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Today's millenials are not buying Cadillacs, they aren't even buying cars. And I know there are Chevy dealerships with a Cadillac franchise also to sell their 3 cars a month, but I question why you even let them keep those. The only way this virtual showroom could make sense is selling a car to a current Cadillac owner that is buying the same model. If your 3 year lease on an XTS is up, selling another in this fashion could work since the car hasn't changed.
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Bad idea. First off, why are there dealers selling less 50 cars per year, the tis less than one per week. Secondly, the "virtual showroom" is basically like what you get on the Cadillac website right? A vehicle configurator tool? And third, who wants to buy a car they never drove? I don't see how Cadillac's big claim is that they have better chassis dynamics and handling than the Germans, but then don't have the customer drive it.
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GM/Buick pondering 4 Door Coupe Based On The Avista!
smk4565 replied to oldshurst442's topic in Buick
When will this 4-door coupe craze end. Even run of the mill family cars are trying to look like coupes. What is funny, is at the same time, most auto makers are killing their coupes and convertibles off. Although if it keeps more people buying cars and less buying SUVs, bring on the Buick 4 door coupe. -
Well with loads of caution laps and rain delays, I guess the races get dragged out. Some of those Nascar races are 250 or 300 miles, with cars doing easily over 100 mph, that would take 3 hours. Even a 500 mile race, if you avg 150 mph would be 3 hours and change. On Top Gear USA (which isn't very good) Tanner Foust raced the mid-engine V8 McLaren, I forget the name of it, vs Karl Edwards in his NASCAR on a NASCAR road course. The McLaren beat it on the road course section but obviously not on the oval. But the fact that a 580 hp McLaren can keep up with a Karl Edwards driven NASCAR makes me think a Veyron could beat it. The Veyron has more power, higher top speed, better acceleration to win on an oval, and on a road course forget it.
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BMW News: BMW Used Loaner Vehicles To Defend Their Sales Crown
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in BMW
Well the Sprinter costs more than a 3-series or X1. Mercedes does split out the vans on their sales chart. I am not sure for the purposes of the luxury sales race what number people are using. I do think BMW cars about the sales volume win more than Mercedes does though. I know Mercedes would like to outsell BMW, but at the same time, Mercedes prices all their cars higher than the rival BMW product, so they'd like to win on product, not price. -
Agreed. A 2-3 hour race of relatively constant speed with only left turns (minus the couple road courses). Not the highest skill level needed compared to other forms of racing and the cars are relatively low tech. A stock Veyron could probably win the Daytona 500, and a stock Veyron couldn't win Le Mans or a Formula 1 race. I think what is being overlooked here, is Tesla made an SUV that does 0-60 and runs the 1/4 mile as fast as a Corvette Z06. We aren't talking the Model X is fast compared to other SUVs, it is fast compared to pure sports cars.
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Geneva Motor Show: Maserati Levante: Comments
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in Geneva International Motor Show
I can't believe Infiniti ripped off the Porsche Cayenne body shape so bad. Oh wait, this is a Maserati? On a side note, I sat in both a Ghibli and Quatroporte last week, and they were I think $90k and $118K sticker price respectively. Neither were very impressive. I mean they were nicer than an ATS or 3-series, but probably any sedan at $55-60k has a better interior than those 2. And at $118k in the Quatroporte you got a 400 hp V6. What a rip off. No wonder it doesn't sell. -
BMW News: BMW Used Loaner Vehicles To Defend Their Sales Crown
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in BMW
Or, BMW was chasing Mercedes for the lead, so they had to resort to cheap tactics. BMW outsells Chrysler with ease, they don't need to cheat to beat them. -
Let's see a NASCAR do 500 miles without stopping for a refuel. An electric race car could be made to beat a NASCAR if they had a battery pack swap feature.
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I must say, I prefer the Mustang's interior to the Camaro's and I think the Mustang looks a little bit better too. I have not driven either, but I imagine the Camaro is superior in chassis, engine and transmission. The problem with the Camaro is you can't see out of it, and I have to duck my head getting in or out of it, otherwise I hit it on the roof. If you can't get in the car or can't see out of it, what good is it? And we aren't talking Lamborghini exotic where you expect that, Camaro is an every day car. I think the new one is harder to see out of than the old one.
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Geneva Motor Show: Volvo V90: Comments
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in Geneva International Motor Show
Looks good, I like it more than the sedan because I think the back end looks better. I bet you get nearly as much interior space as you do in an XC90 as well and it probably will cost a bit less. I think this is a cool car, not just a cool wagon. -
GMC News: 2017 GMC Acadia To Start At $29,995*
smk4565 replied to William Maley's topic in GMC Trucks
I think it is good the price dropped $2k, the V6 probably costs more than the old V6 though. -
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I gave thumbs up votes for the Hudson Hornet, Tucker Torpedo and Duesenberg. Hardly anything good looking came out of the 70s though, that whole decade can be down voted, even the Lamborghini Countach got better looking in the 80s. I did see one of these today, epic car.
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How many gears in the transmission?
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I'd buy a Cadillac if it was better than a Merc, and had a better image.
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It is American right? So we can rule out the Mercedes R-class diesel? Because that is a V6 SUV.
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That helps and rules out the Chevy Astro van, lol.
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Mercedes doesn't even build the G-wagen in their factory. Magna Steyr builds it in Austria. And they sell about 14,000 a year globally. Not terrible for that price point.
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But all we know is a rwd/4wd SUV. Color doesn't help any. And it is American then as well? We need to know what year it is from to hazard any kind of guess. Or at least an era, like 90s, 2000-2005, 2005-2010 etc
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G-wagen is mostly hand built, thus it costs more. The G-wagen also offers V12 power, and 2/3 of them are AMG trim, so that drives the price up. The GLS is an all around better vehicle than the G-wagen, in fact the GLE is probably a better vehicle and is the same size and half the price. The G-wagen sells because it has a cult following
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What year is it from?
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What is the country of origin? How many doors are on it? (a grand cherokee for example is 5 door) Do any doors slide? Unibody or body on frame? Is the vehicle still in production or a retired name plate?
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Well Cadillac is getting a sub ATS sedan and 2 crossovers below $39k, so unless they are $34k and $37k (unlikely), one of them will have to be priced under ATS. I think Cadillac is afraid to build an Omega crossover, because it would be better than the Escalade, and then what? if they call it XT9, you can't have Escalade sitting in the middle of an XT naming system, and if they make it better than Escalade and cheaper than Escalade, you don't need an Escalade anymore. So it becomes a bit of a catch 22. I think there is a think at GM that the Escalade is the top SUV, therefore every other Cadillac SUV gets dumbed down on a Chevy chassis. Just like how for the past 30-40 years the Corvette had to have the horsepower and performance of any GM car. When Cadillac should have a sports car above Corvette. But Cadillac won't get a sports car better than the Corvette, because GM top brass won't want the Corvette to look bad.
