Report: New Cadillac sedan to be based on Epsilon front-wheel-drive platform

Posted: Apr 28, 2009
Filed under: Cadillac, GM, Industry News

GM’s CEO Fritz Henderson has made it pretty clear that the automaker will now focus on four-core brands including Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac – leaving Cadillac as the only top-tier luxury division of the General.

The future is looking pretty bright for Cadillac with a CTS Coupe and Wagon variants on the way. A new Escalade and a production version of the Converj concept are also in the works. However, according to Motor Trend, the entry level Alpha based Cadillac and the sedan that was supposed to replace the DTS and STS, have been cancelled.

In comes a new Cadillac sedan model built on an Epsilon front-drive and all-wheel-drive architecture, codenamed GM 166. It is said to fit between the 2010 Buick LaCrosse and the rear-wheel-drive CTS. The GM 166 is scheduled for a 2011 release as a 2012 model year.

We’ll learn more as time goes on

- By: Kap Shah

Source: Motor Trend

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  • Consumer
    GM still doesn't get it even after all this. Let's bring back the nameplate VEGA and undercoating Fritz!
  • GMfan87
    i'll stick w/ the rw CTS...
  • abqhudson
    Cadillac should stick to rear drive cars.
  • Ivan Gutierrez
    I lost interest after I read front wheel drive, if cadillac wants to compete with its german rivals is should be RWD. I'm not gonna care what this thing looks like, I wouldn't buy it over a 128i/135i or 328i/335i. I don't want another Cimarron
  • GMfan87
    agreed, they already have this car (its called the BLS) in europe and they can't give them away...definately an area of needed work
  • zermatt
    Well said.
  • Rodan
    Lexus has done well w/ the ES350 & RX350 ... Acura as well w/ the TSX & TL. I think even the Infiniti I35 sold well ... so this may be a safe move. Not every car in a luxury lineup has to be sport/performance oriented ... they could use a nice sedate ride especially when you consider how well the before mentioned cars sell.
  • zermatt
    Front wheel drive is for small cars and non-luxury cars.

    Cadillac spent years moving front drive platforms out and rear wheel drive platforms in. Now they are going to go the other way and give up the luxury car credibility it had regained.

    Well, I guess I really don't care anyway as I am not likely to become a Cadillac buyer.
  • Neil
    They could go one of 2 ways with this
    The Audi A4 that is basaclly a Passat but sold almost exclusively as All-wheel drive the the perceived status of Quattro (where as in europe many A4s are front drive and still considered luxury
    OR the Jag X-type that is an all-wheel drive Ford Mondeo but has been a disaster because it is a Ford Mondeo (even though the mondeo is one of the best in its class)
    For sales in Europe it is a good thing, in the US they have to be very careful how it is marketed.
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