Drew Dowdell

The XTS will because it will cost less. If the XTS was $75,000 base price I think it may be a different story. Plus the XTS will have fleet and livery sales. So yes the XTS will have volume, but how profitable is a car like that, compared to a high end RWD car that can command a price premium. I'm even willing to give you a 200% handicap for the price difference and subtract fleet sales from the XTS numbers. Basically for me to win, the XTS has to sell triple the A8 at retail. Three retail XTS for every one A8 sold. To make it interesting, I'll even put it up against the 7 series with a 100% handicap. Two retail XTS for every one 7-series sold.

Want to make a little wager on which will sell better in the U.S., the XTS or the A8?

I like the S and the Executive (the wood was great)

True but Cadillac has been rebuilding since 2002, it has been almost 10 years. And the XTS isn't the type of car that helps rebuild greatness. It maintains mediocrity. Just like the A8 right?

They are three mediocre RWD cars that get plastered by the media any time someone tries to hustle one through a bunch of cones. All three combined were outsold by the SRX just by itself last month. The CTS alone ALSO outsold all three Hyundai RWD vehicles (the bulk of which are the $26k coupe). Even the Buick Enclave outsold all three Hyundai RWD vehicles. To add insult to injury, despite both being out of production for months, the DTS is STILL selling more than double the Equus and as of October 1, the STS and Equus YTD sales are roughly identical.

and why not? It's profitable for them, It isn't hurting their image in the target market (in fact the image has greatly improved on this model), and it is selling waaaay better than the German competition at the same price point. The GLK and X3 are within an inch in either direction of the SRX on interior dimensions. Yes the SRX is longer externally, but people don't generally worry about that unless they are shopping in the Suburban class. The point is. Making the SRX rwd would have added no value to the target market and increased the costs for Cadillac (Sigma is more expensive than T-E).

The X3 has never been a sales stunner. The target for the SRX really, though, is the FWD based premium CUVs---the RX, MDX, and MKX. The "target" doesn't know or care if it is FWD or RWD since they buy them in AWD over 50% of the time. Once it gets into AWD format, perceptions of "betterer" in either direction vanish for 98% of the driving public. F the 98%. Luxury cars are supposed to be premium, not your everyday generic FWD sh*tbox that Toyota, Hyundai, etc peddle... Cadillac needs to make the money.

73ish Mark series coupe on the morning commute.

I didn't think they ever sold the X-Type estate here!?

The target for the SRX really, though, is the FWD based premium CUVs---the RX, MDX, and MKX. The "target" doesn't know or care if it is FWD or RWD since they buy them in AWD over 50% of the time. Once it gets into AWD format, perceptions of "betterer" in either direction vanish for 98% of the driving public.

I am shipping to those who paid as soon as I receive them. They haven't been shipped to me yet.

Well, it IS the Cadillac of minivans. Knock it all you want, but it is selling at the same price point as its German rivals AND at higher volume.

"The Market" has spoken and dubbed the FWD based SRX to be better than the RWD based X3 and GLK.

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Wait! I think I forgot something..... oh yeah.. .now I remember.

more wagons = more gooder

cause spreading your branding thinner over the same number of cars is a good thing.....

Is your Cruze buzzy ass? I went from a Cruze Eco to an SRX 3.6 and the Cruze seems quieter and more refined.

Everyone's board skin has been reset to default and the brand skins disabled.

The ads and a couple of other back end things have been disabled. The upgrades will begin this week.

That's gotta be an AWD version sitting up high like that.

No, the article section is for us to write articles in. Newsfeeder can come back at any time, but I can't be the only one to maintain it... and that is what was happening. It's bad for the site to just be the comments area for AutoBlog.

Well my reply still applies. I'm on C&G almost daily and even I miss threads because of the stupid software flaw. If you are missing threads because View New Content can't see them, then you certainly can't reply in the thread. But yes, there will be a couple of format changes that I hope people will like.

This is a big part of the problem with activity here. This function not working properly has absolutely killed boards out there that run the same software. The manufacturer was so stubborn about fixing it that I was contemplating taking us to a different software entirely just to get it fixed (a major undertaking), this release fixes the issue.

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