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GM to produce Cadillac CTS coupe, wagon at Lansing plant

07/17/2008, 5:54 PM

By Drew Johnson

Earlier this week General Motors officially announced that coupe and wagon versions of the popular Cadillac CTS would be headed to production in 2009, and we now have confirmation on where the two new models will be built.

According to the Lansing State Journal, the CTS coupe and wagon will be produced alongside the CTS sedan, STS and SRX at GM’s Lansing Grand River production plant.

GM currently sells the CTS sedan in Europe, and the two new models will also likely be sold across the pond. The Euro-spec CTS sedan is slated to get a diesel 2.9L engine, so it’s quite possible that GM will equip other CTS models destine for the European market with the same powerplant.

It remains unclear if SRX production will remain at the Lansing plant as the next-generation crossover will ride on an all-new platform, rather than sharing its underpinnings with the STS sedan.

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07/17, 6:02 PM

posted by:

400horseSS

Booooo bring it to Wentzville.

07/17, 6:10 PM

posted by:

fuk-u-asshole

i dont see this wagon being a success as wagons aint popular in US. so its aimed at europe. but europeans dont wan cadillac

07/17, 6:15 PM

posted by:

inline6

Well, Europeans aren’t going to want Cadillac until Cadillac produces what they want. And if they want an estate car, they’ve got one coming.

I’m pleased to see GM branching the CTS out into different bodystyles. And the wagon’s a great one. If BMW, Volvo, Saab, Audi, and Benz can offer and sell wagons here, why not Cadillac, too?

The plant choice makes sense, since the CTS is already built at LGR. I’ll bet the STS/DTS replacement will be built there, but they’ll probably relocate the next SRX to whatever plant(s) build the TE platform.

07/17, 6:17 PM

posted by:

400horseSS

Fuk, there are plenty of wanna be Euro-trash right here in the USA.

07/17, 7:32 PM

posted by:

TOZO

If the Euroes want Eurotrash “Estates” rather than “Saloons” or “Coupe’s” they can have them, but this side of the pond should not have to look at eyesore wagons on the road. CTS Wagon, CTW, CTE, CTX, or whatever it is called. But I doubt this Estate will be popular. A car shaped like a Volvo C30 is more popular than something shaped like a Volvo V70 over there.

07/17, 7:59 PM

posted by:

inline6

No, it isn’t.

A ‘bodystyle like a Volvo V70′ also includes the XC70. And taken together, their sales are TRIPLE that of the C30’s.

I like wagons. They’re better-looking than most SUVs to me. The A4 and A6 Avants are more attractive to me than the Q5/7. Same with the 3 and 5 Series estates vs. X3/5, and the C-Class/E-Class vs. ML/GL.

The fact that YOU don’t like wagons isn’t a good reason to not offer them. They drive better, ride better, handle better, and get better fuel economy than equivalent SUVs and crossovers. Expect to see more of them, man.

07/17, 8:15 PM

posted by:

hemiredneck

This is indeed a nice looking car.

07/17, 8:39 PM

posted by:

TomF

Sorry, TOZO, you lose. The Volvo wagon is by far the best-selling body style in both North American and Europe. Wagons don’t sell much in America overall because, overall, there aren’t that many to sell. If there were more, they would sell more, especially now that driving a big SUV down the blacktop to Safeway is officially a sign of mental illness.

Subie and Volvo have the mid-range market, the Germans the premium end, and the last American option (Taurus I think) was iced years ago in order to steer motorists into higher-profit SUVs. It’s not that Americans “don’t like station wagons,” it’s that they’re not here to like.

I really like the CTS wagon. People choosing between this and a $45k Highlander or Enclave might well come back to the CTS. Some of us still like to drive CARS.

07/17, 9:29 PM

posted by:

golf4me

LLN, masters of the obvious. Must be a really slow news day. Where else did you think they’d be produced? I’d quit scanning the Lansing State Journal for the-news-everyone-already-knows. Along with the very poor, error-riddled writing, stuff like this is going to ruin this otherwise excellent site. Your photos are the best though, gotta give you that.

07/17, 9:31 PM

posted by:

golf4me

SUV’s = Wagons. Well, inefficent wagons.

07/17, 10:03 PM

posted by:

A4

uhh wagons are amazing the US better pick it up and start buying them, i can imagine people already are, nobody needs an SUV and all the luxury-sport wagons available are incredible

07/17, 10:18 PM

posted by:

Captain Crunch

One of the ass.holes at our local Caddy dealership is already saying that there’s a waiting list for the coupe and expect to pay at least 5k over the sticker.
As much as I really want the coupe, they better not hold their breath. I’d shake his hand, thank him for his time and shake my head laughing as I walk into the BMW dealership across the street & drive home in my shiny new 6speed 335i.

07/17, 10:22 PM

posted by:

400horseSS

Thats because the Stealership dont know how to act when they geta car people want.

07/17, 10:51 PM

posted by:

johnnycanuck

I heard once that the Eldorado was very popular with members of the Hell’s Angels. If you now add in all the other fat old biker gang wanabees riding Harleys these days, Cadillac should be in good shape with the CTS Coupe.

07/17, 11:36 PM

posted by:

TOZO

TomF: you really think the wagon follows the motto: If you build it, they will come and buy it? And that Volvo (and the other wagon champion brands) does not know how to allocate its production lines to keep up with the “demand” and make more V70s, V50s, & XC70’s? Really?

07/18, 8:15 AM

posted by:

SickofGarbageMotors

johnnycanuck, Cadillacs are also popular with the mob, especially the Devilles and Sevilles. Then you have the gangstas and rap artists with the Escalade line. And what’s left? The retirees like my great grandfather who won’t buy anything but a shiney new Cadillac every two years.

****, drive by a retirement community and half the cars you’ll see will be Cadillacs (the rest of them Buicks and Ford Tauruses).

Will Cadillac find enough buyers for something like this?

The Gangstas wouldn’t be caught dead in a station wagon, especially when you can’t stuff 30″ rims underneath :)

The retirees will probably find the CTS too firm for their Deville/Seville loving cushyness

And the mobsters? They may like this because they can fit 3 times as many bodies in a wagon than they can a trunk of a car, so maybe they’ll find it desirable.

07/18, 9:10 AM

posted by:

HemiRoadRunner

I bought a Cadillac the other day,, well about a month ago. It’s a cherry 1988 Fleetwood Brougham, perfect for the demolition derby I’m entering it in this August. In another 20 years, I’ll pick up one of these babies and do the same.

07/18, 9:52 AM

posted by:

xyunya

TOZO, wagons not exactly follows any motto. Reality is Volvo sells more wagons then sedans. GM & Ford were making at least 10K from each SUV for the past 15 years. Of course everybody jumped on that wagon. And those SUV’s as modern as 50 y.o. Crown Victoria. OK, they had newer engines and only 30 y.o. transmission. Large families in US traveling long distances were using wagons in 70’s, minivans in 80-early 90’s and for past 15 years macho SUV’s. We are back to wagons.
Having said that, I don’t believe that anyone in Europe is dreaming of owning Cadillac wagon nor I believe it is craved here. Maybe first year it will sell in US, then it will meet Cimarron.

07/18, 1:47 PM

posted by:

ktulu

teh 2.9 diesel should come here

people in america who want wagons want europeon ir subabri wagons

Wagons R useful niut not popular

Volvo wagons R the best

SUVs look better, but gas is no longer cgeap enuff

People R idiots — care csalesmen, 2. a Roadmaster uis more useful than a Subiurban, and a Taurujs wagon thatnb a explorer. Just as useful if U have 2 kidas, but cheper 2 iwn and to fill up.

The Highlander is not worthe $45, let aklone $45K

the Eldorado was very vool.

Cadillacs R also popular with the mob, Retirees R more n2 Buicks and Toyota avalons

the mobsters will need spacial tarps to put N the hatchback so the hodies R not seen by the pigs. That could B an agfter matrket growth industrty.

a demolition derby is a waste of a Brougham

some Europeans wull want a Cadillac bcuz it is still the gold stabdard

07/18, 3:16 PM

posted by:

inline6

Wow ktulu, are you typing while riding a mechanical bull?

I can’t understand what you’re saying…

 
 
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