those types of names...
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As far as the didnt sell part...
OK...you got me...on a semantic technicality....
30% of nothing is.....
CCAP might be kidding around, but GM bean counters were not...
The Autoline Detroit interview with JDN....he mentioned that when the next product line is about to be talked about, the accounting guys are ready to discuss and let the engineers know what models made money...
The CTS coupe shared very very little with the sedan....
I wonder how much money was made on it....
Yeah Casa....you got me...the CTS coupe was a stupendous success story in the market place...
It sure made a dent in BMW coupe sales....
That is why BMW has cut back on its small coupes....
There is no 2 Series and no 4 Series....but Cadillac has got an ATS coupe and a CTS coupe....
Wait what?
The ATS was supposed to replace the CTS and the CTS was supposed to be more in line with a 5 Series...while the ATS is in line with the 3 Series...
2 Series 4 Series and 6 Series.....
Cadillac has got the ATS....plus the Camaro....
Because the CTS coupe was such a sales hit!!!
Got it!!!
You sure set me straight....
Your attempts to rile me up are laughable. The ATS essentially replace the CTS in the Cadillac line and only the name goes back to what the second gen CTS was. The CTS currently is for all intents the STS from before. Thus.. no coupe. IN terms of sales the product mix:
2011 Coupe 27%2011 Sedan 70%2011 Wagon 3%2012 Coupe 27%2012 Sedan 70%2012 Wagon 4%2013 Coupe 29%2013 Sedan 68%2013 Wagon 3%2014 Coupe 29%2014 Sedan 69%2014 Wagon 2%with almost 30% going to coupe sales2011 55,0422012 46,9792013 32,3432014 31,115Means that almost 15K were coupe sales in 2011. BMW's 3series sales, when it was a coupe and convertible were 15% of that mix. Meaning that Cadillac sold almost double.. by percentage.. of CTS Coupes than BMW did coupes and convertibles combinedNow go post a video or something clownAs far as the didnt sell part...
OK...you got me...on a semantic technicality....
30% of nothing is.....
CCAP might be kidding around, but GM bean counters were not...
The Autoline Detroit interview with JDN....he mentioned that when the next product line is about to be talked about, the accounting guys are ready to discuss and let the engineers know what models made money...
The CTS coupe shared very very little with the sedan....
I wonder how much money was made on it....
Yeah Casa....you got me...the CTS coupe was a stupendous success story in the market place...
It sure made a dent in BMW coupe sales....
That is why BMW has cut back on its small coupes....
There is no 2 Series and no 4 Series....but Cadillac has got an ATS coupe and a CTS coupe....
Wait what?
The ATS was supposed to replace the CTS and the CTS was supposed to be more in line with a 5 Series...while the ATS is in line with the 3 Series...
2 Series 4 Series and 6 Series.....
Cadillac has got the ATS....plus the Camaro....
Because the CTS coupe was such a sales hit!!!
Got it!!!
You sure set me straight....
Your attempts to rile me up are laughable. The ATS essentially replace the CTS in the Cadillac line and only the name goes back to what the second gen CTS was. The CTS currently is for all intents the STS from before. Thus.. no coupe. IN terms of sales the product mix:
2011 Coupe 27%2011 Sedan 70%2011 Wagon 3%2012 Coupe 27%2012 Sedan 70%2012 Wagon 4%2013 Coupe 29%2013 Sedan 68%2013 Wagon 3%2014 Coupe 29%2014 Sedan 69%2014 Wagon 2%with almost 30% going to coupe sales2011 55,0422012 46,9792013 32,3432014 31,115Means that almost 15K were coupe sales in 2011. BMW's 3series sales, when it was a coupe and convertible were 15% of that mix. Meaning that Cadillac sold almost double.. by percentage.. of CTS Coupes than BMW did coupes and convertibles combinedNow go post a video or something clownWhile correct in % but with 3 series roughly doubling, in 2011, CTS sales at 94,153(and the ratio worsens beyond 2011 as CTS drop and 3 rise) they would still be selling the same total number of 3 Series coupes(now 4Series). They can just amortize the costs better and make a better business case for variants...which in my opinion they are way beyond number of choices at this point.. 3 Series Grand Turisno? One of the ugliest vehicles ever made. Proportions are dog $h!.
And according to your own figures Casa....the CTS coupe sales were dropping faster than girl's panties when Prince was around them....
And in a relatively short period of time....
The GM bean counters said ...NO NO NO....no more CTS coupe....
Remember....because I mentioned this before...but you ignore, and suppress....the CTS coupe shared very little with the sedan...
Not a very successful car at 31 000 units during the last year....from 55 000 units....and how much were the incentives to move it the last 2 years? Remember...55 000 units @ year 1 to 32 000 and 31 000 units years 3 & 4....with probably massive amounts of rebates to move that hunk of shyte out of the dealership the last 2 years...
YEAH CASA...
I think maybe my clown kit...Ill pass it on to you...
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Is there a third choice because both are unreliable and one is just downright hideous (looking at you Alfa)?
No third choice.
These are it.
Take 'em or leave 'em.
Topless American woman during spring break or curvy (but not in this case) red headed Italian supermodel...
Man, I can't believe you guys aren't familiar with the Alfa GTV. They were designed by Pininfarina, and reviews speak well of them.
Hell, I'd take the Alfa just for this gorgeous engine-
Also, definitely, definitely not ugly-
I gotta admit, I dont know too much about this car.
Its a stunner though. Looks great being seen or driven in next to a Mediterranean Boardwalk.
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Im quite happy actually being born in 1973 and being a teenager in the 1980s and living my adult life in the 2000s.
I don't prefer the 1970s as an adult over the 2000s.
I wouldn't mind switching though.
I know I wouldn't like to be an adult in the 1950s...as a teen yes, not as an adult.
To me, the 1950s (and 1960s) seem like a naïve period.
All the lies, innuendo that have been fed to the people, including the lies about WW2 and the false reasons why it started making it seem like the Nazis were the ONLY bad guys, the Cold War and making THAT seem like the Communists were the ONLY bad guys...
The too perfect world of the American family with the dog, house and white picket fence....and the hypocrisy surrounding the devil's music, blacks, race relations and the place of the white male versus any other minority including women...
To me it seemed like in the 1940s, women had more rights than they did in the 1950s...they actually worked in factories to produce military weapons....they actually played sports andf were not frowned upon while doing so....
I feel that the assassination of JFK really woke many people up...
And all the uprising whether it was Malcolm X or Martin Luther King or women burning their bras really sent a message to "take it to the man"...
Which is good. I feel like we don't do enough of that today...and we should as we are ;letting corporate greed rule us...
On the other hand, maybe we are too cynical today....the pendulum has swung the other way, maybe too far the other way as opposed to being too naïve.
I would love to have lived as a teen in the 1920s and 1930s...
Mucho poverty, but it seems to me that our politicians and companies cared a tad more about the well being of their people as opposed to today.
But maybe Im seeing those times from red coloured glasses too...and Im seeing the 1950s with very dark Ray Bans...
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I was born in 1970, was a child of the 70s, have no interest in living in the 70s...but I do love a lot of music and cars of the 1970s. Had I been around then, I'd like to have been an early employee of Apple or Microsoft and been part of the revolution..that I would have enjoyed greatly. I've been in the game since the early 90s, so I remember the rise of the web browser, the internet, and cell phones, but to have been there in the early days of the personal computer...
I would have worn checked jackets w/ wide lapels, aviator sunglasses, a handlebar stash, large side burns, and maybe driven a mid '70s Eldorado convertible or Lincoln Mark IV..
For '70s sex symbols, I'd have to pick Stevie Nicks and Farrah Fawcett...
Yeah...Farrah Fawcett. MMMMMMMM. Tasty.
Teenager/early adult in the 1970s and its Trans Am all the way.
Disco AND Rock-N-Roll would be blasting on the radio.
Dressed like a young dude from that era did...
A successful restaurant owner, husband and father as I am now and its a Cadillac. Probably the Seville. Coupe or Sedan.
And dressed like a wise guy. No mustache.
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OK, this is just disconnected from reality. How many people would actually rather live in the 70s with no Internet or cell phones or modern health technology?If you include all American's in that average... sure we're much richer.
Remove the top 400 wealthiest who's wealth has increase 1700% since 1970... and no, we're all actually poorer.
Yeah...I know....Im about to revive a dead thread. Watch-out people, zombies up ahead.
I realize this dude hasnt been around for awhile....but Id like to answer his question....(the rest of his posts are just plain dumb and uneducated. Im with you Drew all the way..)
Anyway...
I AM ONE OF THOSE FEW THAT WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN THE 1970s....
Technically, I lived in the 1970s....born in 1973.
No internet??? NO FREAKIN' PROBLEM!!!!
Listen, the internet and how it is used as a communication device and transfer and storage of information in 2016 is just...words cannot describe this...
For me, the invention and usage of the internet is akin to the invention of fire and the wheel.
It has transformed humanity like never before. Fire and the wheel and the internet. Mobility on land(the automobile and in the air come after fire,wheel and internet)
But...communication was still pretty darned good in the 1970s.
Cell phones?
Dude....really, there is no need for a cell phone for the average person to have 24/7.
Sure...communication is very important, but to post on Facebook that you just took a leak is a phenomenon that needs to go away....
Id rather non-Facebook/Twitter world of the 1970s...
When one wanted to cruise a chick, he cruised a chick....he actually went up to TALK to her...face to face...made EYE CONTACT!!!
Besides....public telephones were EVERYWHERE....and only cost a bloody dime....how much is your monthly smart phone bill there CSPEC?
Talk about another useless thing we spend our money on making us even MORE poor...then we bitch about the price of a fast food hamburger slice of cheese that 75 cents is too expensive to add on to because we spend hundreds of dollars/month on internet bills....
Which is more important to you?
Food or the chat we do on twitter?
The way the AVERAGE Joe uses the internet...the internet is useless....
Music was REAL.
Cars...were dreadful, or starting to become dreadful, yet, they seemed to be more fun....driving itself seemed to be more enjoyable.
Fashion was disgusting in the 1970s....yet, men were men and women were proud of that....
This is not about sexual orientation....just that marketing was not as a low point as it is now...
Good looking dude....metrosexual I believe is the term....
Yet....in the 1970s...
There was no need to exploit....
The women...were finally started to rise and NOT be second class sexualized citizens...well....that is a false statement I made...yet...in 2016...it seems that women have regressed....further than they were in the 1970s....
Loni Anderson...what a slut!!!!
2016...
Let me remind you....this girl was the sex pot singer of the 70s...
What a whore???!!!
Yeah...Id take the "medieval" medical era of the 1970s easily over 2016 any day of the week....
Oh....and AIDS first case was not reported until the 1980s...
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This is a very easy choice for me to make.
Although Ive seen the Alpha in Greece when I have visited in the past, and its a stunner for European roads and culture, Im more of an American car guy. And living in North America, Id rather cruise the streets of Montreal in the red Thunderbird. V8 music included, even though that particular V8 was docile.
However, keep in mind, that the Alpha Romeo Spider would look very much at home on Montreal streets.
Especially in Old Montreal.
But...the Thunderbird wins easily....
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This is a combination of CheersandGears monthly car spotter threads and Would You Rather threads.
Ive come to realize that lately in Montreal, in the summer, interesting cars appear. This was not the case even 5 years ago...but Ill take it now....
Usually, the interesting cars are seen by me on the same day or 24 hours later, and usually, these cars are somewhat similar in some peculiar way. I like to pair them up and start a conversation.
These are past sightings. A sample of three from Motor Trend Forums for some of you to see what kind of bizarre thoughts I have....
Anyhoo, the past 48-60 hours have not been any different.
It has been very nice spring weather in Montreal these last few days. 680 F
Usually, I have a story behind the sightings, but not this time.
Straight up sighting a couple of days ago. I got off of work and in the parking lot was this beautiful red 2002 Ford Thunderbird. Mint condition. Looked exactly like this one here.
Top down. Ready to cruise.
Yesterday, as I was leaving Canadian Tire....I needed car wax to wax my cars...when this little sexy Italian car came out of nowhere.
Red. Top down, and the dude was already cruising with his wife. Older couple in their 60s. I did not get a chance to wave or thumbs up or nothing.
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I especially love that song called Cream...
"Oh...he wants some of yours and not some of mine.."
I had a similar situation with similar dialogue...and all the while, this song was popular when my situation....ahem...arose...
YES....pun MOST DEFINITELY INTENDED!!!
- Batdance
- When Doves Cry
- I Would Die 4 U
- 1999
- Lets Go Crazy
And the countless of songs that he had a hand in with many many different artists...
Such as:
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As far as the didnt sell part...
OK...you got me...on a semantic technicality....
30% of nothing is.....
CCAP might be kidding around, but GM bean counters were not...
The Autoline Detroit interview with JDN....he mentioned that when the next product line is about to be talked about, the accounting guys are ready to discuss and let the engineers know what models made money...
The CTS coupe shared very very little with the sedan....
I wonder how much money was made on it....
Yeah Casa....you got me...the CTS coupe was a stupendous success story in the market place...
It sure made a dent in BMW coupe sales....
That is why BMW has cut back on its small coupes....
There is no 2 Series and no 4 Series....but Cadillac has got an ATS coupe and a CTS coupe....
Wait what?
The ATS was supposed to replace the CTS and the CTS was supposed to be more in line with a 5 Series...while the ATS is in line with the 3 Series...
2 Series 4 Series and 6 Series.....
Cadillac has got the ATS....plus the Camaro....
Because the CTS coupe was such a sales hit!!!
Got it!!!
You sure set me straight....
Karma News: Karma Automotive Renames Karma Sedan, Moves Production to U.S.
in Karma
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I see that Fisker has got a new attituuuuuude!
Using BMW powertrains and charging systems and being built in California....
Its a shame about the BMW part....but she is still a stunner!
Id order two of these....
One from Bob Lutz....
And the other, Id try and Frankenstein the upcoming Tesla Model S P100D powertrain in it...or...I see that a Model X is closer to the Karma's wheelbase....