In an ideal world what Cadillac would make is cars like this, proper american luxury cars.Originally Posted by Dino Scuderia
In the real world they are trying to compete with Germans and beating at their own game because that's what sells...
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In an ideal world what Cadillac would make is cars like this, proper american luxury cars.
In the real world they are trying to compete with Germans and beating at their own game because that's what sells...
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They likely don't care about anything except China, so whatever they want.
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Everyone wants German cars. Chinese people, American people. Even German people want them - for some reason in the 30 to 130 grand premium market they rule supreme over any other nationality.
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The similarities...
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It looks better to me than some of the recent Cadillacs. But it could not escape from the "blob" look.
Maybe Cadillac should go more retro like the Camaro and Challenger did? Also, at 203.7" long, it's not really a "large" car. If it were 215-220" or even 225-230", then it would be a large car.
I would like to see Cadillacs having attractive and unique front ends, like on the '68 and '69, for example...
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That's true, I forgot about that, I just kind of looked up a list of concept cars and didn't really think about it. Yeah, the Evoq/XLR was the only one to make it into production.
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How does this look like a blob, Fleet? And also, how is this front end NOT unique?
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Anything younger than 35 years old is automatically a blob for him, regardless of shape or badge.
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IMO, it has inherited at least some of the blob look common on modern cars. It's hard to escape the blob look!
It may look unique, but not (again, IMO) not attractive unique. As I said, it does look a little better than some other Cadillac production and prototype cars, but work is still needed! Which is why I posted a few examples of the "classic look."And also, how is this front end NOT unique?
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No, the blob look seemed to start in the 1990s. And it's not just as seen by me... some cars obviously have that blob look (or the shape of an electric razor, and egg or a soap dish, take your choice).
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what is so unique about these front ends? (the high CW value perhaps?) most US cars of that period had horizontal or vertical twin headlights and lots of chrome between these units. (at least the cars that I regualrly see, you will most likely come up with shots of other cars from that area that may look slightly different, but I already tell you here and now that I am not going to react to that).
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What is so unique about those front ends? Classic '60s styling. The front end on those don't look like numerous other cars on the road.
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as I already said, they look like numerous other American cars made in the sixties (we have had this discussion before....)
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Numerous other American cars of the '60s did not have Euro or Japanese car styling. Now, many do. Back in the '60s, American cars had American styling and the styling varied a lot. Obviously a big difference whether some people want to admit it or not.
Show me another '60s American car that has the same front end as the '68 or '69 Cadillac I posted. Or show me another '60s car that looks like a '68 or '69 Cadillac. And don't bother posting a pic of a Oldsmobile 98 or Buick Electra... the styling of those cars are obviously different from a Cadillac.
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The easiest answer may be: "In the 90's, the americans discovered a strange power called drag."
I mean why would you want a regular car with the drag coefficiant of a supersized brick. The 60's are long gone, and that's a good thing. We wouldn't like 60's styling today if all cars would still have 60's design.
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