Cadillac News

Officially, the U.S. recession ended two years ago. Corporations, apparently, have not caught the news, busily reaping the benefits of their newly purchased government representatives or reorganizing as their executives soar away on their golden parachutes. The auto industry seems to be the sole exception. One of the last major manufacturing ...    Read more

A brief history lesson: there once was a time when America built the world's finest luxury cars. That key word, of course, was once. Around the 1970s, when American cars slowly became caricatures of themselves, 17 feet long and dripping with chrome, came the notion that a small, well-built, (relatively) economical but ...    Read more

More automakers continue to update the user interfaces for their vehicles' infotainment systems but many are tough to comprehend.  Ford has seen firsthand what happens when an infotainment system is tough to use, while rival Chrysler enjoys a steady stream of compliments with its Uconnect. Ford in response has recently ...    Read more

Not even a week ago, automakers from all over the globe agreed to a new standard for electric vehicle charging, called the Combined Charging System, or CCS. Ford, General Motors, Volkswagen, Audi, BMW, Daimler AG, and Porsche have been lobbying for the use of single-pug system (a.k.a. CCS) ...    Read more

The Mayweather-Pacquiao boxing match may never happen, but the automotive equivalent of that superfight will begin this summer, as Cadillac has just announced availability and pricing for its all-new 2013 ATS sports sedan. It's a vehicle Cadillac has designed from the onset to ...    Read more

We're not a huge fans of the Cadillac Escalade—it's luxurious sure, but it's also huge, cumbersome, and gaudy. The Escalade ESV is all of these things and then some, as it is essentially a stretched out version of the Escalade. But the folks at Becker have taken the Cadillac Escalade ...    Read more

April showers put a damper on General Motors and Ford sales, which saw an eight and five percent drop respectively. Actually, GM says its retail business was essentially flat for its various brands, while fleet sales dropped by 25 percent. Chrysler, though, continued its upward climb, posting another 20-percent increase ...    Read more

General Motors managed to sell more vehicles than any other automaker on planet earth in 2011 and now its CEO, Dan Akerson, is getting paid. Sort of. Last year marked Akerson's first full year at the helm of GM, and now he gets to cash in on a $7.7 million ...    Read more

Cadillac has long been synonymous with American luxury, but these days the stakes are higher. To be considered a true luxury brand, it's not about just delivering a high-end product, but a luxurious experience as well. True luxury involves customer experience and a positive association with the brand. Kurt McNeil, ...    Read more

The 2013 Cadillac XTS will adopt a capless fuel system, in what seems to be a growing industry trend. The system allows the driver to fill up their gas tank without having to unscrew a cap lid. It's a small convenience, but by making things a little simpler, we find ...    Read more

Welcome to the world of tomorrow. Almost. Cadillac is developing a semi-autonomous driving system so that you, the "driver," don't have to drive. Known as Super Cruise, the system features fully automatic steering, braking and lane-centering in highway driving. It's like being chauffeured from the driver's seat. Cadillac says its goal is ...    Read more

In the 1960s film The Graduate, the concerned Mr. McGuire gives Ben some advice: "I have just one word to say to you Ben: Plastics." If the film were to be made this week, the iconic catchphrase might be "resin." An explosion at a plant in Germany that makes a ...    Read more

GM has spent much of the past several months prepping for the debut of the all-new 2013 Cadillac XTS luxury sedan, and more recently has spared little effort on the forthcoming "BMW 3 Series-killer," the 2013 Cadillac ATS. While the new Cadillac models won't be on sale for months, the ...    Read more

The U.S. Treasury Department is reducing its forecast for losses from the auto industry bailout by about 2 billion dollars, according to a report in the Detroit News today. The Treasury's reduction in estimated losses comes in a monthly report released to Congress. The department reduced auto bailout estimated losses ...    Read more

These days you have to go out of your way to buy something that's not made in China. For the Chinese, a two-decade-long burgeoning economy has meant mushrooming wealth and growing appetites for luxury and foreign goods, and that includes luxury cars. European automakers have taken note, and sales in ...    Read more

Pricing details for the all-new 2013 Cadillac XTS sedan have begun making their way to the public. Pricing of the luxury model will start at $44,995, which includes destination and handling fees. The Cadillac XTS comes in four levels: base, Luxury, Premium, and Platinum. Some of the XTS' standard features include ...    Read more

March madness definitely swept domestic automakers General Motors, Ford, and Chrysler as Americans entered the dealerships with cash—or at least good credit—in hand and a willingness to buy, well, American. Brands with the newest products such as Chevrolet and GMC got a lot of attention. But revitalized models like the  ...    Read more

GM is touting the 2013 Cadillac XTS as the most technologically advanced car it has ever offered to the public, and the automaker is banking that customers will enjoy vibrators placed in the driver's seat, all (or mostly) in the name of safety. In addition to a host of safety ...    Read more

Station wagons are boring. Station wagons are, in the words of Motor Trend senior editor Jonny Lieberman, a "penalty you pay for falling in love and having kids." When we think of wagons, we think of some dorky thing Clark Griswold would drive. Motor Trend, our sister publication, ...    Read more

What goes up…well, you know the rest. Luxury automakers are watching profits fall in the once hot Chinese car market. According to Bloomberg, reasons include a slowing Chinese economy, rising cost of fuel, and simple competition. The current major players in the premium and luxury car market include Audi, BMW, and Mercedes-Benz. ...    Read more

RelayRides, a San Francisco based startup, has just gotten a lot of help. According to a recent report in Forbes, the car-sharing service it offers has struck deals to get a few heavy hitters behind it, including Google and General Motors. Currently offered in San Francisco and Boston, the service allows ...    Read more

Let me know if you've heard this one before...The world's biggest automaker walks into a bar with Europe's second-largest automaker and the world's largest luxury car automaker... Only it's no joke. General Motors and Peugeot-Citroen PSA joined forces last week to stabilize their shares of the European marketplace and share technologies. But ...    Read more

The big headline from today's monthly sales news is simple: Chrysler is on a roll. Big time. The company posted its best February sales since 2008, which was shaping up to be a banner year for everyone until the economy did this. Overall, Chrysler Group sales—which includes the Chrysler, ...    Read more

Automotive safety system manufacturer Autoliv has come under scrutiny from the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration for faulty side airbag parts. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Subaru all employee airbags parts sourced from Autoliv, and all four automakers recently issued recalls pertaining to problems with the side airbag. In total, 2,750 ...    Read more

Motor Trend's Ed Sanchez takes on the growing trend by automakers to utilize four-cylinders across the model lineup of their respective brands. Two main reasons are driving the paradigm shift. The first is car buyers' acceptance of four cylinder engines. Sanchez interviewed various automaker representatives who all agree that the ...    Read more