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- JDA1982
Ofcourse, badge snobery is a cow to get around if you happen to fall victim to the negative side of it. And that alone I reckon makes this car already a lose to it's German rivals even if it ends up being a better car. Not that I think it will, but the if is there.
Hell no, if the power is put to good use and is part of a car that we actually consider to be good, we will like it. But in a big sallon that's no easy feat that even AMG don't always succeed with. If it's your typical American car comes to Europe case of it's quick but no that great, then we will hate it. As for not liking brutishness, for want of a better term. How can the continet that gives you TVR, Marcos, Porsche, Lamborghini, Pagani, Weismann and more be considered people who would not like the "brutishness of the car". We adored the Monaro and we adored the VXR500 version even more, with it's extra power.
Simply put, we love brutal cars, but they have to be good cars. For an American car to be considered good here, it has to really be at least on a par with the higher level rivals it will compete against. See the C6 Corvette for proof that this can happen. It's just a very rare thing for an American car to be sold over here that actually manages that. Then you have the American car market as we generally see it now.
The American Focus, not as good as the European one. Take the next range of Satuns, all based on the decidedly average range of Vauxhalls we've had for the last 4 or so years. Take the last line up of Cadillacs, they lacked the handling, build quality and refinement of their prestige rivals. But there's something else and it's not to be confused with that badge snobbery, and that is passion. Before you think I'm talking about European cars being built with passion and American cars not, just keep your cool, because I'm not. What I'm talking about is having a passion for the cars around you.
Here in the UK we have a hell of a lot of small sportscar companies, many offering several models. A large number of thoes by all rights, are below average cars. but a passion for thoes lightweight, small, nimble, soul stirring sportscars takes them to a level where thier faults are far outweighed by your connection to them. This passion can extend to general cars built in your country, or eevn your continent. Naturally, there's very few people in Europe who have any kind of passion what-so-ever for Caddilacs, in the US I'm sure there's a lot of European cars that many Americans don't have a passion for, but take the classic muscle cars for example, by all rights they wern't very good cars, but the emotional response you can get from seeing, hearing, sitting in or even driving one is immense.
I would love for this car to be really good, because it will only create a more competetive market and better cars again the next time around. However, I've never once seen a Cadillac come close to it's rivals over here, there is simply nothing for me to base any idea that this car will be great on. Looks wise, it's interesting but pretty ugly imo, performance wise, we don't really car if it's quicker than the M5 or not. It should be, so if it is, so what. The big ? is whether it's a great car or not, a good American car won't cut it, a great one has a chance.
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