Our friends at CarScoop happened upon these EU Patent Office photos of the 2011 Mercedes B-Class, the new line of Mercedes small cars possibly coming stateside
2011 Mercedes B-Class Patent Drawings Reveal Shapely Hatchback
UK Channel 4 Reviews Cadillac BLS, Shares The Eurogasm
The chaps at Channel 4 got their hands on a Cadillac BLS, which they call the "first Cadillac to be designed specifically for Europe." This is before admitting that it's a badge re-enginered Saab 9-3/Vauxhall Vectra (a gigantic badge that probably adds 20 pounds to the car). It comes in wagon, which is a first for…
Saab, Cadillac to Share SUV Platform, Engine
In another installment of Profiles in Badge Engineering Courage, Saab and Cadillac will share a new SUV platform, a new engine and several pints of What Now? That from the UK's Just-Auto, which assures GM is developing the two vehicles to be "very different and specific." As we reported eons ago, those will be the Saab…
Frankfurt Auto Show: 2008 Cadillac BLS Shows It Has A SexyBack...End
The BLS is everything you could ever love about the Saab 9-3, except without the Swedishness. Yup, this wagon's got it all — as long as by "all" you mean a bio-fuel-powered engine option and "extra powerful" 180 HP / 400 lb-ft o' torque turbo diesel engine. But hey, it's got "LED technology" — we think that means the…
Cadillac to Show New European Models in Frankfurt
Cadillac's ill satisfied with selling only as many cars in Europe as can be counted on Bob Lutz's hands. It wants a larger chunk of the continent's luxury market. The problem is, Europeans know Cadillac (perhaps better than we do) for cars as long as a Spanish galleon and twice as floaty, not as rebodied Saabs. Still,…
Cadillac BLS Wagon Coming To Frankfurt
No more BS on the BLS — the General's luxe brand is saying the BLS wagon will now make its world premiere at the Frankfurt Motor Show this September. In addition to the same range of engines as its sedan-bodied BLS-brother, Cadillac will be offering a bio-ethanol-fuel engine for both the sedan and the wagon when the…
GM's Midsize Rear-Drivers Due in 2010
Hey kids, it's time to start those drifting lessons. A report from the Line that is anything but external says new rear-drive midsize cars from GM are on the way. General Motors will launch a range of such cars based on its new Alfa platform in late 2010, including the next Pontiac G6, Cadillac BLS and a Saturn to be…
Another Half-Cadillac Comes to Europe: The BLS Wagon
Cadillac's unveiled the second reskinned Saab 9-3 model that will grace Cadillac dealerships in Europe, the BLS wagon. Caddy's still trying to convince Europeans, who know Cadillac more for tailfins than for its Art and Science design language of late, that the brand stands for global luxury. The BLS also gets the…
More Power for The Euro Caddy: The BLS Sport
What do you call a Cadillac BLS with 18" rims, lowered suspension and chassis tune dialed in for sport touring? What's a Cadillac BLS? Right, it's that Caddy built by Saab for the European market, and it's been selling in the single digits, so GM's offering a sport model with which it hopes to grab a larger chunk of…
Mini DeVille: Cadillac Eyeing a Run at the BMW 1-Series?
It's no secret GM wants Cadillac to be a global brand, and its plan to do so many say involves aping BMW's moves. Now, AutoWeek claims to have uncovered a secret plan for a rear-wheel-drive, entry-level Cadillac to meet the BMW 1-Series head on in Europe. The model would supplement the brand's front-drive,…
