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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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| Except for Lexus, (which has about as much soul as a paper plate) the foreign luxury benchmarks are perfect for the rich masochist who's too proud for whips and chains. I sat in an Audi A8 at the Philadelphia Auto Show. The car seemed to be extremely well-built, had a sumptuous interior, and an arrogant demeanor. However, I'd be positively terrified of this car when it is out of warranty. It would probably bankrupt Bill Gates! | |
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Replying to: steve_ (Feb 25, 2008 8:55 pm) What no one seems to grasp is that when Cadillac won the Dewar Trophy for "standards", the Ford Model T could have won it just as easily. Cadillac did not enter the competition, but rather an english car salesman, who happened to like what Leland was doing with Cadillac, entered the Cadillacs in the competition. The idea was to get some of the European car manufacturers to enter the competition too, but none of them did. |
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 26, 2008 7:13 am)  $4,000 per week for a few weeks. Someone posted that her SRX (still under warranty) had been in the shop for a total of 52 days (more than 7 weeks = ~$30,000).
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Replying to: sls002 (Feb 26, 2008 2:25 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 26, 2008 2:32 am) |
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...I'd truly be comfortable out of warranty is a Buick Park Avenue or Lucerne. It sucks to think of any modern luxury car as a "throwaway item" once it is out of warranty. I would love to keep my new Cadillac DTS Performance as long as my 1989 Cadillac Brougham, but it just doesn't seem to be in the cards from what I'm reading here. I'd hate to think of my old ride victimizing a person of modest means looking for some "cheap bling" in the future. The BHPH lots in the Lower NE of Philadelphia are full of lots filled with out-of-warranty luxury cars seeking new victims.
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 26, 2008 2:58 am) Luxury cars aren't necessarily throwaways, but their demand for costly parts and maintenance usually exceeds most people's wallets and patience. Things can quickly reach a point where your time and money is better applied to leasing a new one and letting the manufacturer pick up the tab on maintenance.
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Replying to: bumpy (Feb 26, 2008 10:20 am) Caddy is no more the standard than Audi when they had their issues a few years back...and for that matter any brand that has that perception etched into the minds of current/perspective buyers. Mercedes is not exclusive here either. Excellence is excellence. My guess is there is no company that has achieved this exclusively on a broad luxury basis, let alone Caddy. In my mind, they never were the standard anyway. Regards, OW
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Replying to: lemko (Feb 25, 2008 6:00 pm) Ummm, Bumpy, the two classic car picturs you posted are of a 1974 Caddy, not a mid 80's Caddy. Just right click the image and click on 'Properties' to see the picture's origin (www.classiccars.com). What's so pathetic about both Mercedes Benz and BMW is that the pics of the classic Caddy you posted STIIIIIIIIIIIIIILL look more luxurious than the pics of the modern 1988 Benz and 1986 BMW i posted... Sad. So sad...
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