The stretch of I-24 between Chattanooga and Nashville goes over Monteagle, not a huge mountain, but does have a nice 5 mile length of 4-6% downhill grade going towards Chatt.

Nice. How common/readily available are you finding charging stations? We’ve got several of them around here, our office building has them, Kohl’s does too, but we also have Nissan HQ and the factory where Leaf is built.

I can go with you on that, but in a way, that’s how GM operates on the whole. But it was more evident back in the Saturn/Pontiac days.

Right, Buick has 7 “Near Luxury”, GMC has 4 Denali Products, and with my proposed 5 Cadillac options, would put GM’s Near Luxury and Luxury offerings at 16.

I don’t have a problem, necessarily, with performance versions of their cars, My issue is more with the need to fill every little niche, when they’re already covered multiple times over by other GM brands. I just can’t imagine the Cadillac brand gaining any luxury cred with a fancier version of this.

True, for someone that grew up in a Chevrolet only family, a Buick (at least the new ones) or GMC is pretty dang luxurious.

While BMW, Benz and Audi make some incredible luxury cars, but they are full line manufacturers, they’ve just been luxury focused in the US market, because their cars are more expensive on the whole and it would be hard to compete in the sub-30k market. In Europe, many of their products are counterparts to our Taurus,…

Well, I was thinking more specifically of Jeep and Hummer, but yes no nationality of brand is free from identity crisis.

While I agree, I don’t believe Cadillac needs to focus on every car needs to be a Rolls competitor, just that, If they are to be viable along side 2 sibling luxury brands like GMC and Buick (and for that matter, Corvette) that they should focus on perfecting a well curated product line, rather than over saturating…

Yes and no. Not everything those make are really luxury cars, they’re full - line manufacturers. It’s hard to make a direct comparrison, just based on the quality and price range, but if Cadillac wants to be a true “luxury” brand, they need to follow more closely to Bentley, Rolls, & Maybach. Focus on 3 to 5 really…

Cadillac flagship which will NOT be a 4 door sedan;

From what he explained of it, it sounded like there was an uphill reservoir somewhere they could open and draw from rather than a tank. Not sure where that would be from google earth, but presumably somewhere east of the site. Most of what I know of the site and program has been pieced together over the years from his…

Dumb typo, I knew that when I was typing it, still came out wrong. Too late to edit.

wonder what would happen with an Ariel Atom with a Tesla powertrain.....

My dad got to run the EMP effects testing on at least 2 of these planes back in the late 70s/early 80s. He was the first to use the Atlas 1 trestle at Kirkland. He proved his claim that the then already dated and rather simple tech of the B-52 would not be affected by an EMP at a time that the USAF was ready to scrap…

may not suit everyone’s tastes, but the Enzo Test mule was pretty cool looking.

But first, we need a massive public education program to teach people the importance of not waving while standing under a large spinning blade. “Look at me, I’m riding a quadcopter... ARRRHGHGHGH!!!”

That’s it, I’m putting a snorkel on everything I own. Do they make one that fits a grand caravan?

Painted DMCs can look really good, it’s just most people see it as sort of sacrilege to even think of it. But it really depends on the color.

You may have just nailed it. For this to work, roads must have their speed limits dropped sufficiently early enough (would vary by avg. density of traffic) AND be enforced... even if only by temporary traffic camera. I’d rather an interstate drop to 50 mph and run smooth for 5 miles, then be at a stand still and take…