Every year, designers from all over the auto industry converge at the Detroit auto show to pick the best designs in both concepts and production cars that deuted at the NAIAS.

This year, top concept honors went to the Cadillac Converj concept as well as Audi’s Sportback.

The Converj combines Cadillac luxury with GM’s Voltec extended range electric architecture – first shown on the Chevy Volt.

Way to go Simon Cox and the Cadillac design team.

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AutoPacific, the automotive research firm, has just published their latest Vehicle Satisfaction Awards list. This study is based on the opinions of actual owners of 2008 model year examples.

Cadillac took top honors in the respective segments of the Escalade, Escalade ESV, Escalade EXT, CTS, and DTS. This resulted in Cadillac, as a brand, being named the overall winner.

Way to go Cadillac!

Read all about it at:

VehicleVoice: AutoPacific Announces 2008 Vehicle Satisfaction Awards

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Consumer Reports has never been considered one of the ‘enthusiast’ press – but their recommendations are respected by a wide cross-section of the car buying public.

That said, they have just given the new CTS their rating of ‘excellent’ placing it ahead of such luxury benchmarks as the BMW 3-series (the 328i in this case) and the Mercedes C-class (C300) in their latest luxury comparison.

The Cadillac CTS now competes toe-to-toe with some of the best German and Japanese sport sedans…There are more safety features and interior amenities in the new model. Fit and finish is greatly improved, and the interior is much more pleasant than in the previous generation. – David Champion, Consumer Reports’ senior director of automotive testing

Way to go, Cadillac.

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R.L. Polk & Co. has announced their latest Polk Automotive Loyalty Awards, a measure of owner loyalty.

GM took the top honors for top automaker with Toyota taking top brand. Cadillac’s Escalade was singled out as one of the bright spots in GM’s lineup.

Congrats Cadillac.

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Cadillac is certainly on to something with their new, more refined Art & Science styling.

In this year’s EyesOn Design awards, named by over 20 design professionals in the auto industry, Cadillac took both the concept and production awards.

Taking concept honors is the CTS Coupe concept. The production car award was snagged by the new 2009 CTS-V.

Well done, Cadillac!

Categories: Concepts, News, CTS, V-Series, Awards
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