Pathfinder, I think.

Google: “Let a man dream!”

The door brows are killing me.

I’m not saying there’s a design doctrine that forces a resemblance (as you say, that’s true of all car brands), I’m saying that it is obvious from sitting in the two that they are reskins of a common product. You are free to disagree.

True. But even if you miss the Ford connection, the MKZ and Continental are pretty blatantly related. This was more my point, and it doesn’t take a trained eye to see it.

I personally find the thing appalling, but there’s no reason why they shouldn’t put all their focus on the Navigator. And leave volume to the MKC/X.

Oh. Oh... Well, at least they made the right choice. But surely they realized that this was the chief criticism of the last gen car?

I think this is a fab car. And it’s significantly more attractive / appealing than the standard Prius. Get the base model (and you really want to keep the price proportional to its EV capabilities) and you don’t even have to deal with the stupid, big screen - you get a stupid, little screen instead.

The motion is dismissed.

Very true. Although the engine has been in development (openly) for a while and the AM-MB relationship began in 2013. The CEO commenting on his first drive of the CLS gives no real indication as to the extent to which their development side has studied the subject.

I was just thinking this. Like, even if we accept their flawed premise, this is still a very recent change over at Cadillac so the blame’s on them for reading the market wrong.

Would MB even be willing to share an engine that they’ve just brought to market themselves? Surely they’d want exclusivity for a little while.

It would be fine if they were good actors.

Beautiful.

Well, it’s not as if younger people are more likely to want / know how to operate a manual gearbox. And it’s not really about luxury, more having the bona fides to give the brand legitimacy in the minds of auto journalists, etc. (See: this article.)

E-Tron and Mission E are coming, they’re just on different platforms.

True! But we also have S90, etc to go on.

It looks... kinda awkward? Like the cabin area and the trunk belong on two different vehicles.

And if you do it with a squadron of shiny Land Rovers, you might feel a little like a caricature of imperialism on wheels.

:)