The good folks over at LeftlaneNews.com have put together a highly plausible sketch of the new CTS wagon that we expect to see in production next year.

With styling that would have been considered pretty outlandish until the recent CTS coupe popped up in January – this is one very sleek wagon and could actually be a success even in the wagon-averse USA.

Consider this to be the real replacement of the SRX on the sporty side, with the new BRX/BTX being the utility side of that equation.

Expect this to debut, possibly as a ‘concept’ at first, during this fall’s auto show season.

See the entire sketch at:

LeftlaneNews.com: Early look: 2010 Cadillac CTS Wagon illustrated

Categories: News, CTS, SRX, BRX / BTX, Rumored Models
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In November 2007, we drove the 2008 CTS (in 3.6l DI, All-wheel drive form) and wrote our impressions in a 4-part series.

We’re in touch with Cadillac now to see what other review vehicles might be available.

What would you, the Caddy Edge faithful, like to see reviewed next? We’d like to know just so we can make sure that, if offered a choice, that we pick the vehicles you are most interested in.

...and, just so you know, we are in line to get access to the new CTS-V and Escalade Hybrid as soon as possible.

Your thoughts?

Categories: Models, News, Commentary, STS / SLS, SRX, DTS, XLR, Escalade, Reviews, V-Series
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As if we didn’t suspect this already – Automotive News is reporting an interview with Cadillac head Jim Taylor that the Provoq will see production (in gas powered form, of course) in 2009 as the spiritual successor to the SRX.

Sales goals for the new crossover (based on GM’s ‘premium Theta’ platform) are 60-70k units per year. This compares to the 20k units the SRX sells per year.

For those who liked the SRX’s sporty bent and wouldn’t be caught dead in one of these ‘crossover/SUV-ish’ things…Cadillac will have your number with the CTS sport wagon that should hit the market about the same time as the CTS coupe (i.e. 2010 model year).

Source – Automotive News via eGMCarTech

Categories: Concepts, News, CTS, SRX, BRX / BTX, Rumored Models
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GM just announced that they are recalling over 275,000 2005-2007 vehicles, including several Cadillacs.

The problem involves leaking pinion seals of the differential.

Affected are the rear (and front – in all-wheel drive vehicles) differentials of the CTS, CTS-V, SRX, STS, and STS-V.

Expect a recall notice from Cadillac if you own one of the affected models in the coming weeks.

Categories: News, CTS, STS / SLS, SRX, V-Series
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Automotive News has managed to get a lot of auto blogs buzzing about the future of Cadillac.

They are repeating what has been said for a while that a new small, rear-drive sedan is on the way, a small SUV is coming too (BRX), that the SRX is likely to be dropped, the DTS/STS are going to be merged.

However, they really botch their projected new lineup by saying the STS/DTS replacement will compete against the 5-series. This doesn’t make a lick of sense since rumors up to this point all point to the CTS moving up-market, the alpha-based BLS taking the CTS’ place as the 3-series competitor, and the STS/DTS replacement going after the BMW 7-series/Mercedes S-Class.

At this point, I think the only real question is if the SRX will get a more SUV-esque replacement with the CTS wagon taking the car-like, mid-sized utility segment or if the SRX will just go away altogether.

We should start to get some more concrete news out of Cadillac in the next year or so (since the rumored product should debut as 2010-2012 model year.

Categories: News, BLS, CTS, STS / SLS, SRX, DTS, BRX / BTX, Rumored Models
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