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Racing is about to get underway in the 2017 Pirelli World Challenge Season. Cadillac is revved up for the race season with the ATS-V.R about to hit the track. The drivers who just drove the all-new Cadillac DPi-V.R prototype to the overall victory at the Rolex 24 will be joining the ATS team for several races.

I recently had the fortune of spending a week behind the wheel of the Cadillac CT6 Platinum and having loved everything about it, I believe that this big Caddy sedan is the next great American luxury sedan – rivaling the best that the European and Japanese luxury brands have to offer.

Performance cars aren’t the bestselling vehicles in the US, but they are among the most popular in the United States among enthusiasts so today, we bring you the best TorqueNews performance car stories of 2016 – with a look at a variety of different types of performance oriented cars from around the world.

General Motors has announced that they will temporarily halt production at a handful of assembly plants around the US including those facilities which build the Chevrolet Camaro and the Chevrolet Corvette in an effort to burn through existing inventory – with the downtime ranging from 1-3 weeks depending on the plant.

Racing superstar Jeff Gordon announced on his website that he will be one of the drivers when the all new Cadillac DPi-V.R takes to the track for the 2017 Rolex 24.

Cadillac unveiled its top-secret DPi-V.R Prototype Race Car For 2017. According to its spec sheet, the race car will produce 600 horsepower. The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V is rated at 640 horsepower.

General Motors has announced that the 2017 Cadillac CT6 Hybrid will go on sale next spring and when it does, it will offer a combination of 30 miles of all-electric driving and solid performance from the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine – with GM promising a 0-60 time of just 5.2 seconds.

I recently used a 2016 Cadillac Escalade Platinum in place of my half ton pickup to get my wife and her horses to a horse show, and after three days of being worked like a farm truck including pulling the trailer to and from the show – the Escalade proved to be every bit as capable as a pickup.

Some owners of the 2017 CTS say that when they get in their brand new car some of their CUE vehicle options are missing. When they call Cadillac customer service, they are upset with their response.

I recently had a chance to spend a week driving the 2016 Cadillac CT6 and while I will soon have a full review of this impressive new luxury sedan, one piece of the unique luxury technology that really stood out to me was the new camera-based rear view mirror – as this is technology that everyone can use and appreciate.

Cadillac wants to eliminate about half of its U.S. dealerships.

One of my favorite moments in the history of cars is the muscle car wars in the mid 60's and early 70's. Detroit's assembly lines were pumping out high horsepower cars that were marketed towards the youth of America (Baby Boomers). The race was on to see who could be the fastest.

General Motors has announced that those folks who buy a brand new Cadillac CTS-V or ATS-V will get a free two-day course at Spring Mountain Motor Resort in Las Vegas, where they will learn from skilled racing instructors how to best handle their high performance luxury cars – and it is free (for the most part)!

In a lengthy comment posted on what is a now-debunked article about the future of Cadillac, the brand’s boss Johan de Nysschen stated that there is a non-sedan flagship coming and as I have speculated in the past – I believe that we could be getting a Corvette-bases supercar.

This past weekend, the new Cadillac Escala Concept Car was on display at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance and while it isn’t the Corvette-based sports car that I many had hoped for – this is one gorgeous super sedan.

General Motors has offered up a short video teasing a new Cadillac Design Concept vehicle at this week’s Monterey Car Week and while there are no images of the exterior in this video, there are a few reasons that I think that this new Cadillac could be something Corvette-based.

The new Ford Shelby GT350R Mustang shocked the world when it became the most affordable production road car to receive carbon fiber wheels, but based on a report from Autoblog – some of General Motors’ best and brightest performance cars will soon have similar lightweight rollers.

Living in the Metro Detroit area, the most common luxury car is the Cadillac CTS4 and having spent a week driving the 2016 CTS4 Premium, there is little question why this plush, roomy and powerful sedan is such a popular choice in and around the Motor City.

General Motors has a high tech rear view camera mirror system for the Cadillac CT6 and the Chevy Bolt, and according to the folks at Autoblog, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has approved this system – opening up a whole new area of interior technology that is sure to quickly spread across the industry.

The folks at Automotive News announced yesterday that the extended range Cadillac ELR – essentially the luxury coupe version of the Chevrolet Volt – will not continue on into a next generation and with the ELR being one of my favorite vehicles on the market today – I am sad to hear that the beautiful electric Caddy coupe is headed for the automotive graveyard.

A video has surfaced showing a Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat racing against a new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V and in almost every match, the supercharged Mopar beat the supercharged Caddy – often doing so in impressive fashion.

Today at Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owners/Admirers group on Facebook I saw this beautiful picture of two Cadillacs, which the guys said are Photoshopped. I asked the owners to share with TorqueNews readers and here is what they said about the vehicles.

"Just wanted to say goodbye to this group. Going to miss my CTS. This is what happens when reckless little kids blow red lights," wrote one owner in Cadillac CTS/CTS-V Owners/Admirers group on Facebook few days ago, while sharing his car's image.

We drove two of the best track-day cars on the market to see how they compare.

General Motors has announced the pricing for the 2016 Cadillac CT6 and with a price starting at just $54,490 including destination, the new flagship Caddy is a full sized luxury bargain – even when it is loaded up in the top of the line trim.

Should Cadillac change its style and design radically or moderately? Cadillac President Johan de Nysschen and GM product development boss Mark Reuss are having a running debate over Cadillac's edgy styling, according to a Bloomberg report last week. Here is what each of them says and here is what Cadillac owners say.

There have been rumors floating around the internet that General Motors might be working on a higher performance version of the Cadillac ATS-V with the LS7 V8 from the Camaro Z28, and local photographer Nathan Smith may just have witnessed one of these beasts in person parked along the streets of Dearborn, Michigan.

There are rumors floating around the internet that the Cadillac brand could look to expand the Escalade lineup further, including a possible Escalade V packing the 650 horsepower LT4 V8 from the Corvette Z06 and an advanced all-wheel drive system that would make it one of the baddest SUVs in the world – one that would rival the big utes from the likes of Bentley and Mercedes Benz.

The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V and Mercedes-AMG C63 have risen to challenge the BMW M3's role s the king of the sports sedan segment. This video review shows which of these cars wins.

If you are a Chrysler Group or General Motors fan who likes to row your own gears, you are in luck, as "FCA" and GM offer far more models with manual transmissions than do any of the other automakers doing business in the United States – with the Chrysler Group taking the slight edge overall.