Cadillac: In With The New, And Let's Keep The Old Stuff Too

Edward Niedermeyer
by Edward Niedermeyer

Cadillac is showing off this teaser of its XTS concept, previewing the look of its forthcoming “ flagship.” It’s edgy, it’s wedgy… too bad it’s almost certainly another Epsi-II variant in a GM lineup that hardly needs another. And while Cadillac keeps GM’s perpetual tease going, it’s come to our attention that the brand has become the carrier of a now-expired GM legacy, visible after the jump.

Cadillac’s SRX, by virtue of being released just before the Chevrolet Equinox, is the last GM vehicle to bear the now-extinct “Mark of Excellence,” a fact that had escaped us thus far [Hat Tip: Twitter’s Joel Feder]. And as a new 2010 model, those two nasty letters will grace the Caddy CUV for years to come. Sure, some vehicle had to be the last to bear the badge of pre-bankruptcy corporate pride, but how inappropriate is it that GM’s luxury brand is the last one wearing The General’s chiclet?

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  • Accs Accs on Dec 22, 2009

    Can someone clarify for me please... What the difference between the STS and the DTS... besides the FWD / RWD platform. Which then again makes me want to wonder.. why they are so concerned with a 3 series competitor smaller than the C.. when.. why isnt the CTS good enough. Id also like to know.. why the current CTS V looks the same as the first gen sedan, when in fact the CTS is in its 2nd iteration?!

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    • Steven02 Steven02 on Dec 23, 2009

      As MBella, the grill is similar. The other grill doesn't have the right air flow for the engine. The rear of the car and the sides look like the 2nd interation.

  • Kevin Kluttz Kevin Kluttz on Dec 23, 2009

    Why do we even care? It's GM, for Pete's sake. Please, someone, stick a fork in it. But, no, there are still people out there who have had their heads up their asses for so long that they don't know anything about the automotive world and will still drift about in their GM barges and end up at a dealership to blindly purchase another one, thinking all the time in the service department is normal.

  • EBFlex China can F right off.
  • MrIcky And tbh, this is why I don't mind a little subsidization of our battery industry. If the American or at least free trade companies don't get some sort of good start, they'll never be able to float long enough to become competitive.
  • SCE to AUX Does the WTO have any teeth? Seems like countries just flail it at each other like a soft rubber stick for internal political purposes.
  • Peter You know we’ve entered the age of self driving vehicles When KIAs go from being stolen to rolling away by themselves.
  • Analoggrotto TTAC is full of drug addicts with short memories. Just beside this article is another very beautiful article about how the EV9 was internationally voted by a renowned board of automotive experts who are no doubt highly educated, wealthy and affluent; the best vehicle in entire world. That's planet earth for you numbskulls. Let me repeat: the best vehicle in the world is the Kia EV9. Voted, and sealed, and if you try to deny it Fanny Willis is ready to prosecute you; but she will send her boyfriend instead because she is busy.
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