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  1. surreal1272
    . See. There's the problem. You think it's of a case of a small car getting premium styling when there is A. Nothing premium about a $30K Mercedes And B. It's a case of the newer $175k S Class coupe using the same nose as a $30k Mercedes. I understand family unity and all but a car in this price range can afford to look more distinguished than that.
  2. surreal1272
    Not exactly helping your argument ccap. The Camaro and Mustang are direct competitors and the Mustang was referenced in that article. Just saying.
  3. surreal1272
    So because one is not a potential buyer of a Benz, they don't get to have a opinion on how their $175k car looks just like their $30k car? That's news to me.
  4. surreal1272
    Yet you say nothing about another posters constant mentions of Mercedes even though this is NOT Mercedes either.
  5. surreal1272
    Yeah, it sucks when companies like GM and Benz do that.
  6. surreal1272
    No they are not (unless you were being funny there). CLA: S Class Coupe Let's take a look at this knucklehead claim : Now; my claim that MB just recycles the same nose : You cannot tell them apart without seeing the side/ reading the rear. It's WEAK. Bless his heart. He tried Balt but it is clear as day. The Camaro and Sonic don't share anything up front. Not even close when compare to the CLA vs. the S Class Coupe.
  7. surreal1272
    Maybe Chevy should put the Spark's nose on the next generation Corvette.They put the Camaro's nose on the Sonic. I actually don't love the S-class coupe grill, I think the sedan grille is better. I'd like to see the Maybach S600 front on the coupe and convertible. You might want to put that pipe down because clearly they look NOTHING alike. Just sounds like you hate a dose of the truth. That CLA nose does not belong on a $175K+ S-Class ANYTHING. If this were about Cadillac, you would be having a field day with that fact.
  8. surreal1272
    Some things are just beyond words. This was on the Phoenix Craigslist site today.
  9. surreal1272
    And if GM scrubbed to your stealing sales suggestion, then their other brands would be struggling and you'd be speaking negatively of that.
  10. surreal1272
    You implied that it was a negative, plain as day. Everything you say about Cadillac, even when you think you are being objective, just comes off as a backhanded compliment half the time. Again, no one, I repeat, no one is cross shopping Hondas and Ford with a Cadillac. That would be like cross shopping those cars you mention with Mercedes, which I am also sure no one does (with the rarest of exceptions). And yes, Cadillac could build off of those platforms. That way, you have more ammunition for their "gussied up" Chevys when you go on your next trolling spree.
  11. surreal1272
    I could have saved you a whole lot of typing with the following. Everything you have posted about Cadillacs lineup can easily be applied to Benz. You think people aren't doing the same exact thing when they go to a MB dealership? You also contradict yourself to the point of making no sense. You say in one breath that it is a negative for Cadillac to be stealing sales form other GM brands and then, in another breath, say that they SHOULD steal sales from GMC and Buick. I was just shaking my head the whole while reading your outlandish post. Just makes me glad that you are not, in fact, running Cadillac. Seriously. Why in the hell would you lump in any Cadillac with a Honda Pilot or a Ford titanium trim? That just officially kills your credibility (which wasn't much to being with). That is clearly the job of GM's other brands. Buick competes with Acura and Lincoln so that Cadillac can compete with the bigger boys (and they do but they need more models which has been well discussed). Sorry to sound like a dick here but posts like that just hurt my head to read with all of it's absurdity. You know what? Maybe it isn't so absurd. MB is doing that with cars like the CLA competing with much lower end cars they have no business competing with because it just dilutes the brand). Guess I see why you would want Cadillac to go down the same silly path (because that tactic worked so well for them with the Cimarron and the Catera).
  12. surreal1272
    Good grief. Not the point SMK. THe point is that you were not paying attention to what he actually said and had to go out of your way to show some pretty pictures that probably account for less than 10% of the S Class sales out there.And yes I down voted you for it and stated why. Also, I swore this was about the Camaro spanking a BMW, not how many colors and completely unrelated car has. What is funny here is that SMK could only point out their most expensive car as having a "variety of colors". There's a reason for that I'm sure.
  13. surreal1272
    And, once again, you are not paying attention. He mentioned that they offered the lighter colors but the majority out there are of the black and drab variety. He never said, not once, that they ONLY offered the dark and drab. Go ahead and deny that if you want, but me personally, I have rarely seen any of those colors you have shown here out in the wild. Clearly, most MB buyers (and BMW buyers as well), prefer dark and drab looking.
  14. surreal1272
    Same old thing, like the Camaro, Corvette and Mustang. Yet those are considered America's best. Could you have made a more ignorant post?
  15. surreal1272
    So much fail in your post (more than usual), I don't even know where to start. Any production of more crossovers for Cadillac will not cannibalize sales from GMC and Buick. Thus far GM has done a much better job of making their share platform cars/trucks more distinctive. One only needs to look at the ATS and the Camaro to see that. Knowing that, it slams the door on your asinine claim of sales stealing. On top of that, who the f@#k really cares? If more Caddy's are sold, then that means higher profit margins. The last time I checked that was a good thing according to you. Seriously man, if you are gong to troll GM every chance you get, can you make it look a little less obvious?
  16. surreal1272
    You're a month late on this one Suave . Like I said in the other though, the Camaro is just a flat out beast! http://www.cheersandgears.com/topic/86548-2015-bmw-m4-vs-2016-chevrolet-camaro-ss/#entry785278
  17. surreal1272
    An intelligible debate was had and reasons were laid out. Sorry if that doesn't meet this mysterious criteria you seem to want to hang your hat on.
  18. surreal1272
    Which is the same tactic used by just about every other automaker.
  19. surreal1272
    And Mercedes doesn't try to sell their dreams? Seriously? Mercedes doesn't put out lots of concept cars that show a convertible, sports car, flagship, or whatever to draw up excitement and then not deliver. GM likes to make these exciting concepts and say things like an S-class fighter is in the works, well in 2010 they were talking about and S-class fighter, in 2016 they now say it is dead. 6 years or talk and no action. Remember these? Great looking concepts that never saw the light of day. The Avenir, Avista, Ciel and El Mirage will join those 3 as dream cars that would elevate the brand, but never materialized. Mercedes showed an S-class convertible a few years ago, they put an S-class convertible on sale this year. Mercedes built stuff like this: Over the top cars that don't really make sense, but they built their dreams and put it on sale. You have to be kidding me right? You're going to act like Benz, as well as everyone else for that matter, doesn't put out concepts unless they are hitting the road for real? Tell me more about that F400. How about the Vision Gran Tourismo concept from 2013? Or how about the concept IAA? Haven't seen any of those on the road so... See SMK, it's easy to cherry pick until you realize others can do that too.
  20. surreal1272
    And Mercedes doesn't try to sell their dreams? Seriously?
  21. surreal1272
    You don't have to buy it but the facts were right there in front of you. I cannot help you if you decided to ignore that fact by saying "I don't buy it".
  22. surreal1272
    Why do you seemingly ignore evidence that is contrary to your statement and then when you see that you are wrong, try to make excuses for the wrong?
  23. surreal1272
    Maybe you'd do a lot better here Suave if you would stop acting everyone has an "underlying" reason for not being as enamored with the car as you are. That's the defensive posturing I was taking about and you proved it in spades.
  24. surreal1272
    I gave you their history. Seriously. I did and that is all need right now until it proves otherwise. Seriously. What are you being so damn defensive about? What?! What Sauve? What?! That is how you're coming off right now so I'm just going to leave it at that. Enough space has been wasted here. For the record, I made the same statements about the first gen CTS 12 years ago for the same reasons. In that case, I referenced the Cimmaron and the Catera.
  25. surreal1272
    Or you could just stop rambling. Oh and I admitted my mistake which is more than I can for some folks. I am not hating on it. I'm being realistic which is far more than I can say for you right now. You have reason for hope while I have reason to doubt it. It's that simple. Just stop acting like your opinion carries more weight when there is zero proof that it actually does. And I'm done. You may now, as Led Zeppelin once said, ramble on if it helps you feel better Suave.
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