The 2019 Detroit Auto Show will play host to a new Cadillac vehicle. Speaking to Automotive News (subscription required) in a Monday report, Cadillac president Steve Carlisle confirmed the brand will show its next new vehicle in Detroit, and it’s more than likely the Cadillac XT6 three-row crossover.
We previously expected the Cadillac XT6 to debut at the 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show, but Carlisle’s confirmation pegs the crossover for Detroit instead. Other future Cadillacs, such as the CT5 and CT4, aren’t expected until later in 2019 at the earliest. The XT6 will better bridge the gap between the mid-size Cadillac XT5 and Escalade SUV. Underpinning the XT6 will be familiar General Motors architecture, too.
The XT6 will share bones with the Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave, which feature the long-wheelbase version of the C1XX platform. The platform also underpins the GMC Acadia, Chevrolet Blazer and XT5, though they receive the shorter-wheelbase version. The XT6’s size will place in squarely in the “mid-size plus” segment, though it will fall short on size compared to some German rivals such as the upcoming BMW X7 and Mercedes-Benz GLS. Lincoln will also offer up the Aviator SUV, which will be based on a shared rear-wheel-drive platform with the next Ford Explorer, unlike the Cadillac.
Expect a transverse engine orientation with two V6 engines: a 3.6-liter naturally aspirated unit and Cadillac’s twin-turbocharged 3.0-liter V6. We suspect both engines will mate to a nine-speed automatic transmission (9T65) and all-wheel drive will be optional.
Following the XT6, expect Cadillac to keep the accelerator down as it prepares to introduce a new vehicle every six months through 2020. In the time span, we’ll see two new Cadillac sedans, a refreshed XT5 crossover, 2020 Escalade, and perhaps a halo vehicle based on the Escala concept. According to Cadillac’s old boss, Johan de Nysschen, the majority of GM’s upcoming electric cars will be Cadillacs, so we shouldn’t rule out EVs, either.
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I think the next product reveal will be CT5. We saw CT5 test vehicles months before XT6 testers. Also, it was just posted in this site that China may see a new sedan by the end of 2018. My money is on CT5 at Detroit and XT6 a few months later at New York, in trying to keep with the 6 month gap in product launches.
I was also expecting the CT5 first for the same reasons, but I suppose that the demand for crossovers could be controlling. Still, I wonder if there is any chance we could see a CT5 reveal at the L.A. show starting November 30. That would allow for it to possibly go into production when the ATS/CTS production ends in the spring.
I thought the CT5 was supposed to be first?
there was an article in this very same site saying it will be revealed in China in October & later in Los Angeles.
Also, didn’t they move NAIAS to June or July?
NAIAS moves to June in 2020 but will be in January one more time in 2019.
These bloated wagons are difficult to get excited about. Hopefully David is right and the CT5/4 is revealed first.
Looks like a bland FWD crossover. Hopefully it exceeds my expectations.
It’s odd that they’ve allowed us to see 3 models in more or less the same amount of camouflage. Perhaps they meant an average of 6 months between launches. You would think that since the CTs are based on existing models, they would be easiest to bring to production.
I had an idea that they might start the CT5 in China, then here, while the CT4 would launch here, then China, since they would fill in gaps in the lineups in both continents with the ATS stopping production. Also, the same people could train the assemblers and modify the tooling for the each model in both locations. Regardless, it is probably more important to bring the XT6 to market first.
I hope it looks like the xt4 but even nicer, as it should.