Drew Dowdell
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Some guy across town just got his head cut off for not investing in the right technology. I'm sure Mary is rather aware of this while she battles her own activist investor. How much do you think a new convertible will add to Cadillac's bottom line right now? We already know a pair of new crossovers are on the way.
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The transmission has the ability to skip shift both up and down... so I expect that in relaxed driving, you'll skip a few gears.
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Sure cleaned up nice! I've been thinking about a similar thing for myself but what inspired it was an old Pathfinder.
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I like laughing at terrible taste....and I find the fact that some small bit of engineering went into creating that monstrosity to be hilarious. There is a Facebook page called The Kitsch Bitsch. If you like laughing at terrible taste and style... That's the page for you.
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Now I just need to make space in my powder room for it!
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That could mean carbon fiber but a new platform, yes.
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Same platform as the i3/i8? I don't think so.... Those are both rear engine hybrids and this is clearly a front engine vehicle....
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They sell short wheelbase diesels with plastic seats
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It's starting to become an industry wide phenomenon though.... Ford, Toyota, Honda, have all pulled back on platform investments right now. It's just most obvious at FCA because theirs are the oldest. GM is in good shape for now because they have a batch of new platforms fresh from the oven and they were already in dire need of consolidation... but everyone else seems to keep rehashing old platforms. Nissan? What new platforms have they got? Honda has the new Civic, but most of the rest of their stuff is just variants of existing platforms. Ford's newest is Mustang and Transit, though F-150 is relatively recent.
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The S-Class taxis are what's keeping the lights on at Benz. That's where they get the volume to do the low volume luxury stuff that you wet yourself over. Cadillac on the other hand has to use bespoke platforms and gets raked over the coals by the likes of people like you if they ever share that platform, engine tech, or transmissions with any of their lesser brand cousins. You whine all the time that the Escalade shares a power window motor with a mere Tahoe, yet ignore the cases when Benz pumps out taxis and garbage trucks. You'll also ignore all of the improvements the Escalade gets over the Tahoe, some of which can't even be seen, but are there nonetheless. If GM had given Chevy the Omega platform for a new Impala and the Impala was released 30 seconds before CT6, you'd complain about it and call the Cadillac a "rebadged Chevy". If that new Impala had a 9C1 package and was also being offered to the taxi market, you'd run around saying how terrible GM was for doing pushing "inferior" platforms onto Cadillac. It's just the Benz shill double standard you have.
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Shoot first (pics), ask questions later. That'll buff right out.
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Would you be able to show the gear ratios for those since you found the information already? I'm curious if there is more than one overdrive gear in the 10-speed.
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until the engines sludge up
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It's amazing what Benz can do when so much of the volume comes from taxis.
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Yes, lots still have a 6speed. Even the new Acadia has a 6 speed standard.
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There are distinctly American alternatives to a V12.
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Up next for the 10-speed, Escalade. There is the possibility that the 10-speed Escalade is here before the 10-speed Navigator is.
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What I really want to see is the Omega chassis used on the next CTS(5?). There would be more meat in that market. It could end up 600lbs lighter than an E-Class.
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2016 Sales Figure Archive created and appropriate topics moved there. All Sales Figure Archives moved into a sub-folder for easier viewing of current posts.
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They don't need much help with that.
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