FenwickHockey65's Great Thread of GM Knowledge

[CamaroSkooter]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

A Hemi in a Sierra Denali.

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.

Oh yeah, Denali AutoZone special!

[FenwickHockey65]

The guy posted it to GMC's Facebook super proud and everything.

[Hurst]

Wonder if the 2016+ Cruzes will come equipped with the Home Link system. All my other Chevy's have it. It would be a nice addition. Present models don't have it.

[DF454]

When is the Traverse/Acadia/Enclave platform due for a refresh?

[FenwickHockey65]

Originally Posted by DF454

When is the Traverse/Acadia/Enclave platform due for a refresh?

MY2017. Lambda is dead, they move to a version of E2XX known as C1XX. Supposedly there will be some interesting things going on with that platform like an Acadia/Acadia XL.

[FenwickHockey65]

http://media.gm.com/media/us/en/gm/n...-navistar.html

GM and Navistar reach medium duty truck partnership.

[FenwickHockey65]

North American Car of the Year Short List:

BMW 7 Series
Cadillac CT6
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Volt
Honda Civic
Kia Optima
Mazda MX-5 Miata
Nissan Maxima
Toyota Prius

North American Truck/Utility of the Year Short List:

Ford Edge
Honda HR-V
Honda Pilot
Hyundai Tucson
Jeep Renegade
Kia Sorento
Lexus RX
Mazda CX-3
Nissan Titan XD
Tesla Model X
Toyota Tacoma
Volvo XC90

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

North American Car of the Year Short List:

BMW 7 Series
Cadillac CT6
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Volt
Honda Civic
Kia Optima
Mazda MX-5 Miata
Nissan Maxima
Toyota Prius

North American Truck/Utility of the Year Short List:

Ford Edge
Honda HR-V
Honda Pilot
Hyundai Tucson
Jeep Renegade
Kia Sorento
Lexus RX
Mazda CX-3
Nissan Titan XD
Tesla Model X
Toyota Tacoma
Volvo XC90

Odds look good for GM to get another NACOTY. I doubt the Camaro or CT6 will make it to the round of finalists though.

[FenwickHockey65]

Here come the Cadillacs...

[DGthe3]

So, based on Cadillac's naming structure the future cars are probably CT2 (x2), CT4, CT5 (x4), CT6, XT2, XT4, XT6, XT7, XT8?

I am liking that naming scheme less and less ... and I never that fond of it to begin with

[ssrs2lt]

Wow that's a lot different, can they really handle it? Today's overall line isn't exactly setting the world on fire.

[fielderLS3]

Originally Posted by FenwickHockey65

North American Car of the Year Short List:

BMW 7 Series
Cadillac CT6
Chevrolet Camaro
Chevrolet Malibu
Chevrolet Volt
Honda Civic
Kia Optima
Mazda MX-5 Miata
Nissan Maxima
Toyota Prius

North American Truck/Utility of the Year Short List:

Ford Edge
Honda HR-V
Honda Pilot
Hyundai Tucson
Jeep Renegade
Kia Sorento
Lexus RX
Mazda CX-3
Nissan Titan XD
Tesla Model X
Toyota Tacoma
Volvo XC90

Interesting list. Did you notice that there are only 2 actual trucks on the truck list? And that the (shorter) car list has more RWD platforms than the (longer) truck list?

[KMPrenger]

Its really hard to me to believe that GM is investing that much time/development/money into the Cadillac line....that is a LOT of new Cadillacs. I believe the brand is great, but I also feel like it is not selling like it needs to be to sustain that large of a lineup, but I hope I'm wrong, and I hope the brand continues to sell more, and regain the respect I think it deserves.

[DGthe3]

Originally Posted by KMPrenger

Its really hard to me to believe that GM is investing that much time/development/money into the Cadillac line....that is a LOT of new Cadillacs. I believe the brand is great, but I also feel like it is not selling like it needs to be to sustain that large of a lineup, but I hope I'm wrong, and I hope the brand continues to sell more, and regain the respect I think it deserves.

With a bigger lineup, they'll be able to sell to a greater variety of customers. Most of the expansion is in crossovers/SUVs, which Cadillac is in desperate need of. For whatever reason, people seem to love crossovers. If you've only got 1 in your lineup, you are going to be missing out on a lot of potential customers. And in the cars, the 4 'tweeners' look like they might all be variants of a single model (presumably coupe, sedan, convertible, and V) so its not as big of an expansion as it looks like.