Archive for the 'Cadillac' Category

Akerson says GM will build Cadillac models outside North America by end of 2012

Wednesday, June 8th, 2011

Automotive News is reporting that General Motors will begin to manufacture Cadillac vehicles outside of North America by the end of next year. Dan Akerson, GM CEO, says the move is part of an overall strategy to make the Wreath and Crest a truly global brand. Right now, Cadillac vehicles are manufactured only in U.S. and Mexican facilities, [...]

Video: Cadillac CTS-V Wagon has its top speed probed by The Smoking Tire

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

The Cadillac CTS-V Sport Wagon is, beyond the shadow of a doubt, an extremely capable family hauler and performance car. By anyone’s standards, it’s out-of-this-world quick, but when you consider it weighs nearly 4,400 pounds, its supercar-embarrassing acceleration and grip are that much more amazing. So, it feels fast and will haul a load of groceries [...]

2011 Cadillac Escalade Hybrid Platinum

Saturday, June 4th, 2011

Your smug neighbors clean their clothes with Method laundry detergent, they’ve laid down cork flooring on their first floor and they have organic cotton shower curtains hanging in all four of their bathrooms. Driveways around the country are filled with neighbors swapping prideful mile-per-gallon figures instead of Junior’s latest little league stats. Yet we fear [...]

Cadillac SRX PHEV not gonna happen after all

Wednesday, June 1st, 2011

In December, 2010 there were reports that a Cadillac SRX plug-in hybrid electric vehicle was in some pipeline somewhere, and that it would eventually plop into some sort of consumer reality. The same outlet that reported that story, Reuters, now cites six GM Deep Throats as saying General Motors has killed the SRX PHEV program. Overlapping timetables were apparently [...]

2012 Cadillac CTS with 3.6L won’t get six-speed manual, V models safe

Tuesday, April 19th, 2011

The list of vehicles with an available manual transmission may become a bit smaller for 2012, as Inside Line is reporting that certain 2012 Cadillac CTS models will lose the ability to specify a third pedal. IL cites sources from within General Motors who say that models equipped with the 3.6-liter V6 will only be offered with [...]