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Can GM make Cadillac the standard of the world Again?

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#3412 of 6098 Re: How Cadillac can upset... [poncho167] by british_rover Jun 30, 2007 (12:50 pm)
Replying to: poncho167 (Jun 30, 2007 12:13 pm) It is not a Ford block. It is an alloy block when Ford was still using Iron blocks for the modular motor. The engine was designed and built in England at the Bridgend, South Wales facility.   Everything you wanted to know about the AJ-V8   http://www.theautochannel.com/news/events/jaguar/press/xK8engine.html   The original 4.0 liter V8 uses a square 86 mm bore and stroke.   Jag AJ-V8   There is one version of the AJ-V8 that was built by Ford in the US and that is the AJ30/AJ35. It was put in the Ford Thunderbird and Lincoln LS.   http://www.thedrivenman.com/AJ6/v8_performance.html   The 4.6 liter Ford Modular V8 uses a nearly square 90.2 mm Bore and 90.0 mm stroke.   Modular V8   Of course Jag used GM transmissions for a while. Being such a small company it was hard to design their own and GM made a good 4 speed automatic at the time.   The whole car was designed around that transmission so they aren't going to throw it out just because ownership changed hands.   Just like The Range Rover kept using BMW V8s for several years after Ford bought Land Rover. It takes a while to make a big design change like that.   I bit you didn't know that the XC90 used a GM transmission for a while either did you? Replies to this message: poncho167 (Jul 01, 2007 5:17 am) british_rover (Jul 01, 2007 1:13 pm)
#3413 of 6098 AC by imidazol97 Jun 30, 2007 (2:02 pm)
>XC90 used a GM transmission for a while either did you?   Didn't they use GM AC compressors in those cars too back several years. I believe I watched them make them and was told they go to Jag and Volvo among other clients. Replies to this message: british_rover (Jun 30, 2007 2:18 pm)
#3414 of 6098 Re: AC [imidazol97] by british_rover Jun 30, 2007 (2:18 pm)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 30, 2007 2:02 pm) Maybe not sure. They were probably delphi units. The air springs we use in the LR3 and Sport are made by Delphi. You can see the Delphi logo when the spring is at full droop.
#3415 of 6098 Re: How Cadillac can upset... [british_rover] by poncho167 Jul 01, 2007 (5:17 am)
Replying to: british_rover (Jun 30, 2007 12:50 pm) "Just like The Range Rover kept using BMW V8s for several years after Ford bought Land Rover. It takes a while to make a big design change like that."    "I bit you didn't know that the XC90 used a GM transmission for a while either did you?"   And Rover bought the tooling/molds for a early 1960's Buick V8 that Buick nolonger needed, and used it up until recently. Remember that. Replies to this message: british_rover (Jul 01, 2007 1:13 pm)
#3416 of 6098 Re: How Cadillac can upset... [poncho167] by british_rover Jul 01, 2007 (1:13 pm)
Replying to: poncho167 (Jul 01, 2007 5:17 am) Yeah so what is your point?   The Buick/Oldsmobile/Rover V8 became the Chevy small block of the United Kingdom.
#3418 of 6098 Re: The horsepower discussion ...Cadillac Escalade [imidazol97] by mediapusher Jul 14, 2007 (7:45 pm)
Replying to: imidazol97 (Jun 30, 2007 6:05 am) Anyone that's ever driven an underpowered vehicle knows how frustrating it is, hence the advertising of vehicles with power. They want you to know it can do the job well. Power is important when it comes to passing ,entering freeways and towing.
#3419 of 6098 Re: How Cadillac can upset... [gagrice] by mediapusher Jul 14, 2007 (7:46 pm)
Replying to: gagrice (Jun 29, 2007 10:44 am) Land Rovers suck. One of the most unreliable if not THE most unreliable vehicles on the road. Ask my sister, she has one, it's always in the shop.
#3420 of 6098 Re: Time to Retitle the Thread? [displacedtexan] by mediapusher Jul 14, 2007 (8:17 pm)
Replying to: displacedtexan (Jun 28, 2007 4:06 pm) That's what we're talking about on here, because the "Standard of the World" question is stupid, and doesn't make any sense. _____________________ reference text:::::: displacedtexan wrote ::::: Maybe there's no answer to the question posed at the start of this thread. Maybe the hosts should rename it something like what's on the Lincoln forum: Where is GM taking Cadillac? Most of the discussion around here isn't so much about answering the original question of standard of the world, but instead is general discussion about the direction and future of Cadillac.
#3421 of 6098 Re: Time to Retitle the Thread? [displacedtexan] by mediapusher Jul 14, 2007 (8:19 pm)
Replying to: displacedtexan (Jun 29, 2007 5:41 am) Well based ont their performance, they don't want to be "Standard of the World". Whatever the hell that means

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