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How so. There is still 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9, and even higher.. Even if they use just the even numbers for sedans... U still have 5 sedans... Which is 2 more they currently do... If they need more.. They could whore out the odd (opposite) numbers like BMW with the Grand Coupes Cool...I see that what you are suggesting to me is that numbers on a number line are infinite. CT1000, CT2000 Maybe Cadillac could copy the Terminator way... T-100 T1000 and so forth... Casa, I understand the thought process of alphanumerics... But going up and down the number line is still boxing yourself up. Numbers are definitely infinite, and Cadillac really does not need an infinite amount of models either. I get that. But stupidity in alphanumerics is also infinite. And Cadillac cannot afford infinite amounts of stupidity. Im NOT sold on alphanumerics. The Germans had a decent logic to it, but even them they screwed it up... a 318 Bimmer had a 1.8 liter engine... a 325 Bimmer had a 2.5 liter engine... Yeah, I know...even efficient German CEOs complicated their life when they started over thinking things... "Like OMG!!!....we once had a 325 BMW 2.5 liter Inline 6...now we have a 2.3 liter 4 cylinder...we cant possibly call that a 323...becasue its too close to the 325 we did a decade ago and people will get confused that this is not an inline 6 but a 4 cylinder so we will just use random numbers higher up on the number line that has nothing to do with engine displacement....it dont matter that this how how we did it for the last 100 years....all of Europe actually...we will re-invent the wheel instead in confusing the peeps less..." The brand is more of value than the model name is what these alphanumerics are suppose to do... That would be on paper.... In real life...well, Like Drew said...Cadillac pays big bucks to Johan and Ellinghaus. I actually like what they are doing, even with the naming scheme....I still dont like alphanumerics though!

With Axl, Slash, Duff, etc? Hell hath frozen over... Id like to think of it this way: that their Civil War has ended and are now returning Back to the Jungle. They learned that the grass is not greener on the other side...but in Paradise City, a city they should have never left in the first place, the grass is as green as it gets. But they are a lot older now...I wonder if the girls are still pretty. In the end, all what they really needed was a little Patience. I wonder if Bob Guccione, Jr. had something to do with this...maybe it was Mr Brownstone... I know one thing...both Axel and Slash were waaaaaaay outta line. With Axel's bitch slap rappin' and Slash's cocaine tongue, they got nuthin done! They should have lived...but they decided to let die...Its a shame....because they hit the world stage like a Locomotive...but I doubt them being alone all this time in the cold November Rain will have them back Knock Knock Knockin' on Heaven's door..hey hey hey yeah! That Rocket Queen is Yesterday's Garden of Eden. I never did Cry the night they broke up, because I never did like them as a group. I was never a Sweet Child o' Theirs. Strange though, I have bought several of their tapes and CONTINUE to listen to their songs over and over and over again. I like their music. Just not them as a group. Appetite for Destruction Lies Use Your Illusions I&II Yes...even the Spaghetti Incident...

Yeah, well. I dont do trucks. Nor SUVs all that much, and the criteria calls for both...meh. The ONLY SUV I WANT is a Wrangler....lifted. Or a WW2/Korean war vet original. US Army issue. So...a Winnebago called out to me in this dream garage thread.

Truck: Winnebago Grand Tour Ellipse. Sedan: Tesla Model S P90 Coupe: Dodge Challenger Hellcat SUV: Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Lifted Toy: Corvette Z06 Or a Mustang P-51D replica

A CT0? True about what you said about Cadillac does not have to limit itself to only 2 cars below the CT6...CT4 and CT2, so a CT0 could very well be a viable option...but CT0 as a name? If CT0 ever becomes a name for a Cadillac, I think Cadillac pretty much limited themselves to exactly that many sales of a CT0.....which is ZERO... I get the reasons why of the alphanumeric names...I know the reasons...and more importantly, I understand why marketing "geniuses" are pushing for alphanumeric names... Problem is...with a naming scheme like CT6/CT8...CT4...CT3...CT2...CT1 and finally CT0...for a small bite sized sedan....is pretty much dead on arrival...and no room for product growth...Im mean...CT4...CT2....and smaller than that is a CT0....ZERO....ZERO... That is problem #2... Problem #1: Marketing "geniuses" saw how the German car companies have succeeded with the alphanumeric names...COOL! Now tey want to emulate that... a. Problem is that they forgot that those alphanumeric names really did not succeed when AMERICAN LUXURY was at its HIGH!!! b. The German culture is a culture that is based on "efficiency"...so it works for the German car. American culture is a culture that is based on emotions...attitudes and emotions... Casa..a poster that is very well informed and very pro American Cars mainly GM has said something in the past that has stuck with me..it resonted with me...since Im Greek...he said that being an American is an attitude...and he is right...like I said...Im Greek...the original "attitude" culture. After the war....WW2...there is a reason why the Standard of the World...a superlative with an attitude in itself...left behind the alphanumerics...or at the very least....downsized from them...and went for names....names with attitude I might add...ELDORADO... There is a reason why ESCALADE...in 2015...the name and the product itself...is so successful... A-T-T-I-T-U-D-E I just felt I had to rant about that... CT0 made me puke in my mouth...at the thought that Cadillac boxed themselves in with that dumb alphanumeric crap...

We FINALLY get wintery Quebec weather tomorrow. SNOW FREAKIN' STORM! Give me a HELL YEAH! 25-40 CM or in Yank speak...10-15 inches of pure Canadian snow! Living in the desert the last 8 winters, I kind of miss the big, dry snows I lived with on the Front Range in Colorado. 3 feet, close to 4 feet in 2-3 days in fall or spring, then 50-70 degree days and melting... I thought I was having a grand 'ol time when this El Nino stuff delayed the white stuff. Then I thought about it... when the 24th and 25th came and went....a green Christmas sucks big time. I hate the snow when it arrives, but I miss it when it aint present when its supposed to be present. I am sooooooo looking forward to this snow storm. And the province of Quebec issued an alert for the Montreal region. We rarely get a provincial warning...even when a snow storm is mentioned...so this one should be a biggie...and I cant wait for it to start! Desert? Las Vegas is where you call home now?

We FINALLY get wintery Quebec weather tomorrow. SNOW FREAKIN' STORM! Give me a HELL YEAH! 25-40 CM or in Yank speak...10-15 inches of pure Canadian snow!

That is funny Suave... Even if you are serious, and Im basically making fun of you right now by not taking you serious and laughing at you...so please forgive me. OH...I admire your English language skills. I could only dream of mastering the English language the way you have. Its eloquent. Hence your name...DUH... You made another post a day or two ago that I was in total awe of your English language skills.

Second floor, hardware, childrens wear, ladies lingerie Oh,Good morning Mr. Tyler Going down?

Like I said...they do things their own way. Many people, including Americans themselves, find it weird that American cars of the 1950s incorporated airplane jet themed styles, including mile high fins. I wouldnt have it any other way with 1950s cars. That would be my favorite look. Goes extremely well with Rock-N-Roll. But the French do the Art Deco thing quite well. So...they do that on their cars too. French cars arent necessarily my favorite. American cars are, but I do enjoy French style. Like I said, you got to respect a culture that has Gargoyles on top of buildings and calls it art.

In contrast though, in the 42 years that Im alive, and I spent ALL of them in Montreal on XMAS day, I NEVER saw a green XMAS, it has ALWAYS been a white one. I think this year, I have a pretty good chance in seeing a green XMAS...The weather man is calling for 12 degree Celsius...12 mother effin degrees...in Montreal...on the 25th of December???!!!! We ususally get snowstorms on this day...no joke!!! Sadly....Im NOT at all sad about it... Mr. Bing Crosby has got me covered either way... I aint posting the other song for fear of jinxing the 12 degrees Celsius...cause trust me...I aint dreaming of a white one this year!!!

I ALWAYS say that!!! Each and EVERY time the 1st day of winter rolls around, I see the silver lining in that frozen cloud and rejoice that finally, the days are getting longer again! AMEN!

Annie Lennox and Dean Martin's version always kicks off the Holiday season for me. Then its this song. And then the rest follow THAT is even cooler!!!

I taught my kids about Dean Martin... Many ways I showed them about Dean Martin...one way is Christmas. And they in turn taught me this song from Dean Martin. Their school music teacher...I just love this man's cool voice, especially when it comes to the Holidays.

If your sisters are blonde and blued eyed, I think Id be in love. Id gladly be at their mercy. Nothing is more sexier than a tall, blonde, blue eyed German girl. OK...Nordic girls in general. Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish, German.... But alas, I bagged myself a Greek Goddess. I dont know how I did it, but I did it. She has a face worthy to launch a 1000 ships across an ocean.... And best of all, a heart of gold....

Nice Trans Am CCAP... Thanx Drew. This next Citroen, just oozes cool. Call it ugly if you wanna, but this car has a certain...Je ne sais quoi. Only a French car can ooze sensuality, sexuality and high class and snootiness all at the same time... Black and White pics only as only black and white pics capture the artistic nature of this car.... Ive had the pleasure of seeing these in action. In the late 1970s, as I remember, many were still on Montreal roads. Most of the ones that I saw were Taxis, but I saw a few that private citizens drove. They looked weird to me as I was a muscle car kid even back then as a 5-6 year old. But never did I consider them ugly. Every time I saw one, I stared at it and was in awe...I never did want my dad to own one as I was very happy being driven in a 1974 and a 1979 Impala, but I sure did enjoy looking at them driving passed me. And...this picture was taken in Montreal.

I did say that I was gonna do French cars!!! Love 'em or hate 'em, the cars themselves or the people, the French have a style all on their own...and you just GOT TO RESPECT THAT!!!

I like this idea. This is definitely one way to exploit the Jeep name even further. I hope they dont go too far with the marketing stuff...like Ferrari has...or Star Wars. I mean, I LOOOOOOVE Star Wars, but just as I was on a Star Wars kick last week, Im about ready to puke with Stars Wars merchandising this week. OH...we are going to see the Episode 7 next week. About a $100 000 Grand Wagoneer....it IS the ORIGINAL luxury SUV afterall... I have no probs with a $100 000 Jeep Grand Wagoneer. In fact, Im elated about it... SUVs is an American thing. Although I hate SUVs in general, why should the likes of Rolls Royce, Bentley, Porsche, Lamborghini, BMW, Jaguar, Mercedes, Lexus all get to produce mega priced SUVs to profit from this seemingly never ending SUV craze and NOT an American car company? Dont give me the FCA thing and say Jeep aint American...Ill flip my lid...

I had to double read that... I said to myself...when in the world did Holden make a convertible Monaro? And what does an Aussie 2 door coupe have anything to do with this? Then it dawned on me...typo...

Well, If it really is Tour "Cross", I wished it was spelled "cross". And if its not....I hope its Tour "X"...sounds cool. In my ears at least. About the Subaru thing... Subaru makes wagons look cool. The AWD and the WRX and the Rallye connections...Im assuming is what makes Subaru wagons look cool. Too bad AMC could not hold on a few more years.

I finally saw that crap...and the three things that I saw, including that very dangerous head hunting hit...I was like...OMG!!! Why doesn't somebody just pound that effer???!!! kinda like this situation in hockey...where the Blue Jacket's Dubinsky tried something funky and the Flyers' Simmonds right away just pounds away... THAT is why I LOVE hockey...the players police themselves...OK...a lot less than how it used top be as the NHL wants to curtail fighting, but as long as the NHL does NOT enforce dirty hits nearly as much as they should, and they know that, they allow the fights...

Tour 'cross', huh? I thought it would be pronounced like the letter 'x'....like BMW with xDrive. But, I guess its more like Volvo's Cross Country... Tour Cross? I like the name...I dont like the way its spelled. I dont like hatchback type vehicles...CUVs/SUVs...lifted station wagons or otherwise. 3rd and 4rth gen Pontiac Firebird/Trans Ams and Corvettes are as far as I go with hatchbacks. Useful they are, cup of tea for me, they are not. PS: I forgot about Toyota Supras of the 1980s and 1990s and Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo...I like those hatches a lot too. Basically hatchbacks that have NO relationship akin to family haulin' or soccer mom written all over them... Pocket rocket hatches? No thanks on those as those are clearly based on econoboxes...that can haul families... Subaru WRX STis...yup....Ill do those... Buick Regal Tour Cross that is like an Audi Allroad? I might deem it pretty like I do the Allroad, or even the Subaru Outback, but Ill stick to the sedan version...

Bimmer Xdrive... So Buick decides to do Tourx. So...is it pronounced as Tour 'ex' or is it like 'tourques'? I hope a Regal Tourx is more like an Audi Allroad or a Subaru Outback or a Volvo Cross Country...as in a lifted station wagon rather than just a simple European 'break'... Because as we all know, normal station wagons dont sell at all in North America, this NEEDS to be lifted to actually give CUVs/SUVs a run for their money.

Your last sentence is what gives your bias away... @ 6'6" tall, there arent many vehicles that fit your body anyway...and so probably the ONLY vehicles you fit in ARE fullsized SUVs...so THAT makes it less of an engineering problem from VW and more of a genetic deformality on your part... Dont take the last thing that I said too personal, I just have height envy. You are exactly 1 foot taller than I... OK...maybe 11.5 inches taller. Im 5'6 1/2"

I think that this Euro Van is the looker from all of them. It has cute little front fender bulges that stylize well and integrate perfectly with the headlight design. My only concern is that maybe its too cute for a very masculine plumber or electrician but perfect for a florist.... If I had a small business that needed a small cargo van, I think Id go with it... And with matching body coloured bumpers, it looks even better. The Ford Transit Connect is a close second for me. But...I too, am fed up with the Euro vans and their crappy styling.