Comments on: Turbo Testing http://cadillac.gmblogs.com/2009/08/07/turbo-testing/ Cadillac News Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:32:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Ralph L http://cadillac.gmblogs.com/2009/08/07/turbo-testing/comment-page-1/#comment-825 Ralph L Thu, 13 Aug 2009 23:37:24 +0000 http://cadillac.gmblogs.com/?p=733#comment-825 I don't see the point of using the 3.0 V6 unless you want to force the performance-minded to pay several thousand more for the turbo. You risk losing potential customers who hear or discover that the standard engine is only adequate but don't care to buy all the bells and whistles of the Turbo model. The manufacturing cost (and EPA mpg) of the 3.0 and 3.6 must be nearly identical. I gather the 3.6 is too much engine for the Haldex AWD, since they aren't combined on the LaCrosse, either. So offer the 3.6 with FWD only, and the AWD with the Turbo only, and drop the 3.0 if you want to keep it to two engines. What kind of oil life can people expect with the turbo? I don’t see the point of using the 3.0 V6 unless you want to force the performance-minded to pay several thousand more for the turbo. You risk losing potential customers who hear or discover that the standard engine is only adequate but don’t care to buy all the bells and whistles of the Turbo model. The manufacturing cost (and EPA mpg) of the 3.0 and 3.6 must be nearly identical.

I gather the 3.6 is too much engine for the Haldex AWD, since they aren’t combined on the LaCrosse, either. So offer the 3.6 with FWD only, and the AWD with the Turbo only, and drop the 3.0 if you want to keep it to two engines.

What kind of oil life can people expect with the turbo?

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