surreal1272

Given your years of crowing about the AMG ONE that just hit the streets in production, that is just a patented lie. Add in the year or so of hype over their EV sedans just to end up with two jelly beans that you have since made excuses for. You give credence and praise to Benz that you simply do not allow with anyone else on this side of the pond, and that’s given the same parameters of whether it’s a concept or final production ready. Just full stop on your claim to say otherwise.

You sure know how to make a turd look Iike chocolate. You also assume it’s his favorite brand while acting like it’s some big damn accomplishment in getting the AMG One completed after SIX YEARS of “it’s going to be here” only to have be sold elsewhere because the best or nothing couldn’t get it to pass emissions. Just think about that for a second since you ignored literally everything else that he presented here as a fact.

All of those are standards you don’t bestow on Benz, for the record. You can do that with Benz as well yet…

And that is certainly your right to have that opinion, just like it is everyone else’s opinion that it looks far better and more upscale than the jellybean twins from Benz.

So is pointing out the revenue for Benz vs GM yet that didn’t stop you from mentioning it. Fact is when the numbers don’t line your way, you always say something like that so maybe look in the mirror next time before talking about a “meaningless statistic”.

Not sure this is the hill you want to die on when this particular market is the very definition of the "word" niche, with low volume cars aplomb. Oh and the GV90 is a CUV so...

For gods sake man, stop splitting hairs. This article is about an EV so clearly we are just talking about EVs here and not the unrelated ICE Maybach. It's really that simple. Full stop. The EQE will start just north of $70K. The Taycan starts at $86K. The EQS starts at $102K. Point here is that the Taycan IS NOT EQS price. Stop trying to puff up your brand. Although, I guess I should say congrats to the S-Class for being only one of two models from Benz to show a year over gain from the same quarter 2021. Everything else is in the "-" column so far.

The Level 3 tech is nice and quite impressive but I don't know that I would ever trust ANY self driving system that much. There has to be some driver input IMO but this is where it's headed so ready or not folks.

It is currently their flagship EV sedan. We are clearly talking about EVs here.

"Windowless" rear pillar area (thanks again ADHD)

Don't bother. The "criticize anything by GM but free pass Benz for greater design offenses" in him is not going to give an objective opinion here. Somehow, basic and lazy jellybean design will win out from the "best or nothing". Fact is that this is not like anything Cadillac has put out before and that is how it should be. Again, aiming higher. I'm not a huge fan of the windless rear pillar area but I sure as hell would not kick this out of the driveway if it just mysteriously popped up one morning.

It literally looks nothing like it on the outside save for the similar headlamp treatment and the HVAC vent shapes are both round on the inside. Thats where it starts and ends, as evidenced by the actual facts from the quote above. It's better in every way, speaking on metrics alone.

It's worth noting this from an MT article about it. Blazer EV Is Whole Different Animal From Current Blazer For starters, the Blazer EV sprang from a clean sheet. It may share the Blazer name and spirit, but does not share architecture, panels or components with the conventional Blazer with an internal combustion engine, says vice president of Chevy Marketing Steve Majoros. The wheelbase was extended by 231 mm (9.1 inches) to fit the largest battery size in, making it the longest entry in the midsize-SUV segment.

My guess is that they are using estimates for future EV sales against what ends up happening. I am betting that if they feel that EV sales are not quite there yet (from an economic standpoint for them), they will stretch out the ICE for another year or two. Probably a 3 to 5 year window on the ICE once the EV is in full production.

Sure. Not too far off. It's 9.1" longer than the ICE Blazer, has FWD, AWD, AND RWD configurations, and a much better and roomier interior with much better features than the ICE Blazer but yeah, "not far off" lol. Sorry but other than a few design cues from the ICE version, this is a whole other beast from top to bottom and shares not one piece from its ICE counterpart. Also missing in the $10K price difference is the fact that the entry line EV has many features that the 10K less ICE entry line version does not. Apples to freakin apples folks.

Umm, it's less than four times the price and I'm just going to say this. If Benz can play in the seven figure Hypercar territory (while the 2nd most expensive NON-SUV starts at around $90K) with the still waiting AMG ONE, then Cadillac is perfectly capable of playing in $300K territory. As it has already been stated, a $150K Spade Blacking is coming and they will sell every single one of those, guaranteed. An all new luxury EV is certainly within range at that point. Aim higher is the point here. And I'm sorry but after years of your endless posts about Cadillac not playing in a higher tax bracket, you don't get to make up excuses now about why it won't do this or it won't do that. At the very least, it looks night and day better than any EV sedan coming from Germany.

The Sedan market is thin period but yet not one negative thought from you regarding Benz pushing TWO EV sedans before the first CUV/SUV hits the streets. Benz isn't either yet you think they can play in that same range. Your bias is obvious here so I guess I shouldn't expect an objective thought on this.

The Rolls Royce Spectre will start at $350K and while it may sell in its low volume set up, it is also only capable of 125 miles on a single charge. There is NO incentive to for any current RR owner to switch to this (it is nothing more than. a Phantom anyway) with that kind of range other than just the "privilege" of having the first EV Rolls. Maybach doesn't currently have an EVon sale or in anything beyond concept stages (and looks like a last gen Ford Edge anyway and this has already been discussed here). Bentley barely has an EV on the drawing board, much less in concept form. Cadillac has the platform ready to go. All that is left is to see how much the concept remains intact when it hits production. Point being is that Cadillac is already better in range than the Rolls and at least is actually based on an existing platform. Short of a colossal screw up, I believe you are going to eating your words once it comes out. And for the record, VW does not = Cadillac so a completely irrelevant comparison.

You clearly missed the point there. Whether it’s 300 or 1000, it’s still low volume and it’s rather presumptuous of you to assume that they can’t move that low number in this day and age. Just save that German fanboy nonsense already.

All of this!!

Well no $h! Sherlock. That can be said for any company. Of course they need more than one. Also, they have FWD CUVs that are all getting replaced by EVs (which you admitted to yet still felt the need to criticize) so that throws your little FWD remark right in the trash with the FWD CUVs AND Sedans that Benz currently offers. Stop using the same stupid and tired arguments just so you make some other dumb excuse why this is somehow bad for Cadillac (again, contradicting your years of asking why they don’t have a six figure sedan like the S-Class). And as far as “overhauling”, the absolute same can be said for your favorite brand too but you’re not ready to hear that. FFS.

Of course you don’t see what it does but you actually do know, as evidenced by your years of whining about Cadillac not having a six figure car to sell. This is purely about creating a long overdue image as a true luxury make. It’s that simple but lol, you don’t see what this really does for them. Well I certainly know who WON’T be doing that.

Certainly looks better than any jellybean shaped EV sedan from a certain German company. Now how much of this makes it into actual production is the question.

“Plants” autocorrect, not “paints”.

It’s a complete fabrication as Tesla has just six paints worldwide for automotive assembly.