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Yep, let's design cars to be like the 1920s. Never mind aerodynamics, safety considerations, or drivability.
You apparently missed my point... or not.
No, not 1920s, I was thinking more like the 1960s when Cadillacs looked like Cadillacs. And there was a real choice in models (a 2-door hardtop, a 4-door hardtop, a 4-door sedan, a convertible, a brougham, a FWD coupe, a 9-passenger sedan and a 9-passenger limousine).
I GUESS I JUST DON'T LIKE CADDY, thruth be known :p
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Originally Posted by Fleet
It looks nothing like the Cadillacs of yesteryear. If by yesteryear, you mean pre-1980s Cadillacs.
It looks no more gaudy and overdone than a modern Mercedes or BMW.
no no lol. i mean exactly '80's Caddy's. i understand Cadillac has a rich and storied history in the automotive world. but since its part of GM and the company lost its way a bit, i guess the same would hold true for its primary luxury brand
the last Caddy i remember getting excited about was when the new Seville was released in '92. not because it was such a great car, but because it was a huge step in what i consider the right direction. but as usual GM just rested on its laurels with it, let its powertrain become outdated, and freshened the interior to look like a Lexus knock off. then they threw the thing away :/
who knows, maybe it will one day return? if in name only
also i drove a '95 Deville regularly in '97. miserable, miserable land yacht if ever there was one. two ways to drive that car...forward and backward lol
so far as this Caddy? well, i don't like the interior. thats what i meant to call gaudy and overdone. the exterior looks like a Caddy on steroids. its not offensive, i just don't care for the "American Luxury Muscle" styling. just make it elegant
but um, back to those interiors. you mention Mercedes and BMW being just as lacking aesthetically. but i beg to differ!
no no lol. i mean exactly '80's Caddy's. i understand Cadillac has a rich and storied history in the automotive world. but since its part of GM and the company lost its way a bit, i guess the same would hold true for its primary luxury brand
the last Caddy i remember getting excited about was when the new Seville was released in '92. not because it was such a great car, but because it was a huge step in what i consider the right direction. but as usual GM just rested on its laurels with it, let its powertrain become outdated, and freshened the interior to look like a Lexus knock off. then they threw the thing away :/
who knows, maybe it will one day return? if in name only
also i drove a '95 Deville regularly in '97. miserable, miserable land yacht if ever there was one. two ways to drive that car...forward and backward lol
so far as this Caddy? well, i don't like the interior. thats what i meant to call gaudy and overdone. the exterior looks like a Caddy on steroids. its not offensive, i just don't care for the "American Luxury Muscle" styling. just make it elegant
but um, back to those interiors. you mention Mercedes and BMW being just as lacking aesthetically. but i beg to differ!
nice and elegant
beautiful, understated
um...
A '95 DeVille is hardly a land yacht... it isn't really a big car.
I didn't say the interiors of Mercedes and BMWs are lacking aesthetically, I said that the interior of Cadillacs are no more gimmicky, overdone or gaudy then than the interiors of Mercedes and BMWs.
Of all the things, I'm not sure why everyone's on about the digital dash. It's becoming commonplace to have a digital dash that mimics analog gauges. Not sure why that is or why that's supposedly any better than just having an actual analog dash, but that's the case. Never heard anyone complain about it before. And no, this isn't the same as the digital dash of the 80s as some have intoned, with the big stupid LED readouts like a digital calculator that were hard to pull any information from except your present speed.
I'm still not a fan but I'm glad to see Cadillac finally starting to iron out some of the hard creases from its erstwhile "roughly hewn from a solid block" design language.
but um, back to those interiors. you mention Mercedes and BMW being just as lacking aesthetically. but i beg to differ!
nice and elegant
If you're going to post interiors of the Mercedes and BMW...don't post their most expensive model as an example. The XLS is not competing with the 7 Series and S-Class...comparing apples to oranges. The E-Class, 5 Series would be better competition.
Of all the things, I'm not sure why everyone's on about the digital dash. It's becoming commonplace to have a digital dash that mimics analog gauges. Not sure why that is or why that's supposedly any better than just having an actual analog dash, but that's the case.
Not that it'll be needed i this vehicle, but it moves faster, somethineg you need in a car like the LF-A, where the revs go up and down faster than an analog gauge can keep up with.
Personally I love it, I can't help but think of all the possibilities this creates.
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Originally Posted by SpeedyAZ
If you're going to post interiors of the Mercedes and BMW...don't post their most expensive model as an example. The XLS is not competing with the 7 Series and S-Class...comparing apples to oranges. The E-Class, 5 Series would be better competition.
no no lol. i mean exactly '80's Caddy's. i understand Cadillac has a rich and storied history in the automotive world. but since its part of GM and the company lost its way a bit, i guess the same would hold true for its primary luxury brand
the last Caddy i remember getting excited about was when the new Seville was released in '92. not because it was such a great car, but because it was a huge step in what i consider the right direction. but as usual GM just rested on its laurels with it, let its powertrain become outdated, and freshened the interior to look like a Lexus knock off. then they threw the thing away :/
who knows, maybe it will one day return? if in name only
also i drove a '95 Deville regularly in '97. miserable, miserable land yacht if ever there was one. two ways to drive that car...forward and backward lol
so far as this Caddy? well, i don't like the interior. thats what i meant to call gaudy and overdone. the exterior looks like a Caddy on steroids. its not offensive, i just don't care for the "American Luxury Muscle" styling. just make it elegant
but um, back to those interiors. you mention Mercedes and BMW being just as lacking aesthetically. but i beg to differ!
nice and elegant
beautiful, understated
um...
In my opinion, the Cadillac's interior looks far better.
Anyway, I like the car.
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I GUESS I JUST DON'T LIKE CADDY, thruth be known :p
