GM restructuring is not limited only to brands that are going away – Cadillac will see its fair share of changes as well as part of GM’s bankruptcy and restructuring.

If you look at Cadillac as it compares to its luxury competition – it is selling very few cars with many more dealers – so GM is planning on cutting as many has half its 1400 dealers to get its per-dealer volume up.

This would result in average volume per dealer up to 500+ units per year. This compares to the over 1100 units per dealer that Lexus sells per each of its 220+ dealers. This would allow Cadillac to keep broader coverage as well by putting a dealer closer to most customers than its competition.

So, some dealers get the axe, but the ones that remain should be able to do better, be more profitable, and ideally provide better customer service without damaging their bottom line.

We’ll see.

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Update: MotorTrend.com has posted this article describing the same thing – and they include a sketch of what such a car might look like.

Despite carjake.com’s reference to the STS/DTS replacement being due in 2007 – an obvious typo – this article confirms the Alpha-based sub-CTS family of models are still on their way.

In this economy, this is good news.

CarJake.com: Cadillac exec confirms sub-CTS model and STS/DTS replacement

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At the New York autoshow, representatives with Cadillac have mentioned that they will be putting their 2-mode hybrid system in the new SRX.

Given the results in Saturn’s Vue hybrid with this system, this could see a 20% improvement in highway economy.

No on-sale date was given.

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Wards has awarded the 3.6 direct injection V6 a spot on their 10 best engines list for the second year in a row.

The 3.6 DI does duty in the CTS, STS and several other GM products, each putting out upwards of 300+ hp.

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Due to the economic downturn, Cadillac is seeing a major setback in its efforts to sell product in Europe.

As you may know, Cadillacs along with Hummers and Corvettes were distributed in Europe by Kroymans Import Europe – which has just recently gone under.

This leaves Cadillac with little presence in Europe as they are now down to the GM-owned stores in Britian, Russia, and Switzerland.

Additionally, the reduced sales (already a fairly low number) has made GM re-think offering the 2.9l diesel in the CTS and STS – immediately limiting their future appeal in a region of the world where easily half of all cars are diesels.

Let’s hope this is a temporary setback and that GM and Cadillac come out of this soon so they can resume their push into international markets.

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