Cadillac News
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In case you needed one more reason to shop Cadillac’s BMW 3-Series-fighting compact sedan, the ATS, here it is: the NHTSA has awarded both rear-wheel drive and all-wheel drive variants with five stars in rollover, side impact, frontal offset and overall crash testing, based on its latest (and more stringent) evaluation criteria. The five-star certification puts the 2013 Cadillac ATS in the same category as BMW’s four-door 2013 328i, which also received five stars overall. It’s worth pointing out that the ATS score five stars across all tests, while the BMW only managed four...
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Jay Leno Shows Off His Unrestored 1918 Cadillac Type 57: VideoWe’ll admit to being impressed by unrestored and original muscle cars, dating back (in some cases) nearly 50 years. That’s why Jay Leno’s unrestored and original 1918 Cadillac Type 57 Victoria is even more amazing, as its in nearly pristine condition for its nine-plus decades of...
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2013 Cadillac XTS Models Recalled For Rear Seat Head Restraint IssueGeneral Motors has announced the recall of 2013 Cadillac XTS models built between October 12, 2011 and August 30, 2012. On the 12,626 cars affected by this recall, the rear seat head restraints may not fully lock in the upright position after being folded. As a result, the rear seat head rests...
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70 Percent Of Cadillac ATS Buyers With Trade-Ins New To The BrandCadillac’s U.S. sales were up by 37 percent in October, fueled by gaining momentum on the West Coast and by demand for the all-new XTS and ATS sedans. Now in its third month of sales, the XTS found a home with 2,000 new buyers last month, while the ATS saw sales climb steadily in its first...
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Cadillac Prices Will Rise To Better Align With German RivalsCadillac has a credibility problem. It’s not that the automaker has released bad information, and it’s certainly not due to the impressive products the luxury brand has been cranking out in recent years. Instead, its credibility issue is in regards to pricing. Luxury brands are supposed...
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Hennessey Cadillac CTS-V Hits 220.5 MPH, Named Fastest In WorldHennessey's heavily modified 1,226-hp Cadillac CTS-V Coupe has become the fastest in the world.
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In August of 2011, Cadillac announced it was building its own extended-range electric car, based on the Converj concept and utilizing an evolved (but not yet second-generation) version of the Chevrolet Volt’s drivetrain. Dubbed the ELR, the shapely coupe is scheduled to hit the market in late 2013 as a 2014 model. Confirming this timeline, General Motors has recently announced that the ELR will be built alongside the Volt in the automaker’s Detroit-Hamtramck plant, with production beginning in late 2013. Mark Reuss, GM’s North American President, is enthusiastic about the...
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M4 Coupe Spied, More Bespoke Lambos, New Cadillac Boss: Today's Car NewsLamborghini confirmed it will continue to develop and offer bespoke one-off cars like the Aventador J and limited production Sesto Elemento. A new prototype and concept development center has opened at the automaker's headquarters in Sant'Agata, Italy, and will be responsible for many of the new...
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Cadillac Hires Lobbyist As New Global Boss, Ponders New ModelsRobert E. Ferguson, GM’s vice president for global public policy and a former AT&T executive, has been appointed to the newly-created position of vice president, Cadillac global. Ferguson will report directly to GM’s chairman and CEO, Dan Akerson. As he transitions into the role...
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Cadillac Launches New Entertainment Pack On 2013 SRX, More Models To FollowCadillac will offer an upgraded entertainment package on its 2013 SRX crossover, which features some of the latest technologies including a Blu-Ray DVD player and a cordless remote control. The new package will be linked with Cadillac’s CUE interface system and be accessible from every seat...
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Cadillac's 'Virtual Bumpers' May Be Better Than The Real Thing: VideoThe purpose of front and rear bumpers on automobiles is self-explanatory: at low impact speeds, bumpers are supposed to absorb energy and prevent body damage to a vehicle. In that regard, they’re passive safety devices, coming into play only when a low-speed accident occurs. The best kind of...
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First Production 2013 Cadillac ATS Heads To AuctionWhen Cadillac began building ATS models for customer consumption, the first one off the production line was a crystal red, Premium-trim model with the 320-horsepower, 3.6-liter V-6. Instead of being shipped to a Cadillac dealership, the model was set aside for “later use.” That later...
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The guys at Hennessey have managed to turn the CTS-V into a Veyron rival.
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2014 Cadillac ELR Spy ShotsHere are the latest shots of Cadillac’s extended-range electric ELR, wearing a triangular camouflage pattern, undergoing what appears to be hot-weather testing at an undisclosed location in the Southwest. Originally shown as the Converj in January of 2009, the Volt-based luxury car has since...
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Cadillac Reveals New XTS Livery RangeCadillac will offer a regular XTS, as well as an XTS stretch limo and even a hearse for the livery market.
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Cadillac Documents 110 Years Of Luxury With $395 Coffee Table BookIf you have a hard-to-shop-for loved one who’s enamored with Cadillac, here’s a great idea for a birthday, anniversary, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa or Festivus gift: a $395 limited-edition, hand-numbered, emblem-festooned coffee table book documenting the 110-year history of General...
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GM Participating In U.S. Car-To-Car Communications TrialCoinciding with a similar program being run in Germany, the U.S. Department of Transportation is about to start a trial of technology relying on car-to-car and car-to-object communications. The hope is that cars, either through warnings made to their driver or through autonomous systems will be...
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Cadillac Teases New Concept At 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’EleganceCadillac previewed a new concept in the lead up to this weekend’s 2012 Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, a concept the automaker promises will be unveiled in full at a major North American auto Show early next year. No other details were released, though comments made by Clay Dean...
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In the 1930s, customers could walk into a Cadillac dealership and configure a car with various body styles, including a convertible top. If luxury car sales were hampered by the Great Depression, sales of luxury convertibles (especially those in the Cadillac’s price range) were even bleaker, as no one wanted to be conspicuous about wealth. While Cadillac offered a rumbleseat roadster in 1934 and a Phaeton model in 1937, no buyers requested these configurations from the factory. While plans and parts existed to build the cars, neither model saw production, existing only as renderings in...
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Cadillac Uses Brooklyn Bridge To Refine Radar Safety Tech For ATS, XTSThe 2013 Cadillac ATS and XTS will get some advanced radar-based safety technology, but first, the company had to weed out bad data.
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2014 Cadillac CTS Spy VideoUpdate: The 2014 Cadillac CTS has been revealed. Click here for all the details, photos and video. The model that has virtually carried the Cadillac brand for the past several years, the mid-size CTS, is about to enter its third generation very soon and the performance of the new model, as...
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2013 Cadillac XTS Features Detailed In New VideosThe 2013 Cadillac XTS is an important car for the brand--though perhaps not as important as the higher-volume ATS--and accordingly, a lot of attention has gone into design and features. This new series of short videos highlights some of the XTS's key offerings. The presence of high-tech ingredients...
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2013 Cadillac ATS Production Starts, Deliveries In AugustProduction of the 2013 Cadillac ATS is underway, with the first cars to reach dealers this August.
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Could The Cadillac XTS Serve As Opel’s New Flagship?The stretched Epsilon II platform underpinning the XTS was considered for flagship sedan models from Saab and Opel, according to a new report.
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