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REPORT: Cadillac CTS Coupe to start production in 2009
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If you liked the Cadillac CTS Coupe Concept and feel that your garage is incomplete without one in it, well, you're gonna be able to scratch that itch next year. Inside Line reports that the concept will go into production in mid-2009 as a 2010 model. Expect the same general shape as the show car, albeit with some detail tweaks to make it production-friendly. The most obvious ones will be the addition of an integrated rear spoiler with a CHMSL and the conversion from the stylized center-outlet exhaust to something more traditional, like the CTS sedan's dual tips. We're betting it'll be deja vu all over again next January in Cobo as the usual suspects reconvene to drive the production CTS coupe (CTC, maybe?) onto the very same stage that welcomed the concept. And General, don't forget to drop in the LSA and do a 2-door V-Series while you're at it.
[Source: Inside Line]
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 4)
Andrew 9:19AM (1/19/2008)
Good God, that's ugly. Wouldn't anyone ever buy that over the BMW 335i?
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Andrew 10:53AM (1/19/2008)
I own a 3-series, and can honestly say I don't think that looks too bad. It looks like an Americanized G35 or Accord IMO. Either way, I'd take the BMW first.
P.S. Cool name.
caddy dave 11:09AM (1/19/2008)
Cause they don't want to spend all their time in the bmw shop?
Andrew 11:20AM (1/19/2008)
Caddy Dave, you do know that the Cadillac is much more unreliable than the BMW, right? I was trying to be nice by sticking up for the car, but let's get real. There's no comparing a BMW to a Cadillac.
John P. 12:14PM (1/19/2008)
Funny, I was thinking the opposite. This is all over the 3 series in looks, especially the current 3 series. I'd much prefer this over the bmw, and I never thought I'd say that about any cadillac.
caddy dave 1:39PM (1/19/2008)
Andrew,
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Not trying to nit-pic, I do like BMW. On a personal note, I'm on my sixth in a row caddy, now driving an 06 STS-V and my daughter drives my previous 03 STS approaching 200k for school and aside from 1 trip to the dealer for a recall has been flawless. I know several BMW owners that likewise have been flawless, but we all know about the electrical gremlins BMW owners have complained about. A business assiciate and golf buddy has an M3 (summer car) and an X5 (winter car) and has had many problems with both. His father has a flawless X5.
I work hard for my money and in all honesty, if Cadillac were these unreliable garbage barges that so many try to tell us, it's simple. I would'nt keep buying and praising them. And now with these new designs coming from Caddy, the excitement is justly elevated.
One last thing, as a car collector I have an 88 Allante w/17k, flawlessly original, and a 70 restored Eldorado conv. Pure fun to drive.
ramonlsalas 12:29AM (6/16/2009)
I think its freakin beautiful, I'd rather have a cadillac over a beamer any day. Beamers are great, but they are waaay too expensive. I guarantee that a fully loaded CTS Coupe will be cheaper than a bare bones M6. Yeah the beamer's overall quality will be better, But not 30 grand better. But Cadillac is doing good things these days and it's probably just a matter of time before they are as good as Beamer's, Benz's, and Audi's. Look out Germany Cadillac is comin!!!!
Zane 9:21AM (1/19/2008)
Freakin' brilliant! Time to stop thinking about the 135i and G37.
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jg 12:44PM (1/19/2008)
135? This caddy's the size of a 5 series.
naggs 2:54PM (1/19/2008)
yeah, this is more of a 6 series fighter
Zane 3:54PM (1/19/2008)
Uh oh, I meant the 335i. Sorry!
Gardiner Westbound 9:23AM (1/19/2008)
In my view the CTS Coupe may be a winner if Cadillac can get it's Consumer Reports' quality and reliability ratings out of the cellar.
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MemphisNET 9:32AM (1/19/2008)
Most shoppers for this kind of car (and money) are going to lease and keep it for 3-4years tops and trade it in. As long as they have a warranty, most don't care what breaks.
Having said that, domestic quality isn't worth worrying about anymore IMO.
MoonRover 9:37AM (1/19/2008)
Consumer Reports is nothing more than fish wrap and most people are aware of that by now. As to Cadillac qualilty, it doesn't get any better than recent quality from Cadillac.
Whitie 9:52AM (1/19/2008)
I agree. People that slave to reading bird cage liner material (aka Consumer Reports) need to get their heads out of the sand. The General is making some world beater products these days. I'm amazed how far the've come in 5 years (thank you Bob Lutz).
MemphisNET 10:04AM (1/19/2008)
I think something to add is, buy anything you want and just deal with it. Honda's and Toyota's might be fine for those who enjoy getting an oil change from the dealer - but if you're any kind of self-proclaimed enthusiast, you're gonna do your homework, take care of the car in the first place, address recalls as they pop up, and roll with the punches as they land.
4 previous Dodge's, 4 Chrysler Corp Automatics, all ran flawlessly for well over 400,000km each. Maintanence. Not that hard.
MajorGeek 10:18AM (1/19/2008)
Also agree. I stopped reading consumer reports a year ago. It is dribble from the average uninformed consumer. Actually, I don't know where they find these people? I know a lot of people driving the CTS and never heard a bad word. I always liked the CTS line and thought they did a remarkable job making it into a 2 door coupe. It is obvious they could have been much lazier on total design and still sold well it if they wanted to. The feedback apparently was so positive that it is going to production.
Brill 12:05PM (1/19/2008)
+ 1 with MemphisNET
the big 3 did let alot of people down over the years. but i honestly think that most new designs say 2004 on, are probably rock soild. i remember when the koreans NEEDED the 10 year warrenty, but anymore i think they are holding up just as well as anyone.
there will always be recalls, there will always be just bad luck, but things are much better this day and age
notYou 10:04AM (1/19/2008)
As an owner of an 06 CTS-V (and loving it - no probs here) I love the spec sheet of the 09 CTS-V but love the look of the CTC here soooo much better. If only we could get this face on the sedan. Or, please god, a V version of this. Please, please, please.
Andrew: we must be at polar opposites, as soon as I saw this I thought "scratch every other coupe off my list, I'll take this". To me it makes them all look about 10 years older by comparison - to each his own I suppose.
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meshies 2:06PM (1/19/2008)
^^^^^^^^ "scratch every other coupe off my list, I'll take this". To me it makes them all look about 10 years older by comparison"
Perfectly said. Nothing can hold a candle next to this thing in the looks department. This caddy makes everything look outdated. This is the face of 2009.