I don’t really think that millions of people wanted the CTS-V wagon, but all that bought one got the CTS-V sedan instead, thereby passing up the halo car. No its you, me and Garry-over-there that think the CTS-V wagon is cool. The rest still doesn’t care. And it isn’t like Cadillac got saved by the CTS-V wagon, their…

Came here for cars, to get my mind off politics. SAD.

What they actually need is what everyone needs, money and time. They need to develop their own product line, with a consistent philosophy behind it. And after some time people will realize that they build great cars.

America wants doofus-proof.

CTS V did that, but the CTS V wagon? I mean I surely love it, so do some other enthusiasts, but it really wasn’t a sales success. The same would probably go for a Mustang wagon.

I think you should have made “ownerless beast” bold.

They should definitely do that, especially since the CTS-V wagon was such a success!

But for a real per capita count, you’d have to know exact number of Mustang crashes, as well as which engine takes up what percentage in the mix.

I have often wondered why it is the Chevy Volt and Bolt and not the Buick Envolt and Casboltia. The biggest problem for the Volt and Bolt is the Chevy brand and Buick’s biggest problem is a lacking brand identity that would allow higher prices. But as we have seen with Cadillac, GM really doesn’t understand luxury…

But the US isn’t really Buick’s prime market. They will still sell most of their cars in China and China will decide what Buick will offer on their and the US dealer lots.

It would be possible, but GM would have to reinvest all the money from the Opel sale, into Buick. But I don’t know if upscale Mazda would really work.

They have been trying very hard for years, but with current Opels they went as step back. They actually have some nice cars today. Maybe GM is afraid that they might actually make profits selling small cars! Thats probably punishable by death in Detroit...

You think nobody asked for the Envision. I’ll guarantee you that it is asked for. Although the question will almost always look like this: “你有没有 Buick Envision?”

With GM switching to SUVs there is no real reason to keep another “luxury” brand. They already have GMC and Cadillac is finally realizing that nobody buys their sedans at sustainable prices, so they will already have 2 SUV luxury brands. Where would Buick fit in all of that? Between GMC and Cadillac? Or between Chevy…

“Or are they going to Chrysler this and just use their old European based platforms until they’re practically antiques and nobody buys their passenger cars anymore?”

I think something like that would be possible, especially for north America. China will be the main topic of discussion, because other then Europe, and electrification, which Opel actually has no clue of, since they only rebadge the Chevy cars, an entry to China might be very interesting for PSA.

The ATS is doing badly, it only sold 21,505 units last year, coupe and sedan, BMW sold over 100k 3 and 4 series combined and Mercedes sold about 77k C-Classes (I am not sure if that is the right plural for C-Class, but it sounds right). The CTS is even doing a bit better, with 15,911 sales, compared to 50k E-Classes…

Diesel cars aren’t really good commuters. My last car was a diesel and they usually take longer to get the engine to a comfy temperature. So in short commutes you won’t notice a lot of fuel savings.

I really hope those three take off. I haven’t really been a fan of the last season and GT just abused my patience and trust in the old TG cast, with a season where only the second halve of all episodes were acceptable. I hope both formats will do better in the future.

As anyone who pretends to know what a free market is, but hasn’t really researched it, I’d say thats the free market. The prices will find themselves, even in a monopoly.