Cadillac hopes to avoid ‘one-hit wonders’ with 2008 CTS

Posted: Sep 21, 2007
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Cadillac hopes to avoid 'one-hit wonders' with 2008 CTS

“We all know plenty of examples of ‘one-hit wonders’ in literature, music, cinema, and, yes, even in car design. When the time came to redesign the original Cadillac CTS, the design team wanted to steer clear of this syndrome.” Those are the words of John Manoogian, Director of Exterior Design at Cadillac.

Writing over at GM’s FastLane Blog, Manoogian admits that the Cadillac design team was under a lot of pressure when it came time to redesign the Cadillac CTS for the 2009 model year run. “…there was a lot of competition,” says Manoogian. ”It”s said that competition improves the breed. Well, I am convinced it certainly raised the bar for the CTS design.”

And we definitely agree. The 2008 Cadillac CTS has become the most beautifully designed car in its segment. While staying true to its sharp-edged design, the 2008 Cadillac took it a step further with a huge grille that demands a double-take.

Manoogian says that he a received many different design proposals from England, California and the Advanced Design and Production Design in Michigan. Cadillac started off with 11 scale models that sized down to five full-size clay models. Cadillac then went to its customers for the final approval, from which the design you see today came about.

Of course while Manoogian and his team put in a lot of sweat and blood into designing the 2008 Cadillac CTS, he admits that is up to the public to make the final decision.

“Ultimately, it”s the buying public that will decide if we at GM Design were able to break the “one-hit wonder” curse.”

Check out the review on the 2008 Cadillac CTS.

 

2008 Cadillac CTS Gallry:

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Source: FastLane Blog

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  • Gene Kramer

    I am a long term buyer of mid sized cars. E Class, the M, GS, ES, a four door Super Americana and others of about 190 inches in length. Several friends have 5 series BMW’s which I have driven but never owned. I nagged a salesman to get me into the CTS pre launce and have read all of the information available on line and it is my opinion that this is the finest mid sized sedan that has ever been produced by anyone. It is attractive, very comfortable and luxurous, will handle with the best in the world and has adequate power. The main difference between the FE1 FE2 and FE3 suspensions is the size of the sway bars therefoe the spring rate is the same and compliant on all cars. This is most definately not true of any BMW I am aware of. GM has come miles in QC and as soon as my current Lexus lease runs out I will buy one. Other things I like is that I can order it about as I like. At Lexus or other imports you can forget that. I like a Nav, but with OnStar I don’t need it and can save $2,000 because OnStar will give me directions. We travel in B.C. Canada and the AWD with a real Posi Track, not brake operated like most others, we should be able to go almost anywhere there is a road. I had a GS with brake operated AWD that simply locked up because it was so slick, the brakes grabbed and I could not move. And the CTS has a trunk, which the GS does not, and folding back seat. I was simply delighted with the CTS I drove early this week.