Well known
as an American big car for the rich, for Europeans it was difficult to
understand that GM intended to make the Cadillac marque popular here among
premium D-class car buyers with the arrival in 2006 of the BLS, a Swedish built
reshaped 4-year-old Saab 9-3 on the shorter Epsilon platform. The related Opel Vectra C sedan stood on the
longer 270 cm wheelbase, as did the Chevrolet Malibu.
In 2007 a
record 3,000 Cadillacs were sold in Europe (4,500 incl. Russia), of which the
majority were American models (mainly SUVs), while over 7,000 were sold in
China, then a market less than half as large as Europe, with the arrival of the
impressive SLS (Seville Luxury Sedan), a (rwd) STS
with extended rear compartment, of which 30,000 eventually would be made and
sold, the latter half with a 4-cylinder 2-litre turbo engine. The SLS with Northstar
V8 engine was limited for export to the Middle East by March 2008. The SLS introduced SGM’s OnStar in China late
in 2009.
By 2017, GM
sold more Cadillacs in China than in the USA and Canada together, and nowadays
more Cadillacs are sold in China, than in the rest of the world, but that is no
exception. The Chinese car market
surpassed that of the USA in crisis year 2009.
From 2008 to 2010, the Chinese car market doubled. The Cadillac brand was introduced in China in
2004. In 2005, nearly 2,800 Cadillac CTS
were assembled. Forty-five years
earlier, assembling of Cadillacs had stopped in Europe, after these cars had
grown too big. Cadillacs (and Buicks)
were of course already sold in Taiwan in the 1990s, incl. the Opel-built Catera.
Unexpectedly,
by autumn 2020, China and not America were granted the latest amenities, such
as the adaptive matrix headlight system in the XT6 (a lesser variant is
available in the 2020 Buick GL8 Avenir), the facial recognition unlocking and
starting system in the XT4, and the Super Cruise semi-autonomous highway
driving in the CT6 (earlier available in North America, and by 2021 in the CT4,
CT5 and Escalade).
In 2021,
Cadillac outsold Chevrolet in China (231,800 vs 229,600). Things reversed to ‘normal’ in 2022 when
Cadillac's sales were 194,100 vehicles vs 198,400 Chevrolets. The most popular model in China was the CT5,
in America the XT5, which was second in China, followed in both markets by the
XT4 and XT6.
Cadillac XTS USA
June 2012 - 2020, China: April 2013 – October 2019
The name of
this model preceded the time that ‘X’ would mean crossover. This
front-wheel-drive car on the extended Epsilon II platform denied its
all-wheel-drive option and air springs to China. US models without air suspension came only
for the 2018 model year, after it was decided to continue the XTS with sales in
China growing 25~50% in 2016 and 2017, exceeding US sales year by year. The 2-litre turbo engine in China delivered
45 hp less power, but 45 Nm more torque than the 3.6, abandoned here by 2015. With the production of the XTS ending in
October 2019, some 18,000 were sold in North America in 2018, vs 65,000 in
China (11,300 vs 42,200 in 2019).
|
platform: |
ext. Epsilon II |
XTS |
||||||
|
rear suspension: |
see below |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
283.7 |
L850 |
HF6 |
HF6 |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
513.1 |
4 cyl. |
V6 |
V6 |
||||
|
width (cm): |
185.2 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
cc: |
1998 |
3564 |
3564 |
cc |
||||
|
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
twin turbo |
|||||||
|
market: |
||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
curb weight from: |
1877 |
kg |
12-19 |
12-19 |
|||
|
rear susp: |
12-17 |
4-link independent,
H-arm, air springs |
fwd or awd |
awd |
||||
|
17-19 |
fwd: 4-link independent, H-arm, coil springs |
6A |
6A |
|||||
|
17-19 |
fwd opt., awd: 4-link indep.,
H-arm, air springs |
227 |
306 |
kW |
||||
|
305 |
410 |
hp |
||||||
|
355 |
500 |
Nm |
||||||
|
China |
4-link
independent, H-arm, coil springs |
|||||||
|
13-19 |
13-14 |
|||||||
|
curb
weight from: |
1840 |
kg |
28T |
36S |
||||
|
fwd |
fwd |
|||||||
|
6A |
6A |
|||||||
|
kW |
193 |
224 |
||||||
|
hp |
262 |
305 |
||||||
|
13-18 Nm |
400 |
360 |
||||||
|
18-19 Nm |
353 |
|||||||
Cadillac ATS-L China:
October 2014 – September 2019
The 8.5 cm
longer Chinese ATS-L practically outsold the US ATS from the start. In the USA, the ATS had arrived in autumn
2012 and, after a year was imported to China until the ATS-L was produced there
a year later. At that time, in America
had arrived a 2-door coupe, which would outlive the sedan there from autumn
2018, while the manual transmission was deleted, which was never offered in
China, nor was all-wheel-drive. The
ATS-L stopped in 2019 with 26,000 units sold.
|
platform: |
Alpha |
ATS/ATS-L |
||||||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link independent,
coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
|||||
|
L850 |
L850 |
L880 |
HF6 |
HF6 II |
HF6 |
|||||||
|
4 cyl. |
4 cyl. |
4 cyl. |
V6 |
V6 |
V6 |
|||||||
|
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
|||||||
|
cc: |
1998 |
1998 |
2457 |
3564 |
3649 |
3564 |
cc |
|||||
|
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
|||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
twin turbo |
||||||||||
|
market: |
ATS-V |
|||||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
ATS |
sedan |
coupe |
sedan: |
12-14 |
14-18 |
12-16 |
12-15 |
15-18 |
15-18 |
||
|
curb weight from: |
1505 |
1547 kg |
coupe: |
14-19 |
14-15 |
15-19 |
15-19 |
|||||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
277.5 |
277.5 |
rwd/awd |
rwd/awd |
rwd |
rwd/awd |
rwd/awd |
rwd |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
464.3 |
466.3 |
6M'/6A |
6M'/6A8A |
6A > 8A |
6A |
8A |
6M'/8A |
||||
|
width (cm): |
180.5 |
184.2 |
kW |
203 |
203 |
151 |
239 |
250 |
346 |
kW |
||
|
hp |
272 |
272 |
202 |
321 |
335 |
464 |
hp |
|||||
|
Nm |
353 |
400 |
259 |
373 |
386 |
603 |
Nm |
|||||
|
'rwd only |
'rwd only, -18 |
'15:
8A |
'
6M: -18 |
|||||||||
|
'15:
6A > 8A |
|
|||||||||||
|
China |
import |
ATS |
sedan |
13-14 |
||||||||
|
28T |
||||||||||||
|
rwd |
||||||||||||
|
6A |
||||||||||||
|
kW |
203 |
|||||||||||
|
hp |
272 |
|||||||||||
|
Nm |
353 |
|||||||||||
|
China |
ATS-L |
sedan |
14-15 |
14-19 |
||||||||
|
curb
weight from: |
1600 |
kg |
25T |
28T |
||||||||
|
wheelbase
(cm): |
286 |
rwd |
rwd |
|||||||||
|
length
from (cm): |
473 |
6A |
'15:
6A > 8A |
|||||||||
|
width
(cm): |
182.4 |
kW |
164 |
200 |
||||||||
|
hp |
223 |
272 |
||||||||||
|
Nm |
353 |
400 |
||||||||||
Cadillac CT6 China:
January 2016, USA: March 2016 - 2020
The first vehicle
on the light-weight Omega platform, with a weight from 1655 kg, the impressive
CT6 set new standards for an over 5-meter car on an over 3-meter
wheelbase. This is just 55 kg over the
much smaller ATS-L. The CT6 features a
multi-material body-in-white that has 20% fewer parts and is 100 kg lighter
than a comparable steel structure.
Conceived as a rear-wheel-drive sports sedan (with available
all-wheel-drive), there is no air springs option.
Two months
earlier on the market in China than in the USA, the Chinese CT6 outsold the
American CT6 from mid-2017. A plug-in
hybrid model, actually an extended range electric vehicle, was made from autumn
2017 till autumn 2018 in China, and also imported to North America. This 2-tonne vehicle at a price of $75,000
was $16,000 more expensive than the regular model with the same 2-litre engine,
actually a green vehicle in disguise with the 2.0E badge at the back, but with
a second ‘filler’ cap at the left side of the car. With two US-built electric motors mated to
the 2-litre turbo engine, three power sources were its characteristic, and as
drawback a reduced trunk capacity due to the battery pack.
Some 1,450
CT6 Plug-in hybrid models were built, of which about 200 went to North
America. During the sales period of the
CT6 in China, a notable 8% were hybrids (in Chinese manner with a 30E badge on
the back, as well as a ‘plug-in hybrid’ badge, whereas the regular 2-litre
model has a 28T badge). In August 2019,
VW and GM said they believe that hybrid cars have no future, though a PHEV
(E-REV) Buick Velite 6 will arrive in 2020.
When the
plug-in model was deleted, another ‘Tripower’ model
arrived in autumn 2018 with a long-stroke 2-litre engine with cylinder
deactivation and low or high intake-valve lift, depending on power of driving,
but it was deleted the next spring in America, possibly as the engine was
needed for the Chevrolet Blazer and Cadillac CT5 and XT5. This meant that all CT6 models there featured
four-wheel-drive. In China, in the first
three quarters of 2019, only a quarter of a percent were four-wheel-drive
models (68 units), of which sales stopped that year. Here the new 2-litre engine became the only
offering in 2019. Cylinder deactivation
has been earlier practised by Cadillac for the 1981 model year with the
‘Displacement on Demand’ V8-6-4 L62 6-litre 140 hp engine, realizing a 15%
better gas mileage, but rather powerless when riding on 4 cylinders.
Production
of the CT6 in North America stopped in February 2020, after from 2016 till 2019
some 9,500, 11,000, 10,000 and 8,000 units were sold, compared with 6,000,
12,000, 17,000 and 22,500 in China.
In July
2020, Cadillac in China added two CT6 2-litre Super Cruise editions, after its
availability had stopped earlier this year when the V6 model was deleted. In 2017, the Cadillac CT6 with Super Cruise
was launched in the U.S. and Canada, and the next year in China. It is China's first mass-produced intelligent
driving technology to let go two-handed driving on the highway (semi-autonomous
highway driving).
A model
with new sheet metal, still without 48V mild hybrid system, is expected to
launch in the May 2023, and a plug-in hybrid model later. The length of the car is unchanged, but it is
over one cm wider to accommodate the wider track for the 19-inch wheel
model. This would be the first Chinese
Cadillac design.
|
platform: |
Omega |
CT6 |
|||||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from: |
1655 |
kg |
L850 |
L850 |
CSS |
HF6 |
HF6
II |
Blackwing |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
310.9 |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
V6 |
V6 |
V8 |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
517.9 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
187.9 |
cc: |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
2990 |
3649 |
4192 |
cc |
||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
twin turbo |
twin turbo |
|||||||
|
plug
in |
|||||||||||
|
market: |
CT6-V |
||||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
16-18 |
17-18 |
18-19 |
16-20 |
16-20 |
19-20 |
|||||
|
rwd |
rwd |
rwd |
awd |
awd |
awd |
||||||
|
8A |
EVT |
10A |
'8A, 18> 10A |
10A |
|||||||
|
kW |
198 |
198+52 |
177 |
301 |
250 |
373-410 |
kW |
||||
|
hp |
265 |
265+70 |
237 |
404 |
335 |
500-550 |
hp |
||||
|
Nm |
400 |
400+186 |
350 |
542 |
385 |
750-850 |
Nm |
||||
|
EPA
electric drive range |
km |
50 |
|||||||||
|
China |
2023
model (tbe): |
16-18 |
17-18 |
18- |
16-19 |
||||||
|
curb weight
from: |
1745 |
kg |
28T |
30E |
28T |
40T |
|||||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
310.9 |
rwd |
rwd |
rwd |
awd |
||||||
|
length from
(cm): |
522.3 |
(since 18.11) |
8A |
EVT |
10A |
8A,
19 > 10A |
|||||
|
width (cm): |
189 |
max
kW |
198 |
198+52 |
177
> 174 |
298 |
|||||
|
max
hp |
269 |
269+71 |
237
> 233 |
404 |
|||||||
|
Nm |
400 |
400+186 |
350 |
543 |
|||||||
|
NEDC
electric drive range |
km |
80 |
|||||||||
|
l/100
km |
7.9 |
1.7 |
7.1~7.2 |
9.3
> 9.2 |
|||||||
|
WLTC
l/100 km |
7.49~7.74 |
||||||||||
|
2023
model: |
7.59~7.66 |
||||||||||
|
EVT:
electric variable
transmission |
|||||||||||
Cadillac XT5 China,
USA: April 2016
As the first
model on the new C1 platform, which is the crossover version of
the E2 architecture, the XT5 was introduced in April 2016, in the USA
with the new V6 3.6 engine, and in China with the 2-litre turbo engine, both
markets with the choice of front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive. In 2017 China added a mild hybrid awd version (6.6 kW/49 Nm motor) with a nine-speed
automatic gearbox, reducing the fuel consumption from 8.7 to 7.9 l/100 km. By 2018 Chinese sales exceeded those of North
America, with one out of every eight a hybrid.
In summer 2019, the only engine for China became the new 2-litre turbo
with cylinder deactivation, which engine was added to the line in the USA. In China, a 48V mild hybrid came by February
2021.
In China in
2019, 7% were hybrid models, and in 2020, about three, in America four out of
every ten is four-wheel-drive. In April
2020 in China, the power was slightly reduced, improving the fuel consumption
from 7.5 to 7.3 l/100 km (awd: 7.9 > 7.8 l/100
km). In Russia, since February 2020, the
awd XT5 is imported with the 2-litre engine derated
to a tax-efficient 200 hp. Some 1,250
units were sold there of the earlier model with V6 engine.
|
platform: |
C1UL |
XT5 |
|||||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight
from: |
1795 |
kg |
L850 |
L850 |
L850 |
CSS |
CSS |
HF6
II |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
285.7 |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
V6 |
||||
|
length from
(cm): |
481.2 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
190.3 |
cc: |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
1998 |
3649 |
|||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
|||||||
|
mild
hybrid |
mild hybrid |
||||||||||
|
market: |
|||||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
19- |
16- |
|||||||||
|
20:
350T |
20:
400 |
||||||||||
|
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
||||||||||
|
9A |
8A,
19 > 9A |
||||||||||
|
177
'20 > 175 |
231 |
kW |
|||||||||
|
237
'20 > 235 |
310 |
hp |
|||||||||
|
350 |
367 |
Nm |
|||||||||
|
fwd
-19 |
|||||||||||
|
Russia |
20- |
16-20 |
|||||||||
|
350T |
|||||||||||
|
awd |
awd |
||||||||||
|
9A |
8A,
19 > 9A |
||||||||||
|
147 |
228 |
kW |
|||||||||
|
200 |
310 |
hp |
|||||||||
|
350 |
367 |
Nm |
|||||||||
|
China |
16-19 |
16-19 |
17-19 |
19-21 |
21- |
||||||
|
25T |
28T |
28E |
28T |
||||||||
|
fwd |
awd |
awd |
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
|||||||
|
8A |
8A |
9A |
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
max
kW |
179 |
193 |
193
+ 6.6 |
177
'20
>
174 |
174
+ 10 |
||||||
|
max
hp |
243 |
262 |
262
+ 9 |
237 '20 > 233 |
233
+ 13 |
||||||
|
Nm |
400 |
400 |
400 |
350 |
350
+ 50 |
||||||
|
l/100
km |
8.2 |
8.7 |
7.9 |
-20:
7.5/7.9 |
7.0/7.4 |
||||||
|
l/100
km |
20-21:
7.3/7.8 |
||||||||||
Cadillac XT4 China,
USA: September 2018
This
light-weight crossover also was launched simultaneously in USA and China, both
with the new 2-litre CSS (Cylinder Set Strategy) turbo engine with power
dependent valve management and cylinder deactivation, and front-wheel-drive or all-wheel-drive,
with 32,000 US sales vs 47,000 in China in 2019. In the US, the fwd/awd sales split was about fifty-fifty. In China, the two-wheel drive top
configuration accounted for more than half of the XT4's sales.
In October
2020, the XT4 arrived in Europe with a new 4-cylinder 2-litre diesel engine,
developed at the former GM Powertrain Torino, that will also be fitted in the
Insignia. The 3-cylinder version came in
the Astra in August 2019, and a 6-cylinder ‘Duramax’ in the Chevrolet
Silverado/GMC Sierra.
From
September 2020 in China only, at a price of 10,000 yuan, the XT4 can be
equipped with a facial recognition unlocking and starting system, at which the
touchscreen on the B-pillar is activated automatically through the driver’s
mobile phone's Bluetooth recognition wake-up function. In China, a 48V mild hybrid came by December
2021.
In 2021, 2%
of the XT4 in China were four-wheel-drive.
|
platform: |
E2UL |
XT4 |
||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from: |
1642 |
kg |
CSS |
CSS |
CSS dsl |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
277.9 |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
4 cyl. |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
460 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
188.1 |
1998 |
1998 |
1995 |
cc |
|||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir. inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
||||||
|
mild hybrid |
diesel |
|||||||
|
market: |
||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
18- |
|||||||
|
20:
350T |
||||||||
|
fwd/awd |
||||||||
|
9A |
||||||||
|
177
'20 > 175 |
kW |
|||||||
|
237
'20 > 235 |
hp |
|||||||
|
350 |
Nm |
|||||||
|
China |
18-21 |
21- |
||||||
|
28T |
||||||||
|
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
|||||||
|
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
177
'20
>
174 |
174
+ 10 |
max
kW |
||||||
|
237 '20 > 233 |
233
+ 13 |
max
hp |
||||||
|
350 |
350
+ 50 |
Nm |
||||||
|
Europe |
20- |
20- |
||||||
|
350T |
350D |
|||||||
|
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
|||||||
|
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
177
'20 > 172 |
128 |
kW |
||||||
|
237
'20 > 230 |
174 |
PS |
||||||
|
350 |
380 |
Nm |
||||||
|
Russia |
21- |
21- |
||||||
|
350T |
350D |
|||||||
|
fwd |
fwd |
|||||||
|
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
147 |
128 |
kW |
||||||
|
199 |
174 |
PS |
||||||
|
350 |
380 |
Nm |
||||||
Cadillac XT6 USA:
June 2019, China: July 2019
This is a 3-seat
row model, featuring the same engine availability as the XT5, except that the
2-litre initially was denied to America, but added by model year 2021. In America the standard seat layout is 2-3-2,
and optional 2-2-2 with captain’s chairs in the middle. In China, this latter option initially was
the standard layout, with a 7-seater available free of charge for the
entry-level front-wheel-drive model, but by November 2019 more models got this
seating choice. In China it is offered
for about half of the price of other luxury SUVs sold in the form of
imports. In June 2020, the power was
slightly reduced, improving the fuel consumption from 7.8 (awd:
8.2) to 7.6 (awd: 8.1) l/100 km, and by February 2021
to 7.2 (awd: 7.6), adding a 10 kW electric motor (mild
hybrid).
There is a
choice of single or triple headlights, the latter with a new adaptive matrix
system that continuously assesses the profile of the oncoming and preceding
traffic and adjusts the headlamps’ 14 LED segments to provide 28 independent lighting
zones for the driver while reducing glare for the other concerned road
users. It was a standard feature across
XT6 variants in China, until more basic models were added by June 2020. Unfortunately, in North America, this system
is for the present forbidden by federal motor vehicle regulations (though it is
legal in Canada).
11,559
units were sold in the United States in 2019, vs 11,053 in China, where sales
started two months later. Over 60% were
all-wheel-drive in the US. In Russia,
the American awd XT6 is imported with the 2-litre
engine with a tax-efficient 200 hp, similar to the one used in the regular 2020
Insignia models.
|
platform: |
C1TL |
XT6 |
||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from: |
1980 |
kg |
CSS |
CSS |
HF6
II |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
286.3 |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
V6 |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
505.6 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
196.4 |
cc: |
1998 |
1998 |
3649 |
|||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
|||||||
|
mild hybrid |
||||||||
|
market: |
||||||||
|
USA/CDN |
20- |
19- |
||||||
|
350T |
400 |
|||||||
|
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
|||||||
|
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
kW |
177
'20 > 175 |
231 |
||||||
|
hp |
237
'20 > 235 |
310 |
||||||
|
Nm |
350 |
367 |
||||||
|
Russia |
20- |
|||||||
|
350T |
||||||||
|
awd |
||||||||
|
9A |
||||||||
|
kW |
147 |
|||||||
|
hp |
200 |
|||||||
|
Nm |
350 |
|||||||
|
China |
19-21 |
21- |
||||||
|
28T |
||||||||
|
fwd/awd |
fwd/awd |
|||||||
|
9A |
9A |
|||||||
|
max
kW |
177
'20
>
174 |
174
+ 10 |
||||||
|
max
hp |
237 '20 > 233 |
233
+ 13 |
||||||
|
Nm |
350 |
350
+ 50 |
||||||
|
l/100
km |
-20:
7.8/8.2 |
7.2/7.6 |
||||||
|
l/100
km |
20-21:
7.6/8.1 |
7.76/8.24 |
WLTC |
|||||
Cadillac CT5 China:
November 2019, USA: December 2019
This is the
first Cadillac on the new Alpha 2 rear-wheel-drive platform with digital
feature connectivity. With 43 sold in 2019
in the United States vs 6,191 in China, China again took the lead. The CT5-V with twin turbo 3-litre engine is
not offered in China, nor is all-wheel-drive.
For
America, a Cadillac CT5-V ‘Blackwing’ will follow in
summer 2021, offering a six-speed manual gearbox in addition to the 10-speed
automatic, equipped with an updated supercharged 6.2-litre V8, as was in the
CTS-V. This vehicle, like its CT4-V
stablemate, will be equipped with magnesium wheels. It is worth mentioning that this magnesium
alloy wheel is an open innovation achieved by the General Motors Chinese
Academy of Sciences in conjunction with Chinese suppliers and universities.
By early
2021, Super Cruise semi-autonomous highway driving became available in North
America, and by May in China.
|
platform: |
Alpha 2 |
CT5 |
||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from:
|
1660 |
kg |
CSS |
HF6 |
LT4 |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
294.7 |
4 cyl. |
V6 |
V8 |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
492.4 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
OHV |
||||
|
width (cm): |
188.3 |
1998 |
2990 |
6162 |
cc |
|||
|
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
twin turbo |
supercharger |
||||||
|
market: |
CT5, CT5-V |
CT5-V |
||||||
|
USA/CDN |
19- |
20- |
21- |
|||||
|
20: 350T |
550T, V |
Blackwing |
||||||
|
rwd/awd |
rwd/awd |
rwd |
||||||
|
10A |
10A |
6M/10A |
||||||
|
177 |
250-265 |
498 |
kW |
|||||
|
237 |
335-360 |
668 |
hp |
|||||
|
350 |
542-550 |
893 |
Nm |
|||||
|
China |
19- |
|||||||
|
28T |
||||||||
|
rwd |
||||||||
|
10A |
||||||||
|
max kW |
177 > 174 |
|||||||
|
max hp |
237 > 233 |
|||||||
|
Nm |
350 |
|||||||
|
l/100 km |
6.9 |
|||||||
Cadillac CT4 USA:
March 2020, China: April 2020
Also on the
Alpha 2 platform, similar in length to its predecessor ATS, and actually not
that much different in appearance, the early batch at the dealers in the US are
equally divided between rear-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive models. It will compete with BMW 1-series, Audi A3
and Mercedes-Benz A Class. The
4-cylinder tripower 2.7-litre engine is not offered
in China, nor are the all-wheel-drive models.
The Chinese ATS-L’s successor is the CT5. In China, by April 2020, the portfolio for
Cadillac extends from CT4, CT5, CT6 rwd sedans, to
XT4, XT5, XT6 fwd/awd
crossovers, all with the 2-litre engine with cylinder
deactivation, next to the awd V8 6.2 Escalade
ESV, imported since April 2017.
For
America, a Cadillac CT4-V ‘Blackwing’ will follow in
late summer 2021, offering a six-speed manual gearbox in addition to the
10-speed automatic, equipped with an updated twin-turbocharged 3.6 V6, as was
in the ATS-V.
By early 2021,
Super Cruise semi-autonomous highway driving became available in North America.
By November 2022, the Chinese CT4 became available with the 150 kW 1.5
dual fast cam phasers direct injection turbo engine, dubbed 25T. With a price of 219,700 yuan, it is among the
cheapest and most sporty rear-wheel drive models in China. It is worth mentioning that the car also
offers an optional new Le Mans Orange paint color.
|
platform: |
Alpha 2 |
CT4 |
|||||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
SGM |
GM |
GM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from:
|
1552 |
kg |
'8th
gen.' |
CSS |
CSS |
HF6 |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
277.5 |
4
cyl. |
4 cyl. |
4 cyl. |
V6 |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
475.6 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
181.5 |
1498 |
1998 |
2727 |
3564 |
cc |
|||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
dir. inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
turbo |
twin turbo |
||||||
|
market: |
CT4, CT4-V |
CT4-V |
|||||||
|
USA/CDN |
20- |
20- |
21- |
||||||
|
350T |
500T*, V |
Blackwing |
|||||||
|
rwd/awd |
rwd/awd |
rwd |
|||||||
|
8A |
10A |
6M/10A |
|||||||
|
177 |
230-242 |
352 |
kW |
||||||
|
237 |
309-325 |
472 |
hp |
||||||
|
350 |
475-515 |
603 |
Nm |
||||||
|
China |
curb weight
from: |
1525 |
kg |
22- |
20- |
||||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
277.5 |
25T |
28T |
||||||
|
length from
(cm): |
476 |
rwd |
rwd |
||||||
|
width (cm): |
181.5 |
8A |
8A |
||||||
|
max
kW |
155 |
174 |
|||||||
|
max
hp |
208 |
233 |
|||||||
|
l/100
km |
6.7 |
||||||||
|
WLTC |
7.03 |
7.36 |
|||||||
|
*
1,155 CT4 left the factory with incorrect 450T badge |
|||||||||
Cadillac Lyriq USA: July 2022, China: September 2022
The launch
of this electric crossover has been postponed for two years. The 255 kW/440 Nm (rear-mounted) single-motor
Lyriq variant went into production in March 2022 in
the United States, and in May 2022 in Shanghai, China. The four-wheel-drive dual-motor 375 kW/710 Nm
variant followed in the fall of 2022.
The driving range in China under CLTC conditions will be 653 km, and
600+ km for the four-wheel-drive. The
Chinese name of the Lyriq is Ruige
(sharp song). Delivery of the rwd model in China started at the end of September 2022
(July in America) and of the 4wd model in late December (early 2023 in
America). In China 2,366 units were
delivered in 2022, vs only 122 in the United States.
|
platform: |
BEV
3 |
Lyriq |
22- |
22- |
||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coils |
USA |
China |
|||||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
309.4 |
309.4 |
||||||
|
length (cm): |
499.6 |
500.3 |
||||||
|
width (cm): |
197.6 |
197.7 |
|
|||||
|
height (cm): |
162.3 |
163.7 |
||||||
|
all-electric |
||||||||
|
rwd |
4wd |
|||||||
|
USA |
22- |
22- |
23- |
|||||
|
450E |
||||||||
|
curb weight from: |
2580 |
2683 |
kg |
|||||
|
drive
motor: |
255 |
373 |
kW |
|||||
|
340 |
500 |
hp |
||||||
|
440 |
710 |
Nm |
||||||
|
EPA
electric drive range: |
502 |
km |
||||||
|
China |
22- |
22- |
22- |
|||||
|
450E |
700E4 |
|||||||
|
curb weight
from: |
2535 |
2600 |
kg |
|||||
|
drive
motor: |
255 |
375 |
kW |
|||||
|
340 |
500 |
hp |
||||||
|
440 |
710 |
Nm |
||||||
|
CLTC
electric drive range: |
653 |
608 |
km |
|||||
Cadillac GT4 China: to be expected mid-2023
Sharing the E2 platform with the XT4, but with the wheelbase extended to
280 cm, and 10 cm lower, this coupe SUV will be available with the 150/155 kW
1.5 dual fast cam phasers turbo engine, or, also as 4wd, with the 48V mild
hybrid 2-litre turbo, with 4 exhaust pipes.
|
platform: |
E2QL |
GT4 |
|||||
|
rear suspension: |
5-link
independent, coil springs |
SGM |
GM |
||||
|
curb weight from: |
1760 |
kg |
'8th
gen.' |
CSS |
|||
|
wheelbase (cm): |
280 |
4
cyl. |
4
cyl. |
||||
|
length from (cm): |
463.3 |
DOHC |
DOHC |
||||
|
width (cm): |
187.8 |
1498 |
1998 |
cc |
|||
|
dir.
inj. |
dir.
inj. |
||||||
|
turbo |
turbo |
||||||
|
mild hybrid |
|||||||
|
market: |
|||||||
|
China |
tbe 23- |
tbe 23- |
|||||
|
25T |
28T |
||||||
|
fwd |
fwd/awd |
||||||
|
9A |
9A |
||||||
|
150 +10 |
169
+ 10 |
net
kW |
|||||
|
155 +10 |
174
+ 10 |
max
kW |
|||||
|
204 + 13 |
233
+ 13 |
net
hp |
|||||
|
211 + 13 |
237
+ 13 |
max
hp |
|||||
Net
output data are approximate.
with thanks
to carsalesbase.com, http://db.auto.sohu.com, gmauthority.com
For recent specifications on Cadillac cars built
in China, see:
On
a Global Mission: The Automobiles of General Motors International
19 January, 2023