Car Throttle

It's somewhat unusual that you can't go into a Cadillac showroom right now and buy a big sedan.  The quick-selling CTS fits somewhere in between a 3 and a 5-series BMW as far as interior room goes, but those looking for a "traditional" land yacht Cadillac don't have an option... unless the Escalade counts.  (which I think it does, but YMMV.)  Since the demise of the DTS (DeVille, front-wheel-drive with a transverse Northstar 32v V8) and the STS (rear-wheel-drive, longitudinal 3.6 V6 or 4.6L Northstar V8), it's been CTS or nothing. Cadillac is about ready to rectify this situation with the upcoming XTS large sedan.  It will flesh out Cadillac's model line, fitting above the CTS (and the upcoming ATS sedan will fit below it).  If

Cadillac's press conference for the XTS Platinum Concept  at the North American International Auto Show just took place this morning. General Motors has quickly released a video detailing the XTS' features, including its lighting and showing off some of the interfaces in the interior. Many have said the car looks much better in person and in video, where the shapes of the car can be better understood. We tend to agree. Check out the four minute video below. Is Cadillac back on the high-end? Will this be a credible competitor to the likes of the Mercedes-Benz S-Class and Audi A8? Decide for yourself below. httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W13roOqQo0Y

With the whole "Breakthrough" program, Cadillac started to make some real progress. It began a renaissance of new cars that started with the CTS. The 2005 STS proved to be a miss, but the actual product was highly impressive. Despite being positioned wrongly versus the 3-Series, the fact that it was a good product seemed to make up for it. Then the front-wheel drive SRX crossover followed, begging the question if Cadillac was really going to be a BMW competitor or a Lexus competitor? Enthusiasts hopes were further dashed when word came that Cadillac would be making its flagship vehicle based on the a FWD platform. Enter, the XTS Platinum Concept. It seems like Cadillac is listening - instead of FWD, the XTS Platinum is instead all-wheel drive,

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

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