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I want one! ]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:01AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/Nov 9th 2007 10:02AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/
You would think that a company that is reclaiming the "Standard of the World" would make that aspect of the vehicle more competitive.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:11AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/Nov 9th 2007 10:12AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/Nov 9th 2007 10:15AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/Nov 9th 2007 10:19AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/
The upgrades to this thing cost very little, and GM will sell every single one they build (with ridiculous margin).

BTW, GM is also developing the Volt, Two-Mode, Clean Diesels and these at the same time.

It is possible to multi task you know.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:23AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/
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I'm a fan of American... trust me, but the main difference is that while Toyota pawns off high-margin SUVs, they have the Prius and Yaris TODAY... while GM is still developING...

Check out what the market thinks... Toyota has a market cap of almost $200 Billion, while GM has a market cap of $18 Billion. Why do you guys think that is?
http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GM
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There is a market for Yaris and there is a market for these types of vehicles. If Toyota was dominating this segment, the likes of you would have no gripe.

All Hail the King of Bling!!!]]>Nov 9th 2007 11:38AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/
Here's an excerpt from GM's latest SEC filing:

"Accordingly, consolidated net loss was $39 billion and $38 billion for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2007, respectively. Loss from continuing operations before income taxes, other equity income and minority interests was $3.3 billion for the third quarter of 2007, compared to $1.2 billion for 2006."]]>Nov 9th 2007 11:59AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071102/NEWS03/711020334

I pasted this link so you can see how GM is doing in the business of selling cars. I do not care to get caught up in the game of three-card monte that most major corporations refer to as accounting & bookkeeping.

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Companywide, GM sold 310,008 vehicles last month, up from 301,117 in October 2006. The figures are unadjusted, calculating the percentage change in the total number of vehicles sold in one month compared with the same month a year earlier.

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Some automakers report percentages adjusted for sales days. There were 26 sales days last month and 25 in October 2006.

All Lansing-made vehicles saw sales gains, with the CTS and Enclave drawing special praise from GM.

"Cadillac CTS and Buick Enclave have two of the fastest turn rates in the industry," said Mark LaNeve, vice president of vehicle sales, service and marketing for GM North America. "It's products like these that have enabled us to buck recent industry trends."

A turn rate is the length of time it takes to sell a vehicle.

According to Automotive News, there was a 21-day supply of the Enclave as of Oct. 1.

That means that if no new Enclaves were made, it would take 21 days for GM to sell out of its supply of the vehicle. A 60-day supply is considered the automakers' target.

And a Buick spokesman said Wednesday there are 1,300 people on a waiting list to buy Enclaves.

Even so, GM said last month it would end third-shift production at the Lansing Delta Township plant in what officials said was an attempt to bring supply in line with demand. The move will lay off 1,000 people at GM and hundreds more at local parts supplier plants.

With 4,244 Enclaves, 6,120 Acadias and 2,458 Outlooks sold last month, the crossover vehicles made at Lansing Delta Township helped generate a more than 320 percent increase in GM's mid-crossover segment, the carmaker said.
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I also really do like it that they have gotten away from sitting on a ton of inventory.
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- hip-hop
- overpaid athletes with "no taste"
- rappers with "no taste"

I could make the inference that posters who make these points have no imagination, but what good would it do? I'm sure Sheriff Rob or one of his protoges will be in any time now to fulfill his destiny.]]>Nov 9th 2007 10:32AMhttp://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/http://www.autoblog.com/2007/11/09/bling-maximum-2009-cadillac-escalade-platinum/Wudchu like ta bounce wit' da brotha that's Platinum..."]]>Nov 9th 2007 3:39PM