Cadillac Scales Back Three-Product Offensive for 2009, Delays CTS ... - Edmunds.com/Inside Line
DETROIT — GM has confirmed for Inside Line that it has delayed the 2009 launch of the Cadillac CTS coupe as "part of a cost-reduction element." The CTS coupe is now on track for a 2010 launch, Cadillac spokesman David Caldwell said.
"We don't have it nailed down at the moment," Caldwell said when asked about the timing of the launch of the CTS coupe. "But it will be 2010. It sparked a lot of interest. We are going to launch this car."
He added: "If it comes out next year, it would be an '11 model."
Last July, Cadillac said it would launch production of three new models in 2009 — the CTS coupe, the CTS sport wagon and the redesigned SRX crossover. The production version of the CTS coupe had been expected to make its public debut in January at the 2009 Detroit Auto Show ; the CTS coupe concept was shown at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show.
Caldwell confirmed that the Cadillac CTS wagon — the automaker's first wagon in the U.S. market — will launch in May, with pricing to be announced in late April. He said the CTS wagon price will be "close to the sedan, but just a little higher." The 2009 Cadillac CTS sedan starts at $37,040, including a $775 destination charge.
