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  1. smk4565
    The base Mazda 3 has 150 lb-ft with a 184 lb-ft option and the base Jetta has 184 lb-ft. They might cost a little more but they are the same segment of car. Maybe they will put an optional engine in still.
  2. smk4565
    But it still has 132 lb-ft when others in the segment have 155-175.
  3. smk4565
    Why is the V6 here? The Turbo 4 has the same HP and more torque and better gas mileage.
  4. smk4565
    The inside looks nice for the class, it looks like a Mazda on the inside but that being said I would rather just have a Mazda interior. The engine here just seems way too lame. No torque tied to a CVT means this car will feel like driving a bucket of paste. Again the Mazda 3 has has more go and still gets great mileage.
  5. smk4565
    What does N stand for and how does it relate to performance?
  6. smk4565
    The grille is way too big and the whole car looks like a busy mess of lines and angles, you don’t need to crease and style every square inch of the car. I think the inside looks high quality, however it looks way too techy with that big screen and Lexus mouse pad thing. This whole car inside and out is way off the target market for this car, and they aren’t going to get younger buyers so they might as well satisfy the 70+ crowd.
  7. smk4565
    What new design language? It looks like the same Acura grille they have had and the back just looks like any other Mazda or Nissan with floating roof. Yawn, more generic styling.
  8. smk4565
    The mild hybrid system sounds awesome, perfect for a truck to add some extra low end torque when starting out. It is too bad it is coupled to the same V6 and Hemi that have been around for years. Oddly enough I saw a mid 90s Ram with the V10 Magnum badging the other day and remembered how it made exactly 300 hp which was a big deal when it came out, now a turbo 4 can do that.
  9. smk4565
    I like the interior, looks good for the class. The outside looks sort of like an Elantra but more boring.
  10. smk4565
    The twin turbo V6 in the CT6, if you make that a plug in you are talking about 450 hp, 500+ lb-ft of torque with probably double the gas mileage of the 6.2 V8.
  11. smk4565
    The old Silverado hybrid had a bad system ignored is like having a Nokia flip phone 10 years ago and saying it didn’t sell do smart phones won’t sell. The CT6 hybrid has 335 hp and 440 lb-ft of torque, I imagine that is better than the what the Diesel engine will do, and be much cheaper to run. And why couldn’t they take the 3 liter turbo V6 and put the same plug in hybrid system on it? That would mop the floor with the not so Eco ecoboost F150. However I get the feeling that GM will stick with the 6.2 V8 even when Tesla has a pick up that can tow 20,000 lbs and accelerate faster than a Corvette.
  12. smk4565
    450 lbs is a nice weight reduction, but I seem to remember the F150 dropping 750 lbs when it went aluminum so I am not sure how they stack up now. The larger bed seems like a big win. As I said in the F150 diesel thread, I think the opportunity is plug in hybrid or electric truck, because of the torque advantage and the fuel economy advantage to be gained over the other guys for whoever is first to do it.
  13. smk4565
    After seeing that MKX console a few times, that wouldn't look bad in a $27k Edge, in a luxury car it is just embarrassing.
  14. smk4565
    And it did well from 2013-2016, and Subaru has done well in recent years. Fusion is now getting need of a refresh, plus it is large for some. When you look at the top selling crossovers like Rav4 and CR-V they are smaller than a Fusion, so maybe they need awd in the Focus too. I get that the masses want crossovers, but I think this is also in part because the masses want all wheel drive, and there aren't a lot of compelling sedans out there, the crossovers offer more luxury features and panoramic glass roofs and things. And sadly most people don't care about ride or handling.
  15. smk4565
    It looks pretty big, which makes me wonder still if there is a market for smaller size trucks. If this didn't have a Ford badge on it, I probably would have thought it was a Toyota. Ford needs this though, they are missing out by only having the F150, I think they will sell a lot of these for people that find the F150 too big.
  16. smk4565
    If you want a sedan, it is getting more and more that way. Audi still sells a lot of sedans worldwide, and has a big following. Lexus does well with the IS and ES, they don't do well with the GS and LS. Infiniti has 1 car that sells in the Q50, although it does pretty well. Looking at the number of crossovers that sell in the $40-60k range whether they be luxury brands or a loaded up Honda Pilot, there are people spending that kind of money on cars, but not a lot of compelling sedans to steal buyers back. You have dead weight like the Acura RLX, Jag XF, Continental, the trio of sedans Cadillac wants to kill off, the Infiniti M56/Q70 that has been on the market 10 years, etc. There is opportunity here for Cadillac to build a winner and take some slice of the $40-60k segment, but they better do better than they did in previous efforts. And the problem I see is most automakers don't even care about sedans anymore, they just throw something out there for people that want a sedan and figure they can just push them with incentives if they have to.
  17. smk4565
    True on Ferrari, a lot of their profit is merchandise and licensing, they sell a lot of shirts and hats to people that cheer for the perennial 2nd place F1 team they have. Porsche and Bentley are big money makers for Audi obviously. Cadillac is probably making about $4,000 per car, the Escalade bank rolls it, but they have to put heavy incentives on those sedans and they don't sell the Escalade in China either. Even if Cadillac makes $5,000 per car like BMW and Mercedes do, the problem is BMW sold 2.1 million cars in 2017 and Mercedes sold 2.29 million. That is a whole lot more profit at BMW and Mercedes. And Chevy for sure turns a profit, they probably make $500 per car on stuff like the Cruze and Malibu, but all crossovers make money and pick up trucks make even more.
  18. smk4565
    Well, sales equal revenue, and ultimately lead to profits, which is the name of the game. But the German sedans, mid-size or full size, have more power, more tech, better build quality, better interior materials, better performance than the CT6. Even on interior sound, the E43 was the quietest car Car and Driver tested in 2017. I think what Cadillac should do on the CT5 is develop some hybrid powertrains, they have to have cutting edge technology to have any chance.
  19. smk4565
    Pretty good power and still fast. Very suitable performance for a Bentley, big tanks that do 0-60 in under 5 seconds is what Bentley is all about. This isn't an attractive vehicle though, and seems to look worse every year.
  20. smk4565
    A car that is priced with a 5-series and E-class, but gets outsold 4 to 1 by them in the USA. In China, it's worse, the E-class outsells the CT6 10 to 1. And Cadillac originally wanted to go against the 7-series and S-class but forgot 200 hp and a list of luxury features along the way and had to retreat. Cadillac is a brand without mojo, and I don't know what the solution is, they tried mid-size car for small size price, tried selling the CTS for $10k less than a E-class or 5-series, tried 640 hp, they tried full size car at mid-size prices, they have tried 2 different naming schemes in 10 years, and endless marketing campaigns and none of it has worked. The only thing they haven't tried yet is the 10 year/100k mile warranty. So I don't know what the answer is for Cadillac, but I am curious to see what they do with CT5, although my guess is more of the same formula of the past 6 years.
  21. smk4565
    This could be a 2010 Passat and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference.
  22. smk4565
    My question is what do they do different this time? The ATS and CTS were sales flops, they better rethink their attack this time around unless the strategy is to be a price leader and sell these for $35k which I doubt it is. That being said I think Cadillac or GM for that matter is not capable of making a competitive sedan.
  23. smk4565
    Put all wheel drive in cars and car sales will go up. A lot of people are buying crossovers just for all wheel drive. And make cars good, and cars will sell. Make cars with discount interiors that sit on the market for 8 years without and update, and watch the sales tank.
  24. smk4565
    There is a ton of gray plastic on that center console, which just screams cheap. My question is how with a 335 hp/380 lb-ft V6 does the Edge have the same 0-60 time as a 241 hp Mercedes GLC? The Edge must have huge drivetrain losses in power. What I don't like about the look of this Edge, is the grille looks like the front end of a Taurus police car, and the back half looks the same as it has since 2008.
  25. smk4565
    4-door coupe styling! This is now more common than 3 box sedans and kind of boring.
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