smk4565
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I think this will do well. It looks better than a Traverse or Pilot or Explorer, appears to have a better interior and Hyundai usually prices pretty aggressive plus a big warranty. This will have a lot of appeal.
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They should put the V8 in the CT4-V. No holding back, if you have it, then use it. GM should also make an inline six and kill all these V6's because any over 300 hp vehicle should be sending power to the rear wheels, and any sedan or crossover at Buick or Chevy can use a 4-cylinder/turbo/electric combo powertrain like Volvo does on their line, so no need for a transverse V6. Also XT5 and XT6 should switch to Omega and get the V8. This is the V8's last hurrah before electric takes over, I say V8 all things.
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MB should scrap the SLC. The only other low sellers globally are the SL and AMG GT and those aren’t going anywhere. They have to do something with the SL to improve sales which is hard when 2 seat convertibles have very low demand.
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The A8 with V6 mild hybrid is about 900k to 1.2 million Yuan in China. It looks like China only has the turbo 4 and the 3 liter V6 CT6 for China, which do run much cheaper than the A8 in the 400-800k range. But the A8 is a better car also. I feel like the CT6 will exit the American market, unless they import Chinese made ones, but maybe they cancel it over there too. I suspect GM made a decent amount of investment on CT6 because it was a new platform, that 3.0 V6 is only used there also, this 4.2 V8 is only there for now. This isn't a good economies of scale car, they could be losing money on it, and even if it turns a small profit, I can see GM just scraping it.
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They were up this month, down 6% for the year, but still the #1 selling luxury car. E-class up 9% is a good sign, maybe some people do still want sedans. Dated GLE/GLS that are probably out of production hurt there, the new GLE isn't at dealers yet. Look at the G-wagen!!!
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I imagine most Audi’s sold in China are 2 or 3 liter. Their V8 does come in under 4 liters to avoid that top tax rate. But I bet the great majority of A8’s are V6 in China
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I don’t know why GM decided on a 4.2 liter V8 when China has a displacement tax threshold at 4.0 liters, unless they don’t plan on selling this engine in China, then it doesn’t matter.
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The same reason that Rolls-Royce or Bentley don’t do that, they are the brand. “Cadillac” should be the hot brand people want. That is GM’s fault for trashing the brand image over the past 30 years.
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They might, Mercedes is building a new factory to make the S-class am EV’s while the current factory will continue making other models. But I think GLE’s from Alabama go back to Germany and people buy them.
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I think they should have 2 tubes of this V8 and put it in everything they can. If the XT5 and XT6 were not front drive then it could have been there too. I would put this in the ATS replacement too. Cadillac needs something to stir up some excitement. They have other issues too but an exclusive V8 would help.
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The majority of segments are dominated by 3-4 players. Full size pickup you have the Detroit 3, mid-size pickup, Toyota, Nissan, GM, minivan Toyota, Honda, FCA, luxury car is Lexus and the Germans, etc. If you aren’t one of the top players in a segment it is hard for an automaker to justify staying there. That is why GM and Ford don’t make minivans, FCA has very few sedans, Ford will have no sedans, etc. Mid size sedan, small and mid-size crossover has enough volume that 8-10 brands can play in that sandbox, but in other segments you better win or you won’t last. That is why Ford made cuts, GM is making these cuts and someday GM will realize that they don’t need 3 luxury SUV brands when Buick and Cadillac quit making sedans and one of those brands will get cut.
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Except most Hondas and Acuras are built in Ohio or Indiana, while the Odyssey, Ridgeline and Pilot are made in Alabama. Buying an Accord or CR-V supports Ohio workers. Civics are made in the US and Canada. And if GM wanted people to buy the Cruze then it should have been a better car at a better price. They never offered a performance version, they offered a $28k diesel that was way over priced that no one was going to buy, that was just bad execution all around. As far as what products get cut you have look at market sizes. Mid-size car is still about 2 million units per year in the USA. Small car is less, large car is maybe 200k units a year and all 3 are shrinking. I can see GM competing only in mid-size sedan with Chevy/Buick, and giving Cadillac 2 sedans. The volume is in crossovers.
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Because Toyota was the pioneer for hybrids and their marketing was all about it. They should be moving to EV's and their Tundra has crap sales, because it has a V8 from 2007 that is super thirsty and not all that powerful. Plus the whole truck is dated. A 100% new pickup like this, with Toyotas billions of dollars behind it could really be a winner in the market.
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