How long will it take for someone to rip GM about this? I’m not in the market, but I like this car. Not really expensive, but a comfortable ride.

Publicity stunt much. Who cares.

Question is, did he buy any stock in GM?

How is this a publicity stunt? Since when has Warren Buffet ever done cheap marketing gimmicks?

He bought this Cadillac with his own money, without being asked or consulting with GM. He simply chose out of his own free will to replace the aging Lincoln he has been driving.

He faxed Wagoner a note that praised him for being “candid, composed, and rational” in his discussion of problems GM faced that weren’t of his making, and added a P.S.: “I don’t buy cars very often, but the next one will be a Cadillac.”

Wagoner wrote back offering to help Buffett with the purchase, but it wasn’t necessary. Buffett dispatched his daughter to a nearby dealer so that he could, as he put it, “cast one vote for the guy.” She picked out a DTS–a sedan that is the model of choice for senior-citizen drivers and starts at $41,990. “I think I’ll become a car salesman, because I would have no trouble selling this car to anyone,” Buffett says. “I’m behind GM 100%.” In case you were wondering, he paid cash.”

Kirkorian has a couple of shares.

Publicity stunt? Why are we only hearing about it almost 2 months later?

Good for GM… Buffet could have bought “anything” he imagined, but he chose a Caddy. Mr. Buffet, thanks for standing behind the RED, WHITE, & BLUE.

I would have bought one too, if I was in my 60’s and can afford one. I don’ t like GM, but I do like the recent Caddy’s they put out.

The more shocking news, Billionares drive?

Even more shocking news, this one drove a aging Lincoln.

Even more shocking someone bought a Lincoln.

Impressive (rolling my eyes). A man with a net worth of $43 Billion (thats 43 followed by 9 zeros, billion with a “B”) purchasing a car worth 43K is not much of a statement. That is 1/1 Millionth of his net worth. That is like taking the 72K I make a year and splurging on a $0.07 cent piece of candy. Quite literaly a drop in the bucket for him. Want to show support Warren, buy a whole fleet of cars for your extended family including children, nephews, nieces, grandkids. Or fund a Chevy-based NASCAR team. Or offer to invest in new manufacturing technology.

Hit me with the ugly stick, hit me.

Hey #9 do you know what Buffets license plate says?
THRIFTY so buying a new car is a big deal.

“Despite his immense wealth, Buffett is famous for his unpretentious and frugal lifestyle. He continues to live in the same house in Omaha he bought in 1957 for $31,500. His chairman’s salary from Berkshire Hathaway of $100,000 per annum is extremely modest by corporate American standards.”

For someone who dines at dairy Queen, drives little, and believes he can sell me a Caddy … try and convince those who have been failed by GM, and their are many, that this should reassure them that all should be forgotten and forgiven.

And don’t give that **** about him being loaded, blah, blah, blah.

The B.S. that monkey above delivers re: the red, white and blue is nonsense. Hey, anyone coming to the rescue for the States is welcome news, eh monkey?

Being rich doesn’t mean you know anything about cars

Show me a Cadillac World Class enough to compete with the new Mercedes-Benz S-Class or BMW 760iL. Cadillac is not far enough upmarket yet. Buick could occupy the postion most Cadillacs do at the moment.

Conclusion: Warren Buffett is not a car enthusiast.

#9 wasn’t the Saturn brand supposed to be an investment in new manufacturing technologies and working practices?

Warren I bet you $43 billion you couldn’t sell that car to me

“Conclusion: Warren Buffett is not a car enthusiast.”
No one said he was. The MB model mentioned cost twice as much, the BMW nearly 3 times as much.

Dean your just a bitter little man looking for confrontation where ever you go.

“Conclusion: Warren Buffett is not a car enthusiast.”
No one said he was. The MB model mentioned cost twice as much, the BMW nearly 3 times as much.

Dean your just a bitter little man looking for confrontation.

tm whats cost got to do with it? Cadillac should be competing with them. They cost more because they are so much better

tm I said SHOW ME A CADILLAC WORLD CLASS ENOUGH, you can’t because there isn’t one, and nowhere did i say that the DTS was suitable competition for any Mercedes-Benz or BMW

Actually, “tm” I’m probably bigger, and I don’t mean fatter, than you … probably far more intelligent than you … and am willing to defend myself more than you when attacked by monkeys like yourself …

But thanks for that waste of time.

Having firsthand experience with GM products in the 80s (dad had a 1980 Seville and I had a 1982 Trans Am) I can honestly say that my experience turned me off to GM for a very long time. These 2 cars spent more time at the dealer’s repair shop within a 4 year period than the 8 cars I’ve owned since 1985 combined. However, GM cars have improved in leaps and bounds and I’m even considering giving GM another change (’06 GTO 6 speed). The new Caddies may not be anywhere near MB S-class or BMW 760 levels, but since they cost a fraction of what the Germans do, nobody should expect them to compete mano a mano either.

“tm whats cost got to do with it? Cadillac should be competing with them. They cost more because they are so much better”

You can’t compare a $100k car to a $41k car. Might as well compare a bicycle to a skateboard. The MB and BMW cost more because they cost more to build, engineer, parts, everything radar cruise control all the tech goodies. Eventually Cadillac will have a competitor to the LS class, S-class, and 7-Series. Compare an STS to a 5-Series. Cost is close and they are true competitors.

You guys just don’t get it! Cadillacs should cost as much as those cars and should compete tete a tete. Reducing the price of a crap product so it doesn’t compete with anything else is a lame way of getting out of competition, it’s the same excuse as to why the corvette isn’t as good as a 911 because it costs so much less. Please tell me with what does this car compete exactly?

You guys just don’t get it! Cadillacs should cost as much as those cars and should compete tete a tete.”

So should Acura raise the price of an RL to $85k and call it a day?

what has Acuras RL got to do with anything?

No they should build a product that they can sell for $85K

Cadillac DTS’s are not enthusisasts cars. The only people who will be impressed with this glorified GM piece of garbage is the 80 year old hot mama’s down at the PigglyWiggly. Or the fogeys at Bingo night.

Shocking news! An 80 year old man bought a Cadillac DTS! I can’t believe it!

Wow, big deal! Warren switched up his Lincoln Towncar for a Caddy. The sacrifices that billionares have to make. (If I spelled billionare wrong its because I don’t know much about billionares.)

You people are funny as ****! Some of comments sound like they come from 10 year old, which you probably all are.

LOL!!

I’m amused they he bought what will be (hopefully) known as the last FWD Caddy.

I like this Caddy and look forward to it’s return to RWD with an AWD option !

Dean – ever notice that you and a poster named RAS bring up “intelligence” and “monkeys” a whole lot in your posts ? What are ya Brother’s ?

What a way to throw away his hard earned intrest on his billions of $. Mr. Buffett must not know much about cars. The Cadillac DTS is a friggin’ fugly POS. From the back the DTS looks like a late 1980’s Chrystler LHS.

Yup, my brother from another mother.

All we’re doing is uncovering the truth … there are A LOT of monkeys here and NOT MUCH intelligence.

The bell curve my friend … we are positioned at the far right with very few others having an IQ higher than 130.

Im at 139/140 but i love pretending that I’m dumb

I misread the title of this article and thought it had got so bad at GM that Warren Buffet is offering vouchers for Cadillacs. Is Warren related to Phoebe?

#15: conclusion: you don’t know what you’re talking about either. How’s that? :-/

This just doesn’t matter, just cause this guy supports GM means nothing to me, GM sucks, its going down the ****ter, and him buying a quaint little DTS effects nothing. Thanks but, i just dont give a ****

Heres the thing… If you don’t give a ****, why would you even bother to post? Don’t waste your time, and don’t waste mine.

whoa where to start? cadillac dont have to increase the price of their cars to compete with bmw and mb really someone who buys either of them has to much money and dont really know what to do with it mercedes hasnt made a good looking car since the 53 gull wing cadillacs are not the prettiest cars on the block and no near as fugly as a mb and man dont get me going on a bmw ultimate driving machine my ass more like ultimate marketing concept that for some reason some people believe i seen the 911 mentioned porsche had to learn the hard way that pushing the $$ appeal or snob factor doesnt last for long and had to go back to the performance side again i think they wwere down to 500 or 5000 units sold in north america before thay decided to rethink their strategy as for the vette saying it dont compete uh your not paying attention some models of the vette blow the doors off supercars at half the cost read a review on one or two or 3 thhey all usually come to the same conclusion world class car at a decent price

tm said: “do you know what Buffets license plate says?
THRIFTY so buying a new car is a big deal.”

Anyone who shells out $ to have a vanity license plate is not thrifty.