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Styling sells cars, along with gadgets.  Few buyers are interested in anything mechanical beyond illusions that some makes are more reliable than others.

Right now my i s c & a aggie wife is looking for a new car.  She's torn between another convertible, an SUV, or maybe even a Jeep.

She really loves her convertible but would prefer a retractable hard top over a ragtop, which has us looking at the BMW 4-series convertibles.

She also likes the Toyota 4Runner as a potential SUV-- I'd be cool with that, since it has an optional 3rd row, is available in 4WD, has decent towing (it could pull my boat but not my RV),  and I think it's even built on a truck chassis though I haven't investigated that one.

The Jeep is the least practical overall, but man they're fun.  My brother has a really cool one and I've been jealous ever since he bought it!

My wife was never a vanimal (her term). When we needed it, she drove a Tahoe.

I'm gonna stick with the sedans.

I had sedans after the minivan era.  They felt like they handled on rails, both were CTS'.  The wife thought it was just too big for city traffic, and we both like manual transmissions.  So, we had the last one, which was a beautiful car we thought, for only four years.

Oddly enough, my main complaint about the CTS was that it had a fairly harsh ride.

The C8 ZR1 version which will come later is rumored to have 1000 horsepower.  If anywhere near that, it will be a supercar with the appropriate tires.

kinda crazy to me how GM/Chrysler are producing cars for $70k-100k with 1000 hp that put up track times that rival the times put up by the Euro super cars that cost $300k+.
I wonder if Cadillac and Lincoln will ever be able to regain their status as premier luxury brands in the US. They produced too much garbage throughout the 80s, 90s, and early 2000s while Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, and Audi just completely overtook their market shares. And now Telsa is eating into it as well with 9% US market share in luxury vehicles- which is much higher than Lincoln or Cadillac- and really the only thing stopping Tesla from having even more of that market share is their production capabilities- they can't produce enough to meet demand. And also the infrastructure for EV charging stations really isn't where it needs to be yet. When or if Tesla can actually produce enough to meet demand in a timely manner and if/when EV charging stations become just as common as gas stations- Tesla could probably have double that Luxury market share.
The only Cadillac I think is any nice is the Escalade. Their  That's a beautiful truck. Lincoln hit it out of the park with the new Navigator and the new Continental. Much like Cadillac, their other offerings leave a lot to be desired.

And now Telsa is eating into it as well with 9% US market share in luxury vehicles- which is much higher than Lincoln or Cadillac- and really the only thing stopping Tesla from having even more of that market share is their production capabilities- they can't produce enough to meet demand. And also the infrastructure for EV charging stations really isn't where it needs to be yet. When or if Tesla can actually produce enough to meet demand in a timely manner and if/when EV charging stations become just as common as gas stations- Tesla could probably have double that Luxury market share.

Not sure Tesla is in good shape right now... I think their problem is not producing enough to meet demand, as I think demand is in trouble because most people who want [and can afford] a Tesla already have one, and their ability to produce the $35K model at a profit is highly questionable.
They're flailing like a fish on the pier right now, and I'm not sure they're going to find water again.