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Originally Posted by dd74
It's time you emerged from the 1970s and 80s. There have been Cadillac models in our extended family for the last 25 years, and not a single one has caused undue mechanical, electrical or otherwise engineering issues. The CTS I know of has over 60,000 miles and has never had an issue. On a day-to-day driving, it easily compares with anything any German manufacture produces.
Consumer and car magazines continually test the CTS (as an example) in comparison with the C-series Mercedes and the 3-series BMW.
Others to consider: the Ford Taurus SHO, the Impala, the Fusion and dearly departed Pontiac G8.
You're missing out because of your myopic vision of American cars as less than par. It seems now that the race track is the only place that distinguishes BMW from American sedans (the CTS, Taurus SHO and Pontiac G8, have already eclipsed the M-B C-series in performance driving). But really; a 4,000-pound family sedan at the race track? Get a Formula Ford for that sort of driving.
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Coming from someone who makes a living with a wrench, and has for over 20 years, I would not own one. I would also put one against my C-Class for fit finish and repair history and how well they compare after 100k each. As with any product there is good and bad, I just find that there is more bad from the big 3 than anywhere. I am also tired of domestics constantly, year after year building stuff that we are told that we want.
I should also mention that I quit racing a few years ago, so my opinions are based on a daily driving point of view and a repair opinion.