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GM delays Buick LaCrosse, Cadillac CTS Coupe debuts

10/24/2008, 4:28 PM

By Drew Johnson

Tiger Woods might be getting sick of his aging Buick LaCrosse, but it looks like the world’s number one golfer – along with the rest of America – will have to wait a little while longer for the all-new model. General Motors announced on Friday that it will be delaying the launch of its next-generation LaCross until January.

The 2010 LaCrosse was scheduled to make its first public appearance at next month’s Los Angeles Auto Show, but a new Reuters report indicates the LaCrosse’s debut has been pushed back to January’s Detroit Auto Show.

In addition to the LaCrosse’s delayed debut, Reuters also says the Cadillac CTS Coupe’s debut has been moved from the LA show to the NAIAS in Detroit.

Cost cutting was the reason given for the delays, but given how far along both cars are, there is probably some other underlying issues.

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10/24, 4:33 PM

posted by:

A4

the CTS coupe needs to come sooner rather than later…

10/24, 5:15 PM

posted by:

elviososa

CTS coupe is an useless car.

10/24, 5:33 PM

posted by:

howsmydriving

I’d rather pu-ick than drive a Buick.

10/24, 5:33 PM

posted by:

cts

elviososa>>>
I think you are useless and you can’t write.

10/24, 6:56 PM

posted by:

Captain Crunch

Couldn’t care any less regarding the Buick but…………….delaying the CTS coupe is a H U G E mistake. Let’s face it, no one that has a German sedan on their shopping list would ever consider a owning Buick. My daily driver is in desperate need of being replaced & I’ve been waiting patiently for the CTS coupe. If it’s delayed I’m going to move onto something else & by something else….. I mean not a GM. Thanks, for wasting my time GM.

10/24, 7:04 PM

posted by:

Borat

I think this is a mute conversation. The company is one foot in its own grave.

10/24, 7:24 PM

posted by:

Badass Z51

In the past GM said that the coupe & the “V” coupe would be released at the same time. If something has to be delayed…delaying the “V” coupe is the better move because of the “V” sedan.
I’m going to have to agree with Captain, if the coupe is delayed…. I’m going with the BMW 335i.

10/24, 7:34 PM

posted by:

DrFill

The Coupe is pretty fugly, compaed to the G37s of the world, so a permanent delay wouldn’t be a bad thing.
DrFill

10/24, 8:01 PM

posted by:

inspire

For those “waiting” for a CTS coupe … I think you might be better off looking elsewhere. Unless you’re going to lease (at a high APR) … the depreciation on any Caddy is huge. With the economic situation where it is … I think it would be silly to buy the CTS coupe.

Personally, I didn’t like the lines and the proportions. The CTS sedan is miles better in appearance but also functionality. Wait until you test drive a CTS coupe … based upon its stance and window placement, the blind spots in the back … good luck.

10/24, 8:15 PM

posted by:

cereal

So we’re spared a few months from having to see an additional ugly car on the road?
Nothing bad here. Plus, this isn’t very surprising anyway.

-eat your cereal

10/24, 8:41 PM

posted by:

corvette

whatever they need to do to save those dollars…

10/24, 9:50 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

‘elvis’ is illiterate and an idiot.

‘Captain Crunch’ is right.

‘Badass’ is going to settle for overpriced crap.

‘DrFill’ is a woman with no taste in cars.

‘inspire’ doesn’t know how to invest.

‘cereal’ is a dufus with no taste in cars like the woman previously mentioned.

GM deserves to suffer.

10/24, 11:02 PM

posted by:

johnnycanuck

Ladies, ladies… all this infighting over 3 months? Given GM’s past history of the automotive equivalent of premature ejaculation one might think you’d be willing to entertain a little extended foreplay before the climax.

The World Series is on- think about baseball for awhile.

10/24, 11:06 PM

posted by:

441Zuke

kill buick and pontiac

10/24, 11:58 PM

posted by:

deutschetouring1337

Not to add insult to injury but Ferrari has a new F430 V8 replacement with 4.5 litres and 600bhp. Can’t wait to see this one take on the GTR too, a 6 litre 500bhp pushrod V8 vs a 4.5 litre 600bhp DOHC direct injection Ferrari V8! Oldschool vs Newschool!!

10/25, 12:11 AM

posted by:

Architect

DrFill – I agree with Impulsive…the G37 coupe is a girls car. Yuck.

10/25, 1:59 AM

posted by:

quickster007

If General Motors would just wise up. You don’t need 6 or 7 car division. Let me give you some example. Toyota has Lexus, Nissan has Infiniti, Honda has Acura. General Motors or the moron that’s running the company. You only need Chevrolet and Cadillac. If there is going to be a massive layoff. You basically, speeding up the process. Eventually, your going to layoff a lot of people cause nobody buying your cars and trucks. If you only have Chevrolet and Cadillac, you can make the interior of all Chevrolet comparable to what Honda, Toyota are offering. For Cadillac, make the interior comparable to a Lexus. The Cadillac Escalade is a start. Please don’t follow the Japanese in terms of car design. Lexus is fairly good looking. Honda’s and Acura’s have the ugliest looking cars & trucks sold today.

10/25, 11:14 AM

posted by:

jayjc08

The Buick Lacrosse needs to come out very soon. I’m not sure where your guys priorities are, but I’m pretty sure GM’s got different things in mind. The Lacrosse is going to move a lot more in terms of numbers than the CTS Coupe, and is most likely going to be the closer of the two to being a breadwinner for the company.

Quickster007- Just Toyota and Lexus? C’mon, that’s just ignorance. Toyota has Scion, Lexus, Daihatsu, Hino (light and heavy duty trucks), and growing stakes in Subaru and Isuzu. Not to mention sub brands over the years, some of those that still exist. Otherwise, Honda, Nissan, etc. don’t move nearly as many models as GM.

If you had just said that GM’s brands compete with each other… than I would have completely agreed with you. They need one European brand, one brand to carry over some of those Euro models in the U.S, bread and butter brand, and a luxury brand. Opel, Chevrolet, Cadillac, and there may very well be some room for one or two more brands (premium brand in America). There’s no need for a European premium brand, as the Euro market is already flooded with those and GM’s failed at having a luxury division, including Cadillac.

Gm’s just scared to cut off brand image. Their not willing to build that brand image over again.

10/25, 11:38 AM

posted by:

GTRDONE

how many people do you know that own a buick? really.. its a dying brand. get rid of it altogether. the lacross may be cheaper than the cts but its fugly. gm needs to release the cts-v coupe or else risk loosing the people who have been waiting around for it. why do they keep putting it off for a car that wont sell anyway?

10/25, 12:22 PM

posted by:

pzimet

The coupe concept is not exactly how it will look…it’ll be beautiful. I drove the sedan over the summer and while not being quite as responsive or fun as my 5-series or a 3-series, it was the best vehicle I’ve driven from GM in….ever. It’s great. The coupe will build on that I’m sure.

10/25, 3:17 PM

posted by:

Mike the loser

IF GM is going to kill someone than SAAB should be #1 After that i’d say kill Pontiac, now i may be wrong on this but i think most Pontiac dealerships are part of Pontiac/Buick/GMC family, as opposed to Saturns stand alone dealerships.

Pontiac is useless, it is a so called”performance division”" especially G3 if you ask me….but all those cars can be sold under a Chevy brand, Pontiac can be replaces by Cobalt SS and Camaros, a car like G8 can simply be sold as a Chevy.

GM can not kill Buick because it is selling well in China, but no one know Pontiac and no one cares for it, Saturn has stand alone dealerships which may make them very hard to kill.

10/25, 3:52 PM

posted by:

jayjc08

The BIGGEST problem I have with most vehicles in the Pontiac and Buick brand are they are the last to get updates. The Lucerne rides on the outdated, not to mentioned rushed at launch with mild reception, H body. At nearly $40k, there’s no excuse for the Lucerne to be front wheel drive.

10/25, 6:09 PM

posted by:

DrFill

Impulsive’s knuckles bleed when he drives thru Bedrock
He builds a tent when he sees an S-10 pickup
Poor fella
DrFill

10/25, 11:23 PM

posted by:

carstuff

The vehicles are not delayed as far as I can tell. The introduction of them at a car show has been moved back. Possible reason is they have decided to use a pilot vehicle with production intent parts instead of using a prototype with hand made parts. Huge difference in cost.

I own an Enclave and love it.

10/26, 1:52 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

‘DrFill’ is experiencing that time of the month … irrationality and foolish banter hide nothing of her bad taste, confirmed by another astute poster, in autos designed especially for her.

Poor biatch.

10/26, 6:05 PM

posted by:

DrFill

Someday Impulsive will recover from his male impotency compensation issues and stop trolling strange web sites and Buy Here Pay Heres for validation of his manhood
Dreaming of having good credit after multiple repossessions and foreclosures isn’t helping his condition.
He needs help.
And a bib wouldn’t hurt
DrFill

10/26, 6:35 PM

posted by:

GT40

So they pushed the debuts back two months, so what.

10/26, 9:58 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

Someday DrFill will realize that getting stuffed like a Thansgiving turkey is what she needed all along. Pretending to be a butch when, in fact, she is as effeminate as they come is only turning her life into a nightmare. Trolling male porn sites looking at the throbbing members she so desires only drives her to higher levels of madness, as evidenced by her pathetic rebuttals here after being confronted with FACT that she has no taste in cars and likes Camry derivatives.

Dreaming of being financially free from her ilk, the biatches in gay town, she has realized that she is useless.

Unlike a tampon which accomplishes something.

10/26, 10:00 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

Oh, that would be Thanksgiving with a ‘k’.

10/26, 10:14 PM

posted by:

DrFill

Trolling Chucky Cheese, looking for my next victim…….I mean……..”friend”, after being spurned by every adult, male or female, in his town of Deliverance, is quite a Sunday itinerary

Short Eyes needs his rest now. Sesame Street will be on sometime tomorrow, and Ma needs a sits bath

DrFill

10/26, 10:56 PM

posted by:

thegriffon

The only thing pushed back is the press launch. Market launch is still the same and availability is still the same. GM is combining the big media events to save money, rather than pay for expensive press junkets for the launch of a model not yet in production. So the press launch prior to the LA show has been canceled, and GM will show the vehicle to journalists in Detroit instead, and with any luck the monthlies will have a big splash just in time for the market launch. The vehicles are not delayed.

10/26, 11:18 PM

posted by:

johnnycanuck

Damn you thegriffon, I was hoping their spat was going to get personal.

10/26, 11:59 PM

posted by:

cereal

Eh. It wouldn’t have gotten personal anyway.

-eat your cereal

10/27, 2:26 AM

posted by:

441Zuke

**** SHOES.
fill and impulsive – if you don’t have anything nice to say don’t say anything at all.and the CTS coupe is styled nicely. the G37 looks a little better.

10/27, 9:54 AM

posted by:

EVOQ

both of these models need to drop yesterday. buick needs as much as help as it can get and the cts is too hot to have on the sidelines while other competing models are released and getting potential sales.

10/27, 12:39 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

Seems your creativity has turned senile-laden, DrFool.

Back to the point … your bad taste in cars … seems you have a sister in opinion … Zuke and you can go gossip, crochet, go shopping for bags and doing each other’s hair. Maybe save up some money and buy some taste … the new G is OBJECTIVELY feminine.

10/28, 10:44 AM

posted by:

BMW M1

Fill, wheres your reply????????

10/28, 12:49 PM

posted by:

Impulsive

Why the concern? Fool’s reply would be worthless anyway. My FACTS are all that are needed here.

 
 
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