Sign In Join 



Can GM make Cadillac the standard of the world Again?

6098 messages,  Last post on Aug 14, 2009 at 4:43 PM

You are in the Automotive News & Views Forum. Your Hosts are steve_ & claires

What is this discussion about? Cadillac Escalade, Cadillac XLR, Cadillac STS, Automotive News


Messages Page 490 of 610
1
...
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
...
610
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion

#4890 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [62vetteefp] by aldw
Apr 06, 2008 (1:33 pm)
Reply

Replying to: 62vetteefp (Mar 31, 2008 8:24 am)

That's just a bad idea all around, Cadillac should be the one with the best performance vehicles above all other GM brands, and the very idea not having Cadillac be a sports car builder back in 1953 was, and still is, plain idiotic.
#4891 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [aldw] by sls002
Apr 07, 2008 (6:22 am)
Reply

Replying to: aldw (Apr 06, 2008 1:33 pm)

If Cadillac had the marketing for the Corvette it would have been a luxury sports car and would have been much more expensive. I suspect that it would have failed.
 
On the otherhand, in the current market place, Cadillac probably does need some sort of sports car for image purposes. However, a clone of the Corvette does not seem like quite the right image to me. I think that if Cadillac could do something with the basic Camaro platform and design a sports car using that platform as the basis, then they might have something.
#4892 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [sls002] by lemko
Apr 07, 2008 (8:01 am)
Reply

Replying to: sls002 (Apr 07, 2008 6:22 am)

Maybe they could do something like the Allante again, but do it right this time.
#4893 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [lemko] by fintail
Apr 07, 2008 (8:50 am)
Reply

Replying to: lemko (Apr 07, 2008 8:01 am)

Isn't that what the XLR was? But yeah, do it right. And issue loud proclamations against whitewall tires and landau bars.
#4894 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [fintail] by british_rover
Apr 07, 2008 (9:11 am)
Reply

Replying to: fintail (Apr 07, 2008 8:50 am)

Thats exactly what the XLR was.
 
Standard retractable hardtop Check
Swanky interior with lots of dead trees Check
Optional Supercharged Engine Check
#4896 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [british_rover] by laurasdada
Apr 07, 2008 (9:49 am)
Reply

Replying to: british_rover (Apr 07, 2008 9:11 am)

Overpriced Check...
Interior not quite swanky enough for above mentioned entry of admission Check
 
Still eyeing used XLRs though...
#4897 of 6098
Re: I'm counting on it! [british_rover] by fintail
Apr 07, 2008 (11:49 am)
Reply

Replying to: british_rover (Apr 07, 2008 9:11 am)

Whenever I think of the XLR I have the vision in my head of Clarkson (yeah I know, not exactly an unbiased mouth) driving one around a desert track, and hating it.
 
But perhaps a used bargain, they seem to be depreciating even worse than the high end SLs....and wait til those get the facelift. Nothing kills MB value like a new model.
#4898 of 6098
STS/DTS-Zeta/Sigma combined by 62vetteefp
May 06, 2008 (3:53 am)
Reply
In order to cut cost, General Motors will merge the rear-wheel drive Zeta and Sigma platforms, a new report finds. The Zeta platform currently underpins the Pontiac G8 and the upcoming Chevrolet Camaro, while the Sigma platform is exclusively used for the Cadillac brand (CTS, SRX and STS).
 
According to Motor Trend, the first car to bow on the merged platform will be the 2011 Cadillac STS/DTS replacement. Following that car's launch, the new platform will underpin several other models.

Messages Page 490 of 610
1
...
487
488
489
490
491
492
493
...
610
Prev
Next
Last
Go To Msg #
Search This Discussion
To POST a message, please Sign In.

New? Join Now!

Forum Tools

Please sign in.
Email Address:

Password:

Forgot Password?

Search Forums

Enter Keyword(s)

Advanced Search

Browse by Vehicle



View All Vehicles
Advertisement
Ask the Community
See What People Are Asking

Browse by Board

Browse by Topic


View All Topics

Today's Chats

Advertisement