Somewhat. I’m cross-shopping it again (replacing the daily driver and the Corvette with a more-dedicated sports car since the Jeep makes a decent-enough car for bad weather days), and keep coming back to that as well - it’s a “fun” car, not a “track” car, and I’d rather have the stick, which keeps nudging the Boxster…

ZL1 (in stick), Jeep (in stick), and Corvette (used, in stick). So yep. I keep thinking about getting a 4c, but ... I’d rather the stick than the performance. Who knows, maybe some day... but I’m not a huge fan of DSGs.

Two piston rotary?!?  What witchcraft is this?!?

FWIW, reviews on the manual Alfas right now say that the transmission is effectively garbage. Sad but true. I had the same thought, read a few of them, and then drove the auto - it ain’t bad. Still want a stick, but the auto is pretty damned good for being an auto.

They buy an Audi or a Volvo. Honest answer, but it’s true. Remember also, they’re surrounded by all-levels of BMW/Benz/etc that we don’t get; it’s much like what the Big 3 have tried here for years - have a full spectrum from first-car to last-car. It’s just that outside our specialties (sports cars, trucks, lux-suv),…

They do make small cars in Europe (at least Ford does), and sells them quite well too. We just don’t buy them, so they’re not coming here anymore.

Cadillac will only sell well if they’re significantly cheaper, or significantly better than the available alternatives. Right now they’re neither.

And an enormous aftermarket, at the time at least, unlike a N/A V6 which has... well, none.

Worth it - I never finished it, but it was solid. Buggy as FARK but there are fixes out there- get the new vegas launcher/etc and it’ll work well. Make sure you save often though - even with that, there are crashes and they’re always at VERY annoying times.

Because outside of DC (I honestly don’t know Chicago that well, but I do know the others), public transit isn’t really an option in most of those.

Exactly!! Especially when you JUST got it right - and now you can’t tell if it’s slot 1 or slot 2... and neither feel right. Thank God for memory seats.

Given that they also barely knew how to drive a manual...

I agreed up till I had to rely on valet parking for a bit and they kept moving them...

Had the same thoughts about the one I tested. Uber fast. Totally competent. But... no excitement (? Thrill? Magic?) to doing it. It was exactly the same at 90 as it was at 30- perfectly competent. Sedate even. Which was just wrong. Got a ZL1 instead. Damned fine car, but too Germanic and precise.

Seriously? There is a lock button on the fob.

The key has a lock button on it. Try pushing it.

I’m coming to realize this is true. Sadly, I’m figuring that out just as I hit peak awesome car, and can’t figure out what to sell of the 4 I have, even if I were ready to. Dammit.

Don’t have the luxury element of the S-class or E-class or S8 though... Don’t get me wrong, it’ll probably whoop them on a track, but it’s not as nice a place to sit in for 100 miles as the others.

They have buttons. Caddy has the gloss black on a capacitive system, so you’re always touching the gloss, instead of a raised button with a different texture in it. Look at the touch points on the other cars - they’re not glossy.

I don’t get Alanis’ comment - how about the A4/S4 (up to this generation), BMW 328i, 330i, 340i, the SS, 135i, 235... There are a TON of cars that fit that criteria, most actually better than the ATS, you just have to get off the “must buy ‘merican’” bandwagon. Seriously, this makes no sense.