Drew Dowdell

@smk4565 The competition has mostly moved up in price (except the 3-series which has decontented to stay cheaper). Cars broken into price class first and size class second. You don't see people comparing a Sonic 5-door to a Bentley coupe just because they're both EPA Sub-Compacts. An Impala and a CLA can both be had at $30k but size is secondary to price.... people who want space go with the Impala. Same with the CLA and ATS. People who want a smaller sporty sedan in the $30k - $40k range can look at the smaller CLA or the larger ATS. The C-Class is out of reach and so is the Bentley.

This is a really great lil package with all that equipment. I remain unconvinced by these tiny displacement turbo engines.

Well... CT3 if it's a BMW Z3 type car... then def

Have a great birthday @William Maley and @ccap41

The ATS has a bigger interior than the CLA. The CTS has a bigger interior than the C-Class The CT6 has a bigger interior than the E-class. Price matters. The ATS and C-Class don't price overlap much until you get to the V-series / AMG level. The bulk of C-Class sits inside of the CTS territory. You are the only one in the world who measures size class by the exterior.... everyone... government, rental car companies, manufacturers class vehicles by interior room. You still haven't completed your assignment. Give me the ROI for a Cadillac in the GLA/X1-2/Q3 price point having a RWD platform.... how much more would Cadillac sell? Base price must remain around $30k-ish.

Correction: he is not the majority stock holder. He is the largest shareholder. He holds around 20%

Certainly not American cars. A Cruze is a large mid-size over there. I can't imagine trying to pilot something like a Continental or Navigator. You'd have to be hyper-rich to afford those cars in Japan.

That's not the problem. The luxury in Cadillac is the size you get at a price point. Being "big as a Cadillac" is an actual thing... There is a price point at around $32k where the Germans are selling small crossovers. Cadillac is also selling a small crossover that is slightly larger. If you're leasing one of these things at $399 a month, you're not getting into a GLC much less a GLC63. So the advantage is to Cadillac for the XT4 being larger than the very cramped GLA. Size is the selling point for Cadillac. It has been for most of Cadillac's lifetime.

I saw verification this morning ( I didn't have it last night) that Musk is staying on as CEO, just not as Chairman of the Board.

GLC63 models are so exceedingly rare, I have never even seen one in the wild. As far as it's concerned, they exist in paper and press fleets only. The vast vast vast majority of GLCs are 4 cylinders and the people leasing them couldn't tell you why which way the engine faces might matter.

You continue to fall at reading. I said price class.

I'm putting on my Mary Barra hat. @ocnblu, @smk4565, @Cubical-aka-Moltar here is your job: 1. Show me the ROI of using a RWD platform instead of a FWD platform. There must be higher profits on the XT4 to justify changing my mind. The key competition at this price point is the GLC, X1/2, Q3, QX30, Lexus NX or UX and Acura RDX. Show the advantages to sales figures.

In a deal announced late Saturday between Tesla and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Elon Musk will be stepping down as Chairman of Tesla Motors and barred from holding that position for 3 years. Additionally, Musk and Tesla will pay $20 million in fines each. As part of the settlement, Tesla will add two additional board members and more closely monitor Mr. Musk's public communications. Neither Tesla nor Mr. Musk admit wrongdoing as part of this agreement. The settlement comes as a surprise as apparently Musk had rejected a similar deal earlier this week. The settlement stems from a lawsuit filed by the SEC against Musk and Tesla over an August 7th tweet by Mr. Musk that "funding is secured" to take Tesla private. Federal investigators found that the deal referred to in the tweet was still in the early stages and thus was considered deceptive to investors. Update: Musk will stay on as CEO. Resigning only as Chairman of the Board. View full article

Chassis doesn't matter for a vehicle that is never going to be used with sporting intentions. The XT5 outsells the X3 easily. Cadillac doesn't (yet) have an X5 competitor. The German competition to the XT4 is all transverse FWD (X1 and GLC)... in fact, there isn't a RWD competitor to the XT4 from any brand.

Most/All of the new models coming were started under Johann.

I was sure I saw them on the road in France in August. They are very sharp cars.

I feel bad for the friends that I have who work at the NYC office and had planned to stay there. I wonder if they'll shed employees moving from NYC to Warren MI.

See if you can identify this bit of roadkill I posted on the C&G Facebook page.... answer in the comments over there.

That's the hardest part about reviewing cars these days. They're all so good at what they do that most comments we have on them boil down to nit-picking. It's really rare to get a car that is truly bad for the class... and these days even a Corolla has 98% of the safety tech that a Benz has.. Sometimes even more because the Corolla comes with it standard.

It certainly didn't stop Dell from buying EMC and as I recall Dell had to change their drug testing policy because most of the EMC executives and employees couldn't pass it.

pulllease!

Yes it did retract and while retracted you got a 2.5"~ high color screen for things like radio controls. The 2nd gen CTS and 2010+ SRX had it.

The Camaro used to be almost that big and got ridiculed for it.