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davesuton says:
11:52 PM, 12/01/2009
Lets get a 550 hp LS 9 into the coupe and wagon. I really like the looks of it. It doesnt have ripoff two year old styling like a Lexus or Infinity does. C pillar could use a break before the trunk opening. Small item though. Other than that I would buy one in a minute.
double_duece says:
10:33 PM, 12/01/2009
j84ustin says:
01:20 PM, 12/01/2009
Looks like a hatchback. Too bad it's really not.
I kind of agree with you there. But there's something else keeping me from being in love with this car and I haven't been able to place it. Anyhow, I do hope that Cadillac finds success with the wagon and this coupe. If they don't, then they just wasted some more of our money :P
plb6 says:
05:56 PM, 12/01/2009
There is an important issue with Cadillac that the media so far has not picked up on.
Cadillac has long history of successful two door models. Some like the two door version of the 1960 model shown in a recent Wall Street Journal article were two door versions of a four door car. And some were separate models, like the Coupe DeVille and the El Dorado.
Cadillac has not had a two door regular sized car in years. Back in January 2008 at the Detroit Auto Show Cadillac showed an attractive prototype two door version of their successful and highly regarded midsized CTS. In March 2008 I went to the Dallas Auto show and asked the Cadillac representatives about its release schedule. They said it had been postponed and that they were tired of people asking about it. They showed me the brand new CTS-V, a 556 horsepower car that gets 16 mpg with almost no potential market. Twelve months later it was the same. It was postponed again and they were really sick of people asking for it. This time they had a new station wagon version; Cadillac has never had a successful station wagon.
The question is why they continued to postpone a car that would be relatively simple to gear up for and would sell very well and instead go to the trouble and expense to design and engineer cars that almost no one would even consider buying. The only reason I can come up with is that they wanted to wait till after being bailed out thought bankruptcy, then put into place executive bonus and stock option plans, and then bring it to market.
Philip Burk
Plano, TX
j84ustin says:
01:20 PM, 12/01/2009
Looks like a hatchback. Too bad it's really not.