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2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two

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Mad_Science
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
I get a kick out of the fact that people keep mis-identifying it as "a rebadged _______".

Everyone assumes a Cadillac is a rebadged something else. Dunno what would lead them to that by default.

It also points out how crowded the segment is. No one can believe there's yet another size/class of crossover to be jammed amongst the numerous crossover platforms GM is pushing right now.
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Greasy Breakfast
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
I just can't dig Cadillac interiors. They manage to be cluttered and dull at the same time, not befitting cars of their supposed stature.

But this is just a glorified, angular, Buick so who cares?
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Ben Wojdyla
06/30/09

@Greasy Breakfast: How so? This is on a unique Theta/Epsilon II hybrid chassis and shares nothing with the Lambda-platformed, much bigger, three row Enclave.
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Buickboy92
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
Cadillac should make and SRX-V and it will be a winner in my book.
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Buickboy92
06/30/09

@Buickboy92: (An)not and.
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Mad_Science
06/30/09

@Buickboy92: I had to read that 5 times to understand.
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bmoreDLJ
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
What they've got, that's good:

CTS

CTS-V

CTS Wagon

SRX

What they need:

- A proper 3-series fighter - BTS/BLS

- CTS Coupe or Converj

- Lambda/Unibody 'Slade

- A convertible...more affordable than the XLR this time...maybe a CTS/BTS convertible.

Just don't stand still, Caddy; you're well on your way.
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Ben Wojdyla
06/30/09

@bmoreDLJ: Well, the CTS does a good job competing between the 3- and 5-series, beating them on bang for the buck, the CTS coupe is on the way, and Caddy officials slyly mention "other" V offerings in the pipe without naming names so to speak. Everybody knows there's a STS/DTS replacement in the works but the details are missing, and they're talking about getting into segments they've not entered before, so you might a lot of what you're asking for.
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MushyHeirloom
06/30/09

@bmoreDLJ: A huge, smart, RWD luxo-car to replace the antique DTS.

Oh, and some real names.
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BigHarv
06/30/09

@FP - tittin' and shittin' with Tomsk: Yeah. Who sells cars with just alphanumeric designations anymore?
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abgwin
06/30/09

@BigHarv: FX, RDX, LR2, Q5, X3, X5, RX. Alphabet soup of bleh.

So what could Cadillac bring out of the archives, namewise? Eldorado? Calais? Fleetwood? I can't think of anything that works on a trucklet.
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MushyHeirloom
06/30/09

@abgwin: Well, we could come up with some newer ones. Anything that sounds like a classy subdivision.
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JC Whitless
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
Um...does this thing have FINS?
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BigHarv
06/30/09

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The only reason I didn't fall asleep reading C&D's recent crossover review was because I was on the can. God these vehicles are boring.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@BigHarv: I fall asleep on the can all the time. It makes the government-mandated economic constipation much easier to bear.
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Rock517
06/30/09

@pauljones: What finally wakes you? The eventual "plop" or slumping over and hitting you head on whatever is across from you terlit?
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pauljones
06/30/09

@Rock517: Usually a HazMat team sent to clean up the shit spewed by the voice of the Treasury Department in the stall next to mine.
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Mad_Science
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
For my tax dollars sake, I hope it sells.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@Mad_Science: Dude, you and I live in California. There has never been any hope of seeing our tax dollars wisely used.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/30/09

@Mad_Science: @pauljones: Yeah, Bob the Builder said you guys are f*cked, and he hardly ever says that. He can fix most anything.
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John Krewson
06/30/09

@pauljones: Spare us your Californiacentric thinking. You know damn well that's universal.
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Flathead Smith
06/30/09

@Mad_Science:You know in reality every GM car, is actually my car, so I should be able to go to the dealer's lot and just drive away in one and if I tear it all to pieces I'll just go get another. Of course everywhere I went, others might have the same idea and when I returned to my people's car, it might not be there.

This is actually a good explanation of the failure of communism.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli: He only said that after he hammered us too hard.

@John Krewson: But, dude, the world revolves around California! Even those silly CAFE people know that!
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Mad_Science
06/30/09

@Flathead Smith: Well, more like you're entitled to 1/350,000,000th of 60% of all the cars they make.

Assuming they make 10 million cars this year, that's 1.7% of 1 car.
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MushyHeirloom
06/30/09

@Mad_Science: I'll take the driver's seat.
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maximum-sienna
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
Seeing that it's opposite day, Jalopnik likes them a CUV, I think Cadilac should pay me to take one off their hands, seeing as I already payed for them to stay afloat against my will.
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wohho
06/30/09

@maximum-sienna: your cognitive dissonance is deafening. The US government used your tax dollars to buy stock in GM to keep them from going bankrupt, the only way the taxpayers will ever get their money back is if GM does well and turns profits. As a taxpayer, I would like my money back, so i'd rather they not pay you to take an SRX, I'd rather they sell like gangbusters and make a bunch of money.
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maximum-sienna
06/30/09

@wohho: So, if I read that right, I need to wait for a bunch of people to buy these, then ask for them to pay me? Got it.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@maximum-sienna: Umm...yes.

The only way that GM is ever going to stand a snow cone's chance in Satan's spicy burrito-filled bowels of paying back any of the money that "loaned" to them is to sell cars.

There is, in fact, a certain logic to it.
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leavethegun-takethecannoli
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
Are you guys serious. I would definitely buy one.

It's the Cadillac of cross-overs!
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Flathead Smith
06/30/09

@leavethegun-takethecannoli:Here's a question: Lets say you had a really nice car like a Rolls Royce, and it was a cross-over, would it be the Cadillac of Cross-Overs too?
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MushyHeirloom
06/30/09

@Flathead Smith: "Let's say you had a really nice car... and it was a cross-over..."

Could Flathead Smith please come to floor 4A, Department of Impossibilities, Flathead Smith to 4A, thank you.
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Flathead Smith
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
I like the side ways air vents, but I do have question. What is the black box to the right of the engine with the three cables? I'm pretty sure it's IBM or Cray mainframe computer, but I thought I would ask just to be sure.
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Ben Wojdyla
06/30/09

@Flathead Smith: It's actually a really clever subassembly, contained in one box is the various control modules on top and the battery below, also, the housing prevents attachment of the negative ground cable to the battery to make it impossible for people jump starting the car to do it wrong.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@Ben Wojdyla: Was Diddles involved in the quality testing of that piece?
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KTown_WhiteBoy
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
I'm not sure why I read all that.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@KTown_WhiteBoy: Because you are sitting at work bored, and would much rather read an interesting article about a new car than flirt with Perkins in the next cubicle over?
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dwegmull comments for the purpose of obscurity
06/30/09

@KTown_WhiteBoy: Maybe because you are "obsessed with the cult of cars"?
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Maymar
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
So it's decent, and that's all good and fine for a vehicle I'll never own. But if this compromises the CTS wagon, we're going to have to have words.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@Maymar is (insert recent meme here): It's already been established that it won't.
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Maymar
06/30/09

@pauljones: Well, GM doesn't plan on doing anything to compromise it. But, compare the number of 3-series wagons to X5s, and ask yourself if GM's that commited to what's going to end up a niche vehicle on account of the general public.
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Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
06/30/09

@pauljones: Depends on what we mean by "compromise the CTS wagon"

1. Detract from the CTS wagon's inherent capabilities? No.

2. Cannibalize the CTS wagon's marketspace within 2-3 years? Most likely.

Summary: CTS wagon, get 'em while they're hot.

I really feel that, in order for wagons to gain more traction here (apart from CAFE), manufacturers need to offer them without a reasonable substitute.
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pauljones
06/30/09

@Ash78: What you said.
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MushyHeirloom
06/30/09

@Ash78: I like that the SRX doesn't suck, so that if I find one at a great price eight or ten years from now it won't be complete rubbish. But I would like the CTW to be cheaper, at least, to lure away some of those folks who aren't buying it just for the image.
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ApolloV
06/30/09

@Ash78: I doubt it makes good business sense to not offer cars in a segment people want.

Instead, the next time a relative or co-worker says they're about to buy a crossover SUV (if you've allowed a friend or immediate family member to buy one you've failed) call them an ignorant slut and educate them about the superiority of a wagon. And if it's a Mercedes GLK or X3 they're planning to buy, slap them upside the head a few times as well.
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MushyHeirloom
07/01/09

@ApolloV: So this lady, I know... her name's Jane, and she's thinking of buying a new crossover.
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pauljones
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
No bikinis?
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Quattro-luvr
06/30/09

In reply to 2010 Cadillac SRX: Part Two
This is good news for GM, but all it makes me want is a CTS-V.
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Tossed Accord taco salad over Malibu face
06/30/09

@Quattro-luvr:

CTS-V would be better... if they released the body to match the current gen...

Otherwise.. its a just doesnt work.

And somehow.. 400hp from a Caddy.. just doesnt strike me.
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
06/30/09

@Tossed Accordtaco salad over Malibu: Uhm, have you been in a ditch for a year? The current (2nd generation) CTS-V has 550 hp, and is the current gen...

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