A Horse With No Name

We are all three car guys...we need three GMC Savannah vans with wheel chair lifts, and a grey haired woman in a mini skirt with a flash light to start us on the ultimate drag race....first guy to the Cafeteria gets to save a table for the other two for the 4:30 dinner time. I don't even want to get started with the shuffleboard thing that comes afterwards...

The past is the past...the imperfect past is real, the perfect past is not...I will gladly accept the imperfect past of Cadillac...they ahve been building awesome cars for a very long time and I like their current lineup.

Good to ahve you back in the buckeye state...

Not sure if Honda is shooting itself in the foot... Do not mind the Camry so much myself...

They are an incredibly impressive product in their own right...

There is actual talk in japan of a high performance Prius, believe it or not. Not sure that would ever make it state side....but it would be unusual to say the least. Agree on the Golf entirely...prefer it over the Focus ST/RS and the Civic by far...

This is a semantic discussion and I can see all sides. I have a love of the old land yachts...but was rather surprised when I ate at a restaurant with my parents in North Carolina with my parents. We went after a local car show.... Was surprised at how the imperials, Impalas, and Invictas of the day were dwarfed by modern large SUV's. I would say that dinosaurs still live...because Birds have a genetic and evolutionary link back to dinosaurs according to evolutionary biologists. the ahve just biologically descended to become something else... In the same way the Sedan Deville of 1974 has become the Escalade, and the Impala of 1968 has become the Suburban. ...or the language itself has evolved... in 1890 the word Gay meant happy and well dressed...not what it means today. Everything changes and evolves, from hair styles to fashion to housing choices to language... Full size car has historically had a lot of different meanings. Using the word one way does not preclude it being used another.

I disagree...not completely my cup of tea...but not ugly in the sense you claim. I am warming up to it.

Right... because serious off roaders always want a hundred grand vehicle for serious off road work... My wife works with people getting financial aid. She routinely sees people graduating sixy grand in debt with an associate's degree from a community college. But you are not doing hard core off roading...the Escalade is perfectly capable in it's element.

Ohhhhhhhhh absolutely!

Agree almost entirely with Olds... Malibu premier over CLA... Fusion Sport also... The last Mercedes products I really liked were from the 60s and 70s...fair to say the factory warranty on every last one of those things is long since expired.

If we are going to talk dark days, there is a huge number of cars much darker during the 90s and early 2000s than anything Cadillac thought to build. The local Mitsubishi club does not recognize the final generation of Eclipse as a legitimate Mitsubishi but they recognize the Mirage...let that sink in for a moment.

My Mini is much more reliable than my sister's Odyssey, my father's Highlander, my Nephew's Pathfinder, my neighbors F-150, my Brother in laws Pilot... Asian vehicles are wildly over rated in terms of reliability... He also thinks in terms of a zero sum game...he finds down talking Cadillac to be more uplifting of Benz than actually talking about Mercedes cars. Subaru has one exciting sedan and they sell more cars in the USA than Benz... But....it's not German!

If GM did some interesting things with the Trax it would get me into a show room.

I like all of the above!

Indeed!

Ohhh hell yes...I am going to loose sleep tonight thinking about that one...! My wife and daughters adore that one...

Now that my children are growing up, I think me and the Mrs are going to ahve a lot of fun road tripping mine. I am enjoying our friendship on line by the way...we will (along with Frisky Dingo) have the Sport compact garages here at C and G.... ...and yes the room is fantastic...and the visibility...

Let me know what you think....in a perfect world where I could have a fleet...I think this car would have a part in that fleet... Awesome!

Yes, I got 18's also...and it is the R line....with the 2.0 from the GTI and nice 4 wheel disc brakes. Actually think this is going to be one of my favorite cars to own...I do not have the sunroof. It is wildly under appreciated for what it is...

This is quite frankly insane. Local Ford dealers did the same thing when the two seat T bird was hot in the early 2000's....some of the same cars they wanted a ten thousand dollar markup for they ended up selling at a ten K discount when the market went soft. Local Ford dealers were asking 15 grand over sticker on the Focus RS when it came out... Aztec was just Gm trying to be innovative...plenty of BMW crossovers just as freaking ugly that are the darlings of suburban neighborhoods as tasteless consumers. I would be fine paying 25 or 27 k for it as a regular production automobile if I had more choice in terms of color and options. As it is, it is a very unique specialty vehicle....and one I would still pass up for other choices.

I hope your not saying I have a double standard. the only real criticism I ahve of Benz is personal, they really do not appeal to me. I do not expect a John Cooper Works Mini Coupe to appeal to SMK either. To each his own. To expect every car maker to ahve a completely refreshed lineup all of the time is just madness. current Jetta is quite a few years old, local VW dealers are selling them hand over fist. Clarkson is an arrogant asshole who succeeds because he is an arrogant asshole. Bill O Reilly is the same way....Megyn Kelly is only successful because she has blonde hair and firm breasts... I don't really consider Clarkson competent to review automobiles nor do I consider O' Reily or Kelly journalists. Poorly chosen source IMHO. That being said....again...why am I as the import guy here the one not throwing Cadillac under the bus....1998 is almost two decades ago....how desperate are we to slut shame the domestics?

Let me just say this once again...as the import lover here...Cadillac is just an amazing company to me. Very impressed with the company and their direction.

Ohhh absolutely.

I have had that thought...I absolutely love that car. The beetle we just bought should be paid for on a short term basis...and my 16 year old daughter is the last kid in school...she will be a junior this fall. My wife and I are looking forward to a few decades without children to worry about to travel and enjoy a few cars. Since we are now car pooling into work...a car like the Challenger which would eat up highway miles quite happily would be a dream come true. Fair enough...!