With rising gas prices and increases in CAFE (Corporate Average Fuel Economy) standards set to take effect in the coming decade, the future of Cadillac’s products is in doubt.

Rumors are swirling that the STS/DTS replacement (both cars were to be replaced with a single uber-model to compete against BMW’s 7-series and Mercedes S-Class), expected to be built on a premium version of GM’s new Zeta rear-drive chassis, has been canceled. The next Escalade is up in the air. Smaller products are being considered that might never have been before.

This casts doubt onto the direction Cadillac might take in the future. Will they continue on their quest to go toe-to-toe with the luxury industry heavyweights model for model (and with the new regulatory climate, what does that mean)? Will they dial back their ambition and compete with the second tier of the luxury market? Will they find their own, distinctive, path?

Let’s take a look at what will and might happen at Cadillac in the near future:

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Categories: News, Commentary, BLS, CTS, STS / SLS, SRX, DTS, XLR, Escalade, V-Series, Rumored Models
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This didn’t take long…

Just as Cadillac is expected to release a V-Series version of the CTS Coupe, possibly at the same time as the standard car’s launch…we are now hearing that the new Sport Wagon will likely get the same treatment.

While fire-breathing wagons are, at best, a rarity on US roads. Europeans are familiar with wagon versions of the hottest sedans such as the BMW M5 and Audi RS6.

Sounds like fun to us.

Automotive News (via LeftLane News)

Categories: News, CTS, V-Series, Rumored Models
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A bit of a fluff piece from Cadillac showing their design head, etc waxing poetic about Cadillac’s progress from the launch of the original CTS in 2003 to the products on the horizon.

Enjoy.

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It appears that in addition to showing off the new SRX and the production CTS Sport Wagon, Cadillac also took some select journalists aside (nope, apparently we don’t qualify) to show off the production CTS Coupe in the lead-up to its public debut at this year’s LA auto show (expect the debut on Nov 19th or 20th).

Reports have the new coupe looking almost exactly like the concept with the same radical sheet metal and only some minor detail changes. Electronic door switches have been confirmed and we now know that a rear-view camera to compensate for the body’s lack of rear visibility will be part of the package.

Powertrains were not revealed, but everything points to at least one version of the 3.6l V-6 as well as the supercharged LSA V-8 from the CTS-V sedan. Expect export versions to also have the 2.9l diesel V-6 available.

Production and sales should begin for the coupe in the second half of 2009 as a 2010 model.

Categories: News, CTS, Rumored Models
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The good folks over at Jalopnik have a few photos of this GM-sponsored CTS-V at the Dream Cruise.

Kind of makes you glad that most police forces couldn’t afford this type of firepower – doesn’t it? Of course, this kind of interceptor would certainly make short work of just about any chase scenario we can think of…

Check out the rest of their photos at:

Jalopnik: Woodward Dream Cruise 2009 Cadillac CTS-V Police Car Creates Car Enthusiast Paradox

Categories: News, CTS
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