Cadillac

ANN ARBOR, Michigan— While Cadillac dominated the 1950s and 1960s with big-bodied cars sporting fancy tailfins, the following decades were all about European luxury brands, especially those from Germany. Definitely not happy to play second fiddle, Cadillac has since tried pretty much everything to hopefully regain its enviable position, enjoying …

People shopping for a three-row luxury SUV that doesn’t look like a presidential limo used to have very few options. Then, at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Cadillac introduced the all-new 2020 XT6. How good is it? We spent time behind the wheel to find out.

The last few years haven’t been easy for domestic luxury brands Cadillac and Lincoln, who must figure out how to attract a younger clientele. A brand image is hard to establish, difficult to change and easy to ruin. With so many SUVs in General Motors’ portfolio, we wonder why it …

As Cadillac celebrates 15 years of V-series performance, the company yesterday unveiled the all-new CT4-V and CT5-V with The Car Guide in attendance. It was actually the first public appearance of the CT4, the brand’s new entry-level sedan positioned below the larger CT5 and CT6. With the CT4-V, Cadillac puts …

American giant General Motors recently announced the upcoming closure of its Oshawa assembly plant as well as four more in the United States in two others outside of North America. This despite an investment of more than $1 billion in 2008 to modernize the facility, and where build quality was …

SEATTLE, Washington – When thinking of Cadillac, I’m sure you don’t immediately associate the brand with a young demographic. That’s why when it was time for GM’s luxury division to commercialize its first subcompact SUV, the XT4, it had a steeper hill to climb than its rivals. How do you …

While European automakers are seemingly obsessed with performance SUVs these days, GM’s top brand doesn’t appear to be in a rush to follow suit. If you were hoping for a sportier variant of the Cadillac XT5 or XT6 sporting that famous V-badge, you will have to continue to wait at …

Using a social media campaign to hopefully attract a new generation of sport-luxury customers., General Motors yesterday announced the full 2020 Cadillac CT4 lineup. Only the high-performance CT4-V had been shown so far. We now know that buyers will have a choice of four trim levels from launch: Luxury, Premium …

As previously reported, all of GM’s full-size SUVs will be redesigned for the 2021 model year. That includes the Cadillac Escalade , of course. Built on the new T1XX body-on-frame platform, which also underpins the automaker’s full-size pickups, the Escalade is expected to return with a 420-horsepower 6.2-litre V8 engine.

Cadillac has just introduced its slightly refreshed XT5 crossover, which borrows many design cues from the XT4 and XT6 . It represents the model’s mid-cycle update. The biggest change can be found under the hood, where a turbocharged 2.0-litre engine motivates the Luxury and Premium Luxury models. It generates 237 …

On June 28, Transport Canada posted two separate recalls affecting nearly half a million vehicles produced by General Motors. The first one involves 300,655 SUVs and pickups. Apparently, there could be a reduction in power brake assist due to a decrease in output from the vacuum pump. This could make …

A few days ago, General Motors released its 2018 annual sustainability report. In addition to highlighting some of the automaker’s best moves from the past year, the document, titled “Transformation in Progress,” presents the overall strategy going forward. Most notably, over the next two years GM will double its resources …

People shopping for a used full-size pickup or SUV from General Motors need to be aware of an investigation that Transport Canada has opened earlier this month after receiving reports of braking issues. More specifically, around 249,700 vehicles are being probed for what could be a safety-related defect. Affected models …

The availability of Cadillac’s semi-autonomous driving technology, called Super Cruise, is about to increase significantly. Initially reserved for the CT6 full-size sedan, the system will be integrated to the new CT5 sedan as well as the freshly unveiled CT4-V and CT5-V performance models. Cars equipped with Super Cruise can operate …