New Cadillac Website - Page 2

sledgehammer777 · 10-22-2009, 08:28 AM

As a software and web-site developer I know first-hand that before a new site goes to poroduction, it is often made available on a test basis. This test site normally has an obscure URL in order to limit it visibility to non-testers and is normally on a slower server or slower connection for both testing performance for people on slower connections and due to cost of hosting it on the big production server clusters most of these sites are on. With that said, I think the site is very nice and I like the whole global thinking of the site.

70eldo · 10-22-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by powervette

well, the European GM NA web pages haven't been updated for two years now. They behave like they wanted Cadillac to fail.

Cadillac Europe DID fail...
There is no export to Europe anymore until they figure out a new concept and a new importer in Europe. The euro website is a sad reflection of that situation.

holdendriver · 10-22-2009, 08:55 AM

In my only other post I said this and I will say it again. A RWD only strategy for sedans and coupes just at Cadillac will fail. Especially at those price points. Even the most diehard GM fan will have to ask themselves whether BMW is a better value. Cadillac will be stuck with rebates.

(I am saying this as a present owner of a 2008 Tahoe Hyrbid, a 2004 gto, and a 1973 corvette.)

davidlane · 10-22-2009, 09:12 AM

I went to the CTS portfolio, choose sedan and was greeted by starting at $36K and change, as shown $50K and change, and the image never loaded. Somehow a company that can't get their website to function correctly, several dead links, expecting me to spend $50K on a CTS has lost touch with reality, IMO.

goatgary · 10-22-2009, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by davidlane

I went to the CTS portfolio, choose sedan and was greeted by starting at $36K and change, as shown $50K and change, and the image never loaded. Somehow a company that can't get their website to function correctly, several dead links, expecting me to spend $50K on a CTS has lost touch with reality, IMO.

Uhhh....news flash. The guys that design and engineer the cars don't design the web-site.
If GM was a city (and it IS larger than most), its kind of like saying the
new park doesn't have enough benches so I don't trust the metro trans line to run on time and therefore the city has lost touch with reality.

neshapop · 10-22-2009, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by davidlane

I went to the CTS portfolio, choose sedan and was greeted by starting at $36K and change, as shown $50K and change, and the image never loaded. Somehow a company that can't get their website to function correctly, several dead links, expecting me to spend $50K on a CTS has lost touch with reality, IMO.

Try pricing for Canada, with taxes and freight base model is around $47K Cdn.

BumbleBee · 10-22-2009, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by neshapop

Try pricing for Canada, with taxes and freight base model is around $47K Cdn.

I know I was looking at that yesterday as we are going to purchase a new car next year and I was trying to convince my wife to skip the NOX and lets go for the CTS or possibly the CTS wagon but their prices have jumped big time.

Why or when did this happen? They have not added any significant content to the new model year so where is the price hike coming from? Anyone have any thoughts?

GM can't just move the price point because they think it was under-priced in the first place. Throw some stupid content on the vehicle then move the price up. From a retail strategy this makes very little sense!

70eldo · 10-22-2009, 10:01 AM

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Originally Posted by BumbleBee

I know I was looking at that yesterday as we are going to purchase a new car next year and I was trying to convince my wife to skip the NOX and lets go for the CTS or possibly the CTS wagon but their prices have jumped big time.

Why or when did this happen? They have not added any significant content to the new model year so where is the price hike coming from? Anyone have any thoughts?

GM can't just move the price point because they think it was under-priced in the first place. Throw some stupid content on the vehicle then move the price up. From a retail strategy this makes very little sense!

I can only guess, but your economy hasn't improved yet (cash value) and the CTS has some added standard features compared to the former year?

joemac · 10-22-2009, 10:13 AM

The value of the USD has been dropping like a rock. Biggest contributor to this is our government printing money for more and more government programs and organizations. Unfortunately commodities based on the USD adjust for the devaluation with a price hike. Oil, steel, all going up in price to adjust for the dollar getting weaker. That's at least one factor, but maybe not all. The increase material costs get passed to the consumer. In the end we're all poorer cause the dollar doesn't buy as much as it did previously that is unless one got a nice jump in wages to simply compensate for the difference.

1957wildcat · 10-22-2009, 10:13 AM

They better quickly update Buick's website. It still has the line, "Take a Look at Me Now" and doesn't mention the Regal (the least they could do is show a Regal under "future products" / "coming soon" or whatever).

BumbleBee · 10-22-2009, 10:21 AM

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Originally Posted by 70eldo

I can only guess, but your economy hasn't improved yet (cash value) and the CTS has some added standard features compared to the former year?

On the contrary 70eldo, our economy and specifically the dollar has improved more then our government or the Bank of Canada would have liked. In fact they are coming up with ways to slow down rapid rise of our dollar.

I just don't understand where the nearly $2000 price hike came from. From the sounds of it, from other posters on this forum, it has also gone up in the US. Is that correct?

PAULSTS1 · 10-22-2009, 10:27 AM

I attempted it this morning and it did not work!

iluvcamaros · 10-22-2009, 10:29 AM

GM should have hiked the price of the CTS. A BMW 528i starts at 45k. That is still 9k more. The CTS should really be more like 40k. They need to prepare for the ATS, which ought to target the 32k BMW 328i. The CTS is still too close to that. I really don't want to see a Cadillac in the 20k range.

Cadillac needed to move upmarket, the low 30s are Buick/GMC territory. Only the ATS should be "cheap". I'm going to pretend that the SRX doesn't exist even though I like it. 33k is too cheap for a Caddy SUV. An Enclave is more expensive than that.

YupYupYup · 10-22-2009, 10:38 AM

New logo came up on mine. Maybe working on it as we speak.

YupYupYup · 10-22-2009, 10:41 AM

The show the PROVOQ in the "Concept/ Future Vehicles" section. WTF? Isn't already the SRX?? Okay, okay, it is the HYDROGEN version but really...

Cadillac, please make sure your site is ready before displaying it to the world.

10-22-2009, 08:28 AM	#16 (permalink)
sledgehammer777 Walking Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 3	Re: New Cadillac Website As a software and web-site developer I know first-hand that before a new site goes to poroduction, it is often made available on a test basis. This test site normally has an obscure URL in order to limit it visibility to non-testers and is normally on a slower server or slower connection for both testing performance for people on slower connections and due to cost of hosting it on the big production server clusters most of these sites are on. With that said, I think the site is very nice and I like the whole global thinking of the site.

10-22-2009, 08:55 AM	#18 (permalink)
holdendriver Walking Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 2	Re: New Cadillac Website In my only other post I said this and I will say it again. A RWD only strategy for sedans and coupes just at Cadillac will fail. Especially at those price points. Even the most diehard GM fan will have to ask themselves whether BMW is a better value. Cadillac will be stuck with rebates. (I am saying this as a present owner of a 2008 Tahoe Hyrbid, a 2004 gto, and a 1973 corvette.)

10-22-2009, 09:12 AM	#19 (permalink)
davidlane 4.6 Liter Northstar V8 Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,594	Re: New Cadillac Website I went to the CTS portfolio, choose sedan and was greeted by starting at $36K and change, as shown $50K and change, and the image never loaded. Somehow a company that can't get their website to function correctly, several dead links, expecting me to spend $50K on a CTS has lost touch with reality, IMO.

10-22-2009, 10:13 AM	#24 (permalink)
joemac 3.6 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 1,014	Re: New Cadillac Website The value of the USD has been dropping like a rock. Biggest contributor to this is our government printing money for more and more government programs and organizations. Unfortunately commodities based on the USD adjust for the devaluation with a price hike. Oil, steel, all going up in price to adjust for the dollar getting weaker. That's at least one factor, but maybe not all. The increase material costs get passed to the consumer. In the end we're all poorer cause the dollar doesn't buy as much as it did previously that is unless one got a nice jump in wages to simply compensate for the difference. Last edited by joemac : 10-22-2009 at 10:15 AM.

10-22-2009, 10:13 AM	#25 (permalink)
1957wildcat 2.4 Liter SIDI ECOTEC Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 344	Re: New Cadillac Website They better quickly update Buick's website. It still has the line, "Take a Look at Me Now" and doesn't mention the Regal (the least they could do is show a Regal under "future products" / "coming soon" or whatever). __________________ B U I C K The new class of world class

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10-22-2009, 10:27 AM	#27 (permalink)
PAULSTS1 6.0 Liter L76 V8 Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Belmont Hgts., CA Drives: 98 Cadillac STS 09 Avalanche/CLS (Bus) Posts: 2,417	Re: New Cadillac Website I attempted it this morning and it did not work! __________________ Anticipating Movie: Anything in Blu-Ray --my new Favorites Star Trek Movie 2009 and Quantum of Solace"

10-22-2009, 10:29 AM	#28 (permalink)
iluvcamaros 3.0 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: May 2004 Location: South Carolina Drives: 2001 Chevy S10 4x4 Posts: 728	Re: New Cadillac Website GM should have hiked the price of the CTS. A BMW 528i starts at 45k. That is still 9k more. The CTS should really be more like 40k. They need to prepare for the ATS, which ought to target the 32k BMW 328i. The CTS is still too close to that. I really don't want to see a Cadillac in the 20k range. Cadillac needed to move upmarket, the low 30s are Buick/GMC territory. Only the ATS should be "cheap". I'm going to pretend that the SRX doesn't exist even though I like it. 33k is too cheap for a Caddy SUV. An Enclave is more expensive than that. __________________ Last edited by iluvcamaros : 10-22-2009 at 10:40 AM.

10-22-2009, 10:38 AM	#29 (permalink)
YupYupYup 3.6 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,092	Re: New Cadillac Website New logo came up on mine. Maybe working on it as we speak.

10-22-2009, 10:41 AM	#30 (permalink)
YupYupYup 3.6 Liter SIDI V6 Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 1,092	Re: New Cadillac Website The show the PROVOQ in the "Concept/ Future Vehicles" section. WTF? Isn't already the SRX?? Okay, okay, it is the HYDROGEN version but really... Cadillac, please make sure your site is ready before displaying it to the world. Last edited by YupYupYup : 10-22-2009 at 10:42 AM. Reason: .

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