Cadillac News
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The Texas Tuner is at it again. This time he's not prepping a new Camaro or Corvette for high-speed, high-horsepower duty. Instead, he's turned his attentions to the Cadillac Escalade. Yes, the large luxury SUV from the GM stable just got a massive dose of power, and you can put one in your garage. In it's stock guise, the Escalade is actually surprisingly quick. It has a 420-horsepower V-8 engine and it will make the blast from 0-60 mph in just over five seconds. It's more nimble on its feet than you might guess. Still, that's not enough for John Hennessey and his crew at Hennessey...
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Cadillac brings V-Performance Academy to Spring MountainI've said it before and I'll say it again: attending a driving school is one of the best things you can do if you truly want to become better behind the wheel of your own car. More and more automakers are offering such schools for those that purchase the most performance-oriented offerings in a...
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Is Cadillac heading in the right direction? Poll resultsWe've heard it for more than a decade: Cadillac's in the midst of a renaissance. It all started with the first-generation CTS, and last weekend during Monterey Car Week Cadillac told the world that it continues with a preview of the future. The automaker took the wraps off its latest concept car...
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Cadillac just unveiled a flagship luxury sedan concept in Pebble BeachCadillac has strong Pebble Beach game. (Remember the Ciel concept from 2011? Or the Elmiraj from 2013?) This year the automaker took the wraps off its Escala sedan, a four-door flagship sedan built from the same CT6 bones on sale today. The Escala, Spanish for "scale," measures 6 inches longer than...
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Cadillac to preview new tech, design themes with concept in MontereyCadillac has dropped a teaser video for a new concept car it plans to unveil on Thursday as part of its Monterey Car Week schedule. The concept is thought to preview new technology and design themes for Cadillac’s upcoming models, and not necessarily a specific model. The General Motors...
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Chip Foose preps a classic Cadillac stunner in the Madam X CoupeChip Foose is known for his Overhaulin' efforts and the amazing custom builds that nets countless awards. The Huntington Beach, California-based builder is turning his styling and the fabricating efforts of his team onto a new project that should set Cadillac lovers' tongues wagging. It's a 1939...
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Cadillac says a new Carbon Black package will be available for its 2017 ATS and CTS models, including the high-performance ATS-V and CTS-V variants. Like the packages that have preceded it, the features included are largely cosmetic—but that doesn't make them any less desirable. The packages on the standard ATS and CTS bring a cosmetic appearance more in line with their full V siblings, including adding Recaro-branded seats inside. The ATS-V and CTS-V, meanwhile, get their own Recaros and a few extra goodies. Here's a breakdown of what to expect, although Cadillac has not yet announced...
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2017 Cadillac ATS to drop base engine, add valueHey, America. The Cadillac ATS is a great car and you should buy it. That said, sales are poor and Cadillac seems to recognize that it has made mistakes with the pricing and packaging of the car. According to a report from Automotive News (subscription required), Cadillac is dropping the ATS's...
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The new Ghostbusters Ecto-1 will surprise youA reboot of the "Ghostbusters" franchise is headed to theaters soon, and instead of dusting off the classic (and rather iconic) 1959 Cadillac Miller-Meteor ambulance that was such an integral part of the original film, this latest installment updates things in a somewhat surprising direction. The...
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Design-oriented Cadillac House opens in New YorkCadillac may not have a New York City building named after it like Chrysler does, but the General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] luxury division now has its own house in the Big Apple. Just what does that mean? Taking up the ground floor of the division's New York City headquarters is a...
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Cadillac ends ELR productionCadillac’s ELR has bowed out of production a little more than two years after reaching showrooms. The last ELR rolled off the line at General Motors Company’s [NYSE:GM] Detroit-Hamtramck plant in February, a Cadillac spokesman confirmed to HybridCars. It was also in February that...
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GM performance cars likely to get carbon fiber wheelsOnce the domain of the world’s most expensive supercars, carbon fiber wheels are now entering the mainstream. Ford Motor Company [NYSE:F] was first to offer carbon fiber wheels as standard fitment on a volume production car, in this case the 2015 Mustang Shelby GT350R. And earlier in the week...
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Update: Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell has confirmed that rumors of Cadillac’s planned compact sedan being based on the front-wheel-drive D2XX platform of the Chevrolet Cruze and other General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] compacts were false. Cadillac is working on a new compact sedan positioned below its ATS to target German rivals like the Audi A3 and Mercedes-Benz CLA. In early 2015 brand boss Johan de Nysschen said the new compact sedan would feature rear-wheel-drive underpinnings to help differentiate it against its front-wheel-drive foes. But GM Inside News, citing multiple...
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Lexani unveils piano-inspired ultra-plush Cadillac EscaladeIf the already luxurious (not to mention ostentatious) Cadillac Escalade isn't quite enough, California coachbuilder Lexani Motorcars has a new option: The piano-inspired Escalade Sky Captain. Decked out in black and white inside, with hints of 24 carat gold trim, the Sky Captain is designed to...
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Report: Cadillac nixes plan for "CT8" flagship sedanAfter taking over the reins at Cadillac in mid-2014, Johan de Nysschen started talking about new flagship models for the brand positioned above current range-toppers like the CT6 and Escalade. The two possibilities he hinted at were a sports car and a high-end sedan. Now we’re hearing that...
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Watch Hennessey put its 750-hp Cadillac CTS-V through its paces: VideoTexas tuner Hennessey Performance's new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V performance packages once again blend the company's penchant for power with a more refined, luxurious package. Only this time, they are faster and more luxurious. With 750 horsepower under its hood, the supercharged HPE750 upgrade package...
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2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid coming with 449 hp, 37-mile electric rangeCadillac's CT6 Plug-In Hybrid was unveiled a year ago at the Shanghai Auto Show, but full details on the sedan's advanced powertrain are only now being released. As previously reported, the CT6 borrows some components from the second-generation Chevy Volt, adapting them to a rear-wheel-drive...
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Cadillac three-row crossover coming with stretched version of XT5 platformCadillac’s new XT5 goes on sale next month, priced from $39,990. It’s just the first of a trio of new crossovers Cadillac is planning, with the next to be a compact model. This compact crossover will bow sometime in 2018 and be followed later that year or possibly in early 2019 by a...
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Cadillac's SRX-replacing XT5 crossover may be slated for a 2.0-liter turbocharged 4-cylinder engine in the United States. The luxury arm of General Motors Company [NYSE:GM] initially plans to offer the XT5 only with a 3.6-liter V-6, but the brand's boss told Automotive News (subscription required) that the 4-cylinder is under consideration for the American market. It's already available in China, where vehicle taxes are based on engine displacement. ALSO SEE: 2017 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 debuts with 640 hp, 10-speed auto The XT5 hits the market here in the U.S. next month in both front- and...
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Cadillac spices up lineup with Black Chrome package for ATS, CTSIt's not all chrome and tail fins anymore for Cadillac. A new Black Chrome appearance package for the brand's ATS and CTS serves to mostly delete the cars' bright and shiny chrome. Like the Midnight and Black Sport appearance packages Cadillac offered on the ATS last year, the Black Chrome package...
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2017 Cadillac XT5 Priced from $39,990Cadillac has released pricing for its all-new 2017 XT5 crossover. The XT5, which replaces the SRX in Cadillac's lineup, will start at $39,990 when it goes on sale in April. That figure includes a $995 destination charge and puts the XT5 a couple thousand dollars less than its main competitors, the...
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Next Cadillac Escalade To Be More Sophisticated But Keep Body-On-Frame ConstructionCadillac’s Escalade is big and brash and that’s exactly what its customers are demanding. Those customers are also happy that the vehicle features body-on-frame construction, as opposed to car-like unibody construction many rival full-size luxury SUVs rely on. These attributes...
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Cadillac Unlikely To Renew ELRCadillac’s Converj concept, unveiled in early 2009 during the height of the global financial crisis, was meant to be a way of sexing up the extended-range electric car technology offered in the much more mundane Chevrolet Volt, whose platform it borrowed. The concept had an extreme...
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2016 Cadillac CT6 first drive reviewCadillac has a problem. Over the past few years it has developed and delivered a pair of sedans—the ATS and CTS—that are as good as or better than anything Europe has to offer. And yet, car sales were down last year and those cars really haven’t put a dent in the sales of the...
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