The 2019 Cadillac XT4, will debut sometime this year, and the spy photos keep rolling in. New shots show the compact luxury crossover testing somewhere in Europe. It will be the first Cadillac that brand president Johan de Nysschen is said to have overseen from the beginning stages of development.
What’s notable about the new shots is the front end. We see less camouflage than before, and it also gives us a pretty good look at the XT4’s light fixtures and grille. The grille, in particular, looks very Escala-like without the horizontal bars present on the Cadillac CT6 or XT5, for example. It’s further proof the 2019 XT4 will likely be the first Cadillac to adopt the brand’s new design language, which ditches a lot of vertical lighting elements for horizontal shapes at the front.
The report claimed the XT4 will boast a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine paired with an eight- or nine-speed automatic. Do expect a plug-in hybrid option as well.
The XT4 is an important vehicle for the Cadillac brand. U.S. sales have dropped significantly and dealers continue to clamor for new product, as buyers shy away from sedans. It will also do battle in the hotly contested, and booming, luxury compact crossover space. We don’t have a set date for the new crossover, but the 2018 New York Auto Show doesn’t seem like a poor guess, or even next week in Detroit.
Spy shots: Kelley Blue Book
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If I had to place money on it I’d say the XT4 is going to debut at the NY Autoshow
I think it was stated that that was where the reveal was to take place. Makes sense since that is the new HQ.
Probably in southern Spain…
I’m not sure these latest images reveal anything new.
New spy photos? They are the same as we saw more than 5 months ago… Obviously, in Kelley Blue Book they only used them as simple references. In the article they clarify that it has been captured on numerous occasions during the past year.
A very mediocre way to publish articles, it is noted that the priority is the quantity and not the quality of the information.
Not much to see here folks…………..
Cadillac could present a pre-production model in N.Y . Would make sense showing it then .
Hard to believe a FWD, Malibu-based Cadillac with GM’s corporate 2.0 I-4 is generating such attention and is expected to reverse the continued decline of GM’s moribund luxury brand. Cadillac needed an out-of-the-park home-run product that would’ve signaled they’re back. Personally I expected something big from JdN but instead there’s another underwhelming CUV stuffed full of Chevrolet parts masquerading as a Cadillac. I suppose they’ll be some Cadillac-specific suspension tuning, wood with a fancy name, and new wizardry from CUE but at its essence, we have a product to be built en masse with the Malibu at Fairfax with many of the same humble parts. Hardy what I was expecting as the first volley to launch a comeback. Unfortunately it seems new GM is exactly like old GM.
Just wait before judging. What is being said in the article is just pure speculation and we all are in the dark of what will be offered on the vehicle. Also, this vehicle could get exclusive Cadillac engines which will debut at the same time.
The current CTS and ATS are fantastic cars with unbeatable handling and both have respectively beaten or held their own when it comes to comparison test. Even edging out the almighty BMW more than once. I agree they both have some things that need to be addressed, starting with CUE. They don’t sell well due to the American public being nothing but posers and also listening to ignorant comments such as yours and believing they are inferior products when they aren’t. You can slap a ‘Make America Great Again’ sticker on the back of your Hyundai and bash American cars for no reason if you want – if that makes you feel more patriotic then more power to ya.
The grill is one of the things that I am interested going by the recent spy photos and the ’19 CT6. The grill on most luxury cars nowadays look generic but styled differently with a mesh or diamond-like pattern for example, Lincoln, Jaguar, Infiniti, Lexus and Buick Avenir sub-brand.
By the looks of it, this could be the end of the traditional Cadillac grill we see currently across the line-up which stands out from the rest of the pack.
Meh, nothing new here. We’ve seen these already.
I sure hope this does not end up looking like any of the current Lexus CUVs. I pray to god that grille is not the entire front of the vehicle.
And Ci2Eye, from what I’ve heard from many people who have looked into the Chevrolet FWD models, the E2 platform (Specifically Malibu) is one of the more sportier sportier of any current FWD Chevy vehicle.
Personally, I just hope it rides as well as the XT5 or even the XTS. A guy can dream cant he?