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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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Replying to: sls002 (Nov 27, 2006 9:06 am) When Cadillac won the Dewar Trophy for "standard of the world", it meant that they were using interchangable parts to make Cadillac's, while the European cars were using custom made parts for each car. There was only one Dewar Trophy for this category, and that Trophy is still Cadillac's. They are therefore still the "Standard of the World" and this topic should be terminated. I have never heard of that, do you have a link to this info?
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Replying to: lykourinou (Feb 07, 2008 10:34 am) This was too easy. Back in the teen's all those cars were hand built. Parts were made one at a time. So Cadillac put specs out and made sure parts were interchangable on the vehicle.
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Replying to: rayainsw (Feb 07, 2008 9:50 am) Regards, OW
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Feb 07, 2008 11:23 am) Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Feb 08, 2008 5:21 am)
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Replying to: rayainsw (Feb 08, 2008 5:32 am) 
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What a particular dealer does about lending customers a car to drive while they are servicing your's will vary from dealer to dealer. One thing that you should understand is that there is risk in lending you a car to drive - if you have an accident your insurance may cover you, but since the car is owned by the dealer, they are at risk too. The other point is that if the service department is working on say about 50 vehicles over a two day period, 50 loaners (Cadillacs) will have a value of perhaps 1 million dollars (used). That is a lot of money to tie up in loaners.
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Replying to: rayainsw (Feb 07, 2008 9:50 am) Back when my dad had the E320, the MB dealer usually gave him an Intrepid loaner (the Dodge dealer was on the same lot), which I thought was kind of skeezy of them. There was one time, though, when he had the car in for the third time in two weeks he told them "No, I'll be taking the S-class today." And he did.
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Replying to: bumpy (Feb 08, 2008 7:31 am) The issue here is how many people can a dealer keep happy at any point in time. How many "loaner" vehicles must a dealer keep in stock. At something like 100 grand per S-class, there really must be a limit. By making rental vehicles available at a nominal rate, I think my dealer is doing something. The Suburban rental that I got cost Cadillac $20 per day. |
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Replying to: louiswei (Feb 07, 2008 9:51 am) |
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