I just saw a Chrysler 300 ad where the 300 pulls up next to a CTS (that they make look puny) while the voiceover talks about their exciting (but barfy)styling. The lady in the CTS looks out and visualizes herself behind the wheel of the (ugly) 300. I think the ad backfires because the 300 looks even worse when contrasted with the CTS.
I just saw a Chrysler 300 ad where the 300 pulls up next to a CTS (that they make look puny) while the voiceover talks about their exciting (but barfy)styling. The lady in the CTS looks out and visualizes herself behind the wheel of the (ugly) 300. I think the ad backfires because the 300 looks even worse when contrasted with the CTS.
Okay, the styling may be subjective (hey, some people wouldn't know car design if it ran them over), but as for the things that can be measured:
Our V6 bests theirs.
Our V8 bests theirs.
Our handling bests theirs.
Our <insert any other performance measurement> bests theirs.
They can make their sheetmetal look like anything they want, but at the end of the day, it's still a Cadillac versus a Chrysler. No contest, I would say.
Of course, with this new commercial and the recent one with the Lincoln LS comparing itself to the CTS, Cadillac should be flattered. Standard of the World? It's nice to see companies chasing Cadillac again.
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Long after a great work has been done, those who are disappointed or envious continue to cry out that it cannot be done. Spiteful little voices in the domain of art were raised against our own Whistler as a mountebank, long after the big world had acclaimed him its greatest artistic genius. Multitudes flocked to Bayreuth to worship at the musical shrine of Wagner, while the little group of those whom he had dethroned and displaced argued angrily that he was no musician at all. The little world continued to protest that Fulton could never build a steamboat, while the big world flocked to the river banks to see his boat steam by.
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That which is great makes itself known, no matter how loud the clamor of denial. That which deserves to live, Lives.
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When I first saw a Chrysler 300, I thought it was a CTS. It bears more than a casual resemblence to a CTS. It's like when the Russians came out with their space shuttle and it looked almost like the U.S. shuttle. Whoa!
Okay, the styling may be subjective (hey, some people wouldn't know car design if it ran them over), but as for the things that can be measured:
Our V6 bests theirs.
Our V8 bests theirs.
Our handling bests theirs.
Our <insert any other performance measurement> bests theirs.
They can make their sheeymetal look like anything they want, but at the end of the day, it's still a Cadillac versus a Chrysler. No contest, I would say.
Of course, with this new commercial and the recent one with the Lincoln LS comparing itself to the CTS, Cadillac should be flattered. Standard of the World? It's nice to see companies chasing Cadillac again.
As much as my entire family loves Cadillacs, I love the 300! We have several on the lot and wil be test driving!
The V6 in the 300/Touring/Limited is a 3.5 L High Output SOHC 24 valve SMPI rated at 250 hp @6400 rpm, and 250 lb-ft of torque @ 3800 rpm.
I thought that was more than the base CTS?
My Stepdad has ALWAYS bought GM cars. He is 67 years old. He has had :1955 Chevy
1958 Chevy
1961 Olds Dynamic 88 (I believe)
1971 Olds 442 (w-30)
1978 Chev truck (still mint!)
1979 Nova (still mint!)
1979 Olds "98"
several more and 2 Cadillacs.
THE ONLY Chrysler that he has ever commented on positively was when I showed him the new 300C. He LIKED IT! Something I have never heard him say about ANY Chrysler! My point, there is something people like about this car (subjective yes) so don't knock it too bad. At least it's American, built in Canada. Good for our economy and yours. Is a Lexus?
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When I first saw a Chrysler 300, I thought it was a CTS. It bears more than a casual resemblence to a CTS. It's like when the Russians came out with their space shuttle and it looked almost like the U.S. shuttle. Whoa!
