A Horse With No Name

Should be a nice addition to their product lineup.

I think so...would love this with a manual. I wonder if getting a manual messes up the tow rating on this?

There have been a few SUV's lately that would win me over to your side of the fence...this might be one of them.

There are dangers in throwing a Molotov cocktail through the front window of the establishment, and their are advantages also. Thinking we may see some advantages.

I would upvote this by a hundred if I could....

Good RIDDANCE you mean....in many ways I would agree with you.

Different strokes for different folks!

We both tend to have very strong tastes and vehicles and react very strongly to things we don't like. The Mazda does very well in its target demographic, even if you are not part of that target demographic.

Sarcasm always seems to have a basis in reality.... I tend to agree with hyperV6, the end will not be good.

Not sure I agree with this assessment.

I really, really hope you are right! I think it also depends on how much debt and legal liability they acquire before such an incident.

I like the way you think!

I really think Musk talking about Mars is kind of a pivot because his cash flow situation is not good. Musk needs to turn over the automotive side of the business to someone with more actual experience building cars. It would be excellent if they stayed in business. Once initial demand dies down and they can keep up with production, I would love a model 3.

Ohh I love small cars, especially living in an urban area. If you like used you will love how well the SI holds resale value and how reliable it is.

#5. Pick any other letter, be it Q for Qater or N for Norway and you will find Mercedes on top there also. #6. The CT6 may not have name recognition, but dammit it is time that America starts fighting back. There are elements of both the CT6 and Continental that I seriously dislike, but it is about God Damn time we start to re assert our self a bit as a world leader. I give serious, serious chops to Ford and GM for this. I may be politically angry at the country and Hate both Trump and Clinton, but as I said elsewhere Washington is not the center of the universe, even if they think they are. #7. If my fellow C and G members could resolve ourselves to fight back and never surrender...regardless of politics...that would be good! #8. Given both of my above posts, I would like to say that this is not the time for complacency. I work at a university and also volunteer as an adjunct coaching collegiate debate. Coaching also involves judging other universities at tournaments. One of the students I was judging argued that it was time for America to abdicate its position as leader of the world. Probably the saddest thing I have ever heard in a round... Bringing it back to the CT6....let's remember to fight back and not be complacent. No politics here but there is a very real way in which the world needs us as a leader....kind of exciting to have us fighting to lead....

#1. Tesla is irrelevant as the parent company will probably implode financially. Owning one is an astonishingly risky scenario IMHO as owning a car with that much technology with no remaining factory OEM support is the walking definition of living nightmare. #2. China will pull ahead of the USA in many ways other than electric cars. It is one of the great ironies of history to me that the twentieth century really could have, should have, and would have been the German century but became the American century instead. The twenty first Century could have, should have, and would have been another American Century, but will be the Chinese Century instead. #3. this will IMHO have an impact on Luxury cars when cars like the CT6 and Continental are built for Chinese tastes rather than American expectations. #4. This will not affect cars like the S class as much because Mercedes already leads in the world luxury market. Sweden, South Africa, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Senegal, Singapore, Slovenia, Sint Maartin, South Korea, Switzerland, Spain, Serbia Seychelles....go to any of the above and Mercedes will be a top Luxury brand with the wealthy and important.

It would have a lot of the attributes of the Older generation Cavalier you liked so much in terms of nimbleness and responsive driving characteristics. We both owned earlier Cavi's and liked them, this is one of the few modern cars that retains that fun to drive characteristic. It would have the advantage of a really slick suspension set up, an amazing glass smooth manual that is rivaled only by the Miata and the S2000, comfortable and supportive seats, a truly decent audio system for its price point, and a decent selection of actual colors. The biggest thing though is your son. My sons friends loved my Miata, and you would probably be the one dad with the really cool car. Being able to have that as a bonding point with your son as he is preparing to go into the world and make his own way would have a lot of value also. Not to mention the SI would be more fuel efficient than a crossover or many other sedans. Resale also....diesel gate has really hurt the Gasser VW's, including the GTI. The Focus ST and Fiesta ST are great cars, but they are depreciation magnets, possibly because Ford has frustrated so many people with the non sporty versions of these cars with the horrible automatics.

You are like me and enjoy thinking about the next car. I do a lot more thinking than buying though as I tend to keep cars 200,000 plus miles. The only thing that would touch this reliability wise in terms of a sporty compact would be the WRX.

....all of that in consideration, the current Cadillac lineup is pretty competitive and interesting. .

Mercedes is so far ahead of everyone else in the Luxury car game it isn't even funny in some ways. They build unique products like the G wagon and the AMG stuff. They lead in sales in the US in every Luxury segment from entry level to top level. They are infinitely better looking than the dowdy products from the likes of Lincoln and Infinity. They are thought of as a true luxury brand. At the same time, without competition they will sit on their asses and not move forward. Can you imagine Cadillac as a luxury brand if it had no competition? "built on a W body platform, we are proud to announce the 2.8 (the same miserable 2.8 that cursed the S-10 for so many years) powered Cadillac Deville will have significant improvements for the 2017 model year. We will be moving from a three speed automatic to a four speed automatic, and the cassette player has improved functions to eliminate hiss. Our manually adjustable front bucket seat has two additional positions for the seat back to recline, bringing the total number of seat back adjustments to 5. Passenger side adjustment positions will remain limited to two." "We are also proud to announce one new grey and one new silver for 2107, the first new colors for Cadillac since our limited run of 500 Green cars back in 2012." "Other notable features include standard passenger side mirror, day/nite rear view mirror inside the cabin and a richer shade of Onyx black for the Vinyl Upholstery." "Cloth was discontinued as an option for 2007 but we will be making a limited run of 750 cars with cloth seats alter in the year." "Exciting accessories include a cargo mat for the trunk, an accessory watch with the Cadillac logo, and exclusive Cadillac insignia mud flaps, for the rear wheels only." The sad thing is this would still probably be a better luxury car than the elenvty billion Lincoln Town cars and Continentals built between the very early 1970's and very recently, all of which are currently still on the road simultaneously circling Miami with the left run signal on. Add to that the horribly feminine and uninteresting,not to mention just plain hideous, Lexus SUV's of every era, that define the apogee of Pokemon on Meth styling ethic that has destroyed the Japanese auto industry visually as of late. Please also fail to remember the awkwardly styled, overly feminine, and just plain bland products of Infinity, the less said here the better. Consider also the self destructing cars of BMW that eat gaskets, radiators, water pumps, bearings, electrical components, audio systems, airbags, seat belt tensioners, emissions components, chassis and suspension parts, window seals, body control modules, shift linkages, small children, puppies, and metric crap tons of cash. It would also probably be better in some ways than Audi, who build fantastic cars in some ways but suffer from a parent company with corporate ethics somewhere between slightly worse than the mafia or slightly better than a virus, depending on the weather and the day of the week. In this context, the current Buick Regal suffers from being merely bland, outdated and uninteresting. Not to mention being one of the highest trade in rates after one year... Volvo will shift production to china, they build some interesting cars but I really try not to buy Chinese products. They also are not a real luxury brand IMHO. Nothing says Dentist From Omaha with a 20 year celibacy streak quite like Volvo. All of this is enough to make a mid 70's Olds 98 look like a true luxury car. Mercury from the 1970's survives, we just call it Lincoln now. The 300 is a decent enough car but it is fitting that Chrysler pretty much has died off other than one passenger car product. They built beautiful cars until the early 1970's and then imploded with the rest of the American automotive industry. Sometimes remembering what was is better than trying to keep something alive into the present.

Not going to make additional election comments here but I might be inclined to partially agree with you. Moving on from the election, having fun thinking of what to replace the TDI with. Car shopping is a lot of fun. Right now, a WRX is at the top of the list, although there are a couple of other products I really like....the Acura TLX and the IS series Lexus come to mind. Will probably drive the GTI and Focus ST again, two cars I dearly dearly love, but I think that is going to be irrelevant as I like the WRX that much better. Will drive the SI Civic when it comes out and see what that is like. I also may buy an older low mileage sedan for a family car and daily a BRZ or an FRS/Toyota 86. Would not kick a Miata out of the list of cars I am considering either. A lot depends on what my children decide to do. My middle daughter is a senior in College and is thinking of moving home to pay off some modest student loans and buy a decent car before she moves out on her own. My younger son also may move back to Ohio, he loves going to school out in Tacoma Washington but misses his siblings and would like to put down roots near our family...in some ways we are a close family so I can understand that. Joanna, my 20 year old college senior wants a Subaru Forrester as her first serious car. Yes, some stereotypes about what certain women drive play true.... But that would make 5 cars in front of the house if she moves home and gets a car...

Agreed....!

Let me re phrase that....local Chevrolet dealers seem to sell a lot of specialty stock. I was insinuating the market is ripe for a product like this. Sorry that I was as clear as mud.

There is obviously a market for products like these, local Chevrolet dealers seem to have no shortage of Z28 and other specialty models on hand. Would rather actually own this than a lot of the specialty passenger cars GM and others build. this product has a ton of appeal.