Agent001 submitted on 5/8/2012 Official Bell & Ross Timestamp: 12:52:55 PM
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We need to start by discarding the idea that you can beat the Germans by imitating them and charging more for the imitation than the original costs. The path to victory for Cadillac isn’t a racetrack in the Black Forest. What’s next: putting free boxes of Pocky in the glove compartment of the ATS to win over Infiniti M56 intenders? Stop imitating. Stop being fake. Do something authentically American with the product.Don’t get me wrong. Cadillac doesn’t have a tenth of the credibility that Alden or Oxxford have. Thirty years of dumping sewage on your customers have seen to that. Still, there’s romance and magic in the Cadillac name despite your best efforts, despite the ATS, despite the children-and-luggage-only backseat of the STS, despite the entire interior of every product you sold for at least two decades. Cadillac still means something to some people.Let us provide the reverb here (Sorry Jack for the musical reference...but we had to)...Cadillac, I you HONESTLY think you're gonna beat the 3-Series with this ATS then all is truly lost.It sure better drive better than the quality of materials we saw at the Detroit Auto Show unit on display.Build something unique...the ESCALADE of sedans...with your OWN identity and watch the comeback happen.And a shoutout to our friends at TTAC.A sincere thank you for joining us here at Auto Spies all these years and TELLING THE TRUTH AND GIVING REAL OPINIONS.And we urge ALL readers to support sites like our and there and anyone else out their willing to do the same.Because you can count the ones that do on one hand.Every where else, the FIX IS IN.2012 Detroit Auto Show Photo GallerySpies, discuss....Read Article
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TTAC has been a beacon of independant car journalism and everyone from Bertel to Jack are the proof that there is hope for some of us who genuinely love unbiased and creative automotive writing at it's best.Autospies is not TTAC, not even close. Let me put it this way, TTAC is to automotive journalism what Franzen is to the modern american novel.You guys are Craigslist — Hoorayforpeepee (View Profile)
TTAC has been a beacon of independant car journalism and everyone from Bertel to Jack are the proof that there is hope for some of us who genuinely love unbiased and creative automotive writing at it's best.Autospies is not TTAC, not even close. Let me put it this way, TTAC is to automotive journalism what Franzen is to the modern american novel.You guys are Craigslist
— Hoorayforpeepee (View Profile)
Posted on 5/8/2012 4:30:47 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 4
Oh come now, don't you think you are being a bit harsh? Sans the witty commentary, well written humorous articles, real reviews with actual performance data, and website that isn't so bogged down with ads that it is actually navigable, Autospies is just like TTAC. — cdoke (View Profile)
Oh come now, don't you think you are being a bit harsh? Sans the witty commentary, well written humorous articles, real reviews with actual performance data, and website that isn't so bogged down with ads that it is actually navigable, Autospies is just like TTAC.
— cdoke (View Profile)
Posted on 5/9/2012 1:17:02 PM | | Votes: 1
When you are original, you must be the winner most of the time, when you just imitating them , that's true you just tell us you are a part of the losser side or part is the rest irrelevant thing in ours live. Why Cadillac wants to become BMW now. Interesting and embarrassing,be your brand , be our name and feel proud of it. Make good quality things and American proud of it.— pepito66 (View Profile)
When you are original, you must be the winner most of the time, when you just imitating them , that's true you just tell us you are a part of the losser side or part is the rest irrelevant thing in ours live. Why Cadillac wants to become BMW now. Interesting and embarrassing,be your brand , be our name and feel proud of it. Make good quality things and American proud of it.
— pepito66 (View Profile)
Posted on 5/8/2012 5:35:31 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1
Americans are the geniuses of creation. They're resourceful. They can pull off the impossible. They're ingenious. Don't believe me? Crack your history books and see how quickly they rebuilt a decimated navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor in WWII. Recall the Kennedy administration who challenged the nation: "...before the decade is out, to put a man on the moon and bring him safely back." It's a nation of people who have done the impossible, time and time again.But it appears that some Americans have also grown fat and lazy after enjoying unprecedented success and world dominance. So what gives?I am of the opinion that Americans do astounding things when their back is against the wall, and they *must* succeed, or die. Ask a country called France what vastly outnumbered Americans can do against well-entrenched, well-fortified occupying forces. They're freakin' amazing!And in my belief that Americans are awesome (that's awe-inspiring, in the literal sense) when they are fighting for their lives, also I believe that giving them hand-outs is a disincentive to them to finding their own way, and rising to glory.So next time GM comes to feed at the trough, let them know this is a war. They are fighting against foreign competitors. An "enemy" that's already on your turf, well-entrenched, and who is eating your lunch. If you want to take it back from them, get on your feet, soldier, and fight for your life! Fight for your right to be the best there is, or die where you stand, with your hand out, waiting for another hand-out.— Steve (View Profile)
Americans are the geniuses of creation. They're resourceful. They can pull off the impossible. They're ingenious. Don't believe me? Crack your history books and see how quickly they rebuilt a decimated navy after the attack on Pearl Harbor in WWII. Recall the Kennedy administration who challenged the nation: "...before the decade is out, to put a man on the moon and bring him safely back." It's a nation of people who have done the impossible, time and time again.But it appears that some Americans have also grown fat and lazy after enjoying unprecedented success and world dominance. So what gives?I am of the opinion that Americans do astounding things when their back is against the wall, and they *must* succeed, or die. Ask a country called France what vastly outnumbered Americans can do against well-entrenched, well-fortified occupying forces. They're freakin' amazing!And in my belief that Americans are awesome (that's awe-inspiring, in the literal sense) when they are fighting for their lives, also I believe that giving them hand-outs is a disincentive to them to finding their own way, and rising to glory.So next time GM comes to feed at the trough, let them know this is a war. They are fighting against foreign competitors. An "enemy" that's already on your turf, well-entrenched, and who is eating your lunch. If you want to take it back from them, get on your feet, soldier, and fight for your life! Fight for your right to be the best there is, or die where you stand, with your hand out, waiting for another hand-out.
— Steve (View Profile)
Posted on 5/8/2012 6:35:45 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1
"outside of US" Oh 001, you so funny!!! You ever read the titles of 009 posts?— Maulvader (View Profile)
"outside of US" Oh 001, you so funny!!! You ever read the titles of 009 posts?
— Maulvader (View Profile)
Posted on 5/8/2012 8:08:04 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 3
Why is the only thing that dwarfs the size of that hideously cheap looking transmission selector the Big Gulp eating cupholder?While I applaud TTAC for calling out Cadillac on some obvious issues with the soon to be launched ATC, dropping a V8 in the car is not going to solve those problems either.— MorePower (View Profile)
Why is the only thing that dwarfs the size of that hideously cheap looking transmission selector the Big Gulp eating cupholder?While I applaud TTAC for calling out Cadillac on some obvious issues with the soon to be launched ATC, dropping a V8 in the car is not going to solve those problems either.
— MorePower (View Profile)
Posted on 5/9/2012 2:54:41 AM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1
me too!— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)
me too!
— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)
Posted on 5/9/2012 3:15:37 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1
TTAC has some of the worst, opinionated pieces, with absolutely no backing or proof of their statements. They are an example of what professional journalism is not...— ThierryHenry14 (View Profile)
TTAC has some of the worst, opinionated pieces, with absolutely no backing or proof of their statements. They are an example of what professional journalism is not...
Posted on 5/10/2012 4:10:24 PM | reply to this comment | Votes: 1
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