Cadillac looks to get Smaller, RWD

Posted October 11 2007 07:03 AM by staff
Filed under: Miscellaneous, Cadillac

General Motors has some, er, "small" plans for its Cadillac division.

First, the luxury marquee will be getting a new model -- a small rear-wheel drive auto that will be positioned below the currently entry level CTS sedan (pictured).

The CTS, on the other hand, will get a coupe and wagon for the 2009 model year. And both the current flagship DTS and the STS will be replaced by a rear-wheel drive sedan for 2011.

GM, reports AutoWeek, is said to also be considering a fuel cell version of the E-Flex plug-in hybrid as a possible carrier of the Cadillac badge. For those of you who are not up with the turning to green being achieved by our Big Three, the E-Flex plug in is the concept behind the Chevrolet Volt.

Our take? An entry level Caddy? Didn't GM learn from Ford's mistake with the Jaguar X-Type?

COMMUNITY COMMENTS

PresidentDon (October 24 2007 05:01 PM)

New cars with more plastic? I drive a 96 Cad with real bumpers made out of real steel. But just discovered my radiator end caps are plastic that after 10 years started to crumble, failure in spot after spot. The price of used 96 Cads are increasing as buyers realize that was the last real Cadillac of quality.
Will these new cars self distruct at about 10 years? I guess we will all be buying cars from our new government, CHINA. China could buy every American car manufacture now with our balance of trade dollars. Facinating what you can buy with 9 Trillion dollars.

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