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Can GM make Cadillac the standard of the world Again?

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Re: Well... [lemko] by laurasdada
Jul 16, 2008 (9:36 am)
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Replying to: lemko (Jul 16, 2008 4:51 am)

The 1st Generation (1G, in my shorthand...) CTS was a good car for GM/Caddy. From what I've read, it rode/handled/sold well. More European in reality than just marketing. And Caddy made a statement with its Arts and Crafts, er Sciences, styling direction. All well and good.
 
But, as I earlier stated, to look at it was to want to look away. A basically handsome sedan just all muddled up with a terrible front end (truck-like), a too tall and busy rear-end (cleaned up somewhat through the years) and a profile ruined by extra layers and cut lines.
 
The interior: As Lutz noted, they used expensive materials but made them look cheap! Plus, to me, just the overall design looked incongruous and, well, cheap... The center stack, I think, was designed to look like a PC tower, and they ain't exactly pretty...!
 
Throw in the Mercedes/BMW/Audi pricing and I had no desire to even drive it. I'm sure Caddy doesn't miss me...
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Re: Well... [sls002] by laurasdada
Jul 16, 2008 (9:38 am)
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Replying to: sls002 (Jul 16, 2008 4:55 am)

1G=1st Generation (CTS).
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Re: Well... [laurasdada] by circlew
Jul 16, 2008 (9:55 am)
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Replying to: laurasdada (Jul 16, 2008 9:36 am)

I'm sure Caddy doesn't miss me...
 
...or me!
 
Regards,
OW
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Re: Well... [circlew] by louiswei
Jul 16, 2008 (10:02 am)
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 16, 2008 9:55 am)

...or me!
 
Plus one more here...
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steve host by marsha7
Jul 16, 2008 (11:36 am)
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Topo Gigio...I am surprised anyone remembers him...
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steve host by marsha7
Jul 16, 2008 (11:37 am)
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Topo Gigio...I am surprised anyone remembers him...then again, I have trouble remembering the Beatles...
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Re: steve host [marsha7] by circlew
Jul 16, 2008 (11:43 am)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jul 16, 2008 11:36 am)

I do! He wouldn't be caught dead in a Cadillac, either!
 

 
Regards,
OW
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Re: steve host [circlew] by nortsr1
Jul 16, 2008 (12:08 pm)
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 16, 2008 11:43 am)

No, but at least he delivers the mail!!!!
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Re: steve host [marsha7] by laurasdada
Jul 16, 2008 (1:02 pm)
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Replying to: marsha7 (Jul 16, 2008 11:37 am)

Didn't Topo Gigio dance in a cage while the Beatles played on the Sullivan show? Or was that a Fiat Topolino? Or Goldie Hawn?
 
They all might have driven Caddys. Just not post, say, 1976...
 
"Say Goodnight, Dick."
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Re: steve host [nortsr1] by laurasdada
Jul 16, 2008 (1:04 pm)
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Replying to: nortsr1 (Jul 16, 2008 12:08 pm)

"No, but at least he delivers the mail!!!! "
 
Oh, so Topo Gigio is Italian for Karl Malone! Or is it Cliff Clavin? Or a so-so Kevin Costner movie? Does Topo Gigio always ring twice?
 
Goodnight, Dick.

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