Cadillac CTS

The European Caddy is here

By Oli S / Monday, 18 August 2008 / Loading comments

Caddy CTS estate

The Cadillac CTS estate has just made its world premier at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The car joins the current CTS saloon, but is 7mm shorter overall. It offers a luggage capacity of 720 litres behind the rear seats.

The right-hand drive 2010 CTS Sport Wagon is expected to arrive in Cadillac’s UK showrooms in the autumn of 2009. ‘The addition of this dramatically-designed Sport Wagon is well synchronised with today’s changing consumer tastes as a compelling alternative to SUVs or other larger vehicles,’ said Jim Taylor, Cadillac general manager. ‘This is an important step in Cadillac’s ongoing global expansion, and of course in international markets like Europe, wagons have been and continue to be very significant. The CTS Sport Wagon is an important expansion to the Cadillac line-up worldwide.’

UK engine and transmission options are yet to be finalised but it is likely to be available with 3.6-litre V6 engines and an efficient 2.9-litre turbo-diesel. It even features old school ‘fins’ at the back which Cadillac says are a nod to its past. Clay Dean, global design director for Cadillac, said: ‘They’re not fins in the classic sense, but they work to help disguise the cargo load system and, yes, they acknowledge Cadillac’s design heritage.’