Drew Dowdell

If you don't mind leasing, the deals on the Volt really would save you money.

The 42mpg EPA rating is actually a bit of a disservice to the Volt since the actual results can vary so widely.... it needs to be more of a range of efficiency rather than a single number. The rating was done on a conservative side because since day one, everything pertaining to this car has been a political maelstrom to disservice GM. In the current Volt I have friends and colleagues that see 50MPG regularly when the EV is done. I'm betting smart money that this one is gonna beat that number by at least 10 in tests. I have friends that have a Volt and only fill up 3 times a year, but still do 15,000 miles a year. They're just in the perfect part of the segment with 30 mile round trip commutes.

True... but not like Cadillac. Lincoln's sales growth has mostly been at the bottom end of it's portfolio.... which is fine... Lincoln needs the growth. Cadillac has specifically said they are not going to chase volume at the expense of profits. Which is also fine. Escalade ATP is up $20k over the previous model. CTS ATP is up and even though volumes aren't that of the previous model, it also has 2 fewer body styles and one missing trim level (up till now, the CTS-V hasn't been available) Furthermore, even though I didn't call it out earlier, the 21% up for the month can also mean that Lincoln just had a crappy July 2014. Which... since we keep all of the results in the archives... I can actually easily go look up Lincoln's July 2014 sales numbers. And lo and behold, Lincoln was down 9.1% for July 2014 if you exclude the MKC which was a brand new model then.... so half of that 21% growth in July 2015 is just making up for a crappy July 2014. The other half is MKC and MKX. Lincoln is only up 8.1% YTD. Cadillac is down 2.4% YTD, but with a $7,000 increase in transaction prices on average and $20k increase in the Escalade. 2.4% down YTD isn't even the missing sales from the CTS coupe. All of that aside, the fact remains that the only reason Wings put his statement the way he did was to troll.

Wings....its not only a ban from MT Forums... You cried to the mods once....they up voted my down votes... You cried to the mods twice...they fixed your downvotes a second time... You cried to the mods thrice...they removed th downvote system... I found this hilarous actually. I went on vacation and came back and I thought my phone just was being a dick. Come to find out that it had to be turned off?!?! That's today's society.. Gotta make everybody happy because one person unhappy... I turned it off because I was going on vacation myself and wanted to stop the misuse of the voting system. I just wanted to have a relaxing vacation. Yes...very understandable indeed... However...the misuse of the system constitutes of Wings crying to you about the downvoting... In other words... Wings is whining to you...like all the time...for his crappy reputation....to which he actually deserves...hence the downvotes he gets... Sure...not all his posts and threads are bad and crappy....some of it is quite informative... OK...for every good thread and post he makes....he has 3 crappy ones... 3 to 1 ratio. So....who cares even if his good posts get downvoted? He is a man-child... Most of his posts are crap. He gets what he deserves... There are plenty of Aesop fables one could use here... Ill use the famous "cry wolf" one... His crying wolf is two fold... When and if he ceases to be such a troll....his reputation will slowly improve negating his need to defend himself so often... And there will be no need to cry wolf to you either. Continue having a fab vacation. And Im sorry If Im causing you a headache as we speak. Its just that I like to speak my mind and give you my opinion on things. My opinion may be far from reality too, but its how I view things... And...correct me if you need to and guide me through my imperfections. I mean that sincerely. Actually, a couple people from both sides complained to me about the down-voting. And both sides are guilty of retaliatory down voting even though I repeatedly asked for it to stop. I can see the voting trends and there are lots of guilty parties. People have been downvoting posts by Wings that are purely informative and should not be down voted. He has (equally childishly IMHO) gone through with retaliatory voting... which gets him more retaliation votes back. I asked all sides to stop.... they didn't... I turned off down voting so I could go on vacation and not worry. On the voting issue.... all of ya'll are bratty 2-year olds..... not just one.

I turned it off because I was going on vacation myself and wanted to stop the misuse of the voting system. I just wanted to have a relaxing vacation. Understandable, So where'd you go for vacation?? Boulder Colorado. Awesome! I've never been to Colorado but I've always wanted to go there. It just looks so damn pretty. i'll put up an album of pictures in a day or so.

I turned it off because I was going on vacation myself and wanted to stop the misuse of the voting system. I just wanted to have a relaxing vacation. Understandable, So where'd you go for vacation?? Boulder Colorado.

Much like Olds and other posters, I have nothing against Ford (or FCA for that matter), I generally like their products. You just tend to bring out the worst in everyone, not sure how you still can't see that after repeated bans at MT. Ahhh yes, the ban card is played as a way to ignore my point about hypocrisy. Wings....its not only a ban from MT Forums... You cried to the mods once....they up voted my down votes... You cried to the mods twice...they fixed your downvotes a second time... You cried to the mods thrice...they removed th downvote system... I found this hilarous actually. I went on vacation and came back and I thought my phone just was being a dick. Come to find out that it had to be turned off?!?! That's today's society.. Gotta make everybody happy because one person unhappy... I turned it off because I was going on vacation myself and wanted to stop the misuse of the voting system. I just wanted to have a relaxing vacation.

It's a different engine family... not a new generation. SGE - 1.0 - 1.5 liters replaces the Family 0 and some of the smaller Family 1 engines. MGE - 1.6 liters in two power tunes replaces the 1.6 and 1.8 Family 1 engines. (Could, in theory, replace the 2.4 and 2.5 in some applications, but hasn't yet) GenIII Ecotec - 2.0T, 2.5 - replaces the previous 2.0T, 2.2, and 2.4 Gen II ecotec Not sure I'm following you, so sorry if I misinterpret. GM is currently releasing a brand new direct-injected 1.0L-1.5L engine family. The 1.4T in the current Sonic, Cruze, and Trax/Encore is being discontinued in favor of a completely new 1.4T DI engine, the Spark is getting a new engine from this family, and the 1.5T DI in the upcoming Malibu is also brand new. I will be shocked if the 1.6T DI sees any new vehicle applications in the US beyond the Cascada, which isn't actually new. You are correct up until the last bit. The 1.6T is a new engine family just as the 1.0 - 1.5T is a new engine family... but they are different families. The 1.6T family is only one year older than the 1.0 - 1.5T family. The 1.6T could show up anywhere the current 2.4 or 2.5 sit when the car needs more torque than the 1.5T is capable of. Think next-gen Equinox and Terrain. Think sub-SRX Cadillac crossover. There are apparently two additional Buick crossovers in the works. It would make a good base engine for the Regal (221 lb-ft at 1650-4250 rpm) and a fantastic top-range engine for the Verano (the next generation of which has lost a good bit of weight). The Eco version of the 1.6T (162hp/191 lb-ft of torque) is already used in the Insignia.

Again... the Camaro is on a model change over at the end of a generation.

Okay... so now you're trolling. Knock it off. Cadillac ATP are way way up and they can't build enough Escalades to meet demand... they've announced a huge expansion of Arlington to try and cope.

The 1.6T is a previous gen engine design, it's not going into any new cars unless you count the US-market Cascada as "new." IMO the Regal should get the 2.0T/8-speed standard at full power if they're going to charge $30,000+ to start. Buick cars need to move upmarket away from Chevrolet since Cadillac is working to discontinue the XTS. There's plenty of room for FWD-based luxury, they can't have the Malibu catching up to the Regal. no, the 1.6T he is referring to is the current generation. It is replacing the previous 1.6. The new engine family only goes up to 1.5L because of displacement regulations in Europe. You're not going to see the 1.6T used in the new Regal. It's a different engine family... not a new generation. SGE - 1.0 - 1.5 liters replaces the Family 0 and some of the smaller Family 1 engines. MGE - 1.6 liters in two power tunes replaces the 1.6 and 1.8 Family 1 engines. (Could, in theory, replace the 2.4 and 2.5 in some applications, but hasn't yet) GenIII Ecotec - 2.0T, 2.5 - replaces the previous 2.0T, 2.2, and 2.4 Gen II ecotec

The 1.6T is a previous gen engine design, it's not going into any new cars unless you count the US-market Cascada as "new." IMO the Regal should get the 2.0T/8-speed standard at full power if they're going to charge $30,000+ to start. Buick cars need to move upmarket away from Chevrolet since Cadillac is working to discontinue the XTS. There's plenty of room for FWD-based luxury, they can't have the Malibu catching up to the Regal. no, the 1.6T he is referring to is the current generation. It is replacing the previous 1.6.

My test with the Volt was in winter time and it was fantastic. Just schlepping around town and plugging it in at night I got something like 700mpg since I never used the gas. I have a garage, so plugging it in wasn't an issue... pull in, close the door, pop the plug cover, plug it in, go inside. The great thing (possibly my favorite thing) about the Volt was the ability to turn it on remotely and have it pre-heat itself off of house current even with the garage door closed.

MPG in the Volt is a lot more "your mileage may vary" than standard gas cars. It greatly depends on the terrain and driving style. Heading east bound on the Penna TPK end to end, you can get into the 70+mpg range. Heading westbound you'll just get EPA rating. Why? Because the Volt can effectively re-fuel on the downhill stretches and use that for the uphill. Eastbound there is more downhill than uphill, so the Volt spends a lot more time regenerating its batteries via the car's inertia rather than the gas engine. Because it has more battery capacity and power than a regular hybrid, the Volt gets to take greater advantage of the downward momentum. Regular hybrids like the Fusion or Pruis can have their batteries recharged rather quickly on the downhill sections, and once those batteries are full, the excess energy is wasted as heat. The 42mpg EPA rating is actually a bit of a disservice to the Volt since the actual results can vary so widely.... it needs to be more of a range of efficiency rather than a single number.

For all of 8 months, during a Camaro model change over, after years of Camaro dominating Mustang. *golf clap*

The issues Lincoln has, has little to do with the chassis and everything to do with all of the other stuff.... 1. Engines 2. Materials used 3. Build quality 4. Infotainment system (worst of all the systems I've experienced) They all need to be improved before the chassis is even worried about.

I've had LX cars do better than that.

Would you know if International Series Cutlas Ciera 4 doors came with a 3800? Or was it only for 2 door coupes? I dont remember seeing any 2 door International Series Cieras, but plenty 4 door sedans. According to the other page of that brochure I found, it looks like the 3800 is standard in the International Series You'll have to zoom in to see the txt

V6. I figured that was a typo. And we'll see Cadillac coupes, convertibles, diesels, hybrids, etc, etc in the future. The other guys have it now though, and Cadillac used the same arguments in 2003 how rear wheel drive was coming, then a longitude mount Northstar was coming, 6-speed autos were coming, etc. They have been in catch up mode for years. So the question is will they ever really catch up. V-eight. the V6 was a typo. Cadillac's President Reminds Us A New Cadillac V8 Is Coming

I don't think they will do a 500 hp v6, they'll let the v8 take that spot.

Do try to pay attention to the articles we write. JDN has already announced a twin turbo V8 and the time line it would appear in the CT6. The only thing that hasn't been announced is the specs, but even at 4.0 liters, it would be around 533 horsepower.

We will see a 500+ horsepower V6 in the 2017 calendar year, basically 18 months after initial on-sale date. BMW, Benz, and Audi stagger their engine launches too so don't give me any "Why isn't it available at launch" crap.

CTS - 2.0T, 3.6, 3.6TT, 6.2 S/C CT6 - 2.0T, 2.0TH, 3.6, 3.0TT and 4.0ishTT coming for 2018 So yes... they're basically twins in the engine lineup... except where they're not.

Late 80s Cutlass Cierra International Coupe. 2-tone black with gray lower body cladding. From 40 feet, it looked to be a museum piece. These are 3800 powered which was a good lot of engine for the day for such a lightweight car. In this configuration, it is a rather rare piece though not worth much monetarily.

My crv just pissed oil all over the driveway. The last oil change was 3 weeks ago. It looks like a bad oil filter seal. The filter was on so tight I had to get a wrench to get it off. Put a new filter on and filed it back up with mobile one and put cardboard under it to watch for more leaks.