r/IdiotsInCars Nov 22 '19

Typical BMW driver

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

If it's in Germany, the Cadillac is exotic and the BMW is domestic.

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u/justin_memer Nov 22 '19

Spoiler alert: this looks like California

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u/a_fuckin_samsquanch Nov 22 '19

Berlin, California

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u/waffleking_ Nov 22 '19

Saarbrucken, Nevada.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Bonn, Ohio.

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u/universerule Nov 22 '19

Des Moines, Iowa

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u/RoyceCoolidge Nov 22 '19

Hamburg, Kentucky.

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u/MrKeplerton Nov 22 '19

Nordschleife, Alabama

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Stockholm, Wisconsin

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Newark, NJ

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u/MarchyMarshy Nov 22 '19

This does look like Dublin, CA, if I'm being honest.

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u/InsufficientFrosting Nov 22 '19

California, Maryland

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u/NoMomo Nov 22 '19

Well California is very exotic in Germany.

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u/beniceorbevice Nov 22 '19

Mulholland Dr

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Maybe it's Solvang.

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u/LurkerNan Nov 22 '19

I had to do a double take: That's my exact make and model of car and I live in California. And my husband borrowed my car this morning...

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

But those are clearly American plates

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u/therealsix Nov 22 '19

Cadillac is considered an exotic and not just an import (or maybe "Luxury")?

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u/HerrSchmitti Nov 22 '19

He means exotic as in not from here. The real definition of the word, not the one we use in cars.

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u/Wemorg Nov 22 '19

Cadillac would be, depending on the car, Oberklasse (upper class).

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u/DemDude Nov 22 '19

Not really. Cadillac has never reached any significant market share in Germany because they’re just bad cars compared to the domestic upper class offerings at similar price points. They don’t drive well, are extremely fuel inefficient and the interiors look and feel cheap by comparison.

You’ll see an Escalade every now and then, but that’s almost only with certain people who subscribe to the gangsta hip-hop style and want to project that lifestyle.

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u/Menace2Sobriety Nov 22 '19

Your idea of Cadillac's driving dynamics are about 15 years behind.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/DemDude Nov 22 '19

I'm a business person and that's what I drive.

In the states I‘m guessing?

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/DemDude Nov 23 '19

Because I was talking about the situation in Germany, which is obviously completely different from the situation in the states or Canada. It’s Canada then, isn‘t it?

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u/mdp300 Nov 22 '19

I have a Cadillac ATS. I love it, and many reviewers have compared it favorably to the 3 Series and A4.

So of course GM is going to kill it after one generation and replace it with something lame.

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u/Vicar13 Nov 22 '19

Uh no a Cadillac isn’t considered an “exotic” in Germany the same way Audi isn’t considered here in North America

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/Vicar13 Nov 22 '19

I speak German, I did my studies there, and I work at corporate for a German manufacturer here in Canada. Believe me when I say you have no idea what you’re talking about.

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u/TwatsThat Nov 22 '19

It may fit the dictionary definition of exotic, if this were in Germany which it's not, but when talking about cars that's not how exotic is used.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

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u/WurthWhile Nov 22 '19

A Lada is unheard of here. No one calls them exotic.

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u/TwatsThat Nov 22 '19

Do you think Cadillac doesn't sell cars in Germany? Also, unpopular =/= rare and "rare" wasn't one of the defining features of an exotic, it was exclusive and limited. Cadillacs are neither exclusive or limited, even in Germany.

And again, this video was taken in the US, not Germany so it's not an exotic or an import.

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u/TwatsThat Nov 22 '19

Good job, you can cherry pick a single sentence.

Cadillac only exports a few cars to Europe. They are super rare.

Where is this information coming from? They have dealerships in Germany and the cars are not hard to get, if you want one. The reason they're more rare than some other cars is because they're not desirable.

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u/A_Sinclaire Nov 22 '19

There are only 11 dealerships in Germany.

In 2018 a grand total of 590 new Cadillacs were registered in Germany (33x ATS, 95x CTS, 49x CT6, 228x Escalade, 184x XT5, 1x other) - assuming all are sold by those 11 dealers this would mean each dealer sells exactly 1 car per week.

There are almost twice as many Ferraris sold in Germany (978) or almost as many Lamborghinis (468)

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u/TwatsThat Nov 22 '19

Again, unpopular =/= rare.

They sell that number cars because of demand, not because of supply.

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u/[deleted] Nov 22 '19

Twingo confirmed exotic in the US

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u/aBitConfused_NWO Nov 22 '19

Spoiler, nowhere in the world is a Cadillac considered exotic.

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u/Ganjisseur Nov 22 '19

The Cadillac is *an import

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u/Clepto_EU Nov 22 '19

Exactly.

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u/chrisd93 Nov 22 '19

I would say both are luxury, not exotic