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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: cooterbfd (Jul 18, 2008 9:27 am) Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 18, 2008 9:39 am) The difference today is that Caddy is trying to re-establish themselves in the luxury car market. Had we not had an oil crisis, and Caddy decided to build the Sixteen..... |
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 18, 2008 9:01 am)
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Replying to: fintail (Jul 18, 2008 10:43 am)
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Replying to: aldw (Jul 18, 2008 11:17 am) The horror. The horror. Everything that was wrong, venal, lazy and mendacious about GM in the 1980s was crystallized in this flagrant insult to the good name and fine customers of Cadillac. Spooked by the success of premium small cars from Mercedes-Benz, GM elected to rebadge its awful mass-market J-platform sedans, load them up with chintzy fabrics and accessories and call them "Cimarron, by Cadillac." Wha...? Who? Seeking an even hotter circle of hell, GM priced these pseudo-caddies (with four-speed manual transmissions, no less) thousands more than their Chevy Cavalier siblings. This bit of temporizing nearly killed Cadillac and remains its biggest shame. Regards, OW
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 18, 2008 11:31 am)  , anyone who knows the history of automobiles would understand how good American manufacturing was, that was the system that won a World War with more reliable production than anyone short of the Soviets were putting out. Besides, how does 1980's quality have anything to do with a 1950's product comparisions, eh? 
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Replying to: circlew (Jul 18, 2008 11:31 am) With GM in the lead, 1950s cars got bigger, more luxurious and more powerful through the '50s. But they also became more reliable, safer and easier to drive. The American car of the '50s was probably the best for the money in the world. |
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