I think you may have inadvertently hit on the issue Cadillac has run into. At this point, it’s only been about 14 years since GM has taken Cadillac seriously, and its only been about 8 years since anyone outside of car circles has noticed. They noticed, because Cadillac was offering 90% of the car that their…

If you look at the interior features and amenities of the Buicks, they’re not that far off the Cadillacs. The point of separation is not so much the level of luxury (the Cadillacs will go higher up that scale, but the mid Trim ATS / CTS will play in the same price/luxury range as the Buicks). The key difference…

You have to keep in mind that Buicks are supposed to be the luxury while Cadillac fills the full-fat performance luxury niche. As long as this car handles well, is recliner comfortable and library quiet at expressway speeds and has ‘sufficient’ power, it’ll fullfill its role to a ‘t’. Think more gulfstream, less…

I like where your head is at, insofar as giving each brand a clear direction and identity, but it seems GM might be just a little ahead of you here. At the moment, their portfolio is looking a lot like the following:

Hahaha, couldn’t agree more. This sounds a lot like what I was hoping for, but not really sure we were going to actually see. Trump artificially pinning the negotiations with a ton of bluster about tariff wars, then being talked back to only demanding that Mexico and Canada drop tariffs on various US goods as…

Outside of marketing, I don’t really see why they shouldn’t include the FA2.0T in full-monte trim (or at least Forester XT trim). There’s no real advantage to dialing power back, save for protecting your other product lines. It’s still going to need the same uprated transmission(s), and its not going to get any…

Woah, hey now. That’s like, 50 people per state! Totally representative sample size. After all, it’s really hard to send all those survey’s out to people. It’s not like you can just press a button and send survey requests to hundreds of thousands of people.

Eh... I’ve done my fair share of driving in Chicago. Traffic is worse than anywhere but LA or NY, but the drivers aren’t ain’t that bad. EVERYONE is hyper-aggressive, but they’re predictably hyper-aggressive. Is there a car and a half in front of you? Yeah, that guy coming up in the far right lane is going to…

Juuuust remember - government race fuel is usually $0.20-0.40 cheaper than regular gas. Remember, E85 is a total cash grab, but if the government is funding it one way or another you might as well take advantage.

I realize that you have a vested interest in the whole FCA thing, but to say that Chrysler was not considered an inferior brand or the butt of American reliability jokes shows a lack of knowledge on your part about the big 3 pre-great-recession. Chrysler has been making cars of questionable quality since the late…

Dude, I couldn’t agree more. When I was looking for a DD, one of these fit the bill, but not at the prices people were asking. I looked for over a month and couldn’t find one under $10k with less than 150k mi, and couldn’t find one with less than 100k mi period. In the end, I wound up just getting an Outback…

Thanks, all, for the correction. For reasons inexplicable to me, I always get jumbled as to what went where after the 4L60 / 4L80.

LOL, more than likely. As to the automatic, I wouldn’t get too hung up about it, nor would I let the Jalop crowd sway you from one if that’s what you’re interested in. Even if they rev freely, an LS plays very nicely with an automatic transmission, and regardless of what folks here may say, GM still makes some of…

They have that exact car. It’s ready for you to buy right now. They call it a cadillac V-Sport. You will not, however, find one with a manual. Chevy knows well enough not to trust customers with the option to blow up gearboxes via 5k rpm clutch dumps.

Pommes et Pomme de terre?

Welcome to post-gawker Jalopnik, where the salt is so thick, Stalin’s ghost is itching to send political dissidents to mine it.

Gersh, is that you?!

Haha, I know the feeling (or did with my ancient old Honda). Sounds like you’re still having fun with it, and that’s what really matters.

We’re talking about a bike, right?