Cadillac

Cadillac to offer new twin-turbo V-6 on XTS for 2014

8:11 am U.S. ET | May 17, 2013
Cadillac is adding a new 410-hp, twin-turbo 3.6-liter V-6 engine as an option on the XTS sedan for 2014.... Read More »

 

GM CFO: Cadillac won't chase 'volume at all costs'

5:45 pm U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
General Motors CFO Dan Ammann says Cadillac will steer clear of what he sees as a "volume-at-all-costs mentality" among competitors battling for the luxury sales crown.... Read More »

 

Caddy shifts warranty on certified used vehicles

12:01 am U.S. ET | May 13, 2013
Cadillac is again offering a bumper-to-bumper warranty on its certified used vehicles, a move the luxury brand says makes it more competitive with rivals' programs.... Read More »

 

GM wins approval to build $1.3 billion Cadillac plant in China

9:00 am U.S. ET | May 7, 2013
General Motors, the largest foreign automaker in China, said it won regulatory approval to build a Cadillac factory to boost sales of luxury vehicles in the world’s biggest automobile market.... Read More »

 

Audi and Cadillac target young Chinese buyers

May 3, 2013 06:01 CET
Audi is fueling its growth in China with a range of less pricey compact crossovers and sedans -- such as the A3 sedan introduced this month in Shanghai -- to expand its appeal to retail customers.... Read More »

 

Big trucks, small cars lift GM's sales 11%

2:34 pm U.S. ET | May 1, 2013
General Motors' U.S. sales grew 11 percent in April on a surge in demand for vehicles at both ends of GM's lineup: big trucks and small cars.... Read More »

 

ATS coupe is on the way, Cadillac tells its dealers

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
General Motors plans to introduce a coupe version of its Cadillac ATS compact next year, one in a spate of vehicle introductions for the luxury brand. Several dealers told Automotive News they were shown an ATS coupe at a national dealer meeting in Las Vegas this month.... Read More »

 

SHANGHAI AUTO SHOW

Audi and Caddy target young Chinese buyers

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 29, 2013
More retail owners of luxury cars in China drive their own vehicles, so automakers give more attention to driving performance, cockpit design and front-seat amenities.... Read More »

 

Cadillac eyes smaller Chinese cities for luxury market share

9:40 am U.S. ET | April 22, 2013
GM plans to more than triple sales of its luxury Cadillac brand in China by 2015 by targeting affluent buyers in smaller cities as competition intensifies in the world’s largest auto market.... Read More »

 

Chevy ad vet named Cadillac's marketer

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 15, 2013
Cadillac chief Bob Ferguson has picked Steve Majoros, a veteran of ad agency Campbell-Ewald and a force behind such well-known Chevrolet campaigns as "Like A Rock" and "American Revolution," as his global marketing director.... Read More »

 

Cadillac's Ferguson expands exec team to drive growth

12:00 pm U.S. ET | April 12, 2013
Cadillac chief Bob Ferguson is expanding and shuffling his executive team to speed the luxury brand's international growth. Don Butler, head of U.S. marketing since March 2010, has been reassigned as vice president of global strategic development for Cadillac, a newly created position. He continues to report to Ferguson.... Read More »

 

Ex-GM marketing boss LaNeve takes over Lincoln's ad agency

5:15 pm U.S. ET | April 8, 2013
Mark LaNeve, former top North American marketer at General Motors and ex-head of Cadillac, has taken over as president of the Lincoln brand's ad agency. LaNeve replaces Cameron McNaughton, who had been president of the agency, Hudson Rouge, since it was founded in 2011.... Read More »

 

For Cadillac, early signs of another renaissance

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 6, 2013
At his Houston Cadillac store last weekend, Carl Sewell had an unusual experience: He helped a mother secure a baby seat into a car she was considering. Young-shopper sightings were once a rarity for Sewell. Behind the new ATS sedan, which is helping draw a new type of buyer, Cadillac posted a 49 percent rise in sales last month.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

Cadillac tries to overcome walk-on status

10:01 am U.S. ET | April 2, 2013
When I was in college, I walked onto the football team. It didn't take long for me to grasp a cold reality: To get the coaches' attention, I had to be better than the scholarship players. That's where Cadillac is today in its quest to play on the same field with the German luxury brands.... Read More »

 

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

Some dazzled N.Y.; some blew their noses

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
As West Coast Editor Mark Rechtin considered the vehicles unveiled at the New York auto show, he encountered a design trait we're destined to see more of: Sleek, sloping hoods are being replaced with bulkier snouts and corners.... Read More »

 

MIKE COLIAS

GM's Alpha plan to beat the alpha dogs of luxury

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
The accolades heaped on Cadillac's ATS compact sedan owe much to the built-from-scratch rear-wheel-drive architecture on which it rides. It's code-named Alpha, and it's the same platform that underpins the next-generation 2014 Cadillac CTS. But Alpha almost never came to be Mike Colias covers General Motors for Automotive News.... Read More »

 

Redone CTS pushes performance, design

12:01 am U.S. ET | April 1, 2013
For the 2014 CTS sedan, Cadillac is following the same playbook it used for the ATS compact: push performance and design, and go right after German rivals.... Read More »

 

GM meets with 3 agencies vying for Cadillac ad business

1:19 pm U.S. ET | March 29, 2013
Three major advertising agencies are vying to handle Cadillac's creative account. Executives from the three companies -- Interpublic Group, Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe -- met in Detroit on Thursday with General Motors' marketing leadership about the Cadillac pitch.... Read More »

 

2013 NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

2014 Cadillac CTS emerges before New York auto show

9:23 am U.S. ET | March 26, 2013
Cadillac's plans to make a big splash at the New York auto show with the redesigned 2014 CTS sedan were jump-started Monday by the Internet as a number of photos of the car were posted online.... Read More »

 

2013 NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

Redesigned Cadillac CTS boosts performance, size to take on BMW, Benz

6:00 pm U.S. ET | March 26, 2013
The redesigned Cadillac CTS sedan shows that the brand is sticking with performance in its bid to get onto the shopping lists of import-minded buyers. GM bills the 2014 CTS, unveiled on the eve of the New York auto show, as lighter than the BMW 5 series and Mercedes E class, with "the most agile driving dynamics" among mid-sized luxury sedans.... Read More »

 

NEW YORK AUTO SHOW PREVIEW

Show to star a cavalcade of crossovers and SUVs

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 25, 2013
A parade of new and redesigned crossovers and SUVs will headline the New York auto show this week. The list includes the Jeep Cherokee, which replaces the Liberty, and new renditions of the Acura MDX, Toyota Highlander and Range Rover Sport. Subaru will debut a hybrid version of its XV Crosstrek.... Read More »

 

Buick, Caddy recall 33,700 new vehicles to fix transmission software

12:27 pm U.S. ET | March 20, 2013
GM is recalling about 33,700 model-year 2013 Buick LaCrosse sedans and Cadillac SRX crossover vehicles globally to address a potential software problem that could increase the risk of a crash.... Read More »

 

2013 NEW YORK AUTO SHOW

Redesigned 2014 Cadillac CTS to pack twin-turbo V-6

12:13 pm U.S. ET | March 18, 2013
The redesigned 2014 Cadillac CTS sedan that goes on sale this fall will have a 420-hp, twin-turbo 3.6-liter V-6 engine as an option. The redesigned CTS will be unveiled next week at the New York auto show.... Read More »

 

GM shuffling ad agencies for Chevy, Cadillac

12:01 am U.S. ET | March 18, 2013
General Motors is shuffling the advertising agencies of its most important brands, Chevrolet and Cadillac, as it embarks on a busy vehicle launch schedule.... Read More »

 

GM aims to spend $38 million on Michigan plant where it plans to move Camaro output

5:11 pm U.S. ET | March 14, 2013
GM wants to invest more than $38 million in a Lansing, Mich., plant where it plans to move Chevrolet Camaro production.... Read More »