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I wonder how many Europeans would trade their car for a Cadillac anyway, they're not very popular here because of fuel consumption and size.

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I'm actually extremely surprised that you can buy a Cadillac in EU at the moment, since Chrystler and Dodge stopped selling all of their cars in EU few years ago citing lack of interest - but apparently you can order a brand new CTS-V or an Escalade in the UK? http://www.cadillac.co.uk/v-series/cts-v-series.html

I've literally never seen a cadillac over here, except for a few US left-hand-drive imports.

And yes, an Escalade looks almost comical on UK roads, it's just too big by every measure.

I used to think Range Rovers were large in the UK until I went to NYC where it suddenly looked like a toy compared with the giant 4x4s they drove. How on earth anyone could survive being hit by one is beyond me - the radiator grill was chest height.

"I'm actually extremely surprised that you can buy a Cadillac in EU at the moment, since Chrystler and Dodge stopped selling all of their cars in EU few years ago citing lack of interest - but apparently you can order a brand new CTS-V or an Escalade in the UK?"

Cadillac is produced by General Motors.

On my most recent trip to Zurich I saw cadillacs and chevy camaros, etc., out driving around.

They are crap cars but I think there's some counter-cultural cache that they possess in a place like that.

I'm an American and I wouldn't consider trading my Toyota Prius for a Cadillac. If someone was going to give me one, I might, maybe.

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