Poll: Would You Rather Have No Cadillac CT6 At All, Or Buy One Made In China?
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In late November, General Motors announced shocking moves to continue restructuring its business that would result in several models getting cut from its lineup. The automaker’s reasoning for the move was to change the composition of its product offerings to concentrate on consumer demand for crossovers, SUVs and pickups. The Cadillac CT6 full-size luxury sedan is one of the victims of the decision, and the model will be discontinued in North America as part of this announcement.
In that same announcement, General Motors also disclosed that it would be idling the GM Detroit-Hamtramck plant in Michigan that makes the CT6, as well as the GM Lordstown Plant in Ohio and GM Oshawa Assembly in Ontario, Canada.
This means that the final Cadillac CT6 units will be produced at the Detroit-Hamtramck facility until mid-2019. In other words, the newly-facelifted 2019 CT6 sedan will only be available in America for less than a year, which doesn’t give it much time to shine at all.
The Cadillac CT6 will, however, continue to be produced at the Jinquiao plant in Shanghai, where it will live on. The Cadillac Jinqiao factory was specifically built to manufacture Cadillacs in China, for China. It is the first facility outside of North America that produces Cadillacs from scratch.
So though the end is near, there will still be time to get your hands on a 2019 Cadillac CT6 and enjoy its new 4.2L Twin-Turbo V8 engine. Dubbed Blackwing, the new V8 will be available in two versions:
- The regular-output variant for the CT6 Platinum making 500 horsepower and 553 pound-feet of torque, and
- The CT6-V (previously announced as the CT6 V-Sport) that will make 550 horsepower and 627 pound-feet of torque.
Cadillac CT6 models featuring the Blackwing motor will likely be very rare and limited in production.
And all that brings us to the question of the day: would you rather have the Cadillac CT6 discontinued in America altogether, or have the option of buying a CT6, but one that is imported from China?
Vote in our poll and stay tuned to GM Authority for more Cadillac news and Cadillac CT6 news.
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Leave all GM cars and trucks in china. Traitors! Wanted a new caddy my whole life, not any more.
The very act of removing a full size sedan from the lineup speaks volumes as to the level of commitment to being considered a luxury marque. Lucury status is greatly influenced by perception and . Hindsight gives clarity to what more than likely influenced the separation of JDN from GM. It’s so transparent that it’s all about bean counting more so than brand building. It’s as though GM flipped the bird to Cadillac’s history and the North American Market. At the very least they should at least import the CT6; just remove the ‘Made In China’ label.
It’s better to import it from China. The ct6 is too important for Cadillac.
This is a very complex issue as a whole. While I understand that GM is a company that needs to do what it has to to stay alive, the fact of the matter is that they just don’t seem to care. If GM was closing factories and “consolidating” everywhere I would not be so bothered. But they expand Mexico and China while they close US factories. Even if they relocate and buy out employees theyre still missing the point.
They are so out played by companies like Volkswagen Group and Toyota it’s embarrassing. You look at Germany and Japan, the manufacturers that call them home, OWN THOSE MARKETS. Its a cultural understanding there. Despite the government protection from outside options, there is still an overwhelming loyalty to the home manufacturers, and like wise it is reciprocal. The US brands are slipping further and further at home. Luxury is owned by German brands and Lexus. Cars are falling more and more to Japanese and Koreans. Its only a matter of time before they gain a foothold on trucks.
Meanwhile, as GM aimlessly searches for more ways to make a quick buck, foreign brands long term strategies continue to pay off and they continue to advance. Its very disheartening. American auto industry in ingrained in our DNA. Yet there seems to be no respect for that from many citizens as well as the companies themselves. Pity
But, but, but, but… Trump said that there would be an onslaught of companies running back to the US to build shinny new plants.
Meanwhile, Ford is about to announce plant closings and over 25,000 layoffs…
Alex,
GM Authority readers are as vocal about the CT6 post as they are about the recent Malibu post
Does General Motors read the input from GM Authority?
BMW has a brand new plant in San Luis Potosi Mexico. Starting wage is $1.35/hr and full time employees aspire to receive up to $2.38/hr. The workers are slim, efficient and highly motivated. By comparison, US workers are mortally obese, slow, poorly educated, often sick and rely on unions to keep their workload to a minimum.
Since most of you believe in a free market, have you ever considered that US WORKERS MAY BE OVERPAID?
https://www.bmwblog.com/2018/10/06/first-new-bmw-3-series-rolls-off-the-bmw-san-luis-potosi-plant/
My 2017 CT6 3.0TT is the worst car I’ve ever owned. As a matter of fact, it’s back in the shop as I type this. Go ahead and built it in China. Can’t imagine the quality would suffer.
GMA Russian trolls: “I will never buy a Chinese Cadillac! MAGA!!!!” — Sent from my Chinese iPhone
If I wanted to buy an import, I would choose something more reliable, like a Toyota or a Honda
Here is a thought Cadillac you should have cut the XTS which was cutting into CT6 sales. I mean the XTS looked like the odd ball out the bunch anyways. A buick Lacrosse with a cadillac badge. I hated the XTS as far as styling goes. When the CT6 dropped the XTS should have been discontinued point blank period
This was the obvious answer. Johan de Nysschen said as much himself indicating that he wasn’t sure why there were two sedans competing for the same customers. He planned to kill XTS but something happened and he ended up modifying it and keeping it around. It made no sense. Cut the XTS, give CT6 the V8 folks were waiting for and upgrade the interior. Then relaunch the car with a solid ad campaign that touts the rebirth of the big Cadillac sedan. See what happens.
The car was really good in many ways but it wasn’t fully developed at launch and had to compete with a cheaper car that was in the same showrooms and nearly as large. It was as if they wanted it to fail.
“The car was really good in many ways but it wasn’t fully developed at launch and …”
Doesn’t that describe virtually every American car?
The GM bailout was good for USA cars, but the govt failed to include a stipulation that cars had to be built in
the USA for USA sale.
I don’t like the idea of buying an import. If a Cadillac I want is built in China, then I will look at MB, BMW, etc.
genesis just won Motor Trend Best New 2019 car, the G70, an ATS competitor and size.
GM moves too slow at whatever they do. And when they have a hot car, they let it go too long before it gets
refreshed. CUE has been out 7 years now. Several years ago they could have switched to what you see in the
XT4 now.
If it is a GM or Ford it is made in the USA, or I will buy a real import. Not a fake domestic that was bailed out by the American taxpayer who GM never fully repaid. MAGA or relocate to China. Maybe the Mary Barra can be replaced by a Chinaman/woman who at least knows they better tow the Red Chinese line or it is prison or worse for them and their family.
Darn it and I wanted to buy a Ct6 on 2019 no more.
Yes, bring them from China with a 25% tariff. I don’t understand why almost every foreign car company can build cars in U.S., except American car company can’t. Maybe GM should sell the company to China, who in turn will build cars in the U.S. !
Cadillac= made in America
Chinillac = made in China. Not a real Cadillac. Which is fine if they asked a substantial discounted price. Substantial.
So based on that line of thinking, the iPhone is not a real Apple?
Tons of feedback steeped in ignorance on this forum but this one here is hands down the winner. Built in China doesn’t make it a real Cadillac!!!??? Steel is steel. WTH!!?? People were saying an American should have been in charge of the brand. Really!!?? Weren’t Americans responsible for the mismanagement of the brand to begin with? I get it about the whole patriotism thing and about sustaining jobs here but no matter where it’s built it still would have to meet the regulations of the NHTSA and others.
The bitter part is not so much where it’s built but the glaring fact that GM isn’t thinking long-term or respecting the Cadillac brand and its history. They’re obviously putting immediate profits before long-term sustainability. A luxury marque places footholds in segments that serve to build its credibility. I liked JDN approach of raising prices even if it meant losing sales as he attempted to reposition the brand; It was to be a painful but necessary undoing. But GM being GM did what it usually does and pulled the plug before real traction could be made. Now we get a half baked brand. Same ol’ story. In hindsight it’s quite obvious why JDN and GM parted ways.
THE CADILLAC CT6 THE BET CAR IN THE WORLD
I would never buy a Chinese Cadillac…. Just the thought of it sounds terrible. It will just be a fancy rust bucket with a Cadillac emblem on it. No thanks. I don’t know what GM is thinking about all these new moves they are doing.
These are the people who need a education! There will be zero difference between a China CT6 and a American build CT6!
Do you think people who buy BMW cars car if they are built in America or Germany? No!
I guess you are not only lacking in education, but unaware that US taxpayers bailed GM out of bankruptcy. Too bad you are clueless.
I am very educated on the matter! In fact GM was not bailed out by the US government they were given a loan that they repaid in full!
Those are facts! So dont talk to me about being uneducated on the matter. If anybody needs to learn a thing or two about the subject then that would be you!
The only one here that’s clueless is yourself!
The loa was a bailout. A bailout doesn’t mean that America wiped the slate clean. Without the loan GM was toast. What a pompous uneducated person.
That other company got a loan too! A bailout means they give you money! Giving a company loan is not giving the company money! A loan has to be paid back!
Michael not very well informed he just don’t know.
Not sure what you are saying?
Brian,
People in the US don’t car but they sure do in Germany. Everything Americans buy in the US, right down to their children’s toys but that’s not the case in Europe where people really have pride in what they own.
That also applies to Korea and Japan. And these countries purchases of US made cars is close to Zero.
I would much sooner see it built in China than the USA. under Trump…
Demidiot. How’s that yellow dog?
I would like to see jobs in the USA. The question that most folks (particularly the Trump-ites in our midst) have forgotten is not “Where is it built?” but, “By whom is it built?” This is very basic economic logic. You can open a plant in every country, in ever big city, or on every big farm in the world. You can give those jobs to anyone who knows the open end of a wrench from the box end. As long as the profits go back to the USA, the location of production is a moot point. That is why, no matter what Trump says or how badly he bashes companies that off-shore their production, these companies will always produce product in places where the cost of getting the product to market is the lowest. Personally, I wish that place was always somewhere in the USA.
As long as it is a GM car or truck where its built doesn’t matter to me at all! I am not one of these wishy washy back and forth kind of guy that is a GM guy then is not a GM guy!
I want to see GM be a healthy company, make profits and still be making cars and trucks long after I am dead!
So a Cadillac CT6 from China wouldn’t bother me at all! But I guess I was given the lesson of loyalty when I was a kid that most people missed out on!