The entire Audi A4 range looks better as a sedan than a hatch/wagon.

No, it's because the pending system is terrible.

The S-Class is far and away the best car in it's class, not even up for debate.

I dunno, I think the R230 looks pretty darn good.

I like the R230's.

I like that front end, especially in AMG flavour:

I am not sure whether the Germans "cheapen" their brands and thereby turn away customers. Maybe you could elaborate a bit on how this is going to happen. In my eyes, especially MB an Audi managed to go downmarket without diluting their brand perception. They offer solid entry-level cars that reflect their respective…

Piano black is absolutely horrendous. It also doesn't help that they include a steering wheel that looks like it came from a Cruze, and that the dash looks roughly the same as a 2008 Malibu. It's these little things that people are turned off by. The cheap shiny plastic wood look? Germans are moving to wood grain with…

With the way the market is leaning right now, it's hard to see how either Jag or Cadillac will pose any substantial threat to the Germans. If you look at how brands sold historically, for example the most popular brands 50 years ago, you can, to some degree of accuracy, predict which ones would go bust within a few…

"Less power."

So all of those cars are a bit more expensive than a loaded ATS 2.0T. I guess I should have stuck to the base models engine wise (228i, 328i, A4, A3, etc.). But all of the cars I listed are (to me) way more desirable and all are significantly higher performance cars than the ATS. The ATS gets to 60 in 6.3 seconds, and…

Cadillac will have to fight Lexus, Jaguar, Alfa Romeo and Infiniti for that place, as the establishment doesn't go from 3 to 7, overnight. Lexus already seems to be almost there.

I see you failed reading comprehension. Also, I really don't give two shits about what car journalists think about a car, they are not buying it for me, I care about what I think about the car. The Cadillacs are not on par. For example, one of my neighbors was really excited about the new Cadillacs when the XTS came…

You're not kidding. I try to stay away from picking on American cars when I can because it's really akin to bullying the retarded kid in class, but an opening salvo like "The current Cadillac lineup is full of cars that are every bit as great as the Germans they compete against, if not better in some cases" is just…

So far I have seen 2 brand new CTSs on the lot with busted door handles, that just screams quality. Also saw an XTS that had one rear door unlocked even though all the other 3 were locked and the alarm was one, once again, brand new on the lot.

I'm gonna put on my flamesuit, but here it goes:

LMAO.

unfortunately when you get into this market segment, the most important thing is your brand. people buy these cars new because they want to be seen driving these cars. They want to project the message "I can afford this! I'm important!"

Let me get this straight.