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Cmicasa the Great

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  1. Cmicasa the Great
    CAdillac is doing what it wants now with pricing. Fine with me as they seem to be putting out an entry level vehicle with a lessor than German car price.. then trimming it upward to the point that it is on par with said German vehicle. Look right at the CT6. That car starts off with a base engine that not even available with the 7Series, then by the time the 740i is matched par for par.. its almost spot on in pricing. In fact BMW would have to have a 720i on sale in the US to have a similar vehicle. Bottom line.. unless U are just a person who want to spend more for silly reasons.. the CT6 is not only a better value, but most people who compare the CT6 to the 7Series will most likely say the CT6 was more expensive if they are not already in the know.
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    So... U see why I've gotten a bad rep around here now? Craziness people come up with to complain about. I wouldn't buy the 2.0L. but I enjoy the fact that they at least offer the choice. I see why they downgraded in power too. Even from a marketing standpoint it made very little sense to go and buy a 3.6L with 321HP/275ft-ib before when the 2.0L was 272HP/260ft-lb.. . NOW.. look at the distance. Perfect. And I see a VSport being in the 470-500 range with a VSeries in the 600s. AWD at that.
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    From Automobile Mag.. and what I've been saying for a month.. are we doing this with SMK again? I posted the specs earlier
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    Meanwhile... over at Lexus China
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    I just want to drop this here.. for those who were talking trash about the XT6 in any way
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    Gotta be a lotta people out there who eating their words right now. Gorgeous for real. Inside, out and in between
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    I said cars.
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    Right.. It's a very small thing. Oh.. And the tint issue is due to statutory laws. Many states will not pass cars in inspection process with tint on.. Unless it is so weak that its barely noticed or a truck/SUV. All of my cars, except the 66, are tinted just over the legal, but due to the interior colors look almost black
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    I'm digging everything except windows not being tinted to blind out the Black piece on the back. Once windows tinted.. issue over
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    Awesome news. 10 inch 1080 screen. NFC.. AND FINALLY.. forced induction only engine line-up! 335HP/400ft-lb of torque is a welcome mid level engine. Same HP as the 540i, but a whopping 68ft-lb torque advantage. I'm betting a much lighter overall car too. Comparable in every way to the 5Series, this new car has a 116 inch-long wheelbase(5series 117.1), has a length of 193.8 inches(5series 194.6) and a width of 74.1 inches(5series 73.5). Yes.. the Caddy is wider. Interior looks great.. except that damn non-leather steering wheel hub on lower models
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    Good point.. But I don't think sentiment is going to allow for them to import another car from China. If its made in Canada I guess, but we all know that probably isn't happening. I can see a continuation of the Orion Township contract and the Sonic name maaaaaaybe chagrining to Cavalier. Which would be fine IMO.. as it should have never left the market place in the first place. Corolla and Civic have never changed names.. Cavalier.. and Escort for that matter should have remained always
  13. Cmicasa the Great
    Still hoping that the Sonic is just being transformed into a larger Cruze replacement. It has been profitable due to UAW arrangements in tiered wages. Probably the number one reason it wasn't canceled.. not to mention that it exists with several very profitable and desirable platform-mates called Trax and Encore. Personally I never understood why the EFF Chevy needed a Sonic sedan and a Cruze.
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    @riviera74 A lotta people will hate me for saying this, but this seems like the perfect opportunity for GM to cut ties between Chevy and the Corvette. Its actually time for this to go its separate way and be sold outta of a Corvette only store or a Cadillac store IF Cadillac is not getting its own version. Heck, even if it is. As a Corvette owner since the 1990s (’79 L82, ’95, ’00 Z51, ’08 Z51, ’14 Z51, ’16 Z06) and a Cadillac owner since ’05 (’05 STS4.6L, ’09 CTS-V, ’12 CTS-V Coupe, ’16 CTS-V) I can honestly say that one gets nowhere near the treatment at a Chevy dealership as U get from a Caddy or BMW, for that matter, one. Corvette is a sports/luxury brand. Its as simple as that. $60-130K says it all. In fact, at this point it is actually more expense than any Cadillac on the top end. Luxury car owners need more. That being said.. I think and wish the C7 continued production. To actually help populate a Corvette Brand. It already is a sub-brand and should get full fledged status. We currently have Stingray, Grand Sport, Z06, and ZR1. A mid-engined and CUV would complete the brand and make it full on a Porsche competitor as Zora saw it. Furthermore the Camaro has all the chops to take the Vette’s place in the Chevy line-up.
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    But AMERICANS do it.. they hate themselves.. and will by majority these days let the Foreign makers get away with a litany of offenses that they would demand GM or Ford be put out of business for. Imagine GM being caught up in an Emissions scandal with the type of blatant deception VW pulled off.. The Macan starts off with a 248HP 4cyl engine for $50K. The Cadillac XT5 has a 310HP V6 and starts at $41K. How is that even cool? Even if U drop back to the XT4, it only has 11 less HP and starts off at $35K.. and I seriously don't see Porsche as a luxury Cadillac competitor. That's Audi. I do see it as Sport Corvette competitor. GM needs to jump in that portion of the game.. with both brands
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    The Macan is AWD, but is still technically sitting on a FWD derived platform. Is on the same system platform as the Audi A5,A4,A6,A7,A8 , and Q5 IN ADDITION: Personally it never mattered to me in the CUV class whether it was FWD or RWD.. as long as its AWD, especially since the advent of adaptive or selective AWD systems. With the truest issue one could come up with pertains to disadvantages of FWD being that the weight distribution was front biased and thus created inferior handing versus a RWD vehicle, which was typically more balanced. All the RIGHTWD stuff aside.. when that notion comes into play.. I find it interesting that a Macan has a weight distribution of 57.2%/42.8% (F/R) while say.. the weight distribution on the Blazer RS AWD is F/R(59/41%) or say a 2017 BMW X5 X35i at F/R(49/51%) They are off.. but not that far off. Blazer RS performing the figure 8: in 27.1 sec @ 0.65 g (avg) and Lateral g at .83g vs an X5 at 26.8 sec @ 0.69 g (avg) and lateral g .81 I'm not saying its better.. but I am saying that it in no way do these vehicles deserve the label of being inferior due to being FWD based
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    If the Corvette was to have CUV line.. yeah.. a n/a 3.6L would be a nice entry, but if its RWD it damn sure better have a V8. I will never understand the BS behind why Porsche and Audi get to have FWD based CUVs, market only the AWD part.. and no issues. Either way.. a Macan GTS literally only has a TT3.0L with 360hp/369lbs. I submit that if the Blazer RS had this same combo.. or an even better LGW with 404/400lb..it would out perform the Macan's 5 second 0-60
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    Why do people always say this? 9X outta 10 they have never driven a 3.6L in GM vehicle. In the Camaro it pushes the RS to 60 in 5 seconds.. in the BLAZER.. 6 seconds. This is me in a CT6 3.6L a few months ago. It in no way felt slow:
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    I agree.. but if GM were to have kept the Cruze going in the U.S., we might of got a Cruze SS (Brazil) with a 1.4L with 300HP
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    Pretty much what Catherina is dressed in right now LOL. I'm just too cheap to darken the grille
  21. Cmicasa the Great
    Talk about profits. GM would effectively have 4 Luxury/Premium brands.. this time with purpose like back in the day when there was Cadillac, Olds, and Buick
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    A lot of that is on Cadillac's accessory page tho.. including black chrome exhaust. And Midnight Silver is really Black Chrome imo. U know what's crazy? I didn't realize that U could get the Sport Edition Escalade in Red Passion Tintcoat, Satin Steel Metallic or Black Raven. I thought it only came in Black til I was just on the accessory page.
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    It seems obvious that the styling is going to be beautiful.. but what I'm looking forward to is the tech, performance potential, needle move on interior, and sharing with Cadillac hopefully. I would also love to hear that this is going to not only be sold with a continuation of the FE C7 for a few more years, but also that there is an SUV coming as well. If Porsche, Ferrari, and Lambo can have one.. why can't Corvette. Corvette lovers be damned
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    What I keep seeing
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    Is it worth $73,900 Starting tho?
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