Cadillac News
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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 Says
The 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 Range
As 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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2016 Cadillac ELR: More Performance, More Range, Lower Price
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...
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Cadillac To Offer All-Electric Car As Well As Plug-In Hybrid, ELR Successor
While 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 Option
Cadillac 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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While 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 MISS: 2016 Chevrolet Volt To Launch Next Year: What We Know So Far Cadillac spokesperson David Caldwell confirmed the debut to Edmunds on Monday, saying the revised ELR would have unspecified "engineering enhancements." He declined to provide any details on those enhancements. Cadillac has sold...
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Cadillac ELR Not A Tesla Competitor, GM Exec Acknowledges
Mark 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, Already
Ask 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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2014 Cadillac ELR Recalled For Stability-Control Software Issue
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' Ad
In 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 Coupe
Let'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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Sales 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 sell the ELR at all, expecting to sell so few that it isn't worth their while to offer the model. As Edmunds reports (via Autoblog Green), 410 of the nation's 940 Cadillac dealers have turned down the opportunity to sell the ELR. The dealers have made individual decisions that the number of ELRs...
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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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2014 Cadillac ELR Electric Coupe: Free Home Charging Station Included
When the price of the 2014 Cadillac ELR range-extended luxury coupe was announced last October--it's $75,995--the gasps and shrieking could be heard throughout the plug-in electric car world. Yesterday, Cadillac sweetened the pot a bit: It said it would offer a "complimentary" 240-Volt Level 2 home...
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2014 Cadillac ELR Software Gives Hints Of Future Voltec Uses
General Motors' Voltec drivetrain, the range-extended plug-in setup used on the Chevrolet Volt and the new 2014 Cadillac ELR, is among the most advanced drivetrains on the roads. That's not to say there isn't room for greater improvement though, and that's exactly what GM is doing. In fact, as...
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2014 Cadillac ELR Luxury Electric Coupe: Now En Route To Dealers
The 2014 Cadillac ELR is now shipping to dealers.
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The Cadillac ELR extended-range electric car is too expensive, Consumer Reports says.
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GM: Buyers Will Compare Cadillac ELR To BMW 6-Series
GM has offered one reason the Chevy Volt-based Cadillac ELR is so expensive, but it's not the reason you might have been expecting. Priced similarly to Tesla's Model S sedan, it's logical to think that Cadillac may be angling for undecided cross-shoppers in the "green luxury" market. Instead...
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2014 Cadillac ELR: Faster On Gasoline Than On Electricity
The Cadillac ELR sounds like the perfect car for green-minded buyers after a little more luxury. Underneath is the Chevrolet Volt, a car rated highly by its owners and saving the U.S. millions of gallons of gasoline. On top, a stylish Cadillac silhouette and a typically stunning cabin. The only...
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2014 Cadillac ELR Saks Fifth Avenue: Plug-In Bling For Model S Money
General consensus is that Cadillac's range-extended ELR coupe is too expensive. At $75,995, they may have a point--that's a lot of extra dough for a car based on the $34,995 Chevrolet Volt. So the best thing to do to draw attention to the ELR would be to make it cheaper, right? Not exactly. At...
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2014 Cadillac ELR Priced At $75,995, In Showrooms By January
The 2014 Cadillac ELR will hit showrooms in January with a base price of $75,995.
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2014 Cadillac ELR Electric Luxury Coupe Featured On Jay Leno's Garage
Don't you wish more auto enthusiasts were like Jay Leno? Sure, plenty of the stuff he likes isn't overly green, but at least he can't drive his massive collection of cars all at once. And he does like plenty of electric and hybrid vehicles too--among them, the Chevrolet Volt. Leno has his own Volt...
Antony Ingram