If you’ve been following the development of the 2010 Cadillac CTS Coupe, then you’ve undoubtedly seen countless spy photos, not to mention the the concept car that was unveiled over a year ago. But today the first official images of the production-intent CTS Coupe surfaced online. The image comes from GM’s viability plan, which was submitted to Congress on Tuesday.
The CTS Coupe was slated to begin production in May, but GM’s difficult economic situation has pushed that production start date back until summer 2010. The news came after the company cancelled the production car’s planned Los Angeles Auto Show reveal.
Although the coupe-variant of the CTS is delayed, the 2010 CTS sport wagon is still on for a spring launch. GM is still unclear if it will label the CTS Coupe as a 2010 or 2011 model year.
Codenamed GMX226, the production CTS Coupe be built alongside the CTS sedan at the Lansing Grand River Plant. Thankfully, it appears that the majority of the concept’s lines have been faithfully duplicated on this production model. Some feared that the concept’s radical fastback design might be watered down, revealing the Coupe’s sedan roots, but our profile spy shots prove these fears as unfounded. It appears that the production version may have a slightly more pronounced rear deck, but if that’s so, it’s not enough to significantly alter the concept’s silhouette.
The CTS Coupe further separates itself from its sedan donor thanks to the elimination of a conventional door handle, adopting instead the concept’s Corvette-style design which hides the door trigger behind the door’s aft cut-line. The concept and production similarities continue with the Coupe’s revised lower side sill, and the distinctively sculpted waistline, which begins at the A-pillar/fender vent, and narrows as it stretches rearward. The camouflage hides whether or not the line terminates into the concept’s razor-sharp point at the C-pillar, but it looks likely that that’s another design convergence between the show- and production cars. Earlier photos also confirmed that the concept’s bold central exhaust will also reach showrooms.
There are some visible differences between the show car and production model. Cost and feasibility studies have killed the concept’s glass-to-glass side windows, in favor of a visible B-pillar on the production model. It looks to us like the CTS Coupe and sedan will share identical front fenders and front fascia designs. From there back, however, the cars could scarcely be more different. The drama of the CTS Coupe concept is alive and well, and on its way to Cadillac showrooms — eventually.
GM has previously promised a 550 hp “V” coupe will hit the market at the same time as the regular two-door.
02/18, 5:29 AM
posted by:
carbonsigma
Boooo B-pillar.
02/18, 7:29 AM
posted by:
MiniMan
at this point i couldn’t tell you the difference between the production model photo and the concept photo but i hope they are around long enough for me to drive one and contemplate ownership.
02/18, 7:51 AM
posted by:
NismoSentraKen
==>>this car looks super badd-a$$, can’t wait for the V-variant…
02/18, 8:05 AM
posted by:
LQQK TwiCe
Ok what I’m guessing is it will have the same engine as the sedan so i’m going to do comparison:
Hopefully it lost that snout back end
B-Pillar addition not to fond of
Other than that its a very lovely car
I know looks is in the eye of the beholder
Yes i know the Cadillac looks better than the Hyundai
but bang for buck is it worth the possibly extra $10,000?
Hyundai Genesis Coupe:: 306 HP 87 gas, 312 with premium gas, RWD, $29,000 FL
Cadillac CTS Coupe:: 304 HP with premium, RWD, around $40,000 FL
FL=fully loaded (+/-)
02/18, 8:08 AM
posted by:
LQQK TwiCe
Cadillac CTS-V coupe with 550HP = EPiC WiN
02/18, 8:19 AM
posted by:
Franq
Would rather just get an M1 (Tank that is), at least the M1 can withstand a granade, this caddy just looks like a tank, without any of the benefits !
02/18, 8:36 AM
posted by:
Gundy
Thank you GM, headlight washers! No lie, I love those and American car companies need to start providing those little touches if they’re going to be a global player. Overall, sweet, sweet car and I want one, seriously. Maybe by 2011 I’ll be able to afford one too, if I start saving now..
02/18, 9:13 AM
posted by:
fan
i still wonder if the brand will still be held by an american company in 2011, or rather some chinese holding… or if its still gonna be around by then at all…
02/18, 9:20 AM
posted by:
SHOspeed
GM will never shed Cadillac. The current CTS is one of the best looking and well designed vehicles in and out on the road right now. This couple looks amazing. A V version of this would just be sick!
02/18, 9:20 AM
posted by:
zeegone
Cool car, glad many of the concept designs are carrying through. At first glance I thought the area above the rear wheels was a little bit too chunky but it’s grown on me now, I bet it will look even better in person. I recently got to drive a new CTS V sedan- Wow! That thing has some sick power going, can’t wait for the V coupe now.
02/18, 9:26 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
I don’t think i like this. The g37 sounds like a better option unless they come out with a V!
02/18, 9:29 AM
posted by:
Veda
Looks decent but if they release it by mid 2010 it’ll be outdated already
02/18, 9:41 AM
posted by:
DCG3
looks great but carbonsigma nailed it with the bpillar comment
02/18, 9:43 AM
posted by:
Ketzer
We just got our V, awesome car. The only thing I see wrong is that the coupe is said to weigh just as much as the sedan, the sedan is HEAVY. I’d love to see a tuner take one and do a “black” series like the MBs. Shed 6-700 lbs = monster.
02/18, 9:44 AM
posted by:
zeegone
Agreed idrin–, a G37 is hard to beat. A V coupe of course is a different story. I wonder how a regular C6 Vette would run up against a V coupe. More horsepower, more weight but it have to be close I’d think. Agreed with Veda as well on the timing, they need to get this thing out already.
02/18, 10:05 AM
posted by:
gehrhardt
Is that a 2010 Eldorado?
02/18, 10:40 AM
posted by:
jonmiles
Call me crazy, but has it lost something since the concept? Its proportions seem wierd to me…
02/18, 10:42 AM
posted by:
jonmiles
Did Gundy just get excited about headlight washers? That is officially the first time I have ever hear anyone even notice them on a car…
02/18, 10:45 AM
posted by:
GT2
Oh my gehrhardt, ur rite! if the old caddy coupes were tacky and faliurs then this 1 shoud be no dffrnt!
02/18, 10:52 AM
posted by:
Impulsive
This is better looking than anything with which it competes … a real man’s car … the G37 is a pussymobile.
The interior of this car SMOKES everything else, bar none. Too bad it’s another year before we can have one.
02/18, 11:07 AM
posted by:
idrinorbarsaku
the interior looks nice but it already RATTLES!!! If i want rattles, the aura xr does that just fine!!!!
02/18, 11:33 AM
posted by:
shaver
This and the Audi S5 are the 2 best looking GT coupes under 70K.
LQQK: Please dont compare to Genesis Coupe, nobody else ever will.
02/18, 11:34 AM
posted by:
Borat
If GM wants to survive, it needs to be in mass market not niche market. How many of those models Cadillac is planning to sell and what its break even point? Is there break even point on development? As an investor (taxpayer) I would love to know that. And what will happen when like most other models GM only will loose money? Who will get fired?
02/18, 11:39 AM
posted by:
johnnycanuck
Borat, be serious. They let Saturn go 20 years without making a nickel. Besides you just know the customer who walks in to look at one of these is going to drive out in a Cobalt. It’s win-win I tell you.
02/18, 11:48 AM
posted by:
minicoopfrk16
the concept was stunning at detroit last year, im glad the production looks pretty similar. it may not be the prettiest car but atleast it stands out.
02/18, 12:03 PM
posted by:
Z06ified
Great looking car. It makes the G37 Coupe look ugly by comparison (and that’s a decent looking car).
I’m glad to see this car is still on path to production.
02/18, 12:39 PM
posted by:
Spingood Tanoya
From the side it looks like a G37 with a bad Krispy Kreme addiction. I pity anyone who has to sit in the holding cell behind the front seats. Of course, people who drive these don’t have more than one adult friend anyway.
02/18, 1:36 PM
posted by:
Blakkarr
I never liked the G37 coupe’s evolution from the G35 coupe. It lacks a properly solid feel. From a distance the G37 just looks wrong. Not glaringly wrong, unlike the GT-R35 (Robo-grouper), but it isn’t as attractive as I thought it would be.
The CTS Coupe looks bold muscular, masculine. Like a beefy athlete in a business suit.
The G37 looks like a butch dike in a ****tail dress. She has a nice figure but it just doesn’t look right. The G35 coupe would be the same dike in a pantsuit. She looks attractive that way.
The CTS Coupe (CTC?) is simply the continuation of a great style that has only improved.
02/18, 1:38 PM
posted by:
CADDY-V
This car is HOT!!!!
I’ll take one in the V series please.
02/18, 1:44 PM
posted by:
zeegone
A real man’s car is faster, I don’t think a G37 would have any problem outhandling or outrunning this coupe, say what you may about it’s looks! The S5 is one slick looking car too and the interior, like most Audi’s, is extremely hard to beat.
02/18, 3:39 PM
posted by:
NismoSentraKen
===>>zeegone i VERY, VERY seriously doubt a G37 will outrun or outhandle this car in any form, V//series or not. And as my name implies, i am, a Nissan fan. GM/Caddy is on a roll…
02/18, 4:06 PM
posted by:
Flipper
Why did they bother? Couldn’t they have just slapped a padded vinyl roof on the new Camaro and called it a day? And am I the only one who thinks from the side it looks like a first gen AMC AMX?
02/18, 4:07 PM
posted by:
Flipper
Oh yeah thats right they couldn’t, that Camaro is still just vaporware
02/18, 4:39 PM
posted by:
PerformanceGuy
This will be a nice coupe for the older retired crowd. However, I agree that the G37 will have no problem outrunning and outhandling this coupe. Also, in my opinion, the G37 looks more aggresive and balanced. The Cadillac looks okay, but really ackward. Either way, I don’t see anyone shopping for a G37 or 3 series, cross shopping it with this.
02/18, 5:00 PM
posted by:
Htay9500
Nice profile.
02/18, 5:14 PM
posted by:
zeegone
nismoKen- I highly doubt a G37 will lose because: it has more hp, revs higher, and in multiple competitions (motor trend, car and driver, insideline.com, road & track) the G35 sedan (not even a G37) has outperformed the CTS V6 DI sedan in all areas. If the sedans and coupes are directly relatable the G will emerge victoriously yet again over the CTS. The CTS is a fine handler I know (I drive a VQHR car yet work for Caddy) but the G is better still when it comes to handling or acceleration numbers. Come on NismoKen, this should all be obvious stuff here.
Don’t get me wrong now though, the 09′ CTS is by far away the best automobile GM has ever come out with, easily.
02/18, 5:17 PM
posted by:
Kallen33125
ppl who dont like the new CTS coupe can go suck a dick! that sucks we have 2 wait longer but its the stupid economy’s fault…at least the wagon’s gonna b on time : )
02/18, 5:19 PM
posted by:
Kallen33125
i especially cant wait 4 the new V-series! 550 horse! sweeeeeeeeeet
02/18, 5:33 PM
posted by:
Ring-Taxi
This car is the next Chrysler 300 – a fresh design the first 2 years then it gets played out quickly because every one you see is blinged out to the point of tackiness.
02/18, 5:57 PM
posted by:
tyler_is_aero_tt
Looks really nice except for the giant rear.
02/18, 6:46 PM
posted by:
Stwelve
mmm…ok,good attempt.
02/20, 8:00 PM
posted by:
Gundy
JM, I’m all over things like headlight washers and heated seats, front AND rear, and a heated steering wheel. A car can still be a hairy-knuckled manly-man’s car like 90% of the guys on here want, apparently, but they can still have the nice little touches like those as options, as far as I’m concerned anyway. It could be that I live in MN with it’s #^^!’n 6+ months of sloppy winter a year, but headlight washers should be standard equipment in my opinion. You seriously lose half your visibility with crusty, dirty headlights.
10/05, 4:44 PM
posted by:
gxxmen
im 23 from new york. i own the 2008 cts i got it a month after i saw the commercials during football season. i love this car!!! may not be as fast as the infiniti g series but kills it in every other aspect. i think gm is doing a great job keep up the good work! interior looks amazing