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General Motors is including an iPad with the 2013 models of the Cadillac XTS, in the hopes of acclimating owners with the luxury vehicle's CUE infotainment system and other features. The company hopes that customers will find the interactive experience helpful in getting the most out of their vehicles. Cadillac's head of customer experience, Mark Harland, told Wired Magazine that Cadillac wants "to be the leader in customer experience." The luxury carmaker is rolling out online and dealership-based initiatives to help owners with their new gadgets. "We need to think about helping [owners] with the learning curve. Even if you get a walk-through at the dealership, you’re going to forget about a lot of the features. And we want the customer to learn about CUE on their own time," said Harland. The XTS is meant to replace Cadillac's DTS. The DTS' predecessor, the Deville, had an age demographic of 69. No doubt Harland is mindful that baby-boomers may feel overwhelmed by Cadillac's promising system. Want to Pique your CUEriosity? There's an app for that. The iPad will come preloaded with the OnStar Remotelink and myCadillac apps as well as a program that is a CUE simulator. Owners can learn the system's functionality without making accidental changes to their own vehicle's CUE system. Cadillac is training 25 "connected consumer specialists" that will be teaching dealers on the brand's infotainments systems. Each dealership will be required to have at least two 'experts' on hand to assist customers with their vehicle's systems. In addition, a call centre dedicated to CUE is being set up. Should customers still have trouble with their systems, a specialist will come directly to their home. Sources: Wired, Autoblog View full article

I'd totally rock this, even at that price. A Duramax swap would be great, but unnecessary. The 6.5 is perfectly fine. They're the only Hummer I like, because you can throw a dirt bike in the box and easily clamber up some trails.

Seriously? You people are recommending Vega's and Chevelles? To somebody that isn't your worst enemy? Did 4/20 get pushed back to May 5th?

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I believe vehicles and driving should be a right. The government should supply everyone with a Chevrolet Spark EV, which will give everyone the opportunity to drive. As a bonus, it will accelerate electrification and eliminate hydrocarbons in transportation.

Why are two pedals red? Did you bludgeon a person using the (conveniently missing) gas pedal?

BMW pics now plz!

I'd think it'd be possible. Canada's standards are very similar to America's, if not identical.

It's odd that they've generated so much brand-equity with their powersports divisions, but that hasn't translated to their cars. Honda has done it with aplomb. But I guess Hayabusa riders won't find SX4's terribly exciting.

After the suspension work, I rode it into early winter. It has since stayed in storage since I haven't had the time to get it sorted out. That'll change by the beginning of May, I think. But I will say that it was smooth sailing up until it was parked.

Is it just me or has the HTML formatting gone wonky recently?

People say the 500 and the Smart will tip over in wind. Yet these vehicles travel on the Autobahn at high speeds and are passed by semi-trucks that create huge amounts of turbulence... I can't recall one instance where either vehicle has tipped over. Of course, that never happened to SUV's. What sub-compact is better looking than a 500? The Scion iQ? Chevy Spark? Toyota Yaris?

Ugly? I guess it's in the eye of the beholder. I'd argue the 500 is one of the best looking cars introduced within the past several years and not just in its own class.

I've a couple questions. Are these people trading in their current hybrids for gas-powered vehicles? Or... are they people that are buying another vehicle to go add to their garage? While still retaining their hybrid? In any case, hybrids were always a panacea. But electrification is not. ICE's had bumps in the road, too.

But the Lincoln's are underwhelming, inside and out, and on the road. People will buy an FWD luxury car if it's a good vehicle, or perceived to be one. Lexus sold over 3,000 ES' last month. The Cadillac will have its niche. The one at my auto show had a lot of interest. A guy in his 30's told me that it's the perfect car - it'll handle rough roads comfortably and he'll get to work and back in a classy car, with a sumptuous interior. It's not my kind of vehicle. But it should do fine.

But those people are the ones that go 'HURR DURR TEH ALL WHEEL DRURRVE IS NOT RURR WURR DRURRVE BIURRSED."

Thanks for the advice. It's what got published, and your advice got me 95% on the related assignment!

How would one back up an entire webpage/forum like C&G for personal reference? Export via PDF?

Sooo, the same people that Subaru targets? Flannel-clad lesbians with even worse taste than the typical flannel-clad lesbian?

Seriously? The old car looks like it was conceived on a Country Kitchen Buffet napkin during the 5:30 senior special.

Wow that isn't blatent copying of a Mercedes steering wheel!

That would be geek heaven. But wouldn't Bluetooth restrict more bandwidth intensive programs? When my tablet is tethered via BT, it's woefully slow.

There would need to be universal standards and runtimes for this to be feasible. But a seamless HTML5 experience that allows a driver to interact with their vehicle would be nice. That said, I think it's tablet hardware and software that will make its way into vehicles, not the tablets themselves. For example, RIM's QNX division has been hard at work implementing its software into vehicles - many of them already use the OS. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/aRZQHZ9umQ4" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Incorporating this would allow seamless operation between a Blackberry or Android or iOS product. What would be great, is the ability to set a route using Google or Bing Maps, complete with waypoints. Then the smartphone/tablet would beam the information to the car, having the route set as soon as the driver starts the engine. No need to continuously fiddle with a 4" screen. Then they leave the car to walk the extra distance, the information goes right back to the tablet, recalibrated. Cloud-sourced music would also be a great feature. Save your music on a cloud service like iCloud or SugarSync and then your playlist is with your car, wherever you go. No tablet, mp3 player or CD's required. That could be taken a step further using streaming radio services or programs like Slacker. If you're on the road and hear a song you like, you can quickly purchase it while driving and have it immediately sync'd to the playlist.

I think the advertising serves two other purposes. One is to show up the 'Who Killed the Electric Car' nuts and people who have it in for GM. The other is to counteract the more recent assault on the Volt by the political right in America that (incorrectly) view the vehicle as some kind of machination of Obama's presidency.