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New Kate Walsh Ad Overfeminizes Cadillac CTS Sportwagon

Matt Hardigree — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:30:00 EDT

We're big admirers of the Cadillac CTS Sportwagon, but in this new ad spokescougar Kate Walsh suggests buying a Sportwagon is like buying a dress. We wonder who Cadillac is targeting with this one...

Cadillac Will Downsize Engines When Customers Prove That's What They Want

Matt Hardigree — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:40:00 EDT

Cadillac is ready to downsize the engines in their luxury offerings — and they have the ability to do it today if that's what customers indicate they want, according to GM Exec VP Thomas G. Stephens. Auto Observer reports he specifically mentioned the possibility of dropping a turbocharged four-cylinder engine, like the turbo Ecotec, into the Cadillac CTS, along with the possibility of trading cylinder count and displacement for turbocharging and direct injection, à la Ford's EcoBoost strategy.

Said Stephens, "We're ready. When (customers) want it - we'll do it." The idea of a four-banger Cadillac CTS Wagon is pretty alluring.

Jalopnik Snap Judgment: There's just one problem with this strategy —how do people signify they want the option of a smaller engine? Do they write letters? Attend focus groups? Isn't this a game of chicken and the egg? We're worried Cadillac's strategy is the same as GM's SUV-pickup truck strategy, which was to wait until they stopped selling them and then drastically shift development. Maybe getting ahead of the market this time would be a nice move.

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2009 Cadillac CTS-V To Produce 567 HP?

Ben Wojdyla — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 09:20:00 EDT

Any way you cut it, GM is going for blood with the new and improved 2009 Cadillac CTS-V and word from engineers of an unofficial rating of at least 550 HP only furthers that point. It takes a lot to make the BMW M5 look like a chump, but a 50 HP advantage will do a thing like that. Of course, the engine hasn't gone through SAE certification yet, and based on GM's history of underselling the power output on its recent engines, Edmunds Inside Line is extrapolating a 567 HP figure out of the LS9 mill. We would never go so far as to speculate on numbers, but we will wring our hands in delighted anticipation.