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Buy/Drive/Burn: Very Expensive Luxury SUVs From 1990

Our last couple of Buy/Drive/Burn posts covered two different flavors of compact Japanese SUVs from the 1990s. Today we branch out and review larger, luxury-oriented SUVs hailing from places other than Japan.

Twelve miles per gallon? That’s plenty.

Corey Lewis Aug 19, 2019

Rare Rides: The SUV Oddity Which is a 1998 Laforza

Which SUV looked like a 1995 Range Rover at its debut in 1984, but was less reliable and more expensive?

Why, it’s a Laforza of course.

Corey Lewis Jun 17, 2019

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Fred All I got say is hold on to that steering wheel when the power comes on.
Fred Good opportunity to make a racing series for SUVs
Wjtinfwb Agree on Caddy interiors, except the Escalade, that looks the business. But the CT and XT ranges are bland, cheap and uninspiring. The exteriors could use some help as well. CT sedans look more like a Volvo or maybe Infiniti product than a high-end American car. Base powertrains leave a lot to be desired as well. CT5's base 2.0L 4 is rough, gravelly and not a very enthusiastic engine for a sport sedan. The V6 and V8 are astounding but drive the base price way up. The 2.0 is more acceptable in the smaller CT4 which is 12k less than the CT5 and the CT4 offers the 2.7L Colorado engine which should provide substantially more thrust than the 2.0 but may be even rougher. I've owned a couple Cadillac's in my life, neither were exceptional or left a longing for another one. Looks like the current lineup is more of the same.
Arthur Dailey I really had no respect for these when they were in production. However now, nearly 20 years after they ceased production, I still see these on a daily basis. Usually being driven by small contractors. Still being alive and ticking, and useful after taking that type of abuse does earn my respect. What is the phrase about GM products, that they run badly but continue to run badly when most of their competition is no longer running?
Mike Beranek When they assembled those in Italy, the grill was in Tuscany while the fins were in Calabria.

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