We haven’t yet seen the Cadillac XT6 in the flesh, but thanks to the investigative work done by our sister site, Cadillac Society, we now know that the three-row crossover SUV will feature a user-defeatable engine auto stop-start system.
The latest Cadillac XT6 spy shots give us a really good look at the CUV’s center stack and infotainment system screen, which will be very similar – if not identical – to those of the XT5. Enhancing the photo reveals a button for enabling and disabling the engine auto stop-start feature.
While the current Cadillac ATS, CTS and CT6 all feature the same button, the Cadillac XT5 does not offer drivers the ability to disable the engine auto-stop feature. This has resulted in all kinds of dissatisfaction among XT5 owners, as well as potential buyers, a circumstance that probably doesn’t exactly help XT5 sales volume.
As such, it would seem that GM and Cadillac have learned their lesson from not offering a way to disable the auto stop-start feature on the XT5. That’s great news for future XT6 owners, though it doesn’t really help current owners of the XT5 who hate that they can’t turn it off on their cars.
We expect the Cadillac XT6 to bow at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in the next few days, so stay tuned to GM Authority for Cadillac XT6 news coverage and ongoing Cadillac news.
About Cadillac XT6
The Cadillac XT6 is a three-row premium luxury crossover. The model represents a new addition to the Cadillac model range as part of the brand's crossover expansion strategy. It slots above the the compact Cadillac XT4 and midsize Cadillac XT5 in the Cadillac crossover SUV lineup. Its size classification can be best described as "midsize plus", as it is bigger than midsize but not big enough to be classified as full-size.
The XT6 was announced at the 2019 North American International Auto Show in January 2019 and goes on sale in the spring of the 2019 calendar year as a 2020 model. It is based on the regular-length variant of the GM C1 platform shared with the XT5, but with more rear overhang than the XT5. That extended rear overhang enables it to accommodate a third row. The rest of the vehicle is very similar to the XT5, including its engine, transmission, and cockpit.
The XT5 is produced at the following GM plants globally:
- GM Spring Hill factory in Tennessee or GM Lansing Delta plant operated by GM USA supplying North American markets
- Cadillac China Jinqiao factory operated by Shanghai-GM supplying the Chinese market
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Comments
Ignoring fuel economy is the ultimate luxury.
A driver experience free of annoying engine shudders should come standard every car. They should never have left this out of the XT5, Enclave, Traverse, Blazer, Malibu, Equinox, Terrain, Regal, or TourX.
I’m sure they left it out of the new Acadia.
I have a ’17 Acadia with the V6. The V6 doesn’t have auto stop-start.
I became much more optimistic and excited about the XT6 when I saw this in those spy photos a while back.
Cadillac just teased the XT6 on Twitter.
GMA should have an article on it by now.
I own a 14 CTS that doesn’t have the auto-shut off, thank god. I got an XT5 as a loaner while mine was being worked on (one of the hundred times it’s been in the shop..) and that auto-shut off was *horrible.* It 100% prevented me from buying one (plus the boring interior).
I bet you have to press to disable it every time you start the car. If so, again 100% reason not to buy one. I’d just see some environmentalist’s face staring at me from behind a UAW sign every time I pressed it.
I don’t understand the negative towards auto -shut off , it is new tech and saves gas ( it works -it is not annoying -you hardly feel it – in our 2018 xt5 avg.22mpg city driving -think that pretty good for a 4000 lb suv . its just like when p/s – p/b -auto matic trans – directional’s etc were introduced
Finally, immediate 20% increase in sales. Chevy doesn’t realize how many Traverse sales they lose over this BS auto-start-stop.
For the people who have control issues this is great for them! For the rest of us normal people this technology really does the automotive industry a huge benefit in making cars and trucks more fuel efficient!
One day these fools will understand why GM is doing this when all of the v8 engines are gone! Technology like this helps keep v8 engines around longer! But those fools are to thick headed to get this threw their thick head!
GM needs to figure out how to do this right. 48v hybridization, like that used in the 2019 RAM 1500 eTorque, is the future. It’s pretty much unnoticeable. Sometimes I have to look at the Tach to see that the engine is off.
Had the conventional 12v stop/start on my 2016 Mercedes Benz GL 450 and hated it. I’d reflexively turn it off every time I started it.