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  1. We don't always agree but I certainly do here. I have no interest in this when I can get a 3 Series, C Class, Audi 4, Model 3 or CT5 for similar coin. If you ignore the dash to axel ratio, you wouldn't know anything was FWD vs RWD. I think the TLX looks good here but it doesn't quite have RWD proportions. That Caddy looks so much sportier than the TLX.
  2. If only they'd step out of the stone age with those engines and join Toyota with modern turbo and/or hybrid engines.
  3. I find it a little funny that my local Ford dealership has a level 2 charger but my local GM dealer has a CCS fast charger that...you guessed it... out of order.
  4. For that reason, I only use the desktop version when I'm at work. It's a bit of a bummer but, it is what it is.
  5. Of course there will! Then Cadillac will have horrible sales numbers because they're trying to sell the same thing at a much higher cost. Ford/Lincoln will probably end up doing the same thing but I can only hope Lincoln differentiates enough to justify existing. One of my good friends that sells at a Chevy/Buick/GMC dealership hates everything that GM has come out with. Everything electric they've sold has been nothing but a nightmare that's always in the service bays. I certainly wouldn't say dealerships love electric cars quite yet.
  6. You obviously cannot see that you're the one who put an emphasis on "NOT", that's the the part where you're injecting your opinion on the piece.
  7. The Problem Cadillac/GM have is that they're rebadging vehicles and as EVs, they're even more similar to their Chevrolet counterparts. They're desperately doing something to differentiate themselves, That Optiq is nothing different than an Equinox EV,,,, but it charges faster!
  8. The current Bolt could already utilize level 3. It was a slow level 3, but it was still level 3 capable. 55 kW.
  9. They're not the absolute fastest, just the most reliable by a country mile.
  10. And uhhhh... how many hybrid/plug-in electric SUVs does GM have? They're trying to completely skip over the hybrid/plug-in thing while rocking decades old 3.6L V6s in everything they can until everything is a full EV.
  11. Which that sucks because I think A LOT of people like what the 4Runner is and if they could only update the dang thing! Is it still running the 4.0 V6 with a 5spd auto?!?
  12. Oh yeah, isn't the Taco getting new boosted/hybrid engines, as well? Last I knew, Ford and GM do not have hybrid mid-size trucks.
  13. Oh yeah, I just wasn't about to look that stuff up. I knew it's been 20+ years and that was good enough for me, Hahaha. Chevy's been running the old-@ss 5.3 for decades while Toyota has a brand new boosted 3.4 AND a boosted hybrid in their full-size truck. Obviously, it won't sell worth a sht, for whatever reasons, but it's about as technologically advanced of a truck powertrain as there gets right now.
  14. Fair point, I completely forgot about all of those. But, in all fairness, those all could go away and both companies would still thrive off their half tons and HD/SDs. Also, wouldn't that make the reliance on trucks for BOTH companies look worse, not just Ford? Moreso Chevy, because the current Ranger is mostly crap compared to the Colorado/Canyon/Taco/Frontier? I sure hope GM can find a buyer for Chevy, because they don't have a European partner and rely way too heavily on their truck sales.... While their trucks are running the same pushrod engines from 2000. GM relies on old tech as much as Ford or anybody else.
  15. Considering you're using the word "truck" here. Those 2022 totals and percentages are as follows; Total Ford sales: 1,780,978 Total F Series sales: 638,340 F Series percent of total sales: 35.8% Total Chevy sales: 1,518,048 Total Silverado sales: 523,249 F Series percent of total sales: 34.4% Yeah, FORD is the only one reliant on truck sales.. Also, I'm not sure why you're using 2021 data as opposed to the most recent 2022 data that is within your screen shots. It's such a silly argument because if you take away the best selling product from ANY company and they'll be struggling.
  16. Have you lost your marbles? You think they'll have to merge with somebody else, because EV sales are pretty flat across the globe and they're cancelling one plant In Europe? GM doesn't have a plant in Europe and there's currently no plans for one. Does that mean they ought to look for a partner come 2030, too? I think GM will be equally "held back" because they don't have any plans for a European Ultium plant.
  17. The problem is not enough people ARE buying EVs. Otherwise they wouldn't have cancelled the plans for the plant. "The slowdown in Europe's EV market is the biggest cause of the delays. According to the International Energy Agency, the EV market in the EU grew 40 percent annually on average from 2017 to 2019, but growth slowed to 15 percent last year. Volkswagen also said EV orders in Europe fell from 300,000 cars in 2022 to 150,000 this year. But EV battery makers are merely still cautiously optimistic. Although the Turkish plant has been canceled, LGES will still supply Ford with EV batteries from its existing factories."
  18. I mean, they still have the three US plants all still going up.
  19. My wife and I are expecting our first in January and names are where we are completely stumped. We're having a girl but no name we've heard has really stuck out to us yet.
  20. Thank god everybody made the switch to the superior charging infrastructure. One of the biggest holdups in the switch to EVs is the garbage-@ss infrastructure that's not ran by Tesla.
  21. Happy Birthday, @Drew Dowdell!
  22. OUCH, this sucks for Cadillac and all 17 Cadillac XT5 and XT6 owners, PLUS Acadia owners. https://gmauthority.com/blog/2023/10/2024-cadillac-xt5-and-xt6-recalled-for-missing-windshield-adhesive/
  23. What a silly recall. People replace their batteries with batteries shaped differently and Toyota issues a recall for this? Also, this is news to you? "Some replacement 12-volt batteries of the size specified for the subject vehicles have smaller top dimensions than others. If a small-top battery is used for replacement and the hold-down clamp is not tightened correctly, the battery could move when the vehicle is driven with forceful turns. The movement could cause the positive battery terminal to contact the hold-down clamp and short circuit, increasing the risk of a fire."
  24. I freakin HATE the darkness in winter. If i didn't sit next to a window at work, I would only see daylight on Saturdays and Sundays.
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