True.  That would be an easy sell for them to make a Ford GT fighter with a caddy badge.  At least the pricing could be a bit more aggressive.

This will be a great platform for GM to build just such a vehicle.  Once the platform development costs are covered, they could go nutso and build a few low production halo versions that could compete.  And they’d be able to charge through the nose for them too.  Meanwhile, they can add power and performance to the…

I don’t remember them showing a manual option, only one transmission on that option sheet.

The original highway plans never called for any highways into of through cities. It was always going to be bypasses, but city leaders balked and got the actual highways to enter and cut through cities. They wanted bypasses so traffic could continue unabated in the case of nuclear attack on the city. As the…

They should produce the XT6, but it shouldn’t cost more than the arguably better offerings in the class.  And you’re absolutely right, there is no way I’m going with the caddy over the Volvo even with a slightly lower cost, so they need to rethink their pricing strategy.  But I guess the market will dictate that soon…

Looks a lot like rugby to me.  

Cadillac is going the way of audi.  Your base models are competent cruisers, on par with the German competition.  And then the V sport was similar to Audi’s S badged cars. Similar to the base model with a size bigger engine and more sporting ride.  Then the V series is a true sports/trackable car similar to the RS…

It’s in the name itself, they’re made for parking...  

That’s called rugby, and it’s awesome!  Going from football to playing rugby, you definitely change the way you tackle, or you break umyour nose....

Good point.  You win this round Mr/Ms Hammerdown....  :)

Carbon fiber for structural parts, and I believe one of the Ferraris used a very similar transmission to the race car. At least the tech is ahead of the road car curve.  Carbon ceramic brake discs, that type of stuff.  

What if they just made one line, and then treat it like a football endzone? If you break the plane, you’re over the line?

I would think BOP could be fixed by limiting the amount of fuel the car can use in a race.  Then it’s up to the teams to regulate how much they can burn and still make it to the end.  Seems fair to me.   

All that expertise and it’s wasted on a vehicle with next to nothing in common to their road going counterparts.  How much NASCAR tech can be rolled over to the road cars?  It just seems like a big waste of some awesome talent.  It is impressive what they can do with the cars, but it just seems irrelevant to me…

10-4, I appreciate the clarification.  I forgot about the transverse vs longitudinal engine layout.  

Passat for the a6

A4 should be the Jetta, and the A6 is the Passat.  But they’re all off the MQB platform anyway.  

I think the technics line has taken its place.  There is a nice new tractor-trailer technics set out now.

Audi unique bolts? Oh you mean triple square bolts? That all the German cars use. Yeah, a few new socket sets and you’re all good there.