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I've been thinking this is EXACTLY what GM needs to do. Be the first one in the high-efficiency luxury car business. There's a huge advantage to being the first mover - think about the Mustang. Forever in the lead in the ponycar biz, no matter how bad Ford tried to kill it.

An electric Caddy. It seems perfect - absolute silence, massive torque. And the Volt's already got a wide stance, which will provide tons of Cadillac grade elbow room. And it has a long wheelbase for its length, which should make for a nice ride. All of these ingredients should make for a great Caddy.

And I bet you could charge a cover-the-cost price for it as a Caddy. And the poster above has an (almost) great idea: name it the Ampere. Sounds elegant, means electric. Perfect.

The extra cost of a Cadillac variant would be minimal within the context of the Volt program. Just differentiate it adequately.


A further thought: the Volt's a halo. If you can spread the light from the halo wider, so much the better.