What's Wrong With This Picture? Less Than The Sum Of Its Parts Edition

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  • Bunkie Bunkie on May 02, 2009

    Cadillac version... Now that the laughter has died down, consider the idea. With the death of the XLR and the lossy margin on the Sky and Solstice, a revamp of the Kappa (perhaps with the new 2.8 DI V6 assuming it would fit) might make a very nice mid-30s Caddy roadster. It would certainly fit with the plans to take Cadillac somewhat downmarket. Don't offer a Buick or Chevy version. And before that idea gets dismissed out of hand, what matters is how many Cadillacs get sold and at what profit margin. The past is dead, all that matters is sales success in the future. Cadillacs are stylish, performance-oriented cars that are upmarket enough to be considered by upper-middle-class buyers. Over time they can move back upmarket if they can build a Lexus-like reputation.

  • Paris-dakar Paris-dakar on May 02, 2009
    In fact the Kappa is more like a Corvette light with hydroformed rails and all. Shares a ton of driveline components with the Sigma also.
  • Robert.Walter Robert.Walter on May 02, 2009

    wsn : "Aston Martin used to be like that. But of course they hired Brits and it was insanely expensive." Reminds me of an iterview (I think) Carrol Shelby gave years ago, where he said that was how the body panels on the Cobra were made ... except the Alu-beaters were "all a bunch of drunks, working in sheds under the railway bridge" (or something close to that...) I smile everytime I look at a Zillion-dollar Cobra, and wonder what those drunks had any clue of the beauty and value they were whacking out at the time...

  • Bytor Bytor on May 02, 2009

    Sure Caddy version makes sense. Cadillac needs a smaller platform. I here talk of a FWD smaller Cadillac. Boo. Use this platform after you fix it of course. Seriously, A Caddy can't have the horror show of a top and trunk that the Kappas have. So it would have to grow to have a trunk (golf clubs) and proper top and maybe styling like the Converj.

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