Cadillac Still Going to Get Lambda-based Crossover
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Cadillac Still Going to Get Lambda-based Crossover
We've heard before that Cadillac would be getting a large, 7-passenger crossover based on GM's Lambda platform architecture (already used for the Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse and GMC Acadia), but that was back before GM went into bankruptcy and emerged as a leaner, cleaner company with government backing.
Today, Karl Stracke, the automaker's vice president of global engineering, told Inside Line that a Lambda-based Cadillac crossover is absolutely a go.
We don't have any information on timing, yet, and we're taking a liberty here and speculating that the eventual large crossover will have a face like the Cadillac XTS concept unveiled this year in Detroit.
A version of the company's direct-injected 3.6-liter V6 is the obvious source of motivation for the Caddy crossover, but perhaps GM will experiment with turbocharging to find a little more power for it.
Today, Karl Stracke, the automaker's vice president of global engineering, told Inside Line that a Lambda-based Cadillac crossover is absolutely a go.
We don't have any information on timing, yet, and we're taking a liberty here and speculating that the eventual large crossover will have a face like the Cadillac XTS concept unveiled this year in Detroit.
A version of the company's direct-injected 3.6-liter V6 is the obvious source of motivation for the Caddy crossover, but perhaps GM will experiment with turbocharging to find a little more power for it.
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I've all but given up on Cadillac as having a true, focused direction.
That idea that looked so promising has now been blown up into being just another rebadge division for the most part.
That idea that looked so promising has now been blown up into being just another rebadge division for the most part.
Last edited by Darth Xed; May 28, 2010 at 08:14 AM.
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Cadillac is grasping at straws. This dip in sales has them panicing. And GM just can't help but over saturate their mid-size SUVs. This is exactly what they did with GMT-360. It makes zero sense to offer this and a Buick, and a GMC and a full size Escalade.
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Aside from that, there's just not that big of a market for premium priced large SUVs, and what little market there is for Cadillac, they need to have a credible entry like the RWD Escalade, not a tarted-up, mass-market, FWD minivan replacement.
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I'm with everyone else here. This is nuts having the same platform across all 4 brands. Cadillac should be about profit margin, not volume. Pumping up volume through badge engineering will only decrease profit margin and depreciate the brand.
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If there was ever a way to blow up the street-cred that Escalade has built up, a Lambda-underpinned next gen would do it. I like the Lambda vehicles, but it's NOT a good fit.
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How so? As long as it seats 5-7, can fit 24" "rims" on it and looks good in black with some nice HID lights that seems to be what the Escalade stands for...
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So true. A newish black Escalade passed us the other day and I said to my wife, dang those Escalades are nice. She nodded in agreement, then after a short pause, I added, "but its still nothing more than a gussied up Tahoe." 