Cadillac gives a glimpse of new flagship model

[Great White Drake]

400 hp TT V6 rwd.

Should be awd and LS powered or at least one or the other imo, but supposedly going to be lighter than the current cts.

FF to :40 for the car.


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http://jalopnik.com/cadillac-ct6-this-is-it-1687358640

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[Gav'sPurpleZ]

looks like all the other cadillacs currently on the market

 

[DirtyDan10]

Looks like a Caddilac.

 

[willizm]

GM needs to stop dicking around with Cadillac and get something exciting over to Buick such as the Grand National they've been teasing for years. Caddy has enough performance shit going on.

 

[Stink Star]

That engine sounds nice for a base model but how is that ever going to compete with a 7 series or S-class?

 

[Mike K]

S550 is 420hp, 740 is 330?, 750 is 450, A8 is 330 and 420. If this is lighter than those making 400hp you have nothing to worry about.

It's everything else Cadillac that you have to worry about. Kind of curious to see what they do with the interior if they're going up against the big boys.

 

[syP]

looks just like a new CTS....

 

[RICH17]

It is. But with a new name. It's not the new Sclass fighter

 

[Kaeghl]

the twin turbo v6 that puts out 450 horsepower in the cts vsport and ats-v would fit into a couple of cars in the buick lineup easily. not sure why they arent doing that.
There is no pontiac anymore, chevy is already slaved to the camaro and the corvette,
Use buick to make a killer sedan without all of the baubles and weight that comes with a Cadillac. This is coming from a guy that has had a cts for ten years.

 

[stan5050]

I dislike Johan so much. He is going to kill the momentum that they had.

 

[Mike K]

It is. But with a new name. It's not the new Sclass fighter

GM won't have a true S Class fighter for decades. They might try to make one but people that can afford flagship cars right now equate them with German (and in some cases Italian). It will take a generation for Americans to accept and embrace a domestic flagship car with wreath on it for anything even approaching the price of it's German equivalent.

It will happen, just not any time soon. Jaguar is a good example of my opinion on this. They made crap and they lost everyone but their base. Now they're making really nice cars. The XJ isn't quite up to snuff as far as it's interior goes but it's an amazing car and journalists (@%1;?) all pretty much agree it's the sportiest, best driving flagship. Yet out here in LA: nothing. Nada. Nobody buys them because Jaguar has a well earned reputation for building stagnant crap for a long time and people spending that kind of money don't want to be seen in an ok car. They want to be seen in the best. It's very much vanity.

It works in reverse too. Cadillac built garbage for awhile but people associated them with being the best so they gladly bought shit and everyone was impressed with their shit. BMW and Mercedes could come out with shitty new flagships tomorrow and the next day there'd be 20,000 of them clogging my neighborhood.

I think they're on the right track. It's an endurance race though, not a sprint.

 

[P40E]

Price it $15k less , put a buick grill on it , and call it the new Park Avenue . It will sell like hot cakes .

 

[Mike K]

Price it $15k less , put a buick grill on it , and call it the new Park Avenue . It will sell like hot cakes .

Buick's target demographic would still need to excavate 6 feet of earth to discover this amazing car.

Buick should just die. I get why they kept it (China) but in the US is it anything other than a joke?

 

[P40E]

Buick's target demographic would still need to excavate 6 feet of earth to discover this amazing car.

Buick should just die. I get why they kept it (China) but in the US is it anything other than a joke?

Buick has done a good job of getting a bite of the suv market . The regal is nice too . They need to get back to a nice high class stylish rwd car . This would be perfect .

 

[nos4blood70]

What's the point?

With Mike K on this… The market isn't ready for an S class style Caddy. Although I think that would be super sick if they nail the execution… And by that I mean the interior.

 

[Xfirez51]

I like the way Caddys look BUT the angular thing has gotten long in the tooth. Yes, its recognizable as a Caddy but... What pisses me off is seeing some of the concept vehicles they had(have) and done nothing w them.

 

[Mook]

The new V screams AMG.

 

[rocket5979]

I liked the ATS-V's at the auto show this year! I didn't realize that GM was putting as much power into them as what was talked about. I suppose I was behind in the times. Now if only they made them in AWD, I would totally think about buying one!

 

[syP]

I liked the ATS-V's at the auto show this year! I didn't realize that GM was putting as much power into them as what was talked about. I suppose I was behind in the times. Now if only they made them in AWD, I would totally think about buying one!

who cares if its AWD when it already clicks off a 3.9 sec 0-60 time

 

[rocket5979]

who cares if its AWD when it already clicks off a 3.9 sec 0-60 time

I do, because I would roll in it year round!

 

[Mike K]

If I can drive a nearly 500hp twin turbo 6 cylinder during the winter on 285 summer tires I'm sure you can get by in an ATS.

This necessity for all wheel drive is such an overplayed line of crap. I'd rather have a tail happy rear wheel drive car any day of the week.

 

[P40E]

If I can drive a nearly 500hp twin turbo 6 cylinder during the winter on 285 summer tires I'm sure you can get by in an ATS.

This necessity for all wheel drive is such an overplayed line of crap. I'd rather have a tail happy rear wheel drive car any day of the week.

How much snow you get this year ?

 

[rocket5979]

If I can drive a nearly 500hp twin turbo 6 cylinder during the winter on 285 summer tires I'm sure you can get by in an ATS.

This necessity for all wheel drive is such an overplayed line of crap. I'd rather have a tail happy rear wheel drive car any day of the week.

Ugh, this horseshit again? Look brother, if I want to roll around in an AWD vehicle, ride a goat, or a unicycle in the wintertime it really shouldn't matter to you. You guys come out of the woodworks whenever anyone mentions preferring AWD and get all up in arms that RWD can do anything that AWD can do. The pure fact of the matter is that you are wrong.

It's not about driving ability, it's about preference. I have driven 800hp RWD vehicles w/ summer tires in the wintertime without careening into a ditch, but it doesn't mean that I prefer to do it that way. How many times must I break this down into crayon for you bud? You usually strike me as a pretty smart and reasonable guy, but I am starting to doubt my impressions.

 

[Stink Star]

How much snow you get this year ?

How many days was snow on the actual road during commuting hours this season? Worst case just get 2 winter tires for the driving wheels if you aren't comfortable driving in the snow 3 times a year

 

[rocket5979]

How many days was snow on the actual road during commuting hours this season? Worst case just get 2 winter tires for the driving wheels if you aren't comfortable driving in the snow 3 times a year

Snow? Not so much..... Ice? Quite a bit more often. You also conveniently forget that people do indeed drive to places other than work, home, and other local northern IL areas. Areas where perhaps there is just a bit more snow.

If you prefer to drive a RWD car in the wintertime then that's fine. More power to ya. But for some folks to come in and more or less call my reasoning for preferring to drive AWD "a line of crap" is something I will take issue with; especially due to the fact that there are proven examples of AWD accomplishing what a RWD car simply cannot when it comes to inclement weather driving.