A few of us were caught by surprise by Cadillac’s announcement for the 2016 CT6 and how we will get to see a production version in little more than a year. But nothing prepared us for the Tweet by Automotive News showing a comment from the President of General Motors North America, Mark Reuss:
Reuss: ‪#Cadillac ‪#CT6 is 24 kg lighter than CTS, but 8 inches longer.
For you folks less inclined to the metric system, that’s 55 pounds less than the current CTS for a curb weight of 3,561 pounds yet measuring 203.5 inches.
Considering it was only 5 years ago that General Motors was shelving platforms and what-not before declaring Chapter 11, it’s incredible how much they’ve got their mojo back.
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203.5 inch length puts it right in the middle of full size offerings from BMW, MB, Audi, and Jaguar but a lot lighter than them. This all but assures to me that this is the flagship sedan, contrary to an article from Motor Trend saying it wasn’t.
Talk about being mind blown. Is there gonna be an extended wheel base version? Coupe?
thats light for 203 inches long….better than it ever was before.
That seems kind of odd considering how light the cts is .. maybe lighter than the cts v sport ?
“Reuss: ‪#Cadillac ‪#CT6 is 24 kg lighter than CTS, but 8 inches longer.
For you folks less inclined to the metric system, that’s 55 pounds less than the current CTS for a curb weight of 3,561 pounds yet measuring 203.5 inches.”
Somebody needs to check their math. 24 kg is 52.9109 lbs, not 55. Can we also assume the other non-metric values are also wrong? Those cars are engineered, designed, built and services in the metric system, so I know non-metric values given never appear on any of the engineering drawings..
Can we a assume the 203.5 inches is really 5200 mm and 3561 lbs is really 1600 kg?
I know they’re designed in metric, but I don’t believe that every dimension will end in either a 0 or a 5. A little more or a little less, but the dimensions need to be easily coordinated with overseas engineers and part makers; people who have always used metric.
Announcing inches/gal/lbs/mpg for cars is almost always done for marketing purposes in US and in some places in Canada. It works for the customary units used in the US and the consumer doesn’t get confused or bogged down with unit conversions.
Your comment still doesn’t explain how 24 kg was converted to 55 pounds when 24 kg is 52.9109 lbs and 55 lbs is 25 kg. Where did the extra kilogram come from? Nor did your comment show the actual design dimensions in millimetres so we can see if the other non-metric values are incorrect as well.
Consumers don’t need to be bogged down with unit conversion nor do they have to have non-metric units used. If they have a brain, they can learn the metric system. Americans claim to be exceptional, so prove it.
Massive weight loss from here forward is not going to be just a Cadillac trait but a GM trait.
We will see it in the new Cruze,. Lacrosse, Malibu, Camaro and all other new platform cars from here forwards.
This will be very key for GM as less mass is critical for all makers and GM seams to have a handle on it early. This is what will help keep us from all being in very small cars.
I’m actually a bit skeptical of this. I believe they very well could make it that light, but what has been sacrificed to achieve the number? Cars in this segment are heavy for a reason.