JD Power and Associates has released the results of their latest Initial Quality Survey (IQS).

The Escalade was ranked highest in the Large Premium SUV segment with the CTS ranking in the top 10 of all vehicles in the survey and third place in the Premium Entry Car segment.

Additionally, Cadillac’s Lansing Grand River assembly plant was the only US plant to be recognized by the manufacturing portion of the study. It received a Bronze Plant Quality award for the quality of the vehicles produced there. The Lansing plant builds the STS and the CTS family.

Congratulations to Cadillac for the recognition.

To place the results in context:

Scores are Problems Per 100 Vehicles (PP100):
Industry Average: 109
Cadillac: 111

Luxury brand scores:
Porsche: 83
Acura: 86
Mercedes: 87
Lexus: 88
Lincoln: 106
Infiniti: 107
Volvo: 109
Audi: 111
BMW: 113
Jaguar: 130
Land Rover: 170

Brands scoring better than Cadillac this year: 11
Brands scoring worse than Cadillac this year: 18

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The nominees have been announced for the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year competition.

This award is presented each year at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit and is the result of voting by dozens of journalists across several media.

This year’s list of nominees includes both the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon on the car side and the 2010 SRX on the truck side (providing at least the potential of an all-Cadillac podium in January).

Good luck Cadillac!

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JD Power has released the results of their 2009 APEAL survey. The APEAL is a measure of “how gratifying a new vehicle is to own and drive…”

This year, Cadillac came in second in the Entry Luxury category with the CTS.

While this is the only explicitly spelled out model in the entire survey, Cadillac pulled off something interesting…

They came in third as a brand behind only Porsche and Jaguar. That’s right, Cadillac is more ‘APEAL’-ing than Audi, BMW, Mercedes, and Lexus.

Way to go Cadillac! Just imagine how they’ll do once the new uber-Cadillac sedan, the CTS coupe, the sub-CTS sedan, and the Converj all make it to market.

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Wards has awarded the 3.6 direct injection V6 a spot on their 10 best engines list for the second year in a row.

The 3.6 DI does duty in the CTS, STS and several other GM products, each putting out upwards of 300+ hp.

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Every year, designers from all over the auto industry converge at the Detroit auto show to pick the best designs in both concepts and production cars that deuted at the NAIAS.

This year, top concept honors went to the Cadillac Converj concept as well as Audi’s Sportback.

The Converj combines Cadillac luxury with GM’s Voltec extended range electric architecture – first shown on the Chevy Volt.

Way to go Simon Cox and the Cadillac design team.

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