General Motors plan for the Cadillac CT6 has been unclear ever since it announced its major restructuring plan late last year. While the automaker initially said it would close the Detroit-Hamtramck production plant where the sedan is built in early 2019, it later delayed its closure until January 2020, extending production for a short while longer.
The automaker has also spoke of keeping the Cadillac CT6 around after Detroit-Hamtramck closes in January 2020, with GM considering building the luxury sedan at a different plant or importing it from its plant in China.
A little more clarity on the situation was given during Road & Track’s recent interview with Cadillac brand boss Steve Carlisle, however. According to Carlisle, the future of the Cadillac CT6 hinges on GM’s ongoing contract negotiations with the United Auto Workers union. The Big Three’s contract with the UAW is set to expire in mid-September.
Between the contract negotiations and GM’s ongoing restructuring efforts, it is still hard to get a clear picture of what the future of the Cadillac CT6 looks like in North America. The ongoing trade war with China is likely also having an effect on GM’s various production plans globally.
The only thing that we know right now is GM plans to keep the CT6 in production in China for a while longer, as large four-door s like the CT6 remain popular in the country, whereas many North America consumers are flocking to crossovers.
Carlisle previously indicated that Cadillac was keen to keep the CT6 around, as serves as a high-end flagship product and is already designed to receive its advanced twin-turbocharged DOHC 4.2-liter LTA V8 engine. It also serves as a technology showcase for Super Cruise, however the semi-autonomous system will expand to all Cadillac models over the next few years, anyway.
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Because that’s exactly what luxury full-size sedan customers want to hear. The future is murky at best, but please spend your money on this product!
You are 100% correct.
Those RWD/AWD 400hp luxury sedan customers should have no problem spending their $70k on a BRAND NEW XT6.
See? They’re not downgrading! The XT6 is just the miniv-SUV version of the CT6! Check it out, it even has the ‘400’ on the back!
CLOSE THAT GOTD@MN HOOD AND LOOK AT THE BADGE ON THE BACK
Now they too can be the woman who’s the ceo of everything!
Don’t buy one….
Americans equate a full size Cadillac with a V8 engine especially when the price is over $50K as this backwards thinking caused the CT6 to never achieve the success that was expected despite the excitement when it was first introduced especially the technology incorporated in the CT6’s design.
“Americans equate a full size Cadillac with a V8 engine especially when the price is over $50K ”
But your fellow countrymen also have no problem paying over $80K for V6 powered German full-size luxury cars.
It’s not that Cadillac should race to the bottom to be a loss-leader in a segment where people have no qualms about putting down big money. It’s that many Americans have unrealistic expectations of how a Cadillac should be cheaper by default.
If anything, the CT6 should be more expensive and go toe-to-toe. Taking the low road shows a lack of confidence in their product, and going even lower as you’re suggesting is flat out stupid.
I totally agree Grawdaddy,
Cadillac should go toe to toe with the Germans.
But that has where Cadillac has lost.
Cadillac thought they could build a cheaper vehicle with less customer support, and sell it toe to toe.
So whenever GM/Cadillac is ready to go toe to toe, it will be a good day.
Trouble is now Cadillac is thought of as a joke compared to the German luxury vehicles.
So what is your advise to get back into the segment ?
If GM/Cadillac doesn’t offer more for less, or at least more for equal, how do they get this done.
In my opinion.
It looks like Cadillac would’ve accomplished this with Johan DeNysschen’s sedan portfolio.
The CT6 was supposed to battle the midsize segment, with a larger flagship slotting above it. It would be like getting a SWB A8 for A6 money.
But then again that would require GM committing the patience and funding to make Cadillac competitive, instead of banking on well-heeled yet somehow poorly-informed customers.
Chances are DHAM will not close. The UAW has to sign off on any plant closing and DHAM is a very important plant for the UAW.. DHAM will probably get a new product- perhaps a truck- and the CT6 will remain in the lineup.
I miss the pre bankruptcy days when GM wasn’t so fickle. LGR being built for Cadillac and only Cadillac, with prep to allow on demand ordering via GMBuyPower.com and online viewing of manufacturing of your car. Now we have dead not dead Cadillac Camaro Camaro Cadillac. Who’s next to spin the crazy wheel for today’s press release?
I find it ironic that GM at one time around 1993 was going to kill the corvette!!!! When they put the investment into the product, it’s amazing what the General can still do! (When it wants to)
The sad part is that it seems GM had a more compelling lineup just before the bankruptcy than they do today.
I own a 2018 ct6 TT with super cruise. The car is phenomenal, everyone who has ridden in it loves it, but they have never heard of it. I hope they continue to make it, but doubtful in the USA, demand just isn’t there if they aren’t going to market it. The tech in it is amazing, supercruise is a game changer, and the ride is smooth smooth. Really have no complaints with it.
I also own a 2018 CT6 Platinum with the TT and I couldn’t agree with you more. The car is so impressive that my neighbor drove it once, then went and bought one. He has told me it is the best sedan he has ever owned and he is a MB fan, and previous owner. He really loves the Super Cruise as do I, since we both own homes in the Fla. Keys and drive to them from Northern Va……..I recently ordered a 2020 Platinum, the V8 is standard. Can’t wait. I drove one and it is even more amazing…….
In addition, re: the CT6 interior, I should say that ONE front seat USB plug, a B.S. console bin, and not having a KONA interior with speakers at the seat tops like the XTS had is bush league. I don’t want to pay a huge premium for the Super Cruise option to get the other goodies.
Beautiful car. I hope they keep it around.