General Motors To Officially Announce Next-Gen Cadillac SRX For Spring Hill Tomorrow
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Word from local news outlets in Tennessee is that General Motors is expected to say that it will produce the next-generation Cadillac SRX at the Spring Hill assembly plant for the North American market (and not China). Also on track to be built at Spring Hill is a next-generation GMC Terrain, though it’s unclear if that will be included in tomorrow’s announcement or not.
The plant currently serves as extra production capacity for the Chevrolet Equinox, which despite its age, remains extremely popular. Meanwhile, the current Cadillac SRX is built in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. The future of that plant remains unclear.
The Tennessean claims that the all-new, 2016 Cadillac SRX will begin production late next year. The GMC will follow later in spring 2016 as a 2017 model. Around this time last year, GM announced a $167 million dollar investment for the two future vehicles, which is expected to create or retain 1,000 jobs.
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So I’m guessing the next Terrain will rode on the Caddy ‘premium’ platform & finally break from Chevy?
It is a historical break, long over do. It is time for GMC to get unique product to better challenge Jeep.
Not exactly… The upcoming GMC Terrain will use the D2XX platform as the Chevrolet Equinox / Captiva and Buick Envision.
The 2016 Cadillac SRX use a variant Epsilon platform (CUV’s exclusive), internally known as C1UX; which shared with the next generation of the GMC Acadia. Their individual codes are:
2016 SRX: C1UL
2016 Acadia: C1UG
The Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave next generation will use a longer variant, known as C1YX.
Are we sure the Terrain will be on he D2XX? I have yet to see anything to confirm that.
I would think there has to be some kind of difference in the Terrain this time around with a likely Buick D2XX in the same dealer. GM has been good at not overlapping car of late and I do not see them doing that now at the same dealers.
But then again history could repeat.
It would make sense to see more sharing between GMC & Caddy as opposed to not allowing all that expensive R&D trickle down.
I remember, as a kid, when Buick & Cadillac shared so much. I’m guessing those days are over now that Chevy & Buick production has been mated in the US and China. Given GMCs regional status and higher price point, a ‘partnership’ with Caddy could be beautiful.