Same as Cadillac....little invested...gone and forgotten. AKA, a flop. Meanwhile GMC makes a luxury version of their truck that sells well enough to continue at the top of their market plans.
Ford did the same with the LT,as they did with the first Navi. Just a badge job at first...to test the market....little did they know they would start a new segment. Ford did the same with LT... just a badge job, didn't take off? Oh well, little invested in it.
The Cutlass name was first used on the 1954 V8-powered Oldsmobile sports coupe concept that was about the size of the future F85, where Cutlass was the top trim in 1961. All the permutations (Supreme, 4-4-2, International Series, Ciera, ad nauseum) started in 1964 when Cutlass became the model name, and ended in 1999.
1954 Oldsmobile Cutlass Sports Coupe Concept:
Their use of aluminum in body bits and pieces will also be impacted...
https://news.yahoo.com/entertainment/celebrity/articles/diane-keaton-famed-roles-father-184255872.html
Interesting comment from an established source concluding that new Bolt will be significantly slower in acceleration because new electric motor has much less torque, or “a lot less shove to get it off the line”. They acknowledge power is up from 200 to 210 HP, but point out that torque is way down from 266 to 169 lb-ft.
This is great example of how good engineering may be influenced by marketing and the belief that motor torque means more than it actually does. The new Bolt may accelerate slower because vehicle weighs more, or some other factor, but huge decrease in motor torque taken out of context isn’t a big deal. I wonder how engineers today go about doing their jobs when they sometimes know that their work will be misunderstood and incorrectly criticized, and that it may even affect sales. Just seems wrong.😑
1) many vehicles are like this now. While I agree, I'd still rather have the fixed glass than a regular solid roof.
2) at least they're not pulling a Tesla and literally putting a headliner over the glass like on that new "standard" model Y.....