Photo: Stefan Baldauf/SB-Medien
Along with the rear-wheel-drive sedan that will take over from the ATS, Cadillac is working around the clock to bring the CTS-replacing CT5 to market. If you were wondering which market, photographic evidence suggests that would be China.
Published by Cadillac Society, the photograph showcases a slide from a dealers presentation that offers insight on the product development process in China. The CT6 and XT5, launched in 2016, are the latest entries. But for 2018, the slide features two blacked-out silhouettes.
The utility vehicle on the left is the XT4 compact crossover, but the car on the right is a three-box design that mirrors the profile of CT5 prototypes spied by the carparazzi. When you think about it, the development process of the CT5 is far ahead of the CT4.
Not that long ago, Cadillac made it clear that it would launch a new model every six months or so. The XT4 was revealed in March 2018 at the Cadillac House in Manhattan, which means that the CT5 could be out of the bag in October 2018. For the United States, however, the successor of the CTS is expected to arrive at dealers for the 2020 model year.
Both rear-wheel-drive sedans will be manufactured at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan, keeping the Chevrolet Camaro company. An investment of $175 million will facilitate production, and according to General Motors, new tooling and equipment are being installed at the factory in preparation for the CT5 and CT4.
Being joined at the hip with the Camaro, both Cadillac models are expected to ride on the A2 platform from the Alpha family. The Alpha went into production in July 2012 with the ATS, and to this day, it’s been proven on high-performance vehicles such as the Camaro ZL1 with the 1LE Track Package and CTS-V.
The U.S. reveal of the CT5 could happen as soon as the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show in November provided that the Chinese model goes official in October.
The utility vehicle on the left is the XT4 compact crossover, but the car on the right is a three-box design that mirrors the profile of CT5 prototypes spied by the carparazzi. When you think about it, the development process of the CT5 is far ahead of the CT4.
Not that long ago, Cadillac made it clear that it would launch a new model every six months or so. The XT4 was revealed in March 2018 at the Cadillac House in Manhattan, which means that the CT5 could be out of the bag in October 2018. For the United States, however, the successor of the CTS is expected to arrive at dealers for the 2020 model year.
Both rear-wheel-drive sedans will be manufactured at the Lansing Grand River Assembly Plant in Michigan, keeping the Chevrolet Camaro company. An investment of $175 million will facilitate production, and according to General Motors, new tooling and equipment are being installed at the factory in preparation for the CT5 and CT4.
Being joined at the hip with the Camaro, both Cadillac models are expected to ride on the A2 platform from the Alpha family. The Alpha went into production in July 2012 with the ATS, and to this day, it’s been proven on high-performance vehicles such as the Camaro ZL1 with the 1LE Track Package and CTS-V.
The U.S. reveal of the CT5 could happen as soon as the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show in November provided that the Chinese model goes official in October.
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