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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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Slightly off topic (forgive me)...you said you had a DTS Performance...what year and what city/hwy mpg do you get??? Can you do this while attempting to maintain Cadillac as the Standard of the World, compared to MB and BMW, as the topic suggests??????????...   
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Replying to: sls002 (Mar 17, 2008 2:17 pm) That is one thing Lutz brought to GM. They are truly becoming world wide products. Of course not all products will be sold worldwide. Identical Enclaves and LaCrosses will be sold in China and NA but not anywhere else. Mostly because China has the Buick history. The Lucerne replacement may also be sold there but I am not sure. All Cadillac models will be sold world wide. Pontiac is NA only and will remain that way BUT some models will be sold elsewhere under different nameplates. The G8 is a good example. Of course the next G6 replacement will be either engineered as RWD in Austrailia or FWD in Germany. The small RWD pontiac will also be engineered in Austrailia but again only the Pontiac nameplate will be sold in NA. There will not be much more to Pontiac. Saturn is shared with Opel and only sold in NA. Saab is world wide. Chevrolet will also be world wide but only certain models correct for certain markets will be shared.
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Replying to: fintail (Mar 17, 2008 12:13 pm) XLR??????? WTF? Come on, GM changes names like a baby changes diapers. There is no brand loyalty! The Escalade was introduced in 1999 as a rebadged Tahoe. What else is new? A standard has a base of reference. Caddy lost that. Regards, OW
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Replying to: marsha7 (Mar 17, 2008 4:36 pm) |
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Replying to: circlew (Mar 18, 2008 3:21 am) I guess those alphanumeric names seem more "sophisticated" to today's sensibilities and those old long drawn out names seem quaint.
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Replying to: lemko (Mar 18, 2008 3:42 am) yep, quaint and out of date. It's a new world and tech is in. How many high end products have names today? I can think of a couple like iPod and iPhone but not many others. I cannot think of any high end names except Porsche and Lambo's in the car world.
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Mar 18, 2008 3:49 am) Might be out of date but these are some of MY standard terms for REAL U.S. cars. They are only out of date because they were not supported...oh,wait, the Corvette and Mustang were and guess what?? They sell because they are the best in their class since they WERE supported. There is enough tech in a 'Vette to make it world class which is a car that has roots dated back to the 1950's. How quaint is that? No Caddy does this, don't you agree???? Regards, OW |
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Replying to: 62vetteefp (Mar 17, 2008 4:39 pm) |
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Replying to: circlew (Mar 18, 2008 5:33 am) The Corvette has only gotten better though, although the XLR has not done it any real good.
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