Cadillac News
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While the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and the Chevy Malibu Hybrid rack up four-figure sales in most months, the third vehicle to use elements of that same drivetrain remains all but invisible in the U.S. That's the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid, a version of the CT6 large luxury sedan from GM's luxury brand. The plug-in CT6 is the sole offering from Cadillac that comes with a plug following the sales failure of the small, expensive ELR range-extended electric coupe built on first-generation Volt underpinnings. DON'T MISS: Cadillac has said it expects to sell fewer than 1,000 of the...
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Is 2019 Cadillac XT4 crossover the next plug-in hybrid for luxury brand?Spy shots are continually fascinating, for both future buyers and auto journalists. They can reveal hints about the shapes, design aspects, and powertrains of vehicles that may not hit showrooms for as much as two years. Some recent spy shots of the 2019 Cadillac XT4 small crossover utility vehicle...
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2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: 30 miles of electric range, $76,000 base priceThe 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid will have 30 miles of electric range.
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R.I.P. Cadillac ELR: what went wrong with luxury electric coupe?After a long and tortured development process and a short life, GM has quietly euthanized its Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe. The derivative of the first-generation Chevrolet Volt was intended to sell at a higher price, to help recoup some of the development costs of the Voltec...
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2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: technical details revealedThe 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid borrows some components from the Chevrolet Volt.
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Cadillac ELR Is Walking Dead (But May Be Great, Rare Used Car)You almost have to pity the Cadillac ELR range-extended electric coupe: It's a very pretty car with luxurious appointments, but no one wants to buy it. And if the rumors that now-departed General Motors CEO Dan Akerson personally set its initial price at $75,000 are true, you have to wonder how it...
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Of the three vehicles using GM's newest hybrid system, we know rather less about the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid than we do about either the Chevrolet Volt or the Chevy Malibu Hybrid. But with first media drives of the conventional CT6 now published, we know a bit more than we did before. For one thing, while the various gasoline versions of the CT6 large luxury sedan for the U.S. will be built at the Detroit-Hamtramck assembly plant, the plug-in hybrid CT6 will only be built in China. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac CT6 First Drive (Motor Authority) That means that U.S. buyers of next year's...
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Cadillac ELR A 'Disappointment,' Plug-In Hybrids For Most Models: Marketing ChiefWhen it was unveiled at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show, the Cadillac Converj concept was widely lauded for its looks. That was likely the last time the car that became the Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe won any praise. After an on-again, off-again, on-again history and a launch at...
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2016 Cadillac Start-Stop Systems To Use Ultracapacitors To Augment BatteriesStart-stop systems in certain 2016 Cadillac models will use ultracapacitors for better performance.
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Cadillac Confirms It Will Bring Diesels Back To The U.S.Cadillac's boss says the carmaker will eventually sell diesels in the U.S. again.
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$75,000 Cadillac ELR Coupe Price Was 'Overestimate', Chief Marketer SaysThe Cadillac Converj concept, a range-extended electric coupe design, debuted to favorable reviews in January 2009. That was pretty much the last time much went right for the car, which went on sale in December 2013 as the 2014 Cadillac ELR. Now Cadillac's head marketer has admitted that pricing...
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Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid: Big Battery, More Electric RangeAs predicted, the plug-in hybrid version of the 2016 Cadillac CT6 large luxury sedan was released today at the Shanghai Motor Show, using an adaptation of GM's second-generation Voltec hybrid system. What wasn't predicted was the startling size of its battery pack: 18.4 kilowatt-hours, identical to...
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The specifications of the updated 2016 Cadillac ELR range-extended electric car were released this morning, and one big question has been answered. The luxury coupe will not use the revised Voltec powertrain that propels the new second-generation 2016 Chevrolet Volt on sale later this year. But it boasts better performance, slightly higher electric range, more standard equipment, and a price cut of $10,000. DON'T MISS: 2016 Chevy Volt: Bigger Battery, More Motor Power, New Range Extender Engine Details Instead, the 2016 ELR will continue with its existing 17.1-kilowatt-hour battery pack and...
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Cadillac To Offer All-Electric Car As Well As Plug-In Hybrid, ELR SuccessorWhile General Motors' plug-in electric cars are in a bit of a sales lull this fall, the company has an expanding number of plug-in products planned for years to come. The latest to be uncovered--at least in the planning stages--is an all-electric Cadillac sedan. DON'T MISS: 2016 Cadillac CT6 Large...
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2016 Cadillac CT6 Large Luxury Car To Offer Plug-In Hybrid OptionCadillac continues on its decade-long quest to build and sell cars that will be viewed as equivalent to the best of the German prestige brands. To that end, it will introduce a new and larger rear-wheel-drive sedan next year, to be called the CT6. Now the company has confirmed that the CT6 range...
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Updated 2016 Cadillac ELR Electric Coupe For LA Auto ShowWhile much of the electric-car world is anticipating the next Chevy Volt, which will launch in January, GM's other range-extended electric car will be getting some changes before then. According to Edmunds, an updated 2016 Cadillac ELR will debut in November at the 2014 Los Angeles Auto Show. DON'T...
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Cadillac ELR Not A Tesla Competitor, GM Exec AcknowledgesMark Reuss, the head of global product development for General Motors, has acknowledged that GM may not have a vehicle that competes directly with the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan. Speaking yesterday at a business breakfast associated with the weekend's Dream Cruise event in Detroit, Reuss...
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2014 Cadillac ELR: $75K Electric Coupe Gets Five-Figure Discounts, AlreadyAsk anyone interested in the Cadillac ELR to name their biggest bone of contention and they'll say one thing: The price. At a shade under $75,000, it's a good $40,000 more expensive than the car it's heavily based on--the Chevrolet Volt. But if you walk into a dealer today and play hard ball, you...
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GM will recall 656 2014 Cadillac ELR coupes to fix a software glitch.
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Cadillac ELR Wasn't Originally Used In 'Provocative' AdIn general, getting people talking about your ad is a good way to get people talking about your car. In the case of "Poolside"--an ad for the 2014 Cadillac ELR range-extended electric luxury coupe aired during the Oscars and the Sochi Olympics--however, not all the talk has been favorable. MORE...
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2014 Cadillac ELR: Gorgeous, Too-Pricey Electric Luxury CoupeLet's get one thing out of the way up front: The 2014 Cadillac ELR is rather more than a "tarted-up Volt," in the words of more than one commentator. It's a quiet, smooth, adequately powerful and very stylish coupe with a luxurious interior, and it runs on GM's most advanced range-extended electric...
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Ominous Sign For 2014 Cadillac ELR: Half Of Dealers Turn It DownSales of Cadillac's ELR range-extended luxury coupe are... well, they're not high right now. But that's okay, since Cadillac hasn't set itself huge targets for the Volt-based coupe. It's a niche product, not a volume model. Less okay is that nearly half of the brand's dealers have decided not to...
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What Do Tesla, Cadillac, Hyundai Have In Common? Owner Love!These three disparate brands are the most-loved among U.S. car buyers, a new study says.
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2014 Cadillac ELR Ad: What Does It Say About Who Buys Electric Cars? (Video)Well, if this is the guy who's actually going to buy a 2014 Cadillac ELR, there may be some interesting conversations to come with Nissan Leaf owners. This ELR driver is a hard-charging, self-assured, contemptuous-of-vacations, modern-home-owning middle-aged white male, as portrayed in a recent...
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