The Cadillac SRX has been a sales bright spot for Cadillac in 2014, even though it is a bit long in the tooth. The aging luxury crossover SUV, which is mildly revised for 2015, continues to sell well beyond the U.S. borders, as well. This is especially true in China.
The Wall Street Journal reports that the mid-size SUV “are exceeding our expectations globally, not just in China.” Though if the report is to be believed, there’s a good chance the next-generation Cadillac SRX could be built in China to sell in that same region.
The country’s acceptance of the SRX has led vice president of sales, service and marketing for General Motors in China, John Stadwick, to reveal that production of the next-generation SRX in The Land of the Dragon is a possibility, which accounts for more than 40 percent of Cadillac’s sales in that market.
Currently the SRX is solely built in Mexico, and there’s no mention of a future Chinese-built SRX replacing or supplanting production at the North American factory.
GM Authortity expects a new SRX to arive sometime in 2016. Rumors abound that the next-gen model may use the Alpha platform that underpins the ATS and CTS sedans, though this platform may instead be used on a future Cadillac crossover that slots below the SRX in size.
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Will trade NAFTA for RWD.
Colorado -> TrailBlazer (SS) -> SRX v3
Not holding my breath, but would be nice if logic prevailed.
“Currently the SRX is built in Mexico………….. at the North American factory.” I guess if you divide it in HALF at what, say Panama? Otherwise I say it’s more like central America, trivial maybe but nonetheless.
There are two Americas; A North America and a South America. Their divide is the Panama/Colombia border.
I went to school that day too. LOL!
Anything built in Mexico and Canada is North American and is considered from here by most things that have to be defined this way.
With the numbers they are turning over there it would be a no brainer to build it there.
Now keep in mind production would still also take place here and the production in China is for China and Asia only.
The title story here is a little misleading as like so many on the web anymore.
Build in China, lose the import tariff. It would be built there just to make it price competitive. This isn’t new. Typically the tariff is something like 22%, but reality is some vehicle’s sticker price is 3-times that of the exact car’s price in the US.
The SRX being built in China =/ the one sold in the North America will be a Chinese export.
GMA should know better than what this article suggests, and leaves out.