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10 hours ago, Robert Hall said:

 

Some V60s are built in Belgium...the S60 sedan is assembled in S. Carolina.

who's to say by then that everything won't be under the STELLANTIS moniker

yup, 'GROUPE' is spelled wrong.  HAHA

On 8/21/2020 at 1:20 PM, balthazar said:

$69 grand for a volvo? 🥴

Good thing that this one at that price, the final assembly at least in Sweden.  not say, China.

On 8/10/2020 at 2:44 PM, smk4565 said:

Cadillac needs a roomy mid-size sedan, their current sedans are too small inside.  With an EV they could get CT6 interior space in the footprint of a CT4 or CT5.  And I assume a big rear drive EV sedan is coming.
 

After Lyriq they need a smaller EV crossover, Escalade next gen should go EV only which would be in the 2027 timeframe so pretty far out there.  In the meantime they should do a luxury off roader or lifestyle type vehicle.  Cadillacs sell in the Midwest and in Texas where that sort of product works.

its interesting you say that.  The CT5 was supposed to provide more room and the front seat is super cramped.  maybe if cadillac had put out roomy cars without cue touchscreen issues and timing chain issues in the 2010's they wouldn't be in the situation they are in now.

it would also help to not have a bad c pillar design.

6 hours ago, David said:

Is the drivers seat as cramped as it looks in the pictures?

How good is the interface to the manual controls?

Does it have voice control?

ive never attempted to sit in this because the cockpit is so tight

5 hours ago, ykX said:

I sat in G70 at auto show last year and couldn't believe how small the rear seat is.  Otherwise it looked inside and outside really nice.  However, rear seat would be a deal breaker for me if I was looking for a sporty sedan.

It terms of driving feel, where do you think it stands vs the competition?

yes, also i've never tried to cram myself into the back either, because of how tight it looks

On 8/10/2020 at 8:26 PM, Robert Hall said:

Cadillac’s EV model names would fit well in Ioniq..

when GM goes under, Hyundai can buy their scraps and continue to sell those new Cadillac EV's without changing the name

9 hours ago, ocnblu said:

IMHO, it's a good idea for Hyundai to hedge their bets creating a new brand by selling a few EV's a year to willing customers (and maybe more to UNwilling customers) just in case the EV thing goes bust.  It is not a proven fact that EV will be widely well received by the buying public.  So, a separate brand is a good strategy.

rather than what Mary's GM wants to do with Cadillac, starve them of new excellent ICE product....develop a couple expensive low volume electric vehicles with "IQ" names and see if that will keep the brand from going under.

I dig this actually...pretty cool.

but the idiocy of it (typical GM idiocy in a higher dose this time) is to not have it ready until 2 years from now, and also, it really would help Cadillac a lot more to make it ICE engine and sell it as the XT7.

twin turbo six standard.  Blackwing v8 twin turbo OHC optional.

I'd change the rear side window a bit and wrap the tailights a bit differently but I sort of dig what they are getting at....trying cool things.  Front lighting is way cool.

21 hours ago, ocnblu said:

I agree with reg in that ICE vehicles are getting short shrifted in development on purpose to force ppl into inferior, impractical EVs.  Barra, for example, has all but admitted this BS and is actually proud of it.  What folly.

Encore GX/Trailblazer should have had the 1.3t standard, and the 1.5t optional... or better yet, a NA 4 of larger displacement.

the Trailblazer and Encore GX should have the 1.5 litre motor and 9 speed auto spec that is currently in the Terrain.  Higher hp and the 9 speed compared to the Malibu.

I guarantee you those little mites would actually get the same real world or better mpg....not working as hard.

Reality is, a 3 cylinder has only 3 expensive pistons and 12 expensive valves and their operating parts, vs. 16.  Look at all the money saved on fuel injection also etc.  It's a scam to save money, that's why they do it.  Build it outside the US also, more and more.

If they can make the engine as smooth, 3 vs 4, i have no issues with that...but please bump the displacement to 1.5 and add some horsepower and more torque so its a good roadworthy vehicle.

When the newer design 2.0 is offered in the Equinox and Terrain, that automatic makes them worthy of consideration again.  The Malibu would benefit from the new 2.0 also.  Why they can't be low cost powertrain only options, shows you the restrictions and regulations getting in the way of offering products.

On 7/30/2020 at 5:37 PM, ocnblu said:

What does FIAT want?  They owe me nothing because I did not have one warranty issue with my first-year 2017 Jeep Compass, I put around 37k miles on it in the short time I had it and for what it was, it served me very well.  So your clamor on "FIAT" means nothing to me.

Hey stop acting like a dummy.  I told you in the very same typical high quality post that I'VE BEEN WORKING THROUGH THE WHOLE THING.  I cannot write estimates FROM HOME, bigshot.  Lord have mercy, talk about spoon feeding the illiterates.

Wait, you mean

STELLANTIS   now

right?

LOL  (cue the male enhancement music)

On 7/30/2020 at 4:38 AM, ocnblu said:

First two weeks of Wolf's shutdown, we were on a split schedule, each "team" working 3 days/week, but that soon changed, been back working 5 days as normal since then. 

This "working from home" debacle has been a bit of a disaster for my industry simply due to the fact that dealing with insurance companies has been haphazard at best.  They don't call back, payments have been in the wrong amounts, sent to the wrong place, the employees, we can tell, are not paying attention to business while The Price Is Right or Days Of Our Lives is on as they work from their living rooms.  I heard a screeching in the background as I was talking to an insurance rep the other day, I asked him if he was working from home, he said "yes".  Then I asked him if he has parakeets or parrots, he said "those are my KIDS".  Pure BS.

Cars are lasting longer because ppl have been demanding higher quality vehicles.  Ppl also have not been enticed by the new stuff.  A vehicle comes out and the design remains static for like 6 years at a time... where is the incentive to buy a new vehicle that looks the same as the old one?

And the notion that cash strapped Americans are waiting for ridiculous toy EVs at twice the price of their reliable ICE vehicles is PURE LUNACY.

You know what is crazy right now.  Chevy dealers hardly have inventory, except for all those new 2021 3 cylinder trailblazers from NotMuhrica (funny how that works, huh).

And they are selling like crazy, i see a bunch of them out on the roads ALREADY.

with those 1.2 and 1.3 3 cylinder motors and all.   I'm pretty sure the salesman never says it a 3 cylinder, or that its a 1.2 or 1.3.  They just tell the customer its 'turbocharged' and all of sudden they believe its fast.  Turbo = racing ya know!!!  Who cares about the engine, tell me how i can play with my phone in the car!!!!

A coworker who loves his IMpreza Crosstrek manual, sounds like his wife is angling him to get rid of the small ride and stick....he was asking me about all the compact SUV's, including the Equinox.  He would want a 2.0, i told him get that 2.0 before the cancel culture cancels it in 2021.  We are conditioned to believe a 1.5 is a normal size motor, and pushing down to 3 cylinder 1.2 and 1.3,  Now, not I, I would want the Blazer with 3.6.  My ideal for next car is a twin turbo 6.  Will I find one, and one that I can afford?  Probably not, unless i can resolve the internal battle of CT5 C pillar or not....

Point being, maybe once they have beaten us all down into thinking a 1.3 litre subcompact CUV is luxury...then they will flip the switch and roll out the mass charging network and cheap EV's.....  By that point a 10 second 0-60 on that 3 cylinder won't seem so desirable vs an EV with some torque.  Maybe by then the Bolts will be selling like hotcakes!!!!

I hope all these hot Cadillacs will be great used car buys in 7-10 years before the brand implodes due to 200,000 dollar weird looking and weirdly named EV's that almost no one will buy......

This thing is so bland no one will notice whether its a 2021 or a 2016 anyways......

On 7/22/2020 at 10:40 AM, David said:

I think the Hummer by GMC and the rest of the EV line up will prove to be very desirable. An auto that has passion with less required maintenance will serve people well. Excited for what is coming and willing to give Mary a chance to prove everyone wrong about passion for auto's. 

If they do not deliver with quality exterior / interior EVs, than I would agree with you that it is time for new leadership.

No one is wanting an EV; until the charging solutions are built and in place first.  Including the cold weather performance.  Until then, people want gas.  Especially if electric is so much more.

Even my developer boss, last i heard he plans on ditching his Teslas.

Make the EV same price and size benefits as current gas cars. And get all the houses wired for free and many many charge points on the existing highway networks / convenience store locations, and then MAYBE in warm weather states we'd see a mass rush to EV's.  Oh, and yes said electric cars will have to be sold by our traditional dealer networks that already have millions in assets invested in current places of sale and real estate.

oh, and 300 mile easy range too.

Side note, i saw a Model Y the other day.  That's a nice rig, as is the S, and the 3.

On 7/19/2020 at 12:04 PM, ocnblu said:

Also, reg is one of our more famous, and consistent, detractors of fake quarter "glass", whether they be textured plastic , smooth plastic, or even glass glued over a solid panel.

LOL

if we are making light of the Ct5 here, it should be stated that even though the rear quarter treatment is very questionable on the Ct5, that really the whole design of the Ct5 is weak and misses the mark of what Cadillac is.  still an ok car, with a weird rear window....but the bigger picture is that the overall design, as a cadillac branded vehicle, is questionable.

On 7/20/2020 at 5:42 PM, ocnblu said:

And when sales drop like stones as people hold onto more practical ICE means of transport, then what?  Bankruptcy, like Barra is heading toward with her mismanagement of GM?

its time for new leadership at GM and some of these other car companies.  we need less politico corporate panderers and get some product / car types back making the calls.  GM has a serious deficiency in terms of passionately desirable vehicles. 

30 minutes ago, caddycruiser said:

Nice review, of a disposable (rare for me to ever say that) pile of...yeah.

These were a rolling disaster thanks to the guts, and good riddance.

If in ST manual form, they could be fun. Any other, "like 98% of the ones anyone actually bought" need to just fade into history, that junk transmission, etc. included:

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/03/fords-powershift-debacle/

that is a great article.  that dual clutch destroyed all market equity that the Focus brand had, it threw it all in the toilet.  the 2011 Focus was hailed as a great new small car except the trans issues ruined any reason for those that knew to consider one, even with the rock bottom prices of the vehicle used.

all for a trans that might gain the almighty 1 or 2 mpg on the CAFE.  that is why CAFE is so sick.  CAFE HAS TOO MUCH INFLUENCE in the design and engineering.

Really though, Ford should have gotten a traditional automatic ready for the 2013 or 14 or 15 model year to replace the dual clutch.

Stellantis sounds like some sort of male enhancement drug.

I like the design, its sort of a 2020 interpretation of a late 80's car.

It's got the whole crossover hatch look to it but brings back some of the more crisp lines instead of the mega sculpted bulges.  Lots of glass.

Interior is a bit interesting but not driver focused.

not bad for what it is.

now that i think about it, I got to drive a Fiesta ST at a ford ride and drive a few years ago,... and a Focus ST also.  Both were a hoot but the Fiesta for its size was really fun.  May not be a bad used car find for someone wanting a small urban car they can go to the track with if they want.  

TINY CAR.  

So after all the last few years of my harassing, and shopping, test driving, sending pictures   ....my uncles let my mom know of a 2011 DTS for sale in the small town and where my parents had bought other Cadillacs before.  Got a build sheet from GM and a Carfax to check it out.  I could tell mom had found what she wanted  .  And less than 80,000 miles.  I told her if she didn’t buy it today that I would.  Maybe Cadillac needs to refocus on the large comfortable cars again.  She got a good one, the interior is almost new condition.  She wishes the dash top wasn’t so dark, I told her with used cars you get what you get.  😊

no one is crying over this.  

Mom may be picking up a 2011 Cadillac DTS this weekend.  Fingers crossed.  The 2002 DTS was going to have to be replaced SOMETIME

5 hours ago, ccap41 said:

How has nothing been posted here about the new F150 yet? 

 

 

 

 

console and tailgate wars!

that self folding shifter is absurdly awesome.

the girth of that center stack is simply majestic.

http://www.burlappcar.com/2020/06/2021-buick-envision-interior.html

7 minutes ago, dfelt said:

Meh, just not impressed with the cars GM is building. The Buick Station wagon in the back ground is better looking than this car. Sorry, glad you like it, but MEH to me.

So you like my Buick at least, I can dig that. 
 

current Malibu much more stylish than a disaster of a Camry!