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    Numbers from C&G December 2017 YTD charts : c-class : 20,669 3-series : 59,449 (Images are down again right now- can't double-check, but thtose were the numbers I scribbled on a piece of paper). Cubical : Then, once again; none of us would know about it. Me, I've convinced such a claim was never made privately, either.
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    Sure, but where/when did Cadillac state it was planning on eclipsing it's sales? For that matter, has MB ever claimed its c-class 'will eclipse the 3-series sales'? in 2017, the 3-series outsold the C-class 3:1. If selling in the #1 spot = 'success', aren't, by definition, all other entries in the same segment 'failures'? Or is that just ridiculous?
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    I love it when random people claim to know the "thoughts" of an inanimate entity / company. Short of a specific official public release, it's fantasy.
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    What REALLY would make sense is MB having an 'A', 'C', 'E'... and then to maintain consistancy- make the CLS the 'G' and the s-class the 'I'. Every other letter of the alphabet... for consistancy's sake. Would like to see that happen.
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    CT4 = ATS. Same segment, next generation, new name. So where are you looking for 'memorable styling' in sedans from the last 30 years?
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    ATS & CTS have not "failed". ATS is selling 80% of the volume of the A3, but it starts 20+% higher in price. It has also set the segment benchmark in driving dynamics, and has far better packaging than the identical-sized MBCLA. Model 3 was unveiled in March of 2016, and only finally had 2 decent and 1 really good month last month. But the lug nuts on Tesla are loose and backing off, and Model 3 deposit cancellations have skyrocketed.
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    ATS is selling at about 16K units US, A3 at about 20K. ATS starts @ $39K, A3 @ $32K. IMO, that's close enough to be cross-shopped. Bringing out a new model name/structure than the ATS, but smaller & cheaper & FWD, is a recipe for sales disaster. Cadillac doesn't have the volume to reach farther downstream, nor should it via its intended reputation. I LIKE the fact that audi starts at less than the median new car price, and Cadillac is healthily above it, and hang the extra 4K units/yr.
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    A 'CT4' below a 'CT5' is going to be a complete mistake. The only successful way forward is 1 sedan (and coupe please) below the CT6.
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    The safety sidebar is not a point with me (I agree with you on it). - - - - - But you think that link explains the MPGe issue better? It's also 6 years old. In that link's chart, the sonata of 2011 was rated at 22/35. 7 years later and it's rated at 28/37. Chart for 2025 says it would need to be at 53. If it was a combo of 28.5 in '11 and 32.5 in '18, that's 6 years to gain 4 mpg composite. 6 years / 4 MPG is .66 MPG/yr. It needs to gain 20.5 MPG more in the next 6 years, or 3.4 MPG/yr. ALL the rest- like footprint formulas and MPG credits is just more BS sidestepping/ smoke-screening/ loopholes/ cheat-enabling/ tactics. Policies need to get more straightforward and comprehensive (and realistic) rather than playing games to 'pump up the numbers for political gain'.
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    Can't push Voltec/et al fast or hard enough to achieve 54 MPG in 6-7 years. How does MPGe figure into CAFE? Pacifica hybrid only goes 33 miles on EV power.
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    Cars that get 54 MPG combined in 2018 : 3. toyoyo prius eco : 56 2. hyundai ioniq : 58 [ July sales: 180] 1. toyoyo prius prime : 54 [July sales: 1984] 3 out of 275 different models. 2 of those are selling at a rate of 26K units vs. 17,000,000. Or; one-tenth of one percent of the market. Let's be super generous and round it up to one-half of one percent. What's the plan to turn 0.005% into 50% in 6 years again? Is it anymore than Just by saying so?
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    ^ Past buyer greatly overpaid; 991 units built is not the stuff of a million dollar car. It's also "just" a package on a standard 911; not like it's a 1 of a dozen unique cars.
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    3, 5, 7 sales are currently self-devouring.
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    ^ But BMW already has the completely pedestrian 330e out- no one buys it. Sales are 100-some/mnth. Sure; the EV range is crap, but it's a BMW, and it still has an overall rage of 370 miles. I don't think BMW buyers are remotely interested in EV cars. In this case, the 'weird' i3 outsells the 330e 4:1... perhaps 'weird' is what a small sliver of BMW buyers want after all.
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    I dunno- the BMW 330e is a unilaterally flop despite a 370 mile range (but it's pure EV range is only a measly 14 miles). Not so sure a full electric BMW 3 is going to do much better (i8 is ridiculously overpriced).
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    Seen last year and hasn't moved; a '70-73 Firebird under a tarp in a driveway, the tarp flapping up to reveal the tail panel. A clean but unrestored green unit.
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    Has been at least 2 days ongoing. Was waiting to see if it sorted itself out.
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    The other time that springs to my mind of the SEC getting involved in an automaker's doings was in 1948.
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    ^ Some people prefer the soft, ozone-laced whir of an electric motor, like a battery-powered toothbrush a few feet away: steady whine, low pitched, not at all threatening, commanding or aspiring. I think a good illustration of this would be the "mild" woman : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JESkeS13iwk
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    Objectively speaking; I disagree. It was of course built in MUCH nigher numbers, but it's status was not diminished. Where I would point to a status downgrade was 1961.
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    It's actually a case the opposite of your implication- the E became a highly stylized & completely unique model, vs. the prior string of largely trim variants ('61-66). It could and should have commanded a notably higher price, ESP once you look at sales.
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    From 1960 thru 1969, when there were only 3 luxury nameplates available to the US consumer, the price of the Cadillac Eldorado (actually in a class of 2 as Imperial didn't have a competing model) dropped by 9%. Of course, we're in the age NOW where an OEM will raise prices mid year with no changes made to a given vehicle.
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    ^ Saw that, but they insanely overpaid for that @ $25K.
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    When did this scenario ever come close to happening when all US production was here?
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