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Cadillac is the luxury arm of General Motors and over the past few years, this premium brand has returned to glory as one of the best luxury brands in the world. New models like the ELR and ATS have helped to bring new interest to the brand from new segments while the new XTS and redesigned CTS allow Cadillac to be a top competitor throughout the US market.

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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.
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While the BMW 3-Series continues to be the top dog in the small luxury sedan class, the new Cadillac ATS and the Lexus IS offer impressive levels of luxury even in their base form and today, we break down the two strongest competitors in the compact luxury segment.
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The configuration pages for the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V sedan and coupe have officially gone live on Cadillac.com, giving prospective buyers the chance to virtually build and price their ideal high performance compact luxury sedan – with prices starting at $62,665 for the coupe and $60,465 for the sedan.
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While the new Cadillac ATS-V is an awesome compact performance sedan with a twin turbo V6 putting out 464hp and 445tq, Motor Trend has reported that General Motors is working on an even higher performance ATS-V that will pack the LS7 V8 that currently motivates the Chevrolet Camaro Z28.
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General Motors has used the Shanghai, China Motor Show to introduce the new Cadillac CT6 Plug-In Hybrid with 335 horsepower, 432lb-ft of torque and a strong possibility of being offered in the United States.
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If you buy one of the new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V super sedans when they arrive later this year and you quickly decide that 640 horsepower isn’t enough, the folks at Hennessey Performance have a trio of upgrade packages already planned for the new high performance luxury sedan – including an HPE1000 package that lifts the output to a stunning 1,000 horsepower.
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The new Cadillac CT6 will serve as the flagship of the American luxury brand and as a result, the current top of the line Cadillac XTS will not see a next generation as the company phases out the old names and the old models.
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After months of speculation, the gorgeous new Cadillac CT6 has made its grand debut at the 2015 New York International Auto Show, ushering in the new naming scheme, a new engine and a new top of the line luxury sedan to the GM family.
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The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V hasn’t reached owners yet, but General Motors has already announced an increase in horsepower for the high performance luxury sport sedan with the official SAE rating of 464 horsepower - in addition to boasting better performance numbers than originally expected.
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When the Cadillac CT6 debuts next month at the New York Auto Show, it will introduce a new pair of V6 engines, with the top of the line twin turbocharged V6 delivering a whopping 400 horsepower while cylinder deactivation will help make it more fuel-friendly than the other twin turbo V6s already in use.
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We have seen more than a few videos showing the 2015 Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcat racing against a variety of high performance vehicles and today, we watch as a lightly built Cadillac CTS-V Wagon with 600 rear wheel horsepower gives a stock Hellcat Challenger a very good run – but it eventually comes up short.
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The 2016 Cadillac ATS-V will be GM’s first high performance small luxury car ever, following in the footsteps of the incredibly popular CTS-V from the past decade, and today we have a video showing the new ATS-V blasting around the road course at Circuit of the Americas.
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I recently spent a week behind the wheel of the 2015 Cadillac ATS Coupe with the 2.0L turbocharged 4-cylinder engine and with the 6th generation Camaro being built on the same Alpha platform chassis, this compact luxury coupe could preview a very good 4-cylinder Camaro for 2016.
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During a recent Q&A session with Jalopnik readers, Cadillac boss Johan de Nysschen hinted that the upcoming CT6 full sized luxury super sedan could have a twin turbocharged V8 engine and based on the recent trademark filings by General Motors, that TT V8 could be called the LT5 or LTX.
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General Motors has only offered up the base pricing for the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V sedan and coupe, but a posting in an enthusiast forum has offered up a look at some of the options for the high performance compact luxury car, as well as the pricing for those options.
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General Motors has announced the pricing for the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V and with a price starting at $61,460 for the sedan or $63,660 for the coupe, the new high performance Caddy costs less than the comparable BMW M3 and M4 – while also packing more power than the German competitors.
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When the 2015 North American International Auto Show opens next week, General Motors will show off a balance of efficiency and performance, with Chevrolet showing off the new Volt while Cadillac rolls out the next generation CTS-V.
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Now that General Motors has announced the new 2016 Cadillac CTS-V with the drivetrain from the 2015 Corvette Z06, the Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat finally has some competition from another Detroit automaker and today, we take a look at how these two super-sedans will match up.
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The 2016 Cadillac CTS-V will be powered by the same LT4 V8 as the 2015 Corvette Z06 and even though the high performance Caddy has slightly lower power ratings than the newest super-Vette – the 2016 CTS-V could actually offered more consistent performance over extended periods of high performance driving.
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General Motors has pulled the sheets off of the 2016 Cadillac CTS-V and, not surprisingly, this new American super-sedan uses the same supercharged V8 as the 2015 Corvette Z06 to pack big power – big enough to take aim at the 707 horsepower Dodge Charger SRT Hellcat.
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After a great deal of speculation, General Motors has confirmed that the new Cadillac CTS-V will indeed make its world debut at the 2015 Detroit Auto Show and while details on the new super-Caddy are limited to the debut location - there is a chance that the new CTS-V could derive its power from the same LT4 V8 as the 2015 Corvette Z06.
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Last week we looked at the leaked images of the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V Coupe and with the start of the 2014 LA Auto Show, the full details for the new ATS-V in both coupe and sedan form have been rolled out in California.
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The first batch of images and information on the 2016 Cadillac ATS-V have leaked and surprisingly, the ATS-V has only 450 horsepower from a specially tuned version of the twin turbo V6 that powers the CTS VSport that is far less powerful than the previous V Series coupe – yet powerful enough to take on the new BMW M4.
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General Motors will have a respectable lineup of electric cars by the end of the decade, as the Cadillac product plan has recently been revealed to include three electrified models to join the Chevrolet EVs.
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The Cadillac brand is making moves to continue to better challenge the other luxury automakers doing business in the United States and a new rumor suggests that General Motors could be planning a new halo car for Cadillac – one which could be based on the current Chevrolet Corvette.
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Cadillac is planning to introduce a plug-in hybrid version of its upcoming CT6 large sedan next year. What we do know is that the luxury saloon will not bear much resemblance to the other Cadillac plug-in, the ELR.
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We have known for some time now that the Cadillac brand would introduced a new premium luxury sedan at the 2015 North American International Auto Show in Detroit and today, General Motors announced that the new range topping Caddy sedan would be named the CT6 – bringing with it a new naming system that will spread across the entire brand.
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Those folks who have been eagerly awaiting the Cadillac ATS-V or CTS-V before making their next new luxury sport sedan purchase will only have to wait until this fall, as the high performance ATS-V is expected to debut in November in LA followed by the debut of the CTS-V in Detroit next January.
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The Chevrolet Volt is a fantastic extended range electric vehicle so it should come as no surprise that the 2014 Cadillac ELR arrives as the best option for anyone looking to buy a true luxury EV from a company that will still be around in a few years – while also doing away with range anxiety in the true premium style.