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Cadillac and competitive racing are perhaps not two words that are normally associated with one another. However, the brand has participated in the Sports Car Club of America World Challenge in the past. And it did so quite successfully in fact, winning the Manufacturer's Championship in 2005 and 2007, along with the Driver's Championship in 2005. The brand's current CTS-V series lineup has been critically lauded for its performance chops. While the V-Series has been phased out on the outgoing STS, for the CTS it is alive and well with a full lineup that includes CTS-V Sedan, Coupe and Wagon variants. The CTS-V billed as the world's fastest production sedan. How's that for a performance Cadillac? With these capable performance vehicles, Cadillac announced a

The whole marketing department at General Motors (and indeed the whole company) has gone through a lot of shakeups in a small period of time. Marketing perhaps has been given the biggest leeway for immediate change after Joel Ewanick took over. Ewanick directed GM to drop Publicis after its work with Chevrolet and the "Excellence for All" campaign. Cadillac has also gone through a shakeup as well, switching companies and dumping the short-lived (thankfully) "Mark of Leadership" tagline. In its place? "The New Standard of the World." The advertisement below is the first advertisement to debut under the new campaign, and needless to say it is good - very good. Check it out below. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YcVhlE5DMY&feature=player_embedded

Cadillac and Infiniti have been increasingly aiming for their German competition as of late. The CTS and M, as mid-size models, are both crucial to each of their respective manufacturers in achieving that goal. Safety is a highly important aspect for customers when purchasing a new vehicle, and all luxury manufacturers aim to score well (and usually do). The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has announced that the Cadillac CTS and Infiniti M are Top Picks for 2010. This in particular is a pretty impressive new entry for Infiniti, showing the brand has really advanced in the area of safety. The CTS has been picked for this award before, showing continued excellence. The Top Pick status comes after passing new, more stringent roof testing standards. The CTS

Cadillac's stunning CTS Coupe was introduced in concept form at the 2008 North American International Auto Show and was quickly approved for production. For the current generation of the CTS, Cadillac is doing it right with multiple variants - sedan, coupe and wagon. Not only that, the highly regarded V performance series is available on each of the three model variations as well. With the Coupe on its way to showrooms in August, it was time to release pricing. The standard car comes in at $38,990, and the performance V model at $62,990. Do want. While the Cadillac lineup is a bit of a mess in terms of product positioning and focus, there is no doubt the allure of the CTS Coupe (and sedan as well) remains strong. The

From the "not surprising but still utterly awesome" department comes the first official photos and details of Cadillac's coolest car ever, the 2011 CTS-V Sport Wagon.  It's a simple concept, but for a while we were all wondering if GM was going to have the balls to actually produce it.  Wonder no more, kids: the CTS-V Wagon is here! It takes all of the tasty mechanical hardware from the CTS-V Sedan and Coupe, and packs it into the sexy wagon bodystyle.  That means that under the hood is the same 6.2L Supercharged LSA V8, derived from the almighty Corvette ZR-1's motor.  With 556bhp and 551lb-ft of torque on tap, that should certainly be enough to haul the kids to soccer practice.  Thanks to an Eaton TVS

Despite being a product of the great Evil Empire, I'm still a fan of Cadillac's CTS-V. It's getting even more desirable for 2011 with the introduction of the 2-door CTS-V Coupe.  We had our first glance at the regular (and surprisingly sexy) CTS Coupe a few months back, and when the Detroit Show starts up in full on the 16th we'll be able to see what one with a whole ton of horsepower looks like! There's not really anything particularly shocking about the CTS-V Coupe, but we should still be thankful that such a car exists in today's eco-greenie-weenie environment.  Dimension-wise, it's almost identical to the sedan - same wheelbase, same 556bhp supercharged 6.2L LSA V8, same 6-speed Tremec TR6060 or 6-speed automatic, same huge

Cadillac has been expanding the CTS lineup with the latest generation of the car, introducing a coupe and wagon models to join the sedan. However, that seems to be the extent of the expansion. Edmunds Inside Line talked with a Cadillac official at yesterday's showing for the CTS Coupe and Wagon about a convertible - getting a firm answer. "Nope," he said, "no convertible. With the arrival of the coupe, the CTS line is complete." Well, there you have it - for now at least it seems as if the CTS won't be getting a convertible that would help it compete against the Infiniti G37 Convertible, Lexus IS Convertible and others in the segment. The BMW 3-Series is perhaps the gold standard for the segment, with its

If there's one certain thing about the personal coupe market, it's that sex sells. Otherwise, do you really think BMW would be able to move a single Z4 off their lots?  It certainly doesn't have anything to do with practical considerations; if you were being practical, you'd get a car without enough doors and seats for you and your family. So coupes rely mainly on sex appeal and good looks to pierce the market.  And if sheer sex appeal is anything to go by, Cadillac's got a home-run on it's hands with the CTS Coupe.  It's the third (and probably the final) derivative of the CTS theme, after the sedan and the unusually-attractive station wagon. Although the CTS Coupe obviously shares some DNA with the Sedan, what it

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 news from Bob Lutz is a good sign we could get one. One thing Cadillac has fixed with the CTS in this generation has been new model variants. Unlike the last car, both a coupe and wagon model have been introduced to complement the sedan. The CTS-V sedan has gotten a lot of good press, but many wondered if the other variants would get the same treatment. A CTS-V coupe seemed

Cadillac recently announced it's CTS-V Challenge, and now there is already more news about it that demonstrates the amount of interest surrounding the event. The CTS-V Challenge developed quite quickly - on a recent conference call with journalists, GM's Bob Lutz said he would be willing to take on all challengers against the CTS-V. It is being done as part of GM's "May The Best Car Win" campaign and GM claims the CTS-V is the world's fastest production sedan. Jalopnik accepted the original challenge, but GM has taken it farther than that. Over 120 applications were received, and right now GM is weeding through them for the final competition. Not all are valid though - Cadillac spokesman Nick Twork put it like this: "Honestly, about three-quarters