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Cadillac Aims To Distance Itself From GM

Thursday, March 11, 2010

With a bankruptcy and bailout all unfolding over months last year, it goes without saying that the image of General Motors as a brand was tarnished significantly. Prior to this period, someone at GM had the bright (not!) idea of adding a small GM badge to every one of its vehicles and brands. The company [...]

VIDEO: Cadillac CTS Coupe Driving Footage

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

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VIDEO: Cadillac CTS Coupe Driving Footage

While Chevrolet gets a lot of the attention with the new Cruze and Volt, Cadillac’s big introduction at the Los Angeles Auto Show was the CTS Coupe. It was shown to journalists yesterday in a special event ahead of the start of the show. Some great live pictures of the car can be found on [...]

Cadillac CTS-V Wagon Confirmed by Lutz

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

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The automotive world seems to be abuzz with news about wagons lately. The CTS Sportwagon is getting a lot of attention, along with the recently introduced Acura TSX Sportwagon and potential rumors about a wagon model for the new Buick Regal. The OPC model coming over as the Regal GNX has been a particular focus. This [...]

VIDEO: Cadillac CTS-V Challenge

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

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After much fanfare, the Cadillac CTS-V Challenge was completed last week. The coverage in the automotive media has been so intense, proving that the event did its job for Cadillac, but also making people a bit worn out hearing about it. Cadillac recently released this video as a summary of the event. The final results [...]

Jaguar Pulls Out of CTS-V Challenge

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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Nonstop news has surrounded Cadillac and the CTS-V ever since Lutz challenged all comers to beat him in the CTS-V. The CTS-V Challenge was born out of this and is set to take place this Thursday, October 29th at the Monticello Motor Club in New York. In past articles on the CTS-V Challenge, we have reported [...]

VIDEO: Hennessey CTS-V Alerts OnStar

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

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The Cadillac CTS-V is already billed as the world’s fastest production sedan by General Motors (hence the CTS-V Challenge). Hennessey, a traditional performance tuning stalwart, has taken things even further with the Cadillac CTS-V700. It is the “4-door ZR1″ says the company. This is what the aftermarket is all about right? The performance specifications on [...]

Bob Lutz Accepts CTS-V Challenge

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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A lot has been going on at General Motors over the past few months. Fresh out of bankruptcy, the company has worked to project a different image as part of the “New GM” launch. That includes pushing new product like the Chevrolet Camaro, Chevrolet Equinox, GMC Terrain, Buick LaCrosse and others. That has included some [...]

Converj – Coming or Not?

Sunday, August 23, 2009

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The announcements of electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles and vehicle programs over the past year has been breathtaking. In the 1990′s electric vehicles rose to prominence and then fell out of favor as hybrids were introduced. Chevrolet’s Volt really seems to be the catalyst that started the latest dash to a future of vehicles that [...]

Good (And Bad) News from Cadillac

Friday, August 14, 2009

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A lot of General Motors news has been coming out lately and it’s been hard to keep up with it all. GM recently invited a group of consumers and journalists to come to the company’s Technical Center to preview the models that the “New GM” has in the pipeline. Attendees weren’t allowed to be really descriptive [...]

RWD Cadillac Flagship Back On?

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

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Rejoice! Is there some thinking going on at General Motors and Cadillac? If a new report from Motor Trend is to be believed, then there actually is! Recent news has said Cadillac was developing a replacement for the DTS and STS, to be named XTS and based on the same FWD platform as the Opel [...]