A new Cadillac premium-large sedan has been on and off the table since 2003. Now it’s on again. Parent General Motors sees this flagship model as vital for lifting its luxury brand to the same status level as Audi, BMW, Lexus, and Mercedes-Benz. It would also be the capstone to Cadillac’s decade-long “renaissance” and a symbol of GM’s own recent resurgence.
But it’s not quite a done deal. Trade weekly Automotive News says the earliest the “super Caddy” could start sale is model-year 2014, and that assumes GM can devise suitable hardware in fairly short order. The project may also hinge on continuation of America’s nascent economy recovery. If the market should again turn south for some unforeseen reason, the flagship could be postponed again or even aborted.
The name, of course, is far from being decided, but we think ZTS could be in the running. It’s consistent with current Cadillac nomenclature and would be a logical follow-on to the 2012 XTS, the upscale cousin of the Buick LaCrosse that will replace Cadillac’s premium-midsize STS and premium-large DTS sedans.
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