GMInsideNews.com sat with a developer of the CUE system and were given an overview of the reconfigurable dash display, the gesture support of the new center stack display, as well as the touch sensitive controls and the haptic feedback.

Obviously still in development (they mention it’s ‘beta’ state more than once) but one of the better overviews of what we can expect of this system in the ATS, XTS, and refreshed SRX – all available this year.

Enjoy.

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From the LA Auto Show, Cadillac’s video showing the new XTS.

Enjoy:

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For those of you waiting for the XTS you still have to wait until next year to pick one up. However, your wait to see exactly how close the new car is to the XTS Platinum concept is only a few more days.

Cadillac has announced Wednesday, November 16 as the debut at the Los Angeles auto show at 12:30pm Eastern (9:30am Pacific).

This photo shows the production car for the first time, but we’ll have to wait a few days for other details such as powertrain options, etc.

As you may recall, the XTS is based on GM’s Epsilon front/all-wheel drive architecture (shared with the Buick Lacrosse among others) and has lately made waves with its mild hybrid technology that gives mid 30’s economy, if only in a 4-cylinder form that the XTS may not have.

Expect more details after the debut.

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It’s little secret that tCE is less than impressed with the technology suite Cadillac has been fielding for the last few years. It is one area we feel Cadillac is lagging behind its competition.

Read any of our many reviews for a flavor of things not working right, being clunky or inefficient to operate, etc.

Well, Cadillac hasn’t been plugging ahead and letting this lose them customers forever.

Now we have a peak of the new interior electronics suite dubbed the Cadillac User Experience (CUE).

It includes a new, completely virtual gauge cluster in front of the driver, 8” capacitive touch screen at center stage, and touch sensitive center stack (physical buttons are so pre-2007, apparently.)

Bluetooth connectivity for phone and media are part of the package (with a slick pop-open section of the center stack to put your devices in). Pinch and swipe gestures, a la iPhone/iPad, are now part of the experience along with haptic feedback (a slight buzz upon touching a control to confirm that your input has been received).

The system will appear first in the new XTS, ATS, and in an SRX interior refresh that are all coming in 2012.

Expect this to make its way into the CTS line and the Escalade as they are refreshed in the coming few years.

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At the same conference where GM NA boss Mark Reuss confirmed the BMW 3-series fighting ATS (and showed a shadow-y picture of the ATS-V) it was also confirmed that the XTS would launch in the spring of 2012.

Details we didn’t have on the XTS until now include – base models will be front-drivers. All-wheel drive will be an option.

The XTS will be built at the Oshawa plant in Ontario, Canada that currently produces the Chevrolet Camaro and Impala as well as the Buick Regal.

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