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Drew Dowdell

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  1. Drew Dowdell
    Cadillac has dropped the 2.0T from the CT6 after only a partial year in production. The new base engine is now the 3.6. Also gone is rear wheel drive as all V6 and V8 models of CT6 are built as all-wheel drive. This move raises the base price of the CT6 from $51,490 to $56,490 for the CT6 Luxury with 335 horsepower 3.6 liter V6 and all-wheel drive. The 2.0L Turbo (LSY) was a replacement for the older 2.0T (LTG) that originally debuted with the CT6. It produced 237 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque and was rated for 24 mpg city and 34 mpg highway. The option has already been removed from Cadillac's website. View full article
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    More information about "Cadillac Drops 2.0T from CT6 In the US"
    Cadillac has dropped the 2.0T from the CT6 after only a partial year in production. The new base engine is now the 3.6. Also gone is rear wheel drive as all V6 and V8 models of CT6 are built as all-wheel drive. This move raises the base price of the CT6 from $51,490 to $56,490 for the CT6 Luxury with 335 horsepower 3.6 liter V6 and all-wheel drive. The 2.0L Turbo (LSY) was a replacement for the older 2.0T (LTG) that originally debuted with the CT6. It produced 237 horsepower and 258 lb-ft of torque and was rated for 24 mpg city and 34 mpg highway. The option has already been removed from Cadillac's website.
  3. Drew Dowdell
    I dunno. I think no one has tried since the old Ranger.
  4. Drew Dowdell
    There are no small trucks in the US. If Mitsubishi comes in with a smaller truck at a lower price it could work.
  5. Drew Dowdell
    Who said it was unibody? If it's the replacement for the Navara and Triton, then it will be body on frame.
  6. Drew Dowdell
    Press and hold power until it shuts off.
  7. Drew Dowdell
    That's what it sounds like Nissan, Mitsubishi, and Renault after planning to do
  8. Drew Dowdell
    In that one, the Cadillac drives you.
  9. Drew Dowdell
    CT5. I've driven a Stinger. I don't need to drive an Alpha based CT5 to know the Cadillac will drive and ride better than the Stinger.
  10. Drew Dowdell
    Most of the higher end phones we've been recommending done have removable batteries. You can just press and hold the power button to power off the phone, same as a battery pull.
  11. Drew Dowdell
    Nope. Go back 2 more years.
  12. Drew Dowdell
    Differences in styling. A reliance on smaller displacement engines (already seeing this with the 2.0T). A lot more electrification. You know... all the things that are pointing that way in the whole industry where China is now the number one automotive market instead of the U.S.
  13. Drew Dowdell
    It's telling when two of GM's brands sell bigger in China than in their home country of the U.S. Cadillac is going to start getting more China-centric than US centric soon.
  14. Drew Dowdell
    I remember when writing the Frontier article that Nissan decided the Navara was too small for US tastes. Maybe this is a way for them to sell the Navara here and avoid stepping on the Frontier's toes much. Still, I would have liked to see the Triton here in the U.S., it's not a bad looking truck.
  15. Drew Dowdell
    They're a bit more well done.
  16. Drew Dowdell
    That is one of the best looking luxury cars of the 1980s! Few, if any, have that kind of gravitas.
  17. Drew Dowdell
    Aside from a few screens that say Cadillac. It is pretty much identical to the system in the GMC terrain, except there is also a control knob you can use instead of a touch screen. Touch screen is still there, but you have options. If you want to play with it, just visit any GMC dealer.
  18. Drew Dowdell
    The best recent food invention. Cheezits Extra Toasty...
  19. Drew Dowdell
    I'm wondering what they did to drop the HP that much. If it lowers when the torque comes on and fattens the torque curve, I'm all for it. I was very pleased with the 400/400 in the CT6.
  20. Drew Dowdell
    anyway.... back to the CT5
  21. Drew Dowdell
    Mitsubishi dealers are living in interesting times. After a tumultuous fall in sales after the recession, the last year and a quarter has given Mitsubishi double digit gains in sales. Sales for 2018 rose 14 percent and so far this year, sales are up an astonishing 17.6 percent. The question for Mitsubishi is where do they go from here? With two small crossovers, a large one, and a subcompact car, the next logical answer for their dealers is adding a mid-size pickup to the mix. Mitsubishi last offered a pickup in the Mitsubishi Raider which was a rebadged Dodge Dakota. Now part of the Nissan-Renault alliance, Mitsubishi is reportedly taking the lead on building the platform for the next line of trucks for the trio. Mitsubishi currently builds the Triton for other global markets, while Nissan fields the Navara, and Renault produces the Alaskan. All three would be consolidated to a single platform headed by the Mitsubishi effort in about 5 years. Five years is an eternety in the automotive world, but it may be that the dealerships would need to wait that long to get their wish. It was recently revealed that Nissan is working on a next generation Nissan Frontier, but that truck will use an updated version of its current platform rather than move to a global one. Still it is possible that a future Frontier could move to the Mitsubishi based platform that is years away from production. In the meantime, Mitsubishi is working to expand its dealership network. There are some markets in the US where the brand is non-existent. So Mitsubishi is looking to expand in markets like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, New York, and Boston. View full article
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    More information about "What Mitsubishi Dealers Want"
    Mitsubishi dealers are living in interesting times. After a tumultuous fall in sales after the recession, the last year and a quarter has given Mitsubishi double digit gains in sales. Sales for 2018 rose 14 percent and so far this year, sales are up an astonishing 17.6 percent. The question for Mitsubishi is where do they go from here? With two small crossovers, a large one, and a subcompact car, the next logical answer for their dealers is adding a mid-size pickup to the mix. Mitsubishi last offered a pickup in the Mitsubishi Raider which was a rebadged Dodge Dakota. Now part of the Nissan-Renault alliance, Mitsubishi is reportedly taking the lead on building the platform for the next line of trucks for the trio. Mitsubishi currently builds the Triton for other global markets, while Nissan fields the Navara, and Renault produces the Alaskan. All three would be consolidated to a single platform headed by the Mitsubishi effort in about 5 years. Five years is an eternety in the automotive world, but it may be that the dealerships would need to wait that long to get their wish. It was recently revealed that Nissan is working on a next generation Nissan Frontier, but that truck will use an updated version of its current platform rather than move to a global one. Still it is possible that a future Frontier could move to the Mitsubishi based platform that is years away from production. In the meantime, Mitsubishi is working to expand its dealership network. There are some markets in the US where the brand is non-existent. So Mitsubishi is looking to expand in markets like Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, New York, and Boston.
  23. Drew Dowdell
    Cadillac is aiming to boost its dealership network in China to about 500 stores by 2025, about a 65% increase over the 302 it has in operation today. Cadillac President Steve Carlisle said that Cadillac in China has become a credible alternative to the German luxury brands, and that their average buyer age is 32 years old. Cadillac has plans to introduce a new Cadillac model every 6 months through 2021. Carlisle also announced that Cadillac will release a refresh of the Cadillac XT5 later this year. Cadillac sold over 205,000 vehicles in China last year, a 17 percent increase over the year prior. That compares to just 154,700 sales in the US. View full article
  24. Drew Dowdell
    More information about "Cadillac Expands Big in China"
    Cadillac is aiming to boost its dealership network in China to about 500 stores by 2025, about a 65% increase over the 302 it has in operation today. Cadillac President Steve Carlisle said that Cadillac in China has become a credible alternative to the German luxury brands, and that their average buyer age is 32 years old. Cadillac has plans to introduce a new Cadillac model every 6 months through 2021. Carlisle also announced that Cadillac will release a refresh of the Cadillac XT5 later this year. Cadillac sold over 205,000 vehicles in China last year, a 17 percent increase over the year prior. That compares to just 154,700 sales in the US.
  25. Drew Dowdell
    Well there is also the big fall off on deliveries. I would think that would be the biggest issue of them all. Can't sustain things if they can't sell.
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