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    Ford X-8 engine program, begun at least as early as 1925 ~
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    'Starting' is all well & good- can you get any at that price? Is it even relevant? When is the last time you saw a stripped, no-option Cadillac for sale? Or any of the brand/models discussed here? My local dealer has 3 CT6s in inventory right now, all 6s, stickered at $61.5K, $67.2K and $76.7K. That's 'expensive' any way you slice it. e-class / 5-series are mid-sized sedans, CT6 is around a foot longer. For many, that'd be a shopping factor. Tho I would believe price was moreso a driver, the bulk of press comparisons pit the CT6 against the aforementioned largest sedans from other lux brands. I think the CT6 is perfectly fine with moving between 10K-15K units/yr; Cadillac is not a high volume brand and IMO that's a solid number.
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    MBs are the worst value out there- with the highest ATPs they cost their owners more in depreciation than any other make.
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    The 'starts' 2.0T CT6s were only built in a very small volume run for those that want that configuration. The CT6 on average is stickering at $68-70K, and yes; that's expensive.
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    The rear overhang on the 2-sr sedan doesn't show well in that pic- it's pretty huge and I'd bet within a half inch of the 4-dr. I looked into buying one- a black w/ red interior '61 LeSabre 2-dr sedan but I didn't pull the trigger over the price. blu - They look very good, but the 'bubble top' 2-dr hardtop is infinitely sexier.
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    They can make each car have a dozen variants under the same model name, but people actually have to BUY them. Feb A8 sales were 242 cars, A7 was 474. 2 'models' = 700 units. Yikes.
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    Right; but they have to ship it, certify/crash test it, market-comply it, distribute it, stock parts for it, advertise for it.
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    No- coachbuilt purposely as a wagon. Standard wheelbase, standard height roof. Hearses almost always were on extended wheelbase commercial chassis'. Here, rear door is stretched (and suicided), and there's still a foot of space between it & the rear wheelwell ~
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    They did (as a coupe- not a hardtop) ~ Also had these (as a 2-dr sedan, not hardtop). They don't work IMO- it's like trying to 'sedan-up' a 2-dr; they're stodgy ~
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    $39,950.
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    Hey. That dorsal fin with this greenhouse would have been an ICON (and there was a full-size clay with both) ~
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    ^ [* only redeemable at the Pittsburgh Cheers & Gears Gift Shoppe'] ;) I don't have any to list here but wanted to add - that compilation of Dodge Brothers commercials (perhaps unsurprisingly; being it's me) may be the best auto commercials EVAR. EVER. And I just watched a trio of the Harley Earl/Buick commercials- I didn't find them inspirational or even really that cohesive of a message. And of course I wanted to like them. Long running ads with celebrities always felt like a huge net negative. Tiger Woods/Buick - don't believe or care. Dick Van Patton & Olds was a desirability KILLER, IMO. A celebrity's paid endorsement rings more hollow than a 'real people's.
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    A8 doesn't 'sell like crap'....; "no one buys it". Go ahead - say it. You'd be closer to the truth than usual.
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    Cadillac built the entire year's supply of 2.0Ts over the first few months of the model year- the vast majority are 6-piston. But if "no one" buys the CT6, who's buying the A7/A8 or 7-series- both of which get handily outsold by the CT6. In fact, without looking it up, I believe the CT6 sold just under 10K in the US last year, and the s-class was at about 12K. Is "no one buying the s-class" too???? You gotta drop the obvious nonsense/hyperbole. You can have conversations with people from a factual, reality-based world, you know.
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    Easy there, big fella! That's the overall length, not the wheelbase. WB was 151" in '75-76. Series 75 was the (factory built) formal sedan / limousine. - - - - - New client today has a brand new 740. I would say 'I don't want to know a person that would consider a smell cartridge 'important' for their vehicle', tho this woman seems nice so far. If I get on friendly enough terms, I'll ask about the 7series, you hardly see them anymore, esp since BMW has placed all their future stock in their high volume, downmarket lines.
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    Platform may be shared, but that doesn't mean the car makes a profit. I doubt it does with those minuscule sales. No doubt the TT will get chopped, I think the 8/7 is not far behind... at least the a7.
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    whatcha squintin at? - - - - -
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    Wife & I just had a difference of opinion, so I thought I'd ask here. I won't say which side of the question I was on. If a man was to say to a woman "You're a lot to visually process"... would that be considered offensive, or just 'neutral'?
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    Gorgeous limited-production '54 'E' ~
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    I would agree with those, and add the 1912 Cadillac, which introduced electric lights / starter.
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    '63 Merc S-55 ~
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