With the 2016 Cadillac CT6 launching at the end of this year as a large RWD sedan offering above the CTS, the rather vapid XTS is being squeezed out of Cadillac’s future product portfolio. However, new reports indicate that the Cadillac XTS will remain in production until at least 2018, possibly even 2019.
This intel provided by “three people familiar with General Motors’ plans,” according to the fellows at Automotive News, and it makes sense considering the great success the XTS is enjoying in China. The FWD-based XTS also has a very strong demand in the livery fleet market, and U.S. sales have rebounded during the first half of this year. To wit, the XTS outsold the CTS by almost 2,000 units.
The article also questions the future of the GM assembly plant in Oshawa, Ontario, where the XTS is built. While the end of the XTS existence draws near, the other vehicles that are also produced in Oshawa — like the Camaro — are being moved to other plants.
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Nothing wrong with keeping it around a few more extra years. All around its a darn good car.
This isn’t really news . But I think it would be a better seller here at home with a new front clip and revised IP , and the new CUE system .
Nothing new here.
They really need this car to keep the Fleet sales going. They can not put the other models into general fleets and expect to improve their image.
(Pssst. If this thing doesn’t have LEDs… rumor has it you might want to glue some on the front yesterday.)
So GM is exporting this to China and not building them there? If so, this is great news especially if the jobs are coming back to the U.S.
Actually this one is from Oshawa Canada.
You could say North America.
While they sold more of these do to fleet it would be interesting to see which model made more money the More Expensive CTS at a lower volume of the discounted fleet car at the higher volume.
The nice thing about the XTS is that it will become a great bargain cruiser down the road in the used market. Like a DTS… except without all the outdateness of a DTS.
So please, GM, make more of them, it will give teenagers a dream first car someday.
thats what im waiting for, I currently have a 2010 dts platinum, I like the cts looks on the highway but its slightly smaller than xts and way more expensive used for some reason.
The XTS outsold the CTS?
But one of today’s postings said CTS sales are down 39%, so I’m not sure outselling them counts as an accomplishment.
They were also going to cut-back on less-profitable fleet sales, but increased fleet sales and outselling CTS seem to be reason enough to keep the XTS around for the next 3-4 years.
Dare greatly, indeed.
Wait! Bit misinformed. GM is decreasing less profitable rental fleet. Livery fleet is very profitable since there is not much competition out there and good money is to be made.
Right you are.
I understand the team’s only been on this a year. And they need to make money, while they simultaneously elevate the brand.
That can’t be easy.
Ah ha… my predictions that this vehicle would exist for many years to come are true… I feel so much better about myself …
GM needs a real fleet “brand” , orphan autos, anything with Classic attached to its name such as Impala, and I nominate Saturn be resurected for North America.
XTS doesn’t fit into the new Cadillac as is a slicked up Impala/LaCrosse. I say GM shift cars like XTS and the soon to be produced Cruze Classic to the Saturn Brand for Fleet sales.
This move should help preserve resale values and in the case of Cadillac go far in helping the brand transition into a top tier automaker.