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General Motors North America President Mark Reuss discusses Cadillac’s latest entry into the luxury automobile market.
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-- introduced at the LA auto show and Jeff Flock is -- with a special guest who got that Jeff.
I have got the president of General Motors that's all I've got out got perhaps more importantly even that the president General Motors I've got.
What mark the XDS.
It's it's a beautiful -- -- creditors and only this.
-- and you go like this because I know you like big cars you don't wanna make in these you know hybrids and electric cars all the stuff this is a throwback.
They want to take on the world.
With this car.
That is to say Mercedes BMW.
All the world competitors.
I think you know this is a car that we probably haven't had the lineup ever here for Cadillac and it's got a lot of technology and and -- -- electronic limited slip it's Adam.
Three point six -- 300 horse B six with direct injection from but more importantly is the safety technology.
In the new driver interface are introducing on the -- the -- used -- to to give every.
Give somebody what anybody else can get which again universities which -- -- to -- -- -- -- you haven't gone -- to him with and with them.
In some ways because of price your prices been below -- you said you're not -- on a worry about that anymore or you're gonna price competitively with them and give people.
Anything they can get anywhere -- -- I mean in the cars that we go head to head with them Jeff you know the new HUS is coming now go ahead with a three series.
That the next -- CTS we'll we'll go head to -- with the five series and we're looking at something that goes head to head with the seven series.
This cars quite different from that this it's -- a customer and you know a market segment.
Worldwide that really no one else is attacking and so it's it's a bigger package I'm even though the cars of it is roughly the same -- -- -- seven series that.
The package -- in the trunk and the rear seat is is quite good.
So there's a lot of things here that that other people aren't doing that we're going to attack and lastly this is something mom's side when it -- -- -- money.
There are no offense to the Chevy spark or other smaller cars -- you just can't make as much money -- Chevy spark you can sell -- The Cadillac next -- well that's right I mean if you look at the different segmentation -- the General Motors covers here -- around the world and you know we're gonna have different profit and and and price points and -- profitability on each one of those cars so.
-- that's that's that the nature of being a global company him and we're we're really hitting stride was similar -- -- course president of G.
Promoters we had -- on the -- turntable there a moment ago.
And his life has been on a turntable since stake in this job.
But I did a good way to if you -- only need to do -- get that stock price -- brand -- anyone tell anyone I was gonna get the fundamentals -- jets to -- starts with the current -- Jeff I tell you what I want -- either as a European I won't the American -- ride I want that smooth comfortable easy movement on the roads I don't wanna hear anything from the inside of the -- Can mr.
Royce give me that -- backed off.
Mark I think that's a great question and as a European I'm I'm encouraged that you.
Value some of you know that the American approach to right now handle -- and and noise and vibration.
This car has something called hyper -- and piper -- is a very unique geometry for the front suspension.
It will give you also.
Magnetic ride control the fastest reacting right control in the industry.
In fact Ferrari has taken that technology and broaden of their cars after Cadillac introduced -- so can we can we do that yes we can.
OK you salzman.
I'm just not quite sure of the price point badly -- sold in March Royce that we thank you very fortunate Jeff good stuff thanks a lot on the price point we -- -- -- yet but we're price and a perimeter -- right now.
Fifty and I know you don't feel it's gotta be 50000 and above hasn't it is going to be fifty ground lost right.
-- I can't answer that right now we're just not done we're not done northern.
If so why it's a great -- are rolling test -- so -- -- you're gonna get you before but if -- -- more than that Chrysler minivan Stewart they don't not the Chrysler a bit minivan at best dog best vehicle -- -- -- -- -- a -- but don't tell mr.
-- that.
-- -- it thank you very much okay that was excellent stuff Patricia affected but.
