New units of the Cadillac XT4 are becoming rarer after GM dropped the crossover from its lineup. Recently, about 5,000 units of the luxury model remained at U.S. dealerships.
However, an accident in Canada just brought the Cadillac XT4 slightly closer to its final disappearance from dealer inventory, as two of the crossovers were severely damaged in the incident.
According to the report, two new Cadillac XT4 units at Thibault Chevrolet Cadillac Buick GMC in Sherbrooke, Québec got badly smashed up when a steel lifting platform collapsed suddenly during afternoon business hours.
As reported by the owner of the dealership, Christian Thibault, “what broke was a gear in the winch motor.”
The multi-tier platform, which occupied a tower-like glass-walled structure jutting out of the dealership wall to the left of the main entrance, collapsed on the inner side so that the vehicles fell toward the showroom.
The Cadillac XT4 units were left suspended against the building’s structural beams, which bent under the impact and the weight resting against them.
The Sherbrooke Fire Protection Service worked carefully because, as Operations Chief Jean-Marc Pizzo explained, “since the structure had shifted, we wanted to avoid causing further damage to the building.”
Pizzo added that “the goal was to free what is known inside as the ‘curtain wall’ with glass. We managed to break it open and then drop the white car inside the store and then remove it.” An engineer was present to observe the lifting platform and warn if it showed signs of further collapse.
The smashed vehicles were successfully removed using these methods. Luckily, nobody was injured, a circumstance Pizzo says is even more remarkable since employees were underneath the platform operating its controls at the time it collapsed. A safety inspector came to the scene to follow up and determine what had happened and, presumably, whether any safety protocols had been violated by the dealership.
As a reminder, the Cadillac XT4 was produced at the GM Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas City. This facility is being overhauled to ready it for assembly of the next-generation Chevy Bolt EV, whose 2026 model year will likely launch later in 2025.
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Even exterior display ramps are a lousy idea.
Prices are dropping… next promo; a fire sale!
GM must be happy. Who needs those slow selling gas models when you can have a shiny new battery model.
I’m glad nobody was hurt. If these were ‘70s era Fleetwood Broughams or Sedan Devilles, I’d be bummed. Even feel that for the ‘80s Broughams. Otherwise these are just chromed out Hyundai’s whatever SUVs mommy jacked up mini vans.
Prices aren’t dropping, but the cars are.
I’m not a structural engineer but those automobile stack elevators like this and the ones Carvana uses just look like an accident waiting to happen.