LogFAQs > #913119591

Allow me to explain. Once upon a time, Cadillac was called "the standard of the world". There was a phras like "the cadillac of watches" (rolex) or "the cadillac of pens" (mont blanc). Then GM decided to rebadge a chevy cavalier (basically the 80s version of the chevy cruze) and call it the Cadillac Cimarron... it killed the brand's reputation!

Cadillac vowed to never do that mistake again. Only to have the new Cadillac Escalade's interior look like this:

https://cars.usnews.com/static/images/Auto/izmo/i45863886/2018_chevrolet_suburban_dashboard.jpg

Kidding! That's the chevy. This is the caddy:

https://www.cadillac.com/content/dam/cadillac/na/us/english/index/vehicles/2019/crossovers-suvs/escalade-esv/gallery/lm/vehicles-escalade-esv-gallery-interior-02-l-m.jpg?imwidth=1200

But that is not the stupidity I am referring to now:

Remember the 2000s? US Automakers put all their eggs in one basket in the 90s, the SUV basket. Cars are out, SUV's are in. Then the economic meltdown happened and SUVs were too expensive and so was their fuel. People stopped buying SUVs and the big 3 automakers had nothing to sell. They were caught with their pants down and paid dearly for it.

Fast forward to today... turns out that Ford and Chevy are pretty much stopping all car sales and focusing on... SUVs. GREAT IDEA! Even Cadillac will become a SUV brand now.

The US will be left with no automakers, Chrysler is now Italian (and in life support), VW wants to buy Ford and... Chevy are dumbasses.

It makes me angry.