Car Throttle

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 in terms of styling but we've got some big confirmations on what is coming. There is bad and (really) good news. Let's start off with the bad news: the apparently-FWD Cadillac DTS replacement does exist, wearing XTS and XTS4 designations that indicate the car will be made available with all-wheel drive. As I've said before, the fact that it is front-wheel drive is a major disappointment for what is supposed to

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 Insignia. I had hoped that wasn't the case. It just makes no sense for what Cadillac is supposed to be and stand for, especially with a resurgent Buick in the equation now. But, I knew from GM anything was possible. Before this recent news about a XTS, GM was planning to produce a Cadillac flagship based on Holden's Zeta platform. Zeta underpins the Pontiac G8 and Chevrolet Camaro here in the United

The current DTS is getting long in the tooth, and it never was really an active part of Cadillac's renaissance that began with the CTS. It did get an update in 2006 that somewhat helped to align it with the rest of Cadillac's lineup, but that didn't help to bring it into contention outside it's core audience. As such, rumors have been swirling for the past year or more about what it's replacement will be. Most have them have centered on Cadillac dropping both the STS and DTS models for a new model, likely to be dubbed XTS. Now a new report has come out that says the car will be based on the Opel Insignia. What? Yes, you heard that right. To me, I think this is