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  1. Z-06
    That grill reminds of Ford Freestyle.
  2. Z-06
    Weather plays a critical part. If you have sub-32 temperatures, getting 30 miles (compared to 38 miles) for a brand new car is actually good.
  3. Z-06
    Unless Cadillac gets a V sports car like the AMG GT. Not going to happen for 2 reasons. Development costs too high for a niche product, and can't outshine the Corvette at GM. GM would never let the Corvette be inferior to a Cadillac sports car. Oh darn, and I was day dreaming for a down payment. May as well get a Chevroletdes Benz.
  4. Z-06
    Unless Cadillac gets a V sports car like the AMG GT.
  5. Z-06
    There is the CTS-V for Detroit, which is a given. Other than that there is nothing really, unless SRX and Escalade get a V treatment.
  6. Z-06
    My only reservations are the porkiness - it is about 200 lbs too heavy - and lack of 7-speed. Up to a certain extent lack of dry sump bothers me, but then it is not a deal breaker. Otherwise it is a great effort. If in market, it would be on top of my list. I see some magazines making comments of the chintzy dials and gauges, I want to understand their comments on stuck in the 80s dials and gauges of BMW M3/4.
  7. Z-06
    Not bad. The V6 is decent other than the transmission that does not like to shift. I had a loaner Silverado with a V-6 and it got me 23 mpg avg. for its 250 mile stay with me.
  8. Z-06
    Be honest, how many times have you ejaculated with excitement after seeing this?
  9. Z-06
    This scares me. I hope Johan is not going to make competitors for X1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and whatever SUV Norbert Reithofer dreams of while taking a dump.
  10. Z-06
    www.Notgonnahappen.com/atleast-in-current-form
  11. Z-06
    Finally GM is getting some sense. GMC, if needs to be more than a Chevy, will need models like these. Too bad Granite experiment never materialized. GM has played far too much defense for far too long. With 4 brands, it can attack traditional bastions of its competitors without being competitive with each other.
  12. Z-06
    Honestly, before I read your comment I looked at the picture and I wondered why would you post a Kia Rio5 on stilettos.
  13. Z-06
    I've been wondering the same Z. My guess it could either be the transmission couldn't work the TT 3.6 (least likely), to a issue of cost. No, because the transmission does not depend on whether the motor is forced induced or not and it is capable of handling excess of 700 lb-ft torque. If these rumors are true, then I personally think GM does not want to slaughter one of its sacred cows. That logic to me is shameful and old school as this version of the car is a top of the line car of a brand that needs impetus.
  14. Z-06
    If sense and sensibility overcame pride and prejudice then people like SMK would not be humping Germans. As Drew stated, it is what the market wants.
  15. Z-06
    Love it. Nice powerful stance. If rumors are true, why didn't GM put a 7 speeder from Corvette? I think GM needs to let this one go and have at least same hp as the LT1 considering Germans like to not follow SAE.
  16. Z-06
    What facts is your "educated" statement based on?
  17. Z-06
    Happy birthday sir. Enjoy your time with family.
  18. Z-06
    Depends on what you want to compress and make not as impressive.
  19. Z-06
    If they are a pro photographer, then their 300mm lens should be an APO lens so there is minimal distortion and this should be pretty accurate. Cadillac needs to realize that not every car needs to be blinged out with Chrome. Performance auto's are better looking monochromatic IMHO. It is not the distortion from optics but it is the illusion (compression) from physics. A telephoto lens will compress objects closer than a normal range lens would. Oh please tell me where is distortion here?
  20. Z-06
    I would hold on before judging on these photos. 1. It is taken at 300 mm at f5.6, which possibly means at that super-telephoto level, the image will look compressed. 2. The angle from top is possibly not the best one to shoot a car as the plan view dominates the profile and sides. 3. Lighting creates an illusion - Bright sunlight and white do not go well.
  21. Z-06
    If you want to drastically increase green house gas. The pure electric thing is a lie. Untill we move off coal as a way to generate electricity, Electric auto's produce a ton of Green house gas. They create it as they generate the battery packs and then except for Washington state with a ton of Hydro producing dams, they generate even more green house gas with coal burning. CNG is the logical next step from oil to Natural gas and eventually some day electric maybe. Washington state is now capturing all the methane from the land fills and dairy farms. BIO-METHANE. Renewable and very clean green. Get of that smoke pipe. Coal consumption in USA is currently at the level seen in the 80s. Your favorite NG is taking over most of the coal plants as utilities are retooling coal fired plans into co-gen gas plants. And that methane from landfills is nothing but smoke and mirrors given its inconsistent outputs. It is not renewable as once the landfill has reached its design height, how is more methane going to be produced? If you want cheap, extremely renewable energy then nothing beats nuclear breeder reactors. With current amount of known U235 deposits, US can sustain its electricity for the next 100,000 years. But then people's perception of being besides an atom bomb possibly scares into more regulations for that energy source.
  22. Z-06
    To me there is nothing surprising, the top of the line performance oriented model of a smaller car beats a mid-range model, which is designed to attain balance between luxury and sport. M3 beats S550 all day and night long. And similarly equipped CLA45 is almost the same price as that of a V Sport. Hey how did you feel when Cobalt with FWD beat 135i, Lexus IS-F, S5, S2000 CR, G37 and Elise? Sure Car and Driver was doing something wrong there!
  23. Z-06
    There was the similar article last year when GM brought the new trucks in market. This is part of the game. What would Bobby boy say when Ram goes into that phase? To me, this game would be more damaging to Ford than GM, given the revolutionary vs. evolutionary nature of the trucks introduced. Ford has a lot of investment riding on the F150 than GM did on the 1500s. Trick would be how much can aluminum impact F150 in the long run.
  24. Z-06
    I wasn't going to say that for sounding like a broken record. But a car needs a Weight to Power ratio of ~15-20 : 1 to be more fun without sacrificing efficiency. To me that is the sweet spot. The Beat chassis has tolerance to handle more power. I was thoroughly impressed by it when I flogged it in streets of Mumbai; too bad it only had 80hp.
  25. Z-06
    So you do agree that Chevroletdes Benz is nothing but a generic appliance manufacturer at a higher level.
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