Drew Dowdell

This picture of a new Jaguar F-Type in downtown Pittsburgh cost me $350. You're welcome. Right after I snapped the picture, I dropped the phone and cracked the screen. A few days later I went to a car cruise and saw these monsters. The Continental was really stunning in person.

Why is there the assumption that Cadillac hasn't learned Chevy's lesson too? BMW puts out an X5-M which justifiably gets the M badge, why can't a Cadillac SRX wear a V-Sport badge and rock 410HP under the hood. We already know that engine would physically fit, it is dimensionally the same as the 2.8T the SRX started with. The V-Sport badge is only a problem if it doesn't mean anything the same way the SS in Malibu SS didn't mean much. As long as Cadillac keeps the V-Sport brand true to it's recent origins, it will be fine. BTW, if you want to relay any messages regarding Cadillac's branding of V-Sport to Cadillac, a member of their PR team is sleeping in my guest bedroom right now and I can let him know your thoughts when he wakes up.

Oldsmobile and the Cutlass is different too. There they overused a name to the point where it had no meaning. It would be like if Chevrolet offered the Chevy Cruze, the Chevy Cruze Spark, the Chevy Cruze Sonic, the Chevy Cruze Suburban... but with little reason for the naming convention. V-Sport, so far, offers substantial performance enhancements over a non-V-Sport model, thus giving a distinction to the name. In essence, this is Cadillac's version of Chevy's SS suffix... but so far, not bastardized. And who cares what non-GM fans think? Let them them sit in their M-Sports and AMG appearance packages and watch as twin blade tail lights fade off into the darkness in the distance ahead.

Well I think SRT is different. There you will still get all the performance of SRT but with watered down feature content. V-Sport is mid-range performance (though a 420hp V6 really isn't mid-range in the industry) with additional bells and whistles. In the XTS, I think V-Sport is only on Platinum models.

Is this an Intellilink car? I could try the USB thing with the Encore

I just can't... the... looks...

The Liberty was never all that and the ride was teeeerible.

from the "duh" files....

... I can't see why you wouldn't want to build the Atlantic... it is where the money is to be made for these cars.

The Taurus' interior is compromised in the same way the Malibu's is.... all that car with such relatively small feeling interior room. The Passat feels much larger and airy in a car that feels smaller on the outside than the Taurus.

But the V-Sport isn't just a trim... it gives real performance advantage though not the max level. It also allows for performance versions of models that will never get a V-Series line like SRX, XTS, and Escalade. I bet an SRX V-Sport would be a real hoot to drive and give Cadillac a leg up on the X3 which doesn't have an M package.

can you pick up one of those automotive stethascopes from Harbor Freight? that might help to isolate the noise.

Welcome. C&G's home is not that far from you... I hail from Pittsburgh.

Electric motors provide superior torque anyway

I think there are already digital death managers.

Eh, the NHTSA is just pissed the Model S broke their equipment.

In fairness to other long cars out there, the DTS has an unusually large turning radius for its size.

SMK hates the STS interior

For the class, I doubt it needs much more than the new 1.6T with lots of torque. The 1st and 2nd gears are geared right for perky take offs around town. For Albert, even what it has now is easily sufficient. He seems to think it feels more powerful than the CR-V... but you and I know that's just the gearing.

Same reason I did. To get ideas not already thought of.

You should see some of the response on our facebook pages. People waaaay outside of Buick's traditional demographic seem to love it and a few even said they want one.

No Infiniti M?