The Cadillac CTS wagon was an awesome, beautiful beast with all the check marks in all the right boxes; it was luxurious, sporty (especially in its V-badged form), and capacious enough to more than suit the everyday needs of the everyday owner.
Sadly, it was discontinued last year. Out of a sense of sorrow, or perhaps desperation, Motor Trend reached out to General Motors to try and get the skinny on any future plans the automaker might have to replace it.
According to Motor Trend, GM President Mark Reuss stated that despite both the ATS and CTS making for potentially fitting bases for the automaker’s next station wagon, in all likelihood, the new car would not bear the Cadillac crest. But General Motors is strongly considering replacing the Cadillac CTS wagon with a new estate in the American market, so more likely the car would come along as either a Chevrolet, or a Buick.
Mr. Reuss also indicated that a diesel powerplant and a manual transmission would be likely options for the next GM estate, to which we say: “Okay!” So if you were as big a fan of the second-generation Cadillac CTS wagon as we, weep not for its demise quite yet; something new is waiting in the wings.
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A new Nomad for the 21st century maybe?
Maybe an Opel wagon, then? Astra or Insignia. Either one. Diesel.
It would make sense to leverage the Insignia wagon …. there are already rumors of the next Regal being European sourced like the first ones and the precipitous drop in the Euro makes this scenario more likely.
Opel Insignia Country Tourer | OPC Sports Tourer would be awesome. Buick already has the sedan.
I think maybe the insignia….. It doesn’t make sense for a Cruze wagon
Regal Wagon is the only thing on the horizon. Reuss confirmed Cruze hatch already, but I suspect Regal will get the wagon to ensure badge differentiation (Chevy with Delta hatch, Buick with Epsilon wagon).
Only downside to that strategy is the same that you have with Sonic and Encore… many people will defect from GM because all they want is a Sonic with a seat that isn’t painful on long drives.
By not offering all the options in the GM bin, GM is losing sales to defectors. They may be okay with that, as we’ve seen with the lack of Caprice sales to US consumers. In hindsight though, I think they would have gone a different way on that one, too.
Chris the issue is not all options can be put on some models as they would price them out of the segment.
Say you take a Impala and add AWD and TT V6 with the magnetic struts with an electric butt wiper and anything else as you say they have laying around. Then you have to price the car. Just how much do you think someone would pay such a car?
Right now the Impala would be $40-45K LTZ loaded but with all the toys like you think should be there you could easily add $10K or more.
Then you start to step on Buick where it is at and creep in on the XTS pricing.
Cars are optioned carefully to keep them well stocked with things but also to keep the price in line with the brand. The idea is if you do not like the options in the Chevy you move to Buick or even the Cadillac.
The bottom line is the best things in life are not free and you have to consider what people will pay for a model or you will end up with cars no one will buy. GM could do more for the lesser models but who is going to pay $35K for a Cruize?
I paid $35k for a Cruise SRI/V hatch as that’s how much GM rips us off in Australia.
Yes it is the Buick/Opel that has been talked about.
It has to be a Europe based model as they would never sell enough here to make money but they can import the smaller number and do fine.
Next trick it to get all those who say we need wagons to follow through and buy one.
I hope they use the Roadmaster name and you can get it with AWD and fake wood panels on the sides.
Just what we need a family trickster to kill off what little segment you have left.
Like they said about the Truckster. If you think you hate it now just wait till you drive it.
Please don’t be FWD, please don’t be FWD, please don’t be FWD.