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  1. surreal1272
    And no Breitling is worth $160K. That is criminal but some idiot will do it just because.
  2. surreal1272
    Nothing can hide the fact that it is ugly as sin on the outside.
  3. surreal1272
    Must be why Aston Martin hasn't grilled Ford too hard.
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    itemizing each opinion does not change the fact they were all risks to a degree. And as far as the definition or risk, I would say that following the Germans lock-step is hardly a risk. Lmao. You have provided no reasoning behind YOUR itemized list of "risks" and now you offer no rebuttal to my counterargument. I also see Drew has responded to your list in similar fashion. You've made it abundantly clear you do not understand risk in the automotive industry. In fact, just about every move Ford makes with Lincoln is done to MINIMIZE risk: -sharing platforms and powertrains -testing any new technology on the Ford brand -focusing on the highest profit luxury segments -abandoning the unique split-wing design for the new derivative luxury mash-up design Exactly. How is it a "risk" when they were never the first one in any of those developments he mentioned? Maybe he is confusing "risk" with "hey, let's follow Acura, Cadillac, and Lexus lead and put out a rebadged CUV and call it the MKX".
  5. surreal1272
    Camaro? Wrong thread Maybe you should read the entire conversation leading up to that statement before making silly accusations.
  6. surreal1272
    Says some. Truth is, when 700,000 people roll through NAIAS snapping a gazillion cell phone pics, they will all include one design language for sedan. Nobody, except us ridiculous forum dwellers, cares which was 6 weeks in front of the other. Says everyone who doesn't work for Ford, or else you wouldn't be making 500 different excuses for that very fact.
  7. surreal1272
    False. Globally, Cadillac sales are up 16%. In the US, sales are flat but average transaction prices are up $7,000 per unit over the last 12 months... and that's after a huge jump in the prior 12 months. Escalade transaction prices are up $20k over the previous model. Selling the same number of vehicles but at a $7k increase in price is a really good position to be in. Yeah, well, if we are suddenly talking global, then Lincoln is REALLY up. But flat = 'nowhere' in the US. In fairness, Lincoln had nowhere else to go but "up" so a bit of a misleading statement to make there.
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    While their profit has increased for the last several years as well. Gotta suck when that happens. Thanks for saving another down vote for me. For someone who trumps up profits so much when it comes to Ford, it sure is sweet irony that you would down vote the same kind of statement when it is NOT about Ford. Fact is that while volume is down, profits are up for Cadillac. maybe you were downvoted for another reason. ATP's and the price of lettuce in China has what to do with the fact that customers are flocking to CUV's, and Cadillac is behind the development 8-ball there. That's a simple fact. So you were just trolling then. Thanks for confirming that. Again, when it comes to ATPs and profits from Ford, you rah rah rah it all the way home but when it comes to anything NOT Ford, you sidestep, deflect, and make lousy excuses for it. Drew has already pointed out those facts very well, that you have willfully ignored.
  9. surreal1272
    It's like you completely ignored the previous pages explaining why going the full size hybrid truck route is difficult as well as pointless, as far the truck market is concerned.
  10. surreal1272
    He was replying to my statement about Cadillac's profits being up.
  11. surreal1272
    All I am gong to say is this. Google is your friend. Nothing else needs to be explained to you.
  12. surreal1272
    No!!! NOOOO!!! No! No!! Why?!! I don't know, ask the damn doe. She's the idiot... That royally sucks Thed. I do not miss that about NC. I have had more close calls than I care to count in my 35 years in that state.
  13. surreal1272
    Well, if we are to go off of this, then it is even worse than it seems. It was benchmarked against the Porsche 911, BMW M3, and even Nissan GT-R yet cannot beat the new Camaro. Now, what happened there? Is the new Camaro better than those three that the Mustang benchmarked themselves against? Or is it just the fact that saying the Mustang was benchmarked against those three nothing more than marketing speak? Either possibility is certainly worthy of a debate.
  14. surreal1272
    While their profit has increased for the last several years as well. Gotta suck when that happens. Thanks for saving another down vote for me. For someone who trumps up profits so much when it comes to Ford, it sure is sweet irony that you would down vote the same kind of statement when it is NOT about Ford. Fact is that while volume is down, profits are up for Cadillac.
  15. surreal1272
    While their profit has increased for the last several years as well. Gotta suck when that happens.
  16. surreal1272
    Exactly. What is the "risk" in a new nose job? Want to take a risk? A proper RWD/AWD Lincoln coupe would be a "risk". A real RWD Continental would be a "risk". Putting a new nose on the same face is not a "risk". Now, let me finish my haterade. I'm still thirsty.
  17. surreal1272
    Looks way too much like the now six year old (and no longer in production) Saturn Astra. I do agree that there should most definitely be a Cruze Hatch and SS variant.
  18. surreal1272
    Very sharp and I like the color combo used on the interior. Even the wood finish doesn't bother me as much with that combo.
  19. surreal1272
    Only one person wants that, it seems. I am not that person because the car was garbage and that is all I have to say about it. There were three people who commented on that vehicle, including yourself. Yes and I said it was garbage, end of story. Besides, this not about the poster right? It's supposed to be about the subject. Moving along...
  20. surreal1272
    Who would have thought that an MKZ can upstage so many in the luxury segment, with minor changes. As much as I like the new front style, it really is the rear most angle that just stands out unlike anything else..... and even the profile remains one of the better ones in the mid luxury market place. It does have a nice profile to it. That is one of the things I have always liked about it. My wife loves them and wants one so bad she can't stand it. Told her CPO is going to be our route short of some unexpected lotto winnings.
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  22. surreal1272
    I agree. It's a step in the right direction but still seems like the same thing I have heard three different times over the last fifteen years (ever since the LS debuted).
  23. surreal1272
    Only one person wants that, it seems. I am not that person because the car was garbage and that is all I have to say about it.
  24. surreal1272
    I had some like for it also, but was it really identifiable as a Cadillac, The Catera was absolute garbage and a maintenance nightmare. It was the most "unCadillac" of all Cadillacs this side of a Cimarron.
  25. surreal1272
    The high gloss wood is an option, just like it is on the Lincolns that have it. Since suave deleted my replies to surreal, I will repeat again, but this time to the post in question. Yes surreal, thank you for pointing out that Lincolns also have wood, but my point was simply that this Buick uses too much of it. Care to discuss that, or do you have another obvious fact you can present? Buick is doing just fine, regardless of which age demographic they may be targeting. How's that for the obvious?
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