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^ That would be a small 'family'; it was a 2-seater. Only built for 3 years. Production was 17,636 in 1982, 8,033 in 1983, and 11,732 in 1984. Probably less than 10% left today. I haven't seen a Rampage in person in at least 10 years. Maybe 15.
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site provides daily/ weekly/ etc traffic stats, do those others offer beyond that? Do I need anything beyond that?
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You have your #2 & #3 answers inverted. WRT question #2, re-read the question, it's all there...
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How does a blog page show up in a search engine- just takes time? The template I'm looking at… I missed it if it had a provision for keywords.
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In our last Trivia Tuesday, we had a car painted with tiger stripes. This time around, we have a Thunderbird with a gigantic hole in its side! Can you answer our Trivia Tuesday questions? The 'Farm-O-Road' utility vehicle was produced by which automaker? All the GM car Divisions reached their V8 displacement zeniths in model year 1970… except for one which did so 2 years removed from the others. What nickname did Buick have for it's straight eight engine of the 1940s and 1950s? What decade in automotive history saw the largest leap in rated horsepower within a single brand? What was the first model year for the Chevrolet Biscayne and the last model year for the Bel Air? What is going on with the Thunderbird in this pic? Answers to the last Trivia Tuesday: International Race of Champions 1967 Lincoln Ranger (Ford), Citation (Chevy), Pacer (AMC) 1949 2-dr hardtop body style Mercury Cougar Tiger Balm View full article
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In our last Trivia Tuesday, we had a car painted with tiger stripes. This time around, we have a Thunderbird with a gigantic hole in its side! Can you answer our Trivia Tuesday questions? The 'Farm-O-Road' utility vehicle was produced by which automaker? All the GM car Divisions reached their V8 displacement zeniths in model year 1970… except for one which did so 2 years removed from the others. What nickname did Buick have for it's straight eight engine of the 1940s and 1950s? What decade in automotive history saw the largest leap in rated horsepower within a single brand? What was the first model year for the Chevrolet Biscayne and the last model year for the Bel Air? What is going on with the Thunderbird in this pic? Answers to the last Trivia Tuesday: International Race of Champions 1967 Lincoln Ranger (Ford), Citation (Chevy), Pacer (AMC) 1949 2-dr hardtop body style Mercury Cougar Tiger Balm -
The A6 isn't quite $400,000. Neither is any Cadillac. No earthly possibility Rolls is going to fit a Corvette engine into a $400K or a $260K car (tho they had zero issues putting a GM Powertrain automatic in their cars for 23 years because they lacked the engineering know-how to build their own, strong-enough). No earthly possibility we're going to see a $400K or a $260K Cadillac ($150K is right around the corner, tho). Try and keep your conversational feet on the ground, hmm? -
People buy Audi A6s with volkswagon engines in them- how do you explain that? A Corvette is a Corvette, a very high perform— I feel like I'm talking to a 5 yr old.
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Cmicasa the GreatXvX Presents: The New Cadillac CT6
balthazar replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Cadillac
Cadillac is about the ONLY OEM doing LEDs / light pipes that actually look like someone thought about it. All of the Germans makes just hot glue off-shelf LED strips inside the light assembly; looks tacky. BMW is one that has done lighting nicely at times, but as soon as they hit on a great light design, they change it. Cadillac has been running vertical lighting (tails, but now head lighting, also) for like 50 years. Meanwhile, most mercedes have very generic lighting designs, easily confused with pedestrian makes. -
^ '15 650 HP 6.2L Z-06 starts at $78K. Prior to that, the 638 HP 6.2L ZR1 started at $113K. RR starts at $263K but only delivers 563 HP in a car that weighs 5500 lbs. No one buys a Rolls for the power train anyway- as long as it moves out decently, no one in this demo cares what's under the hood. And yes, it absolutely could be a 6.2L GM engine- car would move out with even better authority. No Cadillac in our lifetimes is going to sticker at $400K. Now, $150K, that I expect to see. In a perfect fantasy world, Cadillac would build a modern equivalent to the Eldo Brougham and bury Rolls once again. Put that in the Ciel body and your half way there.
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At Last. Cadillac, has leadership that inspires confidence
balthazar replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Cadillac
Ellinghaus has got to start talking like the leader of an aspiring top shelf luxury builder, because his public statements so far have been a very mixed bag. If he does not get on a single image-building track, we are looking at further delays for the renaissance. -
Have all the Maybach 1.0s evaporated into thin air? Are the owners bound to lifetime ownership contracts? How come I've seen the older Maybachs in classified ads?
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This car is going to set crazy records for depreciation.
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How about that- you could get a rear speedometer in a 1930 Cadillac. Nuttin' like benchmarking... - - - - - Question is, does the 'Pullman' name mean anything to today's buyers?? I only associate it with railroad cars, not mercedes.
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At Last. Cadillac, has leadership that inspires confidence
balthazar replied to Cmicasa the Great's topic in Cadillac
A crap-ton of superlatives & intangible adjectives… we'll see how things pan out. -
Chevrolet News:The Chevrolet Bolt Name Debate
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Chevrolet
Between the two, I prefer Bolt actually. I have no isse with Chevy using both, either. -
It's truly a bizarre piece. MB shuffles the interior details, gives it a wheelbase stretch, then cuts the price IN HALF from a few years ago. Oh yeah; and they keep the name of a failed brand launch, but add another name no one remembers, assumedly to temper the situation. Some of the changes, like the diamond-quilted upholstery, the tacky accordion-fold curtains (no smart glass here??) and the stand-up hood ornament strongly evoke the tastelessness of the 1970s. But overall, it looks pretty snazzy. I don't expect a single repeat sales from Maybach 1.0, and I hope MB doesn't either. Those buyers got royally F'd.
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Seen that- it's kinda stupid; not sure how these things got passed.
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No profit; 108 million loss for Q4. They had, IIRC; in 2013, a single profitable quarter where they made a whopping 16 million. Stock is highly overvalued based on the fundamentals.
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Thanks. I'm going to slog thru the wordpress site over this week (I did see some features I liked); try to gell something together.
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Writing is not an issue for me, have done quite a bit. Have already written on this topic, also. I envision something along the lines of a forum thread in that I wish it to progress/build, rather than be a series of un- or semi-related topics. But I know what my problem is after looking at the wordpress link Fappy provided; I am well behind the curve on this stuff. I'm not surprised. >"A blog is a type of website that shows newest content at the top of the page. A blog can also be one part of a website with multiple pages."< That the basic 'split hair' difference vs. a website? I'm going to spend some time on the link & see if I can gleam a direction.
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Driving more than ever this year; my one big job is 1.5hrs round trip. That's too much for my book.
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Never done it, haven't looked at many. I have a area of interest that I would very much like to share with others. In fact I am, to a degree, driven to do so. I am still considering publication, but with friends having gone thru that (successfully), it's an arduous task. Websites get lost in the oceanic shuffle, relevant pre-existing sites either disappear or have a self-imposed system that precludes the type/source of my interest (Wikipedia). What's the scuttlebutt on the blog universe, and does anyone pay any attention??
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VW News: Volkswagen Still Set On Loss-Leader Phaeton
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
Cadillac debuted 'set & forget' Climate Control (in obvious addition to coining the term) in 1965! -
VW News: Volkswagen Still Set On Loss-Leader Phaeton
balthazar replied to William Maley's topic in Volkswagen
Phaeton did post good rear compartment numbers. Legroom- frt: 41.7, rr: 43.1 for a total of 84.8. Not as good as my B-59 coupe, but close. The product planners who green lit a car squarely in the upper audi range clearly didn't know what they were doing. Ego has probably had a higher cost in business than most other causes.
