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  1. You do NOT agree. Tiny crossovers is NOT where Cadillac should be going, at the very least because and Cadillac isn't AND because everyone wants them to stop saying See what you did there?? VERY CLEVER, BALTHY. I like very much what YOU did there. +1
  2. That buck naked guy guest....Im guessing is Wings.... He did the same thing over at MT....with those types of names...
  3. 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 sales 2011 55,042 2012 46,979 2013 32,343 2014 31,115 Means 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 combined Now go post a video or something clown 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 sales 2011 55,042 2012 46,979 2013 32,343 2014 31,115 Means 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 combined Now go post a video or something clown While 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...
  4. 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... 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.
  5. 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...
  6. 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.
  7. 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? 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...
  8. 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....
  9. 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.... http://forums.motortrend.com/70/9633577/the-general-forum/would-you-rather-an-e30-m3-from-bmw-or-a-69-trans/index.html http://forums.motortrend.com/70/9641815/the-general-forum/would-you-rather-a-jaguar-xj-s-buick-riviera-or-a/index.html http://forums.motortrend.com/70/9739103/the-general-forum/would-you-rather-a-73-olds-delta-88-or-a-03-merced/index.html 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.
  10. 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: and
  11. 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....
  12. Whatever Casa... Bottom line is: Its an opinion based thread. To boot, you even admitted that the ATS is conservatively styled. My concern was exactly that. What Cadillac means to me? Cadillac is bigger than life and their cars no matter what segment they reside in should reflect all aspects of that. Ill give you the ATS-V....but its still boy racer. Sorry dude, but the stylists of the ATS-V had the 1989 W-Body Pontiac GP Turbo and consequent GT and GTPs in mind when they did the ATS-V. Functional or not....still boy racer... Deny, ignore and suppress....
  13. This was a BIGGER shock to me than anybody else that died... Prince...dead at the age of 57 today..... Id post some his songs but he wasnt too big on youtube... Later, Ill try to find some songs....or Ill just state what songs I liked from him. Rest in Peace Prince. You are definitely a musical icon.
  14. Did you climb the highest mountains or run through the fields? Have you ran and crawled and scaled city walls just to find that youtube pic? Because Bono did all that...and he STILL hasnt found what he's looking for.
  15. I never had any issues with the product...nor the styling. The presence, the feel...the attitude of the ATS, in MY EYES is all wrong... So be it.. The Attitude of the ATS is to take on the best from Europe. It does. Very well in attitude, presence and feel. It lacks the variety that those Europeans do thus sales will be low., It lacks their marketing.. thus sales will be low. It is also first generation. The fact that it doesn't jibe with your idea of what U believe Cadillac should be speaks volumes as to what they are doing right in terms of attracting the new customers to the brand Just how you would not buy a Cadillac Brougham of 1996 vintage, and noit until you were 60 years old...because I, at 43 years of age, would have considered a Brouhmam in 2016... Perhaps because I've driven and been in both.. thru out the years. The old Cadillacs are cool for those who want them, but going forward.. FORWARD.. Cadillac needs to stay this course. To think that they were not gonna get people like yourself who hated the NEW Cadillac would have been ridiculous. Reminds me of people who say they prefer the Vinyl LPs over the CD or digital music. Its nostalgia driven that is all. The question I asked is how does one feel about Cadillac... I don't want Cadillac to be producing land yachts...but what do you think a Ciel is? Or an Escalade for that matter... (You've got to be kidding me if you think an Escalade is all that different from a 1996 Brougham...a slight suspension tuning to be less floaty for modern day Cadillac drivers is that difference...because its still a BOF vehicle...an SUV...Im sure a Brougham could have had the same suspension and steering feel done to it with the same brakes to be a more modern land yacht...) The Escalade, and other SUVS like Range Rover for years.. was branded as not worthy of Luxury simply because they were trucks or not traditional luxury vehicles (read cars). The Escalade, while certainly being big and bold is big and bold no differently than any other 5800lbs 204 inch (Length) and 74 inch (height) vehicle would be... As to FEEL.. yeah a ride, drive, or even better.. OWNING of one certainly feels special. My Dad also owns a previous gen Escalade we bought him.. my mom an SRX.. both say that they love their vehicles and both say they exude the special feeling they had about Cadillac when they.. THEY.. they were growing up. That's high praise considering they grew up in the 50s and 60s. When I got into my last 3 Caddys.. I always felt like I was equal of better than any BMW or Benz rolling near. Not one time did I not stop somewhere and even your vaulted S-Class owner not tell me how gorgeous and nice.. outta kno where mind U.. my STS or CTS was at the time. This current CTS gets unbelievable props. I feel like I'm pushing a Ferrari more than any luxury sedan, by the way people react to it. Just yesterday during dinner I could see my Rose parked out in from the Restaurant as a guy in his 20s literally tripped up over the curb staring and pointing showing his girlfriend how slick Rose was. She said to him.. "if U had a car like that.. we'd have to break-up, cause of all the THOTS U'd be meeting" I like the way the ATS drives...its the lack of presence its got on the road that is a concern to me... Ive gotten over the fact that Cadillac compacts are reality, but when a Honda Civic has more teeth and ballz to its look and feel, there is a problem. Casa, the ATS, while arts and science is clearly visible, the ATS is no more exciting than the BMW and Audi cars you whine about... ATS V aside....which has boy racer looks, is clearly lacking road presence. And a price tag that Chevrolet keeps bouncing up on... Tell that same thing to the 3Series.. and C-Class.. I keep tell y'all that conservatism is the way of the entry segment. The ATS tends to be conservative til U hit the Premium model.. then it shines. U've obviously never seen an ATS-V on the road or U would definitely not be saying something as crazy as it lacks road presence. Your pricing issues are also insane as every car can easily come up on luxury pricing when tarted up. A Chevy Impala also knocks on the Audi A6 Price as well. Ah...Casa, but you finally saw what Im seeing with the ATS...(non ATS-V...we will get to that V later) "The ATS tends to be conservative" Yes....it seems like the ATS is just another compact car in a sea of compacts...with a price tag that a Ford Fusion Titanium could reach.... My opening words to this thread..yet I chose a Camaro, Impala and Malibu to drive my thought process home... And then I thought about it some more and I said that Cadillacs should be larger than life regardless if compact or fullsized or SUV... Then you went all pissy to finally admit the ATS is styled conservatively... The CTS coupe of a couple years ago was FUGLY, it did not sell NOT because it pushed the boundaries too far, its because the man with the ugly stick touched it. I heard a rumour that the ATS, current CTS and CT6 lack Cadillac machismo is because of the Chinese market. That is for another conversation... OK...about the ATS-V....I never said it lacked presence...I said it had it...but with boy racer styling... Is Cadillac chasing the Fast and the Furious crowd with that? Because I, would never aspire to own a "V" series car, just because of the boy racer aspect. Its cool that you feel 60 years old in your father's Brougham, many felt that way between the years 1986-2010. Yeah..1986, not the 1990s that you are trying to say...Cadillac was starting to roll downhill from them....and BMW/Audi was going up....(if the unintended acceleration shyte did not hit Audi then, Audi would hae been BIGGER than BMW in the 1990s...)but if I was to drive YOUR CTS-V, I wouldnt feel comfortable in it as I wouldnt want people to say Im hitting a mid-life crisis.... Boy Racer....that is for Pontiacs.... Beautiful... Absolutely GORGEOUS car... But...I see the same thing in this automobile...without the ribbed sides... Vented hoods...functional or not...same shyte... Air thingys on the bottom of both cars...functional or not...same shyte... To boot, the Pontiac GP has CLASSIER wheels... If the goal is for affluent ATS-V buyers in their 40s,50s, and possibly 60s to relieve their go go go 20s...then mission accomplished... But...somehow, I dont think that is Cadillac's mission. Cadillac's mission was to attract the younger buyers...yes...but I dont think it was to throw them on under the Fast and Furious bus... The ELR is a compact that embodied that Cadillac presence WITHOUT the boy racer shyte...
  16. I never had any issues with the product...nor the styling. The presence, the feel...the attitude of the ATS, in MY EYES is all wrong... Just how you would not buy a Cadillac Brougham of 1996 vintage, and noit until you were 60 years old...because I, at 43 years of age, would have considered a Brouhmam in 2016... The question I asked is how does one feel about Cadillac... I don't want Cadillac to be producing land yachts...but what do you think a Ciel is? Or an Escalade for that matter... (You've got to be kidding me if you think an Escalade is all that different from a 1996 Brougham...a slight suspension tuning to be less floaty for modern day Cadillac drivers is that difference...because its still a BOF vehicle...an SUV...Im sure a Brougham could have had the same suspension and steering feel done to it with the same brakes to be a more modern land yacht...) I like the way the ATS drives...its the lack of presence its got on the road that is a concern to me... Ive gotten over the fact that Cadillac compacts are reality, but when a Honda Civic has more teeth and ballz to its look and feel, there is a problem. Casa, the ATS, while arts and science is clearly visible, the ATS is no more exciting than the BMW and Audi cars you whine about... ATS V aside....which has boy racer looks, is clearly lacking road presence. And a price tag that Chevrolet keeps bouncing up on... ATS V... Boy racer looks. That is a very cheap way to establish road presence. That was Pontiac's way, it worked for Pontiac...well...Pontiac is no longer... But whatever...I like this thread because I got many people's point of view of Cadillac for 2016...I wanted to know if I was alone in these thoughts of mine... and I would STILL like others to join in... Plenty of Cheers and Gears folk that have not chimed in. PS...a big grille alone does not equate to being bold... Its got to be "more than a sum of its parts" type deal...
  17. I think Ive figured out what that certain Cadillac feel is. Cadillacs were always larger than life. That does not mean Cadillac cars have to be large cars. Just larger than life cars. A sub ATS car should be outta this world stupendous. Whatever that may mean. It should NOT be just another compact car merrily rolling along. It COULD be a compact car, but it should give the middle finger to anybody that looks at it funny!!!
  18. The CTS lacks a certain Cadillac quality (in my eyes). The V is superbly done. Just a tad too boy racer, but I could live with that. The CT6 also lacks a certain Cadillac quality that I cant put my finger on. Yeah, they both have that unmistaken Cadillac look, they lack that Cadillac feel. Even a 1990 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham D'Elegance had that Cadillac feel. The FWD STS cars had that certain je ne sais quoi about it. Hell, a DTS had that Cadillac feel. Presence. The CTS-V has got it though. The look may be a tad too boy racer, but the Cadillac substance is there. The Escalade is just...perfect. But Hyper said something that maybe I too, should just relax and enjoy the up coming ride that JDN has in store for us. Cadillac aint just about North America anymore. My personal proof is that in Quebec, small car capital in North America, the ATS is a runaway success. And I have talked to some of my clients that own an ATS... They love the ride. They love the handling. They love the quality. They think an ATS IS a car worth the Cadillac badge. Even with just the 2.0T car. I think Im still stuck in an era when Cadillac was king and its hard for me to continue to wait for the second coming... However...Frisky is right though. Many people around the world are also awaiting for the "REAL" Cadillac to emerge. The Ciel was well received across the planet. A movie wanted that concept car soooo badly it actually made Cadillac give it to them. It was a perfect car casting....too bad the Ciel was not real. The Cien was also a concept car that made the movies. That too, had Cadillac presence and fit the casting role perfectly... And it was a mid-engine exotic back when Cadillac was anything but sporty. And the Cien did a wonderful job of making a futuristic world believe that Cadillac is a maker of high performance mid-engined sports cars!!!!
  19. All three responses and Im on the same page with all of them. With the exception of JDN's dismissal regarding sub ATS cars. I think sub-ATS cars will be wildly successful. In Quebec, the ATS is a runaway success. The 2.0T AWD is by far the best seller in the Cadillac sedan category. A trim that has a price tag of about $46 000-$48 000 CDN...In Quebec, the ATS might even be Cadillac's sales leader besting out another sales hit in the SRX. But that is why I posted this.... As nice of a car the ATS is in ride, handling, looks....the price tag on it makes me question the Cadillac prestige....a sub ATS car even more. Ive given hell to BMW and Audi and Mercedes Benz for this entry level luxury bullshyte....and yet Cadillac is the one to have tried their hand in it first with the Cimarron, and while that was a failure, the ATS is not..... This is thread is NOT about why the Cimarron failed and why the ATS looks like to be a success (at least in Quebec), this thread is about how one feels about Cadillac and their place in history and their place today in 2016.... Cadillac was ALWAYS about ultra luxury. Cadillac was ALWAYS about wanting MORE in your automobile. (all the luxury and excess and hoopla surrounding that included) Cadillac was ALWAYS about telling people you have arrived when you pulled up and told people you did not give a shyte about anything and at the same time a Cadillac was about telling people you are stinking rich and you dont care who knows it! In fact, you want people to know you are rich that is why you drive a Cadillac! I feel the ATS, while it may achieve sales, does not convey ANY of those messages. The Escalade does. The SRX also. The CT6 is trying to convey that message. The poolside commercial conveys that message. The ATS just gives me vibes of yet another compact car trying to survive to jungle in a sea of lion SUVs out to pounce on it and eat it. Hell, an equally priced CHEVROLET IMPALA LTZ @ $45 000 CDN kinda gives me some of that Cadillac criteria I mentioned above... It aint even about the price tag. Its about presence. And the lack the ATS has on the road. It looks purty....but good looks is not enough. It lacks something......it lacks this certain ingredient that makes a Cadillac a Cadillac. The Escalade has that in droves. The Ciel, the El Miraj drowned it it. Even the SRX had that certain Cadillac flair. The CTS and the CT6 almost have it. What is it? I have no idea what it is...but when I look at the models I named, I certainly know as much to identify which models have Cadillac mojo and which models desperately need it!
  20. Driving home today, while passing by the friendly GM dealership in my neighborhood..where they also sell Cadillacs..this song came up on the radio (Yeah..no joke impeccable timing!!!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9zzqNjt6e4 Seeing several 2015 Cadillac ATSs on the lot on a clearance sale got me thinking... 1. Does a $38 000-$43 000 CDN Cadillac car equal a Cadillac? Especially when on the same lot resides a 2016 $60 000 Chevrolet Camaro SS (same platform for phoque's sake), a 2015 $45 000 Chevrolet Impala LTZ and a 2016 38 000 Chevrolet Malibu Premier... 2. The Cadillac ATS, while a beautiful car, to me, does not convince me its a "Slick Black Cadillac". What I mean by that, a Cadillac ATS does not inspire me to sing out loud about Sliiiiiick Blaaaaaaaaaack Caaaaadillaac with solid gold hubcaps....making me feel like a king! And JDN wants to do sub ATS cars... What Cadillac means to me? A big, brash rock-n-roll machine that tells the world Ive made it! A long, slick, arrogant, dick measuring automobile that lets the world know that Oldshurst442 has arrived and the party could commence! THAT is what Cadillac means to me. The ATS does not say that at all...that was the vibe I got today.... What does Cadillac mean to you?
  21. Every time I see something about Montreal anywhere where big media is involved, I get all choked up inside. http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/buying-maintenance/news/a28874/theres-a-lamborghini-diablo-with-one-mile/ Road and Track article about a Lambo Diablo with 1 mile on the odometer is on sale at Lamborghini Montreal for half a million. Cool about the car. Even cooler that its in Montreal. At least for me....
  22. I think it should be called Wildcat. I think the Avista captures the Wildcat's spirit. I think the Regal should stay the way it is... I think the name Park Avenue should retire from Buick's nomenclature. Why? 1. Old Skool name. I love it, but all the pre- and post-bankrupt North American Buick wildly successful nameplates have NEW names. Encore, Enclave, Verano. The Lacrosse nameplate is somewhat a success, and a NEW name. The only one that struggles to sell is the Regal....yup....old name. So...I think a good Park Avenue replacement name would be Avenir... Going back to the Wildcat...on second thought, maybe Avista should remain as a name should Buick/GM somehow all of a sudden green light the Avista. 2. Cadillac is in New York City now...Cadillac is the one to have a New York Groove. Other GM brands should refrain from any New York delusions of grandeur.
  23. Well, its understated luxury. Kinda like that 1970 Continental. I like that. I like over the top luxury too. Like in those old Cadillacs from the 70s. And from that Fleetwood Brougham d'Elegance, Its a nice place to be in....and with that Black Label trim where you get to choose your own style....Id say its a very pleasant place to be in.
  24. That is a niiiiiice car.... Oh....Im talking about the grey Fusion in the backround...its nice because I own one.... PS: That Lexus interior seems more quiet Luxury than the Lincoln does. Dont get me wrong, I like the Continental interior too, because it does remind me of a Fusion interior...a very nice and spruced up Fusion interior, but the Lexus I think, does what Lincoln wants to do with quiet luxury a tad better.... PS: I aint being sarcastic, nor trolly. I am being genuine. I like that grey Fusion....that is why y wife bought one for herself, because we both fell in love with it. Black though...because black is bad ass. I really do think Lexus does quiet luxury better than Lincoln wants to do.... And yes, that interior does remind me of a Fusion interior....the dash part extending to the upper window part where the speakers are and the headlight switch gear...not a bad thing.....unless you feel like its a bad thing, therefore that is on you, and not on me....
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