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Robert Hall

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  1. Robert Hall
    One of the best smells in the world...that fuel that starts my day, every day...
  2. Robert Hall
    Be interesting to see what VW says it means...this CUV is called 'Tharu' in other markets.
  3. Robert Hall
    Heh-heh..I have no idea what the name means, but he's from Egypt..have to ask him.
  4. Robert Hall
    The name is cracking me up...a good friend from grad school is named Tarek... I'll have to ask him what he thinks of this...
  5. Robert Hall
    Enjoying more Big 80s synth pop this afternoon, listening to the Best of Ultravox, incl. this track.. https://youtu.be/PSQWUZ8a2Ho
  6. Robert Hall
    Reality is complex. There are many things unknowable to those of us outside of the byzantine management structures and infinite complexity of GM corporate reality.
  7. Robert Hall
    For my oldies, I'd be interested in some older luxury cars. For GM cars I'd be interested in would include a '67-70 Eldorado, '66-67 Toronado, '71-72 Riviera, '71-72 Grand Prix, '80-84 Buick Electra Park Avenue, '80-85 Cadillac Fleetwood Brougham d' Elegance, '83-85 Cadillac Eldorado Biarritz convertible... Modern GMs of interest would be a recent Chevy SS, a Cadillac CTS coupe and wagon..
  8. Robert Hall
    Never really had an issue w/ that over the last 50 years...always put tins of mouse poison in each car.
  9. Robert Hall
    The dream car garage idea is fun to think about...I do think about it, but it gets very frustrating, as I co-own the family farm w/ room easily for 20 cars between the barn and two garages, but am unable to use it because of my idiot older brother.
  10. Robert Hall
    It's a sharp CUV...like the interior, a coupe version without the third row and a sleeker rear roofline would be cool.
  11. Robert Hall
    Sounds like a lot of not good..
  12. Robert Hall
    Yeah, but those will probably stay high in price...aren't they only building like 1000 of them?
  13. Robert Hall
    I'm not likely to purchase anything within the next 3-5 years, since my Jeep has less than 50k miles--- but hypothetically if I were to get a new sedan about the only domestic ones I'd consider would be the Chrysler 300 or Charger....or maybe lease a sports sedan like a Giulia, 3 series, Q50, or G70...one of those would be nice...have thought about doing something like that. I'd rather go CPO than new, though, an off-lease CT5 or CT6 with low miles could be a good buy...
  14. Robert Hall
    One thing I like a lot about the older cars are the colorful interiors and horizontal dash designs...more interesting than the lumpy 50-shades-of-gray plastic interiors that became so common in the 90s...
  15. Robert Hall
    Heh-heh... I'd like to see a shop that is creative w/ the cut and paste build a 2dr retractable roof Escalade coupe, using the roof and decklid from an XLR. It's too bad they didn't build a 2dr retractable roof coupe version of the ATS or CTS...
  16. Robert Hall
    Camaro and Malibu are likely gone in a few years...
  17. Robert Hall
    Nothing official about that yet, though? Just a rumor at this point I thought...
  18. Robert Hall
    Well, they are in the same ballpark....adequate for the use case...these aren't F350 crew cab duallies.
  19. Robert Hall
    So I wonder what will happen to the Blackwing V8? I thought the Chinese market CT6 was mostly 2.0 4s. Will this engine just be another GM waste, or will it end up in a higher performance version of the C8?
  20. Robert Hall
    99% of the buyers probably won't care or notice if it's a V6 or V8, and as long at lasts 3 years for a lease that will be fine for most consumers....yes, enthusiasts might prefer a V8, but most of the market aren't enthusiasts...
  21. Robert Hall
    And the Navigator has 500 ft/lbs of torque while the Escalade has 460. Sounds like it's more than adequate.
  22. Robert Hall
    I just can't see them succeeding against the established brands...so many models in the compact and midsize luxury segment...there is nothing special about them.
  23. Robert Hall
    Oh I know about the CT4 and CT5....never see them, though...part of the problem with the CT4 and CT5 as far competing against others in the compact and midsize luxury market (M-B, BMW) is the lack of body styles...no coupes, no convertibles...albeit those are a small niche, but for luxury cars, why not? Instead Cadillac keeps pushing the generic XT* crossovers....volume lease appliances.
  24. Robert Hall
    I think they are settling for competing at the tier 2 level, against Lexus's FWD based generic CUVs rather than competing at the top level...since transverse engine/FWD mediocrity fits their model. Basically rebodied mediocre appliances also seen at Chevy, Buick/GMC dealers with different chrome trim and styling, but the same soulless gray plastic mediocrity at the core. Forgettable appliances.
  25. Robert Hall
    Very true...the masses that lease generic CUVs are the core of the market. GM is focusing on vanilla lease appliances, trying to be like Toyota. Vehicles so boring that most will not be remembered in 5-10 years. And they are wasting names that had some potential like Trailblazer and Blazer on generic CUVs; what if the Ford Bronco is successful? GM has nothing like that and is unlikely to do anything like that because it doesn't fit the transverse engine generic mediocre configuration... I suspect the CT4 and CT5 are doomed also...
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