The Detroit News has learned that GM has approved the Cadillac Converj for production.

The Converj, as you might recall, was a swoopy coupe with the ‘Voltec’ electric/gas engine ‘range extender’ drivetrain very similar to that in the Chevy Volt sedan due in showrooms in about a year.

Expect the Converj to command a higher price than the Volt’s approximately 40k sticker, to be a sportier car overall, and to get similar city mileage to the Volt’s 230mpg number on the EPA’s new system for rating electrics.

Unknown is what the production car will be called or if it will come to market with 2 or 4 doors.

Read more at the Detroit News

Categories: News, Rumored Models
No Comments »

The results of yesterday’s CTS-V challenge are out and, as you might expect, the CTS-V cleaned up on Monticello’s 3+ mile track.

Taking 1st-3rd and 5th-7th and 10th places – the V’s acquitted themselves quite well.

The best challenger was a BMW M3 in the 4th spot. 8th was filled with what many consider the V’s closest competitor, the BMW M5. The M5 with it’s 500hp was fewer than 3 seconds ahead of the 9th place Mitsubishi Evolution.

11th-12th were brought up by the Jaguar XF (note, Jaguar was supposed to supply an XF-R for the competition but felt that its brakes were not up to the task of competitive laps and backed out at the last minute) and the Audi RS4.

See the official results below:

Categories: News, CTS, V-Series, Racing
No Comments »

Today’s the day. Cadillac and Bob Lutz and crew will be taking on all comers with a CTS-V at New York’s Monticello race track.

See below to watch track owner Ari Straus and GM’s John Heinricy give a track overview prior to the big event.

Categories: News, CTS, V-Series, Video
No Comments »

The nominees have been announced for the 2010 North American Car and Truck of the Year competition.

This award is presented each year at the North American International Auto Show (NAIAS) in Detroit and is the result of voting by dozens of journalists across several media.

This year’s list of nominees includes both the 2010 CTS Sport Wagon on the car side and the 2010 SRX on the truck side (providing at least the potential of an all-Cadillac podium in January).

Good luck Cadillac!

Categories: News, CTS, SRX, Awards
No Comments »

Sub-CTS rear-drive (all-wheel drive optional) is well into development.

CTS coupe and CTS-v coupe will be on sale next year.

While these were the only product announcements given, they do confirm that the sub-CTS will be, at least on paper, a potential competitor to the BMW 3-Series. There is a fair possibility that this will be the fabled ‘Alpha’ platform product we’ve been waiting for.

No announcements were made about the high-end Cadillac sedan that has been on-again/off-again for some time now. However, it would seem odd to us if Cadillac spent money to make a real rear-drive small sedan and then built a product positioned above the CTS on a glorified version of the Malibu’s Epsilon platform. Even all-wheel drive would make this a mere shadow of what a Cadillac deserves to be.

We’re sticking to our expectation, despite rumors still floating in some circles, that the upper-end Cadillac will be based on a rear-drive architecture and be targeted squarely at 7-Series/S-Class competitors.

Categories: News, CTS, Rumored Models
4 Comments »