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    Uhhh... It sure was. Also, your lack of creativity isn't surprising. Your "comebacks" are the same exact words...every time.
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    It's just unfortunate that they chose to share an engine specifically designed for truck use, to be in their luxury sport sedan. It isn't that it is tune-able, it's that it isn't refined enough for luxury sport sedan-use. "I wasn't going to describe it as such when Cadillac admitted that the turbocharged 2.7-liter four-cylinder comes from the Chevrolet Silverado pickup, but then I slid behind the wheel and hit the start button. The largest four-cylinder engine on the market starts up with a grumble, like a teenager being dragged out of bed at 5:00 a.m. I'm not kidding, on startup you can feel the torque twist the engine in its mounts, a sensation that reverberates through the car – it's uncouth and unacceptable behavior for a car with a luxury badge. So, yes, this is a truck engine, even if it smooths out at idle." https://www.motor1.com/reviews/428474/2020-cadillac-ct4-v-first-drive/ Mercedes makes REAL trucks. I will certainly agree that any company would be stupid to not want the success Ford, GM, and Ram have had with their trucks. Great margins, great profits. I know I've said it, maybe/maybe not here, that the C8Z is going to seriously hurt feelings. The C8 Z51 is already putting dents in serious super car territory. I'm stoked for the Z06 and/or ZR1. I was literally never talking to you about this. I responded to David. Classic Surreal, nutting all over a thread.
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    I really enjoyed the first handful of seasons, before it got all soap-opera-y.
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    Minus the dry humping. This entire time I repeatedly mentioned I was not taking anything away from the CT4/5-VB. I clearly was just saying the CLA45 AMG was not the Benz to knock on, NOT that they don't have vehicles to knock on. I've also repeatedly hated on their garbage-@ss looking GLC Coupe and GLE Coupe, AMG or not. No, I do not love their entire lineup but Yes, they have a lineup that only BMW can compete with as they have legitimate high end performance variants from the bottom to the top, something Cadillac can only dream of. Instead Cadillac drops a truck engine in their sports sedan(yes, at the press release of the 2.7 Silverado, they said it was a dedicated truck engine). "Standard on LT and RST trims, the new engine delivers an SAE-certified 310 horsepower and 348 lb-ft of torque, for 22 percent more torque than the 4.3L V-6 it replaces. Developed specifically for truck applications, the new 2.7L Turbo inline four-cylinder engine delivers peak torque from 1,500 to 4,000 rpm"
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    Yes, Yes I know this already. Scroll up to where I pointed it out to David. This is exactly what I said, smk didn't mention Maybach first.
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    It's always ironic when somebody tries to talk down upon a specific brand calling them your "fav." all while dry humping another brand whose spiraling in seventeen different directions.
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    I've heard(so don't hold me to this) that they have ways to de-ice them like airplanes but if this is Texas, they likely weren't prepared for such a situation.
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    Again, I never said WHY you brought it up or where else it was brought up, just that you brought it up HERE first. I'm not sure how or why that's confusing or why you're defending that. It was like a week ago, nobody cares.
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    Outside of the MachE, I thought range increased with all EVs as it yielded more regenerative braking. I believe all Teslas with AWD has longer range than their RWD models.
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    That's still not Rolls or Maybach. I never said WHY you brought it up, just that you brought it up before smk.
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    Thanks! They're our little princesses..kind of..hahaha
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    (you could add a dozen+ engines to that as well)
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    Gucci is our older one, 8 and Chanel is the puppy(turned one 2 weeks ago). the lil one needs a hair cut, bad. We prefer our Yorkies with short hair.
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    Every sane-minded human should want to do that as well.
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    And another
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    Or even a hybrid Escape rated at 41mpg combined for 28k(AWD for $1500 more) or RAV4 hybrid is right around the same price, 29k with AWD.
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    This was exactly my thoughts reading that as well. There just weren't enough EVs that had any decent range available. Of course people are only driving 5300 miles a year because they bought vehicles that get less than 100 miles per charge, unless you had a Tesla(at this time). They bought these vehicles because they didn't drive much and an EV made sense to them.
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    I assume that is before the split of Diamler's large truck division? I'm not sure what percentage of business that is, but I'd assume it is a decent chunk and "Diamler" will be worth a good bit less.
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    Scroll back and you'll find USA and Balthy mentioned Rolls and Maybach before smk did, Thursday, to help with your search. If you're an honest man, you'd get on those two for mentioning Rolls and Maybach. Diamler is miles ahead of Cadillac. Cadillac wishes and dreams they could be what Mercedes and BMW are.
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    Diamler isn't behind Cadillac, in pretty much any metric you'd like to use.
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    First of all, I'm not dismissing the CT4-VB. I'm saying the CLA45 isn't one to pick on. It's freakin quick(0-60 in 4 seconds flat - yes, 0.2 slower than the CT4-VB, negligible unless you're smk), AWD system capable of "drift mode", and it still receives all sorts of praise for it's handling while being wrong-wheel drive-based. Looks are subjective and I'm not a fan of the CT4's overall styling. It just doesn't do much for me nor does the CLA. CT5 is better with the longer proportions.
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    Oh I've never said the Alpha platform cars weren't of the best in the industry. Just the broad statement "CT4-V Blackwing is better" is awfully generalized. Also, I'm not trying to take a single thing away from the CT4-VB, I'm just saying the CLA45 isn't one that should really be criticized as it's great in its own way. Yeah, it's roots are "wrong wheel drive" but it's received great reviews for being an absolute hoot to drive.
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    At what? I mean, I think I'd prefer the RWD CT4-Vwith a manual transmission as well but that doesn't take anything away from how bad-@ss the CLA45 is.
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