Good (And Bad) News from Cadillac

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 be Cadillac's flagship. However, from a styling point of view reviews of the car were glowing. They said that the car was "Sixteen-like" in it's appearance.

Now to the really good news: a Cadillac 3-Series fighter like I've talked about a lot is coming and it's called the ATS. Best of all, it's based on a rear-wheel drive platform - in other words it will be a true competitor to the benchmark 3-Series. To me this is huge and shows that they finally do get it when it comes to at least one model in the Cadillac lineup.

Sources say the car has styling similar to the recently introduced Converj Concept and that Cadillac is aiming for the ATS to overtake the CTS as the brand's highest-selling model. This is very exciting, I can't wait to see these new models introduced.