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Automotive News & Views Can GM make Cadillac the standard of the world Again?
6098 messages, Last post on Aug 14, 2009 at 4:43 PM
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People who own a deVille can answer the question about what kind of car they have by saying they have a deVille. But people with the DTS probably need to say I have a Cadillac DTS (or Cadillac CTS, ....). The Deville name was around for a long enough time to be known by even those whose interest in cars is limited to the appliance category. I think including engine size in the name is useless information, and when the engine changes, the model name shifts, making for confusion. It would be better to have a separate tag on the car to show what the engine is.
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Replying to: sls002 (Oct 04, 2007 8:13 am) |
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Replying to: sls002 (Oct 04, 2007 6:25 am) For example, when new 3-series came along, 325 and 330 were designations used for both 3.0 engines: one was about 180-190 hp, another 220-230 hp. My guess is that 325 was selected to show that the performance in 325 was similar to previous 325 with 2.5 engine. Then they introduced the 3.0 turbo and tuned the NA engine to have performance between 325 and 330 version. The new cars had then performance that would be "natural" to 2.8 and 3.5 engines, hence the names: 328 and 335. I completely made it up, but I stick to it  
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Replying to: dino001 (Oct 04, 2007 9:11 am)
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The 2008 CTS is sure on the road to becoming a standard> it"s a striking car!
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Replying to: imidazol97 (Oct 10, 2007 11:47 am) -Rocky
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Replying to: rockylee (Oct 11, 2007 4:04 pm) |
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Replying to: louiswei (Oct 04, 2007 9:13 am) Not nearly as bad as Lincoln, though.
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Replying to: displacedtexan (Oct 12, 2007 3:21 pm) Not nearly as bad as Lincoln, though Actually it is pretty easy at Lincoln. The models are all MK_. BMW uses numbers that on one side are easy 1,3,5,7 but on the other nonsensical 28, 35 etc.
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Oct 13, 2007 10:12 am)
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